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List of Figures and Tables Figures 1.1 The Public Sector 2 1.2 Government, Market and Society 4 4.1 The Government Secretariat, 2008 72 7.1 Public/Government Expenditure as a Percentage of GDP 155 7.2 Rate of Growth of Gross Domestic Product by Percentage 156 Change in Real Terms 7.3 Revenue Profile, 2007–2008 156 7.4 Expenditure Profile, 2007–2008 159 Tables 2.1 Composition of the Legislative Council, 1991–2008 31 3.1 Principal Officials in the Tsang Administration, July 2008 59–60 4.1 Bureaus and Departments in the Hong Kong Government, 2008 74–75 4.2 Strength of the Twelve Largest Departments, 2008 75 4.3 Ranks and Establishment in the Police Force and in the Administrative 77 Grade, 2008 4.4 Establishment and Strength of the Civil Service, 1997–2008 88 5.1 Strength of the Civil Service by Gender and Terms of Appointment, 2008 100 5.2 Civil Service Pay Scales, 2008 105 6.1 Number of Advisory and Statutory Bodies, June 2005 125 6.2 The Organisation of the Public Sector 128–129 7.1 The Budgetary Cycle 162 7.2 The Medium Range Forecast 163 7.3 Environmental Protection Department: Analysis of Financial Provision 165 7.4 Social Welfare Department: Analysis of Financial Provision 166 7.5 Total Public Expenditure: Year-on-Year Change 2007–2008 and 171 2008–2009 7.6 Total Public Expenditure by Percentage by Policy Area Group 172 viii List of Figures and Tables 8.1 Selected Policy Issues: Problems of Process and Implementation 195 9.1 Typology of Policy Implementation Styles 206 10.1 The Patient’s Charter 10.2 Establishment of Social Services and Disciplinary Services Departments, 245 1997, 2008 11.1 Complaints and Representations to the Legislative Council, 1997–2008 249 11.2 Complaints to the Ombudsman, 1994, 1997–2008 266 11.3 Disposition of Concluded Complaints to the Ombudsman, 2003–2008 274 11.4 Complaints against the Police by Initial Categorisation, 2002–2007 281 11.5 Resolution of Allegations against the Police, 2002–2007 282 ...

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