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INDEX

Employment (Cont.) agencies, 130

careers guidance, 128

employee benefits, 123

employee's compensation, 133–4

Employees Retraining Scheme, 114, 119–20

employment abroad, 130

finding employment, 126

foreign domestic helpers, 130

foreign workers, 128-30

Labour Advisory Board, 124

labour conditions, 123

labour relations, 125

Labour Tribunal, 125 legislation, 123-4

occupational health and hygiene, 131-2 Occupational safety, 130-1

Occupational Safety and Health Council,

132-3

protection of wages on insolvency, 126 selective placement, 128

telephone enquiry service, 134

trade unions, 124-5

vocational education, 151-2, 161

wages, 122-3, 455-6

work force, 454

Energy, 227-30, 471

Environment-368-92

air, 368, 374

aquatic fauna, 386

charging scheme for sewage services, 379 chemical waste treatment centre, 380 climate 383-5

construction and demolition, 376 country parks, 387

environmental assessments, 371, 380-1

Environmental Protection Department,

369-71

flora, 385

government expenditure, 368

hydrography, 388–9

legislation and pollution control, 372-8 livestock, 377

marine parks, 386-7

meteorological services, 389-92

monitoring and investigations, 380-1

noise, 374-6

Observatory, 389-92

oceanography, 388-9

ozone, 377

radiation, 391

sewerage master plans, 378

terrestrial fauna, 385–6 topography and geology, 387-8

Environment— (Cont.)

waste disposal, 379-80

water pollution, 373

weather forecasting, 389-92

year's weather, 384-5, 488-9

Estate Duty, 62

Exchange Fund, 91–3

Exchange value of dollar, 86-90

Executive Council, 8

Explosives, 138-9, 284

Export Credit Insurance Corporation, 112–3

Exports, 48-50, 448-53

External trade, 48-50, 98-100, 448-53

Fauna, 385-7

Federation of HK Industries, 102

Fight Crime Committee, 276-8

Film industry, 334-6

Finance Committee, 10-11

Financial and Monetary Affairs-

appendices, 443-7

banking, 64-8

bankruptcies and compulsory winding-up,

95-6

Commissioner of Insurance, 74-6

currency, 64-5, 86-90

debt market, 80-2

Exchange Fund, 91-3

Exchange Fund Investment Limited, 91

financial institutions, 64-8

foreign banks, 65, 67

gold market, 66

HK Monetary Authority, 68-73 insurance, 74-6

Land Fund, 93

Mandatory Provident Fund, 76-7

markets, 66-8

monetary policy, 83-4

regulation, 66-74

Securities and Futures Commission, 73-4

stock market, 65-6

Financial Secretary, 21-2

Fire Services- 300-4

ambulance service, 301-2 communications, 302

fire calls, 301 prevention, 302-3 special services, 301 training, 303-4 First Opium War, 401 Fishing Industry—

development, 136–7 figures, 4549-60 fleet, 136

493