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INDEX

532

Government (Cont.)

bureaux, 24

Budget, 63-4, 476-83 Civil Service, 26–9 departments, 24 language, 30

overseas offices, 116, 330-8 Records Service, 29-30 Secretariat, 24

system of government, 9-13 Government Flying Service, 325 Government Laboratory, 181, 311–2, 402 Government Supplies Department, 64-5 Gross Domestic Product, 42, 44, 470-1 Growth Enterprise Market 72

Health-

abattoirs, 192

AIDS, 177

Auxiliary Medical Service, 187-8

avian influenza, 145, 177

cemeteries, 190

Chinese medicine, 181

clinics, 178-9

communicable diseases, 176

community nursing service, 180

Council on Smoking and Health, 180

crematoria, 190

dental services, 179

development programmes, 177

Department, 176

drug abuse, 182-6

environmental health, 188-9

education, 178

Family Health Service, 177

food hygiene, 191

Government Laboratory, 311-2, 181, 402

hawkers, 192

Hospital Authority, 176

hospitals, 176

life expectancy, 176

markets, 192

medical charges, 180

medical personnel, 176 mentally ill, 179-80

port health, 180

primary health care, 177–9 smoking, 180–1

Student Health Service, 178

Heritage, 344-7

Hindu community, 358 History, 420-9

HK (Institutions whose proper titles begin with

HK)

Academy for Performing Arts, 363

Arts Centre, 363-4

Arts Development Council, 361 Ballet, 362

Chinese Enterprises Association, 122 Council of Social Service, 194

Cultural Centre, 382

Export Credit Insurance Corporation, 120–1 General Chamber of Commerce, 121 Industrial Estates Corporation, 113

Industrial Technology Centre Corporation,

113

Journalists Association, 327

Laboratory Accreditation Scheme, 112

Management Association, 122

Monetary Authority, 73-8

Polytechnic University, 165

Productivity Council, 113

Shipping Register, 270–1

Sports Development Board, 378 Stadium, 383

Tourist Association, 284–7

Trade Development Council, 118-20

Housing

Authority, 205

cottage areas, 213

elderly, 212-3

Home Ownership Scheme, 209

Home Purchase Loan Scheme, 210

Home Starter Loan Scheme, 211

private sector, 208

Public Rental Housing, 211-2

rent control in private sector, 208

rent policy, 211

Sandwich Class Housing Scheme, 210 Society, 206

squatters, 213 subsidy policy, 209

supply, 205, 207

Interim, 213

transit centres, 213

Immigration-

births and deaths, 413 control, 414

Department, 413

emigration, 417

HKSAR passports, 417

illegal, 296, 416

legal, 414

marriages, 417

personal documentation, 417