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Tel-Law Scheme
   
Tape No. Particulars
   
(A) FAMILY LAW
1 Matrimonial rights during marriage
2 Separation
3 Divorce
4 General information on matters after divorce
5 Maintenance on divorce
6 Matrimonial property on the breakdown of marriage
7 Types of marriage
8 Battered wife and children
9 Harmony House - battered women's refuge
10 Introduction to the Divorce Mediation Service
   
(B) LAND LAW, LANDLORD AND TENANT
11 Conveyance of land
12 Public housing
13 Business premises
14 Protection of sub-tenants in domestic premises
15 Tenants of residential premises
16 Procedure and compensation in re-building cases
   
(C) CRIMINAL LAW
17 Police powers of arrests, search, questioning, detention, and bail
18 Rights of citizen upon search and arrest
19 Rights of the citizen upon questioning
20 Criminal law procedure
21 Rights of a person charged but not convicted of a criminal offence and special treatment of minor criminal offenders
 
22 Criminal appeals
23 Public legal assistance in criminal cases
   
(D) EMPLOYMENT LAW
24
Employment 1: holidays, rest days and leaves
25
Employment 2: sickness allowance
26
Employment 3: maternity leave and other rights
27
Employment 4: provisions governing the termination of an employment contract
28
Employment 5: severance payment
29
Employment 6: long service payment
30
Employment 7: a simple guide to employers on compensation
31
Employment 8: a simple guide to employees on compensation
32
Employment 9: how to calculate compensation
- temporary and permanent incapacity or death

   
(E) COMMERCIAL, BANKING AND SALES OF GOODS
33 Lending money in Hong Kong
34 Some legal characteristics of a cheque
35 Borrowing money (1) - principles of a credit contract
36 Borrowing money (2) - banks and money lenders
37 Borrowing money (3) - pawnbrokers and credit unions
38 Borrowing money (4) - chit funds and credit cards
39 Some advice on making a simple contract
40 Hire purchase
41 Trade Descriptions Ordinance
42 Sale of Goods Ordinance
43 Consumer Council
44 Consumer Legal Action Fund
   
(F) ADMINISTRATION AND CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
45 Redress of grievances against government decisions:
  (1) - Channels other than court proceedings
46 Redress of grievances against government decisions:
  (2) - Appeals to a court and judicial review
47 Civil and Political Rights:Chapter III Basic Law and The Bill of Rights Ordinance
 
48 Office of the Ombudsman
   
(G) ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND TORT
49 What to do about air pollution
50 How to comply with Water Pollution Control Ordinance
51 Chemical waste control
52 Livestock waste from farms
53 Noise from construction sites and from public places
54 Noise from domestic premises
   
(H) GENERAL LEGAL INFORMATION
55 Public legal assistance in civil cases
56 Finding a solicitor
57 Changing your name
58 Hong Kong visa regulations
59 Who is entitled and when to apply for Hong Kong identity card
60 How to apply for a Hong Kong identity card
61 Jury service
62 Small Claims Tribunal
63 Motor insurance
64 Bankruptcy Part I:
  - General information about bankruptcy and the first step in the bankruptcy proceedings
 
65 Bankruptcy Part II:
  - General information about bankruptcy and the second step in the bankruptcy proceedings
 
66 Making a will
67 Where a person dies without making a will
68 Coroners and the Coroners Ordinance
69 Death Inquest by Coroner
70 Emergency guardianship for abused mentally incapacitated adults
71 The Guardianship Board's service for mentally incapacitated adults
72 Hong Kong's Anti-discrimination Laws
73 A brief introduction on the functions of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data
 
74 Your privacy rights explained
75 Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance - the six data protection principles
76 How to exercise your data access right
77 Identity card number and human resource management
78 Code of practice on human resource management - provisions on recruitment advertisements
 




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