Index
D-E
Deposit-taking companies, 55, 72 Design-
HK Design Institute, 127
Director of Audit, 4, 17-18
District Councils, 7, 10, 367-73
Drainage services, 187, 192, 202
Drug abuse and trafficking, 259, 271, 278-80-
drug testing, 279-80, 282 enforcement, 270, 280
E
preventive education and publicity, 278 statistics, 280
treatment and rehabilitation, 280
Earthquake, 21
Economy-
contributions by economic sectors, 37 economy in 2013, 44
external trade, 44, 86, 92
General Revenue Account, 54
Government Budget, 12, 53, 66, 200, 286 government procurement and supplies, 57 Gross Domestic Product, 33-39, 44, 52-53, 88,
139, 229
labour market, 34-35, 46-48, 110-11, 359 links between HK and the Mainland, 41-43 manufacturing sector, 111
property market, 34-35, 49-51, 181, 185 public finance, 53-57
revenue sources, 54
statistics, 378-91
structure and development, 35
Education-
adult education, 129, 135
Business-school Partnership, 136
Committee on the Promotion of Civic
Education, 136
curriculum development, 122, 125, 132 drug testing, 279, 281-82
early childhood education, 126 Education Commission, 125
e-Textbook Market Development Scheme, 125 external school review, 131
free education, 126
gifted education, 127
governance of post-secondary institutions, 131 higher education, 123, 127, 130, 132 HK Diploma of Secondary Education
Examination, 122, 129, 132 home-school co-operation, 136 information technology in education, 133 international schools, 123
kindergartens, 124, 126, 129, 132, 318, 345-47 management of schools, 131 medium of instruction, 133
moral, civic and national education, 133 Native-speaking English Teacher Scheme, 133 new academic structure, 122
new senior secondary curriculum, 122, 132 post-secondary education, 122-23, 125, 127,
130-31, 135-36
pre-primary education, 124, 126, 135 Pre-primary Education Voucher Scheme, 126,
135
primary schools, 126, 129, 133, 142, 147, 345-47 professional development, 125, 127, 134 Qualifications Framework, 128, 130 Quality Education Fund, 125, 129 regulatory framework, 130 school-based management, 131 senior secondary education, 126 special education, 125-26 statistics, 406-7
student achievements, 123
student finance, 134
University Grants Committee, 123, 127, 129,
131, 135
vocational education, 127
Yi Jin Diploma programme, 128, 135
Efficiency Unit, 12
Election-
Chief Executive, 9-10
District Councils, 10, 367-73
Electoral Affairs Commission, 10
electoral system, 8-10
Legislative Council, 1-12, 17-18, 365-66
universal suffrage, 8, 10
Electricity, 37, 239-42, 252
Emigration, 306, 354 Employment-
Continuing Education Fund, 115 domestic helpers, 119-20
employees retraining, 110, 114
Employees' Compensation Ordinance, 117
employees' rights and benefits, 110-11, 116
employment of non-local students, 119, 306
employment services, 111-12
imported workers, 119
Labour Advisory Board, 112, 119
labour legislation, 111, 359
labour market, 34-35, 46-48, 110-11, 359 labour relations, 111-12, 115-16
Labour Tribunal, 116-17
minimum wage, 111, 118, 359
Minor Employment Claims Adjudication Board,
116-17
Occupational Safety and Health Council, 120-
21
Protection of Wages on Insolvency Fund, 111,
117
retirement protection, 118
standard working hours, 118
statistics, 402-5
trade unions, 115, 120
wages, 111, 117, 119
Work Incentive Transport Subsidy Scheme, 113
426