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Index

E-F

Employment - (Cont.)

Employees' Compensation Ordinance, 30, 108,

113

employees' rights and benefits, 106-7, 112 Employment in One-stop, 109

employment of non-local students, 115, 350 employment services, 107-8, 363 employment situation, 107 imported workers, 111, 115

Labour Advisory Board, 108, 115

labour legislation, 107, 363

labour market, 35-36, 47-49, 106-7, 363

labour relations, 107-8, 111-12

Labour Tribunal, 112-13

minimum wage, 35, 48, 49, 53, 114, 363

Minor Employment Claims Adjudication Board,

112-13

Occupational Safety and Health Council,

116-17

Pilot Employment Navigator Programme, 106,

109

preparing people for work, 110

Protection of Wages on Insolvency Fund, 108,

113

retirement protection, 114

Skills Upgrading Scheme, 110

standard working hours, 115

statistics, 405-8

trade unions, 112, 117

wages, 35, 49, 107, 108, 113

Work Incentive Transport Subsidy Scheme, 109 Work Trial Scheme, 109

Youth Work Experience and Training Scheme,

106, 110

Energy, 234-35, 237-39, 246, 247-48, 253-54 Environment

administrative framework, 234 air pollution, 234, 238-40, 246

beaches, 149, 244, 248, 337, 343, 355 climate, 234, 237, 248, 255-58 control of asbestos, 239

country parks, 234, 251-52, 346, 361 cross-boundary co-operation, 236 EcoPark, 245

electricity, 38, 238, 247, 253-55

fauna, 105, 249-50

flora, 105, 249

gas, 219, 237-38, 240, 246-47, 253, 282

Government Laboratory, 104, 156, 159, 248, 280 Harbour Area Treatment Scheme, 242 HK Observatory, 88, 255-56

indoor air quality, 241 landfills, 245-47

legislation and environmental protection, 238 legislation and nature conservation, 251 livestock waste, 244

Mai Po Marshes, 249, 251

marine fauna, 250

marine parks, 250-52, 346

Environment

(Cont.)

meteorological services, 256 noise, 238-39, 241-42

ozone layer, 238, 241

pollution, 19, 218-19, 226-27, 228, 234, 235, 237,

238-40, 242-43, 244, 246

protected areas, 234, 252

statistics, 420-21

sustainable development, 235-36, 248 terrestrial fauna, 249

the year's weather, 255

topography and geology, 252

waste management, 234-35, 244-48 water quality and sewerage, 242

Equal Opportunities Commission, 25, 32 Exchange Fund, 12, 18, 60, 62, 65, 70, 82-84 Exchange value of the HK dollar, 82-83 Executive Council, 1-2, 11-12, 367-68

F

Festivals, 315

Fight Crime Committee, 265, 270

Film industry, 311-12

Finance Committee, 4, 6, 235

Financial and monetary affairs

accountancy, 9, 81

anti-money laundering and counter financing

of terrorism, 67

banking sector, 70

bankruptcies and compulsory winding-up, 81 bond market, 44, 65, 68-69

Companies Registry, 80

company law, 64

currency, 36, 62, 69-70, 82-84, 358, 396-98

Exchange Fund, 12, 18, 60, 62, 65, 70, 82-84

Financial Dispute Resolution Centre, 67

financial links with the Mainland, 67

financial markets, 61, 63-64

Financial Services Development Council, 66 fund-raising centre, 63

gold markets, 63

HK Exchanges and Clearing Limited, 68, 72 HK Monetary Authority, 11, 51, 62, 64, 66, 69-71,

82-84

Insurance Authority, 76-77

insurance sector, 75

international financial centre, 1, 37-38, 40, 43,

61, 63, 66-67, 69, 83

Investor Education Centre, 67, 73

Islamic finance, 65

Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes, 61, 76-79,

114

Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority,

78-79

Market Misconduct Tribunal, 74

monetary policy, 82

monetary situation, 83

money lenders, 80

National 12th Five-Year Plan, 20

429