 | Research Report
| Report No. |
Research Report |
Completion Date |
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| RP01/01-02 |
Protection
for Banking Consumers in the United Kingdom and the United States
of America: Fees and Charges
This research discusses the practices of safeguarding the interests of banking consumers in the United Kingdom and the United States, covering the aspects of: (a) regulators for banking and financial services, (b) codes of banking practice, (c) resolution of consumer complaints, (d) relationship between interest rate deregulation and levying of fees and charges, (e) regulation of banks' fees and charges, (f) notification of increases in banks' fees and charges, and (g) accessibility to basic banking services. |
December 2001 |
| RP02/01-02 |
Restrictions
on Activities of Former Heads of Government and Former Senior Members
of Government
This research examines and compares the arrangements applicable to former heads of government and former senior members of government (including ministers, political appointees and senior civil servants) in France, the United Kingdom, the United States, California of the United States and Ontario of Canada. |
10 January 2002 |
| RP03/01-02 |
Regulation
of Public Meetings and Public Processions in San Francisco, New
York and London
This research examines the regulation of public meetings and public processions in San Francisco and New York of the United States, and London of the United Kingdom. It covers the notice period, penalties, the appeal mechanism, and the leniency or strictness of enforcement as compared to the letter of the law, taking into account whether any guidelines or suggestions have been issued by the enforcement agency itself or other authorities |
11 January 2002 |
| RP04/01-02 |
Practices
of Overseas Jurisdictions in Building up or Maintaining Their Fiscal
Reserves
This research discusses the practices of Singapore, Norway, New Zealand, Argentina and the United States in maintaining their fiscal reserves, covering the aspects of: (a) current economic situations, (b) principles of fiscal policies adopted, (c) practices of maintaining their fiscal reserves or financing their government debts, depending on their fiscal situations, and (d) the experiences of maintaining their fiscal reserves or financing their government debts. |
11 March 2002 |
| RP05/01-02 |
Process
of Appointment of Senior Members of Government in Selected Countries
This research studies the appointment process of senior members of government in the United Kingdom, the United States and Singapore. It covers qualification of senior members of government, routes to senior members of government, appointment process, pay and benefits, terms of appointment, conflicts of interest and removal of senior members of government. |
13 March 2002 |
| RP06/01-02 |
Education
Voucher System
This research studies education voucher programmes in Chile, Milwaukee and Cleveland of the United States, Colombia and England of the United Kingdom. It also discusses the Australian government's rejection of an education voucher system for higher education. |
9 April 2002 |
| RP07/01-02 |
Mechanism for Handling Complaints Against Judges in Overseas Places
This research studies the mechanism for handling complaints against judges in Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States and the State of New York of the United States. It provides (a) a brief discussion of the roles of the executive and the legislative branches in handling complaints against judges; and (b) a detailed discussion of complaints handling procedures in the judicial branch. |
8 July 2002 |
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