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INDEX

Education (Cont.)

secondary, 142–4

sex and AIDS, 144

Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fund, 141

Sister Schools Scheme, 146

skills centres for disabled, 151–2

special, 147-8

structure of the system, 132-4

student finance, 140-1

Target Oriented Curriculum, 144

teachers, 135–6

Teachers education, 148-50

technical, 150-2

tertiary education, 152-4

University Grants Committee, 133

University of Hong Kong, 153

University of Science and Technology, 153 Vocational Training Council, 134, 137 vocational training for the disabled, 151–2 Efficiency Unit, 28

Elections

Chief Executive, 7

district boards, 16, 18-19

Electoral Affairs Commission, 21

electoral system, 19–21

Legislative Council, 19

municipal councils, 9, 16-18

Electricity, 219–221

Electronic Data Interchange, 95

Electronics industry, 92

Emigration, 381

Employment-

adjudication, 118–9

agencies, 122

apprenticeship schemes, 151

careers guidance, 121

employee benefits, 116

employee's compensation, 126

Employees Retraining Scheme, 114, 119–20

employment abroad, 122–3

finding employment, 119

foreign domestic helpers, 122

foreign workers, 121-2

industrial safety, 123-4

Labour Advisory Board, 117

labour conditions, 114-5

labour relations, 118

Labour Tribunal, 118

legislation, 117

occupational health and hygiene, 124

Occupational safety, 123-5

Occupational Safety and Health Council,

124-5

Employment (Cont.)

protection of wages on insolvency, 119 selective placement, 120

telephone enquiry service, 126

trade unions, 118

wages, 115-6

work force, 114-5, 441

Energy, 219-20, 455 Environment—

air, 356-7

aquatic fauna, 375-6

charging scheme for sewage services, 367

chemical waste treatment centre, 368

climate 370-3

construction and demolition, 364–5

country parks, 376

environmental assessments, 356-9

environmental problems, 357-60

Environmental Protection Department,

357-60

flora, 374

government expenditure, 356

hydrography, 373-4

legislation and pollution control, 259–64

livestock, 365-6

marine parks, 376

meteorological services, 377

monitoring and investigations, 360, 369

noise, 364-5

Observatory, 377

oceanography, 373-4

ozone, 366

radiation, 378-9

sewerage master plans, 367

terrestrial fauna, 374-5

topography and geology, 373

waste disposal, 366-9

water pollution, 358

weather forecasting, 377-8

year's weather, 371-3

Establishment of the HKSAR, 4-11

Estate Duty, 61

Ex-China Vietnamese Illegal Immigrants, 385

Exchange Fund, 84-5

Exchange value of dollar, 80

Executive Council, 4, 8

Explosives, 131, 266

Export Credit Insurance Corporation, 104

Exports, 40-1, 50-1, 435-9

External trade, 40–1, 50–1, 91, 98–100, 435-9

Fauna, 374-5

Federation of HK Industries, 95, 104

Fight Crime Committee, 257-8

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