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Index

D-E

Deposit-taking companies, 55, 72 Design-

HK Design Institute, 127

Director of Audit, 4, 17-18

District Councils, 7, 10, 367-73

Drainage services, 187, 192, 202

Drug abuse and trafficking, 259, 271, 278-80-

drug testing, 279-80, 282 enforcement, 270, 280

E

preventive education and publicity, 278 statistics, 280

treatment and rehabilitation, 280

Earthquake, 21

Economy-

contributions by economic sectors, 37 economy in 2013, 44

external trade, 44, 86, 92

General Revenue Account, 54

Government Budget, 12, 53, 66, 200, 286 government procurement and supplies, 57 Gross Domestic Product, 33-39, 44, 52-53, 88,

139, 229

labour market, 34-35, 46-48, 110-11, 359 links between HK and the Mainland, 41-43 manufacturing sector, 111

property market, 34-35, 49-51, 181, 185 public finance, 53-57

revenue sources, 54

statistics, 378-91

structure and development, 35

Education-

adult education, 129, 135

Business-school Partnership, 136

Committee on the Promotion of Civic

Education, 136

curriculum development, 122, 125, 132 drug testing, 279, 281-82

early childhood education, 126 Education Commission, 125

e-Textbook Market Development Scheme, 125 external school review, 131

free education, 126

gifted education, 127

governance of post-secondary institutions, 131 higher education, 123, 127, 130, 132 HK Diploma of Secondary Education

Examination, 122, 129, 132 home-school co-operation, 136 information technology in education, 133 international schools, 123

kindergartens, 124, 126, 129, 132, 318, 345-47 management of schools, 131 medium of instruction, 133

moral, civic and national education, 133 Native-speaking English Teacher Scheme, 133 new academic structure, 122

new senior secondary curriculum, 122, 132 post-secondary education, 122-23, 125, 127,

130-31, 135-36

pre-primary education, 124, 126, 135 Pre-primary Education Voucher Scheme, 126,

135

primary schools, 126, 129, 133, 142, 147, 345-47 professional development, 125, 127, 134 Qualifications Framework, 128, 130 Quality Education Fund, 125, 129 regulatory framework, 130 school-based management, 131 senior secondary education, 126 special education, 125-26 statistics, 406-7

student achievements, 123

student finance, 134

University Grants Committee, 123, 127, 129,

131, 135

vocational education, 127

Yi Jin Diploma programme, 128, 135

Efficiency Unit, 12

Election-

Chief Executive, 9-10

District Councils, 10, 367-73

Electoral Affairs Commission, 10

electoral system, 8-10

Legislative Council, 1-12, 17-18, 365-66

universal suffrage, 8, 10

Electricity, 37, 239-42, 252

Emigration, 306, 354 Employment-

Continuing Education Fund, 115 domestic helpers, 119-20

employees retraining, 110, 114

Employees' Compensation Ordinance, 117

employees' rights and benefits, 110-11, 116

employment of non-local students, 119, 306

employment services, 111-12

imported workers, 119

Labour Advisory Board, 112, 119

labour legislation, 111, 359

labour market, 34-35, 46-48, 110-11, 359 labour relations, 111-12, 115-16

Labour Tribunal, 116-17

minimum wage, 111, 118, 359

Minor Employment Claims Adjudication Board,

116-17

Occupational Safety and Health Council, 120-

21

Protection of Wages on Insolvency Fund, 111,

117

retirement protection, 118

standard working hours, 118

statistics, 402-5

trade unions, 115, 120

wages, 111, 117, 119

Work Incentive Transport Subsidy Scheme, 113

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