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INDEX

Employment (Cont.)

occupational health and hygiene, 141 occupational safety, 140-1

Occupational Safety and Health Council,

141-2

protection of wages on insolvency, 135 selective placement, 136

Task Force on Unemployment, 130 telephone enquiry service, 143

trade unions, 133-4

vocational education, 161-4

wages, 56-7, 131

work force, 130–1

Energy, 244-7, 509

Environment-

air, 393

aquatic fauna, 406

chemical waste treatment centre,

400-1

climate, 403-4

construction and demolition, 396 country parks, 407

environmental assessments, 391

Environmental Protection Department, 389

flora, 405

hydrography, 409

legislation and pollution control, 393 livestock, 398-9

marine parks, 407

meteorological services, 409-12

monitoring and investigations, 402 noise, 395-6

Observatory, 409-12

oceanography, 409

ozone, 395

radiation, 411-2

sewerage master plans, 397

terrestrial fauna, 405

topography and geology, 408

Transport pollution, 394–5 waste disposal, 400-2

water pollution, 396–7

weather forecasting, 410-11

year's weather, 404-5

Equal Opportunities Commission, 41

Estate Duty, 66

Exchange Fund, 97–99

Exchange value of dollar, 94-97

Executive Council, 9

Explosives, 148–9

Export Credit Insurance Corporation, 120-1

Exports, 105

External trade, 104–5

Fauna, 405-6

Federation of HK Industries, 121 Fight Crime Committee, 289-90

Film industry, 348-50

Finance Committee, 11

Financial and Monetary Affairs-

appendices, 484–7

banking, 68-9, 71-2

bankruptcies and compulsory winding-up,

102-3

Commissioner of Insurance, 79–81

currency, 94-97, 99

debt market, 70, 87-9

Exchange Fund, 97-9

Exchange Fund Investment Limited, 99-100

financial institutions, 68

foreign banks, 68, 71

gold market, 70

Growth Enterprise Market, 72

HK Monetary Authority, 73-8

insurance, 79-81

Land Fund, 98

Mandatory Provident Fund, 81-2

markets, 68-70

monetary policy, 90–2

regulation, 92-4

Securities and Futures Commission, 78-9

stock market, 69, 93

Tracker Fund of HK 70, 72, 99–100 Financial Secretary, 24

Fire Services--

ambulance service, 314

communications, 315

fire calls, 314

prevention, 315-6 special services, 314 training, 316-7

Fishing Industry— .

development, 147 figures, 146 fleet, 146

loans, 147

marine fish culture, 146 ponds, 146

Flora, 405

Foreign relations, 21-2

Gas, 246-7, 509

Geology, 408

Geophysical Services, 412 Geotechnical control, 240--1

Good Citizen Award Scheme, 299 Government-

administration, 24

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