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INDEX

Finance Committee, 26

Financial and Monetary Affairs, 67–77

banking, 67-8, 387-8

commodities trading, 68-9 currency, 77, 386

Exchange Fund, 77

exchange value of dollar, 75

financial scene in 1989, 73–5

gold market, 75

inflation, 61

institutions, 67-9

markets, 69-70

monetary policy, 75–7

regulation, 70-73

Securities and Futures Commission, 72-3

Securities Review Committee, 72-3 stock market, 69, 74–5

Fire Services, 260-62

ambulance service, 261

communications, 262 prevention, 261

training, 262

First Opium War, 353

Fish Marketing Organisation, 115–6

Fishing-

co-operative societies, 115 development, 114-5

industry, 112-3, 400

loans, 113, 115

- marine fish culture, 112-3

ponds, 112

research, 113

Flood control, 212

Foreign relations, 37–8

Forensic laboratory, 255

Gas, 214-5, 413

Geology, 322-3

Geophysical Services, 329-30 Geotechnical Control, 211

Good Citizen Award Scheme, 243 Government—

administration, 23, 34-5 branches, 34-5 Budget, 34, 62–3

Central, 24-5

Central Policy Unit, 34 departments, 34-5.

Letters Patent, 24

offices overseas, 376

political adviser, 37-8

revenue and expenditure, 63-6

Royal Instructions, 24

Secretariat, 34–5

Governor, 23-4, 367-

Governor in Council, 25

Green Paper on Representative Government, 23

Gross Domestic Product, 4, 53-4

Health, 147-64

abattoirs, 163

AIDS, 148, 154

Auxiliary Medical Services, 164

cemetries, 163-4

clinics, 150-51

428

crematoria, 163–4

Health (Contd)

communicable diseases, 148-9

community, 148

community nursing service, 154

Council on Smoking and Health, 154

dental services, 152

dental training, 155

development programmes, 149-50

education, 154

expenditure, 147-8

family, 151

food, 161-2

Government Laboratory, 156

hawkers, 162–3

hospital beds, 149-50

hospitals, 149-50 markets, 162

medical charges, 155

Medical and Health Department, 147

medical personnel, 155-6

medical schools, 155–6

mental, 152-3

narcotics, 156-9

port, 151-2

Provisional Hospital Authority, 147

psychiatric, 152-3

rabies control, 149

Review of Primary Health Care, 152

school service, 151

schools of nursing, 155-6

special services, 153 4

training, 155-6

Heung Yee Kuk, 30 Hindu community, 293 History, 352-60

Home Purchase Loan Scheme, 183

HK Convention and Exhibition Centre, 92 HK Council of Social Service, 165, 406-8 HK Export Credit Insurance Corporation, 92 HK General Chamber of Commerce, 92-3 HK Industrial Estates Corporation, 83–4 HK Journalists Association, 277 HK Laboratory Accreditation Scheme, 81 HK Management Association, 94 HK Productivity Council, 82

HK Red Cross, 148

HK Shipowners' Association, 231

HK Tourist Association, 267-70

HK Trade Development Council, 90-92 HK Trade Facilitation Committee, 94 Housing, 176–90, 410

allocation, 183-4 Authority, 176–8 construction, 178 clearance, 187

cottage areas, 186 estates, 179-80 expanded role, 177 expenditure, 177–8

Home Ownership Scheme, 182-3 Home Purchase Loan Scheme, 183

Kowloon Walled City Clearance, 187 letting, 185-6

Long Term Strategy, 176

management, 184–5