Index
B-C
Building development -
private sector, 197
public sector, 198
Building safety and maintenance, 198 Bus services, 213-15
C
Cemeteries and crematoria, 160
Central Policy Unit, 12-13
Chambers of commerce, 102
Chinese -
festivals, 315
language, 126, 128-9, 356
Manufacturers' Association of HK, 102
medicine, 102, 141, 144, 151-53, 155, 157
Christianity-
Protestant community, 317-18
Roman Catholic community, 318
City Hall, 327, 329, 336
Civil aviation, 19, 21, 230-33
Civil service, 4, 14-16, 21
Civil Service Training and Development Institute, 15
Climate, 234, 237, 255-58
Code on Access to Information, 299
Coins, 82, 84, 331, 355-56
Commerce and industry
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Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation, 19, 90, 92,
264, 303
certificates of origin, 88-89
chambers of commerce, 102
Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement
with the Mainland (CEPA), 44, 69, 88-89, 91, 205, 264, 306, 310
Consumer Council, 103
Customs and Excise Department, 57, 88-89, 92, 98, 100, 104-5, 164, 229, 262, 272-73, 276, 312 external commercial relations, 90-93 foreign direct investment, 43, 87
Government Laboratory, 104, 156, 159, 248, 280 HK Economic and Trade Offices, 22, 88, 89,
294-99, 379-80
HK Export Credit Insurance Corporation, 101 HK Productivity Council, 95, 101
HK Science and Technology Parks Corporation,
101
HK Trade Development Council, 100, 230,
296-97, 310, 380
Innovation and Technology Commission, 94, 96 Innovation and Technology Fund, 55, 94 institutional framework, 88
Intellectual Property Department, 88-89, 96, 98 Intermodal Transhipment Facilitation Scheme,
100
Invest Hong Kong, 88-89, 93
inward investment, 85, 88, 93
liaison with the Mainland, 91
manufacturing sector, 41, 86, 93, 107, 361, 362
merchandise trade (imports, exports,
re-exports), 42, 46, 85
Commerce and Industry
(Cont.)
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development, 89, 91
Pacific Economic Co-operation Council, 91 services sector, 40-41, 87, 90
small and medium enterprises, 88, 93-94, 100,
117, 279, 307, 310, 313
standards and calibration services, 103
statistics, 399-404
strategic commodities, 89, 92
textiles, 9, 89, 92, 95
trade and industrial support organisations,
100-102
Trade and Industry Department, 88, 92
trade documentation, 99
trade in endangered species, 105
trade in genetically modified organisms, 105 World Trade Organisation, 19, 58, 89-90, 103 Communications, the media and IT -
cloud industry, 307
Communications Authority, 105, 299-300, 304 Create Hong Kong, 270, 309-11 CreateSmart Initiative, 309 creative industries, 309-11 DesignSmart Initiative, 310 film industry, 311-12
Information Services Department, 292-94 information technology, 9, 101, 127, 132, 157,
289, 305-9, 336
mass media, 291
postal services, 88, 313, 425
promoting HK worldwide, 294-99 statistics, 424-5
telecommunications, 85-86, 91, 101, 105, 291,
299-305
television and radio, 303-5
Community Investment and Inclusion Fund, 179 Confucianism, 316
Constitution (see Administration and constitution)
Copyright, 32, 89, 97-98, 313
Correctional services —
assessment panels, 177, 286
correctional services industries, 287
education and vocational training, 287
medical services, 288
penal institutions, 285
penal population, 285
Court of Final Appeal, 2, 24-25, 28-31 Crime -
commercial crime, 265, 267 crime prevention, 265, 268, 270 crime statistics, 265, 266, 423 liaison, 269
narcotics, 267-68, 273-78, 280
technology crime, 267
triad-related crime, 266
Cross-boundary bodies (see Mainland)
Culture, 321-34
427
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