Index | 545
Deaths, 467
Dental services, 187
Deposit-taking companies, 78, 80
Director of Audit,
26-7
District Councils,
7-8, 10, 12
Drainage services,
252-4
Drug Abuse and Trafficking-
Action Committee Against Narcotics,
Central Registry of Drug Abuse,
international liaison,
381-3
Education (Cont.)
Native-speaking English Teachers, 180
Project Yi Jin, 168, 174, 181
Qualifications Framework, 170, 172-3, 176
Quality Education Fund, 169
reforms, 166-7
regulatory framework,
176-7
378
schools, 173-4
380-1
special education,
174
student finance,
181
teachers' professional development,
tertiary education,
170-1, 175-6
drug seizures, 343-4
legislation and enforcement, 378
preventive education and publicity, 379-80
treatment and rehabilitation, 378-9
Economic and Trade Offices,
124
180
University Grants Committee, 160, 169,
175-6
vocational education and technical training,
174-5
Efficiency Unit, 18-9 Elections-
Economy-
appendices, 495-508
Budget, 68, 72
consumer price indices,
42-3, 64-5
45-6
contributions of economic sectors,
economic policy,
65-7
economy in 2004, 52-65
Estate Duty,
71
external trade,
52-5
General Revenue Account,
government accounts,
67
67-9
72-4
Government Logistics Department,
Gross Domestic Product, 41, 44-8, 119
labour market, 57-61
links with the Mainland, 49-52
manufacturing sector, 49
property market,
61-4
public finance, 67-74
revenue sources and taxation, 69-72, 508 services sector, 47
structure and development, 43-52 Education-
Advisory Committee on Teacher Education and
Qualifications, 168
and Manpower Bureau, 168, 170-1, 176
Chief Executive,
11-2
District Councils, 12
Electoral Affairs Commission, 12
electoral system, 9-12
Legislative Council, 3, 9-11
Electricity, 259-61, 533
Emigration, 463
Employment-
administration and services,
151-2
Admission Scheme for Mainland Talents and
Professionals, 160
appendices, 518-22
Employees Retraining Scheme,
155
employees' rights and benefits,
157-9
employment services,
152-3
150
employment situation, foreign domestic helpers, imported workers, 159-61 Labour Advisory Board, 152 labour legislation, 151 labour market,
150-1
labour relations,
156-7
Labour Tribunal,
159
local domestic helpers,
155
appendices, 523-6
Commission, 173
Commission on Youth,
183-4
Committee on the Promotion of Civic
Education, 182-3
Continuing Education Fund, 169
curriculum reform, 167, 171, 178
higher education, 170-1, 175-6
home-school cooperation,
181
information technology in education, 179
language, medium of instruction, 170-2, 180
management of schools and tertiary.
institutions, 177-8
national education,
167-8
Minor Employment Claims Adjudication Board,
159
occupational health, and safety, 161
Occupational Safety and Health Council,
164-5
preparing people for work, 153-5
Protection of Wages on insolvency Fund, 157
Skills Upgrading Scheme, 153
telephone enquiry service, 161
trade unions, 156
wages, 151
Youth Work Experience and Training Scheme,
154
Energy, 259-62, 533
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