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Consumer Price Index, 40, 184, 228

Container facilities, 96, 127-8 (see also Kwai

Chung container terminal)

Convention of Chuenpi, 192 Convention of Peking, 193

Co-operative societies, 47-8 Cotton, see Textiles

Courts, 201-4, 238

Credit unions, 48

Crime, 8–10, 110–12, 115, 236–7 Crops, 49–50

Cross-harbour tunnel, 2, 96, 110, 112, 122, 132,

135, 136, 138, 139-40, 141, 142, 152, 197 Crown Rent and Premium Ordinance, 89 Currency, 2, 35–7, 225

Deaths, 69, 233

Defence, 30, 155-7

Defence expenditure, 30

Dental services, 77-8

Desalination, 3, 124, 152, 173

Design-

Governor's Award, 27

Federation Award, 27

Devaluation, 36-7

Development Loan Fund, 32

Diphtheria, 69, 72

Diseases, 70-3, 74, 75, 77, 81

District Community Offices, 105-6

Dockyards, 15, 133

Dollar coins, 35, 111

Drainage, 127

Drug addiction, 74-5, 83, 115-17, 208 (see also

Narcotics)

Drug seizures, 111, 119

Ducks, 50

Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme, 67, 106,

113

Dutiable commodities, 12, 23, 32, 118–19

Earnings and profits tax, 33-4

East India Company, 192

ECAFE, 13

Economy, 10, 11, 199 "

Education, 3, 4, 7-8, 9, 54-68, 197-8, 231-2]

adult, 65

Advisory Inspectorate, 63

educational television, 65–6

English school fees, 53

enrolments, 231

examinations, 53, 66

higher, 56, 62

loans and grants, 56-7

music and art, 67 Ordinance, 54

overseas, 68

polytechnic, 53, 56–7 pre-primary, 53, 54 pre-vocational, 55, 63 primary, 53, 54 research, 59-60 secondary, 53, 55-6

Education (Contd)

special, 54-5

technical, 8, 53, 56-7

Visual Education Centre, 64 Electricity, 32, 129, 239 Electronics industry, 15, 16, 45 Elliot, Capt C, 192

Emergency relief, 5, 108, 158 Employment, 39-45

advisory service, 43 holidays, 40-1, 198 migration for, 40, 44 Ordinance, 39, 41 overseas, 44

safety, health and welfare, 44 wages and conditions of, 40-1 working hours, 40-1, 198 Entertainment, 166, 167-8 Entertainment tax, 34

Entrepôt trade, 1, 2, 18, 196, 219 Environment, 3, 30, 125, 172-82 Essential Services Corps, 157-8 Estate Duty, 34

European Economic Community, 20, 21, Exchange fund, 35-7

Exhibitions, 167, 168–70

Executive Council, 194, 197, 200-1, 244

Expenditure and revenue, 30-2, 220-4

Explosives, 52

Exports, 2, 10, 11, 12-25, 31, 196, 218

22

Factories and industrial undertakings, 13-16,

39-40, 43, 196, 226–7

Ordinance, 40, 43

Family Planning Association, 74

Farming, 46-51

Fauna, 181, 182

Federation of Commonwealth Chambers of

Commerce, 27

Federation of Hong Kong Industries, 22, 27 Ferry services, 141

Festivals, Chinese, 82, 160

Film censorship, 151, 206-7 Film industry, 151

Finance, 11, 30-8

Committee, 201

Fire-

damage, 118, 133, 181

prevention, 118, 181

Services, 117-18, 126, 132, 158

Fish-

Marketing Organisation, 48, 51

ponds, 51

Fisheries-

Development Loan Fund, 48 research, 47

Fishing fleet, 51

industry, 39, 46–9,

51

Flatted factories, 100-1, 125

Flora, 181, 189-90 Flying doctor service, 77

Food inspection, 80-1 Foreign Relations, 204–5

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