Index
C-E
Information Services Department (ISD), 273-75
statistics, 398-99
telecommunications, 82-83, 272, 281-83
Companies Registry, 78
Competition Commission, 96
Confucianism, 325
Construction, 34, 36, 42, 44, 46, 186, 192-96, 198-204
Consumer protection, 85-86, 99
Correctional Services Department, 250, 255-59, 268
education and vocational training, 257
penal population, 256
Young Offender Assessment Panel, 174, 256 Country and marine parks, 232, 299-300 Court of Final Appeal, 2-3, 22, 27, 29-30
Crime-
commercial crime, 250-51
crime prevention, 250, 253 liaison, 252-53, 263, 266
money laundering and terrorist financing, 71,
252, 270
technology crime, 250-51
triad-related crime, 251
Customs and Excise Department, 86, 89-90, 92-94,
D
99-100, 259-61, 268
anti-narcotics, 260
anti-smuggling, 261
revenue protection and collection, 51-52, 259-
61
Dental services, 144-45
District Councils, 7, 10, 151, 179, 216, 266, 298, 320
Drugs-
E
abuse and trafficking, 252
enforcement, 252
preventive education and publicity, 267-68 statistics, 269
testing, 268-70
treatment and rehabilitation, 263, 267-69
Economy-
contributions of various economic sectors,
36-37
external trade, 40-42, 48, 82, 87-88 Government Budget, 11, 121 government procurement, 53
Gross Domestic Product (GDP), 33, 35-37, 48-49,
60, 83, 103, 142, 225
in the year 2018, 40-49
labour market, 33-35, 43-44, 48, 110-11, 114,
337
property market, 34, 42, 45-47
services sector, 37, 83, 89
statistics, 356-369
structure and development, 34-36 Education-
adult, 130-31
civic education, 137-38
curriculum, 121-26, 249, 315
Diploma Yi Jin programme, 131, 135
Education Commission, 121
e-learning, 14, 128
free, 123 gifted, 127
higher, 107, 121-22, 128-29, 131, 156, 279, 317 HK Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE)
Examination, 123-24, 126, 129-30
information technology, 127-28, 131 medium of instruction, 125
Native English-speaking Teacher (NET) Scheme,
126
post-secondary, 121-22, 126-30, 132-35, 178,
312, 337
pre-primary, 134, 284
professional development, 121-23, 125-28, 136-
37, 142, 177
Qualifications Framework, 126, 132, 201, 203
scholarships, 129, 135, 156-57, 168, 221, 310,
312, 322
special, 127
statistics, 383-84
student achievements, 131-32
student finance, 129, 134-35
vocational, 122, 124, 126, 130-31, 138, 173-74,
256-57, 318
Election-
Chief Executive, 9-10
District Councils, 10, 345-51
Electoral Affairs Commission, 10
electoral system, 8-10
Legislative Council, 8-10, 343-44
universal suffrage, 8, 10
Electricity, 36, 234-37, 244
Emigration, 333
Employment-
administrative framework, 110
Continuing Education Fund, 113, 305 domestic helpers, 44, 118
employees retraining, 114, 337
employees' rights and benefits, 110, 115-17
employment services, 112-14
imported workers, 118
Labour Advisory Board, 111-12, 118
labour market, 33-35, 43-44, 48, 110-11, 114,
337
Labour Tribunal, 27-28, 30, 111, 115-16 legislation, 110-11, 337
minimum wage, 117, 337
Minor Employment Claims Adjudication Board,
27, 115-16
non-local professionals and students, 118-19,
133, 135, 138, 289
Protection of Wages on Insolvency Fund, 116
retirement protection, 69, 117
standard working hours, 117
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