INDEX
Education (Cont.)
secondary, 142–4
sex and AIDS, 144
Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fund, 141
Sister Schools Scheme, 146
skills centres for disabled, 151–2
special, 147-8
structure of the system, 132-4
student finance, 140-1
Target Oriented Curriculum, 144
teachers, 135–6
Teachers education, 148-50
technical, 150-2
tertiary education, 152-4
University Grants Committee, 133
University of Hong Kong, 153
University of Science and Technology, 153 Vocational Training Council, 134, 137 vocational training for the disabled, 151–2 Efficiency Unit, 28
Elections
Chief Executive, 7
district boards, 16, 18-19
Electoral Affairs Commission, 21
electoral system, 19–21
Legislative Council, 19
municipal councils, 9, 16-18
Electricity, 219–221
Electronic Data Interchange, 95
Electronics industry, 92
Emigration, 381
Employment-
adjudication, 118–9
agencies, 122
apprenticeship schemes, 151
careers guidance, 121
employee benefits, 116
employee's compensation, 126
Employees Retraining Scheme, 114, 119–20
employment abroad, 122–3
finding employment, 119
foreign domestic helpers, 122
foreign workers, 121-2
industrial safety, 123-4
Labour Advisory Board, 117
labour conditions, 114-5
labour relations, 118
Labour Tribunal, 118
legislation, 117
occupational health and hygiene, 124
Occupational safety, 123-5
Occupational Safety and Health Council,
124-5
Employment (Cont.)
protection of wages on insolvency, 119 selective placement, 120
telephone enquiry service, 126
trade unions, 118
wages, 115-6
work force, 114-5, 441
Energy, 219-20, 455 Environment—
air, 356-7
aquatic fauna, 375-6
charging scheme for sewage services, 367
chemical waste treatment centre, 368
climate 370-3
construction and demolition, 364–5
country parks, 376
environmental assessments, 356-9
environmental problems, 357-60
Environmental Protection Department,
357-60
flora, 374
government expenditure, 356
hydrography, 373-4
legislation and pollution control, 259–64
livestock, 365-6
marine parks, 376
meteorological services, 377
monitoring and investigations, 360, 369
noise, 364-5
Observatory, 377
oceanography, 373-4
ozone, 366
radiation, 378-9
sewerage master plans, 367
terrestrial fauna, 374-5
topography and geology, 373
waste disposal, 366-9
water pollution, 358
weather forecasting, 377-8
year's weather, 371-3
Establishment of the HKSAR, 4-11
Estate Duty, 61
Ex-China Vietnamese Illegal Immigrants, 385
Exchange Fund, 84-5
Exchange value of dollar, 80
Executive Council, 4, 8
Explosives, 131, 266
Export Credit Insurance Corporation, 104
Exports, 40-1, 50-1, 435-9
External trade, 40–1, 50–1, 91, 98–100, 435-9
Fauna, 374-5
Federation of HK Industries, 95, 104
Fight Crime Committee, 257-8
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