| Report No. |
Research Report |
Completion Date |
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| RP01/95-96 |
An Overview on Governments' Positions and Policies Regarding Electromagnetic Fields
This research studies the government policies on electromagnetic fields and the application of the International Radiation Protection Association Guidelines in former Czechoslovakia, Japan, the United Kingdom, the former USSR, and Florida, Minnesota, Montana, New Jersey, New York and Oregon of the United States. It covers the basics of electromagnetic fields ("EMF"), studies on health effects of exposure to EMF, the International Radiation Protection Association Guidelines, standards and guidelines adopted by overseas places, policy choices, and restrictions related to overhead power lines. |
October 1995 |
| RP02/95-96 |
Commissioning Schedule of the Tseung Kwan O Substation and the Tsz Wan Shan to Tseung Kwan O Transmission Link
This research studies the justifications behind the completion schedule of the Tseung Kwan O Substation and its link with Tsz Wan Shan Substation when the project was planned in the early 1990s. It covers the validity of the justifications, the need of the Substation and views of the China Light and Power Company, Limited. |
October 1995 |
| RP03/95-96 |
Parliamentary Monitoring Mechanism on Intelligence Agencies
This research studies the parliamentary monitoring mechanism on intelligence agencies. It covers the various kinds of parliamentary monitoring mechanism on intelligence agencies and adjudication of deadlocks between the Parliament and the Executive in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and the United States. |
October 1995 |
| RP04/95-96 |
Policy on Internet Access Providers and On-line Service Providers in Overseas Countries
This research studies the policy on Internet access providers and the rationale behind such policy in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia. It covers the policy objective and regulatory framework, and problems encountered by the regulatory authorities. |
December 1995 |
| RP05/95-96 |
UK Pensions Act --- Minimum Funding Requirement
This research studies the minimum funding requirement of the UK Pensions Act. It analyses the minimum funding requirement proposed in Goode Report and prescribed by the UK Pensions Act 1995. |
November 1995 |
| RP07/95-96 |
Response to CLP's Comments on Research Paper RP02/95-96
This note responses to CLP's comments on Research Paper RP02/95-96. |
December 1995 |
| RP08/95-96 |
Commissioning Schedule of the Tseung Kwan O Substation
This research studies the commissioning schedule of the Tseung Kwan O Substation. It covers the need for the Tseung Kwan O Substation and the associated link, the different views presented by the China Light and Power Company, Limited and the reasons for the difference, and the examination conducted by the Administration. |
January 1996 |
| RP09/95-96 |
Estate Agents Bill --- An Analysis of Accessibility of Information Required under Section 37 (2)
This research studies the accessibility of official property information specified under Section 37(2) of the Estate Agents Bill. It covers current ownership and subsisting incumbrances, floor area, year of completion, user restrictions, lease expiry date and right of renewal, proposed lease terms and vendor statement on structural alterations, as well as the time required and the cost incurred in obtaining such information. |
January 1996 |
| RP10/95-96 |
An Analysis on Two Proposals to Change the Funding Requirements for Superannuation Schemes of UGC-funded Institutions
This research examines two proposals to change the funding requirements for the superannuation schemes of the institutes funded by the University Grants Committee. |
February 1996 |
| RP11/95-96 |
Implementation of Legislative Provisions to Deal with Age Discrimination in Employment in New South Wales, Australia and New Zealand
This research describes the background leading to the introduction of legislative provisions to deal with age discrimination in employment in New South Wales of Australia and New Zealand. It also examines the experience of the two places since the enactment of the legislation. |
March 1996 |
| RP12/95-96 |
Methadone Treatment Programmes in Hong Kong and Selected Countries
This research evaluates the usefulness and cost-effectiveness of the Methadone Treatment Programme in Hong Kong and the alternative treatment methods available. It also covers the number and characteristics of drug abusers in Hong Kong, drug treatment and rehabilitation programmes in Hong Kong, the Methadone Treatment Programmes in the United States, Australia, Canada, France, the Netherlands, Thailand and the United Kingdom, and the substitutes for methadone. |
March 1996 |
| RP13/95-96 |
A Research on the Determinants for the Social Assistance Scale in Hong Kong and Selected Countries
This research studies the scale of assistance of the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance ("CSSA") Scheme in Hong Kong and the social security programmes in Australia, Denmark, the United Kingdom and the United States. It covers the conceptual overview on social security systems, the assistance scale of the CSSA Scheme in Hong Kong, and the rationale for setting the assistance scale in selected countries which offer non-contributory means-tested social security programmes. |
June 1996 |
| RP14/95-96 |
Monitoring of Mass Transit Systems
This research studies the mass transit systems in New York, Los Angeles, London, Paris, Toronto, Tokyo, Osaka, Singapore and Seoul. It covers (a) ownership of the mass transit systems; (b) the mechanism and experience of controlling fare revisions; and (c) operational aspects such as ridership, financial status and ways of raising funds of the mass transit operators. |
June 1996 |
| RP15/95-96 |
Emergency Ambulance Services
This research examines the quality of Emergency Ambulance Services of Hong Kong and compares with that of Singapore, British Columbia of Canada, London, California and San Francisco of the United States, and Australia. It focuses on the response time target and the level of pre-hospital treatment as indicators of quality of the Emergency Ambulance Services. |
June 1996 |
| RP16/95-96 |
Monitoring of Overseas City Bus Services
This research studies types of ownership, operational aspects such as fare structure, means of raising funds and performance indicators, as well as fare control mechanism of city bus services operated in selected overseas cities, which are Singapore, Seoul, London, Tokyo, Osaka, Sydney, Paris, Toronto, Vancouver, New York, Los Angeles, Bangkok and Taipei. |
September 1996 |
| RP17/95-96 |
Political Development in Hong Kong since the 1980s
This research discusses the political development in Hong Kong since the 1980s. It covers the Sino-British Joint Declaration, democratisation in Hong Kong, the 1992 Constitutional Package, the major political events in Hong Kong from 1982 to 1995 and the composition of the Legislative Council from 1984 to 1995. |
September 1996 |
| RP18/95-96 |
Credit Ratings of Mass Transit Systems
The research examines the effects on credit ratings and cost of financing if the fare revision mechanism of mass transit operators were to be changed to requiring approval by the Legislative Council. Four credit rating agencies and 16 banks, which either are leading corporations or have business relationship with the mass transit operators in Hong Kong, are covered in the study. |
September 1996 |
| RP20/95-96 |
Income and Expenditure Patterns of Low Income Households in Hong Kong
This research analyses the methodology employed by the Government in reviewing the standard assistance rate including the Basic Needs approach and the Household Expenditure Survey approach. It also examines the spending patterns of low income non-Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Families. |
September 1996 |
