Index
E-F
Employment - (Cont.)
Employees' Compensation Ordinance, 30, 108,
113
employees' rights and benefits, 106-7, 112 Employment in One-stop, 109
employment of non-local students, 115, 350 employment services, 107-8, 363 employment situation, 107 imported workers, 111, 115
Labour Advisory Board, 108, 115
labour legislation, 107, 363
labour market, 35-36, 47-49, 106-7, 363
labour relations, 107-8, 111-12
Labour Tribunal, 112-13
minimum wage, 35, 48, 49, 53, 114, 363
Minor Employment Claims Adjudication Board,
112-13
Occupational Safety and Health Council,
116-17
Pilot Employment Navigator Programme, 106,
109
preparing people for work, 110
Protection of Wages on Insolvency Fund, 108,
113
retirement protection, 114
Skills Upgrading Scheme, 110
standard working hours, 115
statistics, 405-8
trade unions, 112, 117
wages, 35, 49, 107, 108, 113
Work Incentive Transport Subsidy Scheme, 109 Work Trial Scheme, 109
Youth Work Experience and Training Scheme,
106, 110
Energy, 234-35, 237-39, 246, 247-48, 253-54 Environment
administrative framework, 234 air pollution, 234, 238-40, 246
beaches, 149, 244, 248, 337, 343, 355 climate, 234, 237, 248, 255-58 control of asbestos, 239
country parks, 234, 251-52, 346, 361 cross-boundary co-operation, 236 EcoPark, 245
electricity, 38, 238, 247, 253-55
fauna, 105, 249-50
flora, 105, 249
gas, 219, 237-38, 240, 246-47, 253, 282
Government Laboratory, 104, 156, 159, 248, 280 Harbour Area Treatment Scheme, 242 HK Observatory, 88, 255-56
indoor air quality, 241 landfills, 245-47
legislation and environmental protection, 238 legislation and nature conservation, 251 livestock waste, 244
Mai Po Marshes, 249, 251
marine fauna, 250
marine parks, 250-52, 346
Environment
(Cont.)
meteorological services, 256 noise, 238-39, 241-42
ozone layer, 238, 241
pollution, 19, 218-19, 226-27, 228, 234, 235, 237,
238-40, 242-43, 244, 246
protected areas, 234, 252
statistics, 420-21
sustainable development, 235-36, 248 terrestrial fauna, 249
the year's weather, 255
topography and geology, 252
waste management, 234-35, 244-48 water quality and sewerage, 242
Equal Opportunities Commission, 25, 32 Exchange Fund, 12, 18, 60, 62, 65, 70, 82-84 Exchange value of the HK dollar, 82-83 Executive Council, 1-2, 11-12, 367-68
F
Festivals, 315
Fight Crime Committee, 265, 270
Film industry, 311-12
Finance Committee, 4, 6, 235
Financial and monetary affairs
accountancy, 9, 81
anti-money laundering and counter financing
of terrorism, 67
banking sector, 70
bankruptcies and compulsory winding-up, 81 bond market, 44, 65, 68-69
Companies Registry, 80
company law, 64
currency, 36, 62, 69-70, 82-84, 358, 396-98
Exchange Fund, 12, 18, 60, 62, 65, 70, 82-84
Financial Dispute Resolution Centre, 67
financial links with the Mainland, 67
financial markets, 61, 63-64
Financial Services Development Council, 66 fund-raising centre, 63
gold markets, 63
HK Exchanges and Clearing Limited, 68, 72 HK Monetary Authority, 11, 51, 62, 64, 66, 69-71,
82-84
Insurance Authority, 76-77
insurance sector, 75
international financial centre, 1, 37-38, 40, 43,
61, 63, 66-67, 69, 83
Investor Education Centre, 67, 73
Islamic finance, 65
Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes, 61, 76-79,
114
Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority,
78-79
Market Misconduct Tribunal, 74
monetary policy, 82
monetary situation, 83
money lenders, 80
National 12th Five-Year Plan, 20
429