INDEX
Social Welfare—(Cont.)
expenditure, 174, 176
family welfare services, 179-80
HK Council of Social Service, 174, 184, 477
medical social service, 180
rehabilitation of disabled persons, 182-3
research, 184
services for offenders, 178-9
services for young people, 181-2
social security, 174-8
social welfare services, 174
staff development, 183-4 subvention, 184
White Papers, 174
Sound Broadcasting, 328-31, 325
Special Administrative Region (SAR), 17, 38, 47,
417
Sports
achievements, 365–6
Adventure Ship, 372
Amateur Sports Federation and Olympic
Committee, 366
and recreation, 364
Development Board, 339-40, 364–5
HK Coliseum, 353-4
HK Sports Institute, 339-40, 366-7 Outward Bound School, 371-2
Queen Elizabeth Stadium, 353-4 swimming pools, 369-70
venues, 367, 369
Stamp duty, 61
Stock exchange, 64, 66, 68, 70-1, 73-4, 76-7
Summer Youth Programme, 370–1
System of Government, 18-26
Taoism, 334-5
Taxes, 60-3
Teachers' colleges, 144–5
Telecommunication services-108, 315, 322-4
APSTAR, 324
AsiaSat-1, 323-4
digital network, 315, 322
fax machines, 315, 322, 323
HK Telecom International Limited, 322
HK Telephone Company Limited, 315, 322 mobile phone use, 315, 323
new networks, 315, 322
Office of the Telecommunications Authority,
315, 324
pagers, 315, 323
Television-
educational, 145, 328
satellite, 326
subscription, 327
wireless, 325-6
Temples, 334-5, 338
Terrestrial Fauna, 403-5
Territorial Development Strategy
Review-Development Options, 200, 202-3
Tian Tan Buddha, 8, 334
Topography, 401-3
Tourism, 306-10
Town planning, 201-2 Trade-
Advisory Board, 100 APEC, 86, 101
Certificate of Origin, 91-2 Department, 100
Development Council, 101-3 documentation, 90
dumping, 99-100
electronic data exchange, 92
Export Credit Insurance Corporation, 103-4
exports, 50-6, 85, 87-91, 460-4
external, 55-6, 87, 460–3
external commercial relations, 98-100
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
(GATT), 98, 100
endangered species, 106
imports, 51, 53, 55-6, 85, 87-8, 460–1
international organisations, 101
marks and patents, 107-8
Multi-Fibre Arrangement (MFA), 98, 100
Pacific Economic Co-operation Conference,
86, 101
re-exports, 50-6, 85, 89, 460, 463
Trade unions, 114
Traffic-
Accident Victims Assistance Scheme, 177 accidents, 241, 277, 490
Transport-
administration, 234
Advisory Committee, 234
air services agreements, 48, 254
Air Transport Licensing Authority, 254 buses, 243-4, 488
Central to Mid-Levels Escalators, 6
civil aviation, 252-4
cross-border traffic, 235–6
Emergency Transport Co-ordination Centre,
234
ferries, 245-7, 488
HK Shipping Register, 251 licensing, 239-40
minibuses, 244-5, 488
new airport access, 237, 242, 255, 257-61 non-franchised buses, 245
parking, 239
planning, 235
Port, 246-51, 265–9
Provisional Airport Authority, 255, 257,
258-9
public, 241-6
Railway Development Study, 2, 233, 235
railways, 233, 235, 241-3, 488
electric trams, 243
Kowloon-Canton Railway (KCR), 235,
242
Light Rail Transit (LRT), 242
Mass Transit Railway (MTR), 242
Peak Tram, 243
road network, 236–7 road opening works, 237
safety, 241
taxis, 245, 488
507