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Legislative Council
Annual Report
2010-2011
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CONTENTS
ChApteR 4 75
Redress System
Analysis of Significant Cases Handled
Other Significant Cases
ChApteR 5 82
Corporate Liaison and Education Service
Parliamentary Liaison SubcommitteeLuncheons with Consuls-General
Meetings with Members of District CouncilsMeetings with Councillors of Heung Yee Kuk
Visitors
Education Service
ChApteR 6 86
Support Services for Members
The Legislative Council Commission
The Legislative Council SecretariatpResident’s FoRewoRd 4
GRoup photo oF MeMbeRs 6
CounCiL A t woRK 8
ChApteR 1 40
The Legislative Council
Powers and FunctionsComposition
ChApteR 2 41
Legislative Council Meetings
Tabling of Subsidiary Legislation and Other PapersQuestions
Bills
Motions
Policy Address Debate
Budget Debate
Other Debates
Chief Executive’s Question and Answer Sessions
ChApteR 3 48
Committees
Finance Committee Public Accounts Committee
Committee on Members’ Interests
House Committee
– Subcommittees of the House Committee
Committee on Rules of ProcedureBills Committees and Subcommittees on
Subsidiary Legislation
PanelsSelect Committee to Inquire into Matters Relating
to the Post-Service Work of Mr LEUNG Chin-man
Investigation Committee Established under Rule
49B(2A) of the Rules of Procedure in Respect of the Motion to Censure Honourable Kam
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APPENDICES
AppendiX 1 89
Composition of the Legislative Council
AppendiX 2 91
Biographies of Members
AppendiX 3 121
Bills Passed
AppendiX 4 123
Motion Debates Held
AppendiX 5 237
Membership of Legislative Council Committees
(By Committee and By Members)
AppendiX 6 266
Nature and Outcome of All Cases Concluded
under the Legislative Council Redress System
AppendiX 7 268
Statistical Breakdown of Concluded Cases by
Nature and by Outcome by the 10 Government
Policy Bureaux/Departments which Received the
Largest Number of Cases
AppendiX 8 270
Statistical Breakdown of All Concluded Cases
under the Legislative Council Redress System
AppendiX 9 278
The Legislative Council Commission and its
Committees
AppendiX 10 280
Organizational Chart of the Legislative Council
SecretariatLegislative Council Annual Report 2010-20114
President’s Foreword
During the session, the Council passed a total of 23
Government bills, 18 with amendments, and completed the scrutiny of 128 items of subsidiary legislation through the negative vetting procedure, 10 of which were amended by resolution of the Council. Moreover, the Council passed nine motions and negatived one through the positive vetting procedure for scrutinizing subsidiary legislation.
As the constitutional body to monitor the work of the
Government, the Council sought responses from Principal Officials through oral and written questions at Council meetings. In this session, Members asked a total of 178 oral questions, followed up with 847 supplementary questions. The oral questions included 11 urgent questions which I allowed to be asked on matters of urgent public importance. In addition, 472 written questions were asked.
Of the 60 motions moved by Members to express views
on issues of public concern, i.e. those not intended to have legislative effect, 46 were passed with or without amendments. Through these motion debates, Members called on the Administration to take actions or enhance its public policies to better serve our community.
The large number of subcommittees in operation during
the 2010-2011 session was yet another piece of evidence of the recent trends of Members of this Council to set up subcommittees to address issues of wide public concern. Of particular interest and concern to Members and the public alike are the protection of and services for the elderly and the underprivileged. Notable examples of subcommittees established to address such concern include the Subcommittee on Retirement Protection, the Subcommittee on Residential and Community Care Services for Persons with Disabilities and the Elderly, and the Subcommittee on Improving Barrier Free Access and Facilities for Persons with Disabilities.
After two years of diligent work, the Select Committee to
Inquire into Matters Relating to the Post-service Work of Mr LEUNG Chin-man, appointed by the Council through the passage of a resolution in December 2008, finally finished its investigation and submitted its report in December 2010 to the Council, which duly endorsed it.“I am pleased to report that the Legislative Council completed its work smoothly, fulfilling our mission to serve the public interest and advance the public good...”.
The 2010-2011 legislative session was indeed an
eventful year for the 60 Members of the Legislative Council. We were not only busy with the scrutiny of some important bills which had great impact on the long-term economic and constitutional development of Hong Kong; we were also busy with our move to the new Legislative Council Complex, the first purpose-built building for the Legislature of Hong Kong, before the
start of the last session of our Term in October 2011.
Notwithstanding our heavy schedule, I am pleased
to report that the Legislative Council completed its work smoothly, fulfilling our mission to serve the public interest and advance the public good. In this third session of our Term, we started the scrutiny of two important bills, namely the Competition Bill and the Companies Bill, to answer the calls for a more open and fair market in Hong Kong. Our Members also completed the scrutiny of the controversial Legislative Council (Amendment) Bill 2011, which, in the light of views expressed by Members of the Council and the wish of the public for more consultation, the Administration subsequently decided to shelve.Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-20115President’s Foreword
Other session highlights include the Council’s
endorsement of the appointments of two Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal judges from other common law jurisdictions and the appointment of the Chief Judge of the High Court of Hong Kong. Furthermore, to ensure that Hong Kong governance is in line with international best practice, members of the LegCo Public Accounts Committee conducted their first overseas duty visit in this session, meeting their counterparts in the House of Commons of the British Parliament to gather first-hand information on the mechanisms, operations and working practices of the public audit system in the United Kingdom.
On the relationship between the Legislature and the
executive authorities, it remains my firm view that this relationship should be assessed by how well it serves the public interest. There have been criticisms that this relationship has been adversely affected by certain decisions of the Council in this session: the repeal of the Country Parks Order, the objection of our Finance Committee to the Administration’s funding proposal for hosting the Asian Games in 2023, and Members’ demand for adjustments to the 2011-2012 Budget including the distribution of $6,000 to all Hong Kong permanent identity card holders aged 18 or above. However, it should be noted that there was general support from among the community for these actions of the Council as they were taken in the best interests of our society.
At the same time, the persistent disorderly behaviours of
some LegCo Members during meetings of the Council and committees continued to create much tension both between the Administration and the Legislature, and among our own Members. During the session, I received a number of letters from the Chief Secretary for Administration complaining about certain Members’ disorderly conduct and seeking a review of our current Rules of Procedure to prevent such conduct from occurring in future. The matter was referred to our Committee on Rules of Procedure which, after careful deliberation, decided to amend the Rules of Procedure to extend the power to order the withdrawal of Members for grossly disorderly behaviours at meetings to the chairmen of all committees of the Council. The amendments were approved by the Council in May 2011. As regards measures to prevent repeated misbehaviours, there was no consensus among Members. I must emphasize, however, that Members are elected to the Council by their constituencies, and their speeches are protected by the Legislative Council (Powers and Privileges) Ordinance. We need to strike a balance between safeguarding Members’ freedom of speech on the one hand and ensuring the smooth conduct of business at meetings on the other.
The 2010-2011 session closed with an emotional farewell
event for incumbent and former Members to say good-bye to the old LegCo Building, formerly the Supreme Court Building, which had been home to the Legislature since 1985. The Building had witnessed the evolution and development of Hong Kong and provided us with many unforgettable memories.
Finding a permanent home for the Legislature to enable
Members and staff to work under one roof was a dream of our predecessors for over two decades. Since the start of our Term, we have been working vigorously to ensure that the new LegCo Complex at Tamar would be completed on schedule. We also ensured at the same time that the standard of design and workmanship would not be compromised because of the tight completion timeframe. One of the main outstanding issues of concern with the relocation approaching was the traffic arrangements, particularly access to the new Complex on foot and by public transport. We urged the Administration to take speedy actions to resolve this issue, and we wish to see more actions to be taken to facilitate members of the public to access this new home of LegCo safely and conveniently.
As always, I would like to close by extending my most
sincere thanks to all those who helped the Council achieve its goals. First, I would like to thank all members of The Legislative Council Commission for steering the relocation to the new LegCo Complex and doing their best to ensure that it proceeded as smoothly as possible. Second, I wish to extend my gratitude to all staff of the LegCo Secretariat for their dedicated support to the Council. I am confident that all LegCo Members will continue to work diligently in the final session of the current term to fulfill their pledges to the people of Hong Kong.
Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing, GBS, JP
President
Legislative Council
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GROUP PHOTO OF MEMBERS
From left to right:
First row (seated):
Hon LAU Kong-wah
Hon WONG Ting-kwong
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing
Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yee (President’s Deputy)Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing (President)Hon Fred LI Wah-ming
Prof Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shing
Hon Albert HO Chun-yan
Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung
Second Row:
Hon Timothy FOK Tsun-ting
Hon WONG Yung-kan
Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan
Hon IP Kwok-him
Hon LAU Wong-fat
Dr Hon David LI Kwok-po
Ir Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-tai
Hon CHAN Kam-lamHon CHAN Hak-kan Hon CHEUNG Hok-ming
Hon TAM Yiu-chung
Hon WONG Kwok-kin
Third Row:
Dr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-funHon Cyd HO Sau-lan
Hon Starry LEE Wai-king
Hon Vincent FANG KangHon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yeeHon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen
Dr Hon LAM Tai-fai
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wahHon Alan LEONG Kah-kit
Hon Paul CHAN Mo-po
Hon CHEUNG Man-kwongHon Abraham SHEK Lai-him
Hon CHIM Pui-chung
Fourth Row:
Hon LI Fung-ying
Hon WONG Kwok-hing
Hon Mrs Sophie LEUNG LAU Yau-fun
Dr Hon Joseph LEE Kok-longHon James TO Kun-sunDr Hon Samson TAM Wai-ho
Hon Audrey EU Yuet-mee
Dr Hon Margaret NGHon Tanya CHAN
Hon LEUNG Yiu-chung
Hon WONG Sing-chiHon Albert CHAN Wai-yipHon LEUNG Kwok-hung
Hon WONG Yuk-man
Fifth Row:
Hon Paul TSE Wai-chun
Hon IP Wai-ming
Hon CHAN Kin-por
Dr Hon PAN Pey-chyouHon Frederick FUNG Kin-keeHon CHEUNG Kwok-che
Hon KAM Nai-wai
Hon Andrew CHENG Kar-fooDr Hon LEUNG Ka-lau
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan
Hon LEE Wing-tat
Absent :
Dr Hon Philip WONG Yu-hong
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COUNCIL AT WORK
MEMBERS AT MEETINGS
Council meetings, during which Members ask questions on the work of the Government and debate bills and motions, are normally
held on Wednesdays. Shown here speaking at Council meetings are, clockwise from the top right-hand corner of page 9, Hon
Miriam LAU Kin-yee, Hon Fred LI Wah-ming, Hon TAM Yiu-chung; from the top right-hand corner of page10, Hon Albert HO Chun-
yan, Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit, Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him, Hon LI Fung-ying; from the top right-hand corner of page11, Hon Frederick FUNG Kee-kei, Hon Jeffery LAM Kin-fung, Dr Hon LEUNG Ka-lau, Hon WONG Kwok-kin; and from the top right-hand
corner of page12, Hon IP Kwok-him, Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yip and Hon CHAN Kam-lam.
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DUTY VISITS
THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA
At the invitation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Republic of Korea,
Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing, President of the Legislative Council (LegCo), paid a five-
day overseas duty visit to Korea from 25-29 November 2010 to discuss issues of mutual
concern.
Accompanied by Ms Pauline NG Man-wah, Secretary General of the LegCo Secretariat (second from
left), Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing (third from left) visits the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea
and meets with Mr PARK Hee-tae, Speaker of the National Assembly (third from right), and other
Assembly Members who visited LegCo in November 2009.
While visiting the Korean National
Assembly, Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing
and Ms Pauline NG Man-wah tour the National Assembly Library and receive a
briefing on the Library’s operation. With
more than half of its collection digitised, the Library is renowned for its wide
range of services to the public.Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-201114
Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing meets with Mr KIM Sung-hwan, Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs
and Trade (right).
During a visit to Samsung Electronics, one of the world’s leading electronics manufacturers, Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing witnesses the latest development of
innovative technology of the Republic of Korea.Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-201115COUNCIL AT WORK
LONDON
The Legislative Council Public Accounts Committee (PAC) conducted its first overseas duty
visit to London from 20 to 25 March 2011 to investigate and obtain first-hand information on
the mechanisms, operations and working practices of the United Kingdom (UK) Parliament’s
House of Commons PAC and the UK’s public audit system.
The delegation receives a briefing on the budget
procedures by David ASH (left), Deputy Head
(Finance), Scrutiny Unit, Department of Chamber
and Committee Services, House of Commons, United Kingdom Parliament.
The delegation exchanges views with the Audit Commission of the Local Authorities
in England and Wales on the proposed
disbandment of the Commission.
The delegation believes the experience of the House
of Commons PAC will serve as a useful reference in
enhancing the operation and practices of the LegCo
PAC in Hong Kong.Mr Mark GARRETY , Audit Principal of the National
Audit Office (third from left), briefs the delegation on
the Office’s role and responsibilities in supporting the
House of Commons PAC.
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UNITED STATES AND CANADA
The Subcommittee on Harbourfront Planning, formed under the Panel on Development,
paid a nine-day duty visit to Boston, New York and Vancouver from 24 April to 1 May 2011.
The purposes of the visit were to obtain first-hand information on the three cities’ waterfront
development and regeneration strategies, to investigate their institutional arrangements for waterfront planning and management, and to exchange views with concerned parties on
the key challenges and opportunities in waterfront development and management.
The delegation kicks off its North American visit with a cruise of Boston Harbour.Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-201117COUNCIL AT WORK
The delegation and representatives
of the Hudson River Park Trust
take a picture with children playing
football in Hudson River Park.
A representative of the Brooklyn
Bridge Park Development
Corporation briefs the delegation on the planning, construction,
maintenance and operation of
the Brooklyn Bridge Park.
The delegation visits a redevelopment site in Lower Lonsdale, Vancouver with
representatives of the City of North
Vancouver’s Waterfront Project Office. Major features of the redevelopment
project include a seabus terminal, a
market, residential and commercial developments, public space with a performance stage, and a heritage
district to exhibit the history of the
area’s shipyards.Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-201118
THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA
A delegation of the Panel on Manpower visited the Republic of Korea from 24 to 28 July
2011 to gain a better understanding of the implementation of standard working hours in
Korea.
The delegation meets with the Environment and Labour Committee of the Korean National Assembly.
Delegation members meet with the Acting President of the Korea Labour Institute, Mr Kim Sung-
teak (second from left in the front row), to learn more about the impact of the implementation
of standard working hours on employers, employees and the society.Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-201119COUNCIL AT WORK
The delegation takes a group photo with representatives of the Korea Labour Foundation.
The delegation meets with representatives of the Ministry of Employment and Labour.Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-201120
JAPAN
At the invitation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, the Panel on Food Safety and
Environmental Hygiene conducted a duty visit to Japan from 25 to 30 September 2011
to better understand the up-to-date situation in Japan following its earthquake in March
2011.
The delegation visits the Wholesale Market Sanitation
Inspection Station (Tsukiji).
The delegation observes the testing of agricultural
products at the Kumamoto Pharmaceutical Inspection
Centre.
The delegation takes a group photo after visiting a beef
processing plant in Miyazaki. Hon Tommy CHEUNG (right), Chairman of the Panel on Food Safety and Environmental Hygiene, presents a
souvenir to Mr Toshiro Iijima, Director, Economic Policy
Division, Economic Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-201121COUNCIL AT WORK
INDONESIA
The Legislative Council delegation to the Asian Parliamentary Assembly Conference at
Solo attended the meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee on Protection of the Rights of the
Migrant Workers as guest delegation on 28 September 2011. The delegation presented an
information paper on “Protection of the Rights of the Migrant Workers in Hong Kong SAR” to the Ad Hoc Committee.
The delegation attends the welcome reception hosted by Hon Dr Muhammad Hidayat
Nur Wahid (second from right), Chairman of the Committee for Inter-Parliamentary
Cooperation, the Indonesian House of Representatives.
The delegation takes a group photo.Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-201122
LOCAL VISITS
Members of the Panel on Food Safety and Environmental
Hygiene tour around the Airport Food Inspection Office
to know more about the examination of food imports
from Japan.Members of the Panel on Information Technology and
Broadcasting visit the IncuTrain Centre and facilities at
the Cyberport.
While visiting the Savannah College of Art and Design Hong Kong, whose premises have been converted from the former North Kowloon Magistracy under
the Administration’s “Revitalising Historic Buildings
Through Partnership Scheme”, members of the Panel on Development are attracted by the photos and
display.
Members of the Panel on
Development pose outside Haw
Par Mansion after touring the
building to understand more about the progress of heritage
conservation in Hong Kong.
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STANDING UP FOR THE PUBLIC
The Legislative Council operates a Redress System to receive and handle complaints from
members of the public who are aggrieved by Government actions or policies.
The Administration briefs Members on the
traffic flow and pedestrian facilities near Tuen
Mun Siu Hong Court, where a footbridge is
being planned.
Representatives of the Minority Owners’ Alliance against Compulsory Sales voice their grievances about the policy governing the compulsory sale of building units.
Members hear the grievances of a concern group that
opposes the construction of a tall residential building in
Mei Foo Sun Chuen.
Members receive a petition from a concern group demanding better hygiene conditions during a site visit to the Cheong Wah Street Refuse Collection Point.Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-201124
CORPORATE LIAISON
REGULAR LUNCHES HOSTED BY THE PRESIDENT
Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing, President of the Legislative Council, hosted regular lunches
for the Chief Executive, Executive Council Members, senior Government officials and
fellow Legislative Council Members three times a year to strengthen communication and
relationship between the executive and the legislative branches.
One of these regular lunches is
the Spring Gathering. During this
year’s Spring Gathering, Hon Jasper
TSANG Yok-sing presents Chief Executive Mr Donald TSANG with a
traditional Chinese paper cutting of
the Chamber of the LegCo Building as a souvenir.
Adding to the festive atmosphere of the Spring Gathering, Members and Government officials play a game that
involves guessing the meaning of trendy words.Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-201125COUNCIL AT WORK
At another regular lunch with the Chief
Executive, Executive Council Members
and senior Government officials, Dr
Hon Samson TAM Wai-ho (right) and Hon CHIM Pui-chung (centre) chat with
Mr Donald TSANG.
Hon Fred LI Wah-ming (right) and Mr John TSANG, the
Financial Secretary.
Members engage in a friendly conversation with the Secretary for Development Mrs Carrie
LAM Cheng Yuet-ngor (right).Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-201126
LUNCHES WITH CONSULS-GENERAL
Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing, President of the Legislative Council, meets with a group of the Consuls-
General in Hong Kong before a luncheon to discuss issues of mutual concern.
Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing shares
his views with Mr Jaroslav KANTUREK
(right), Consul-General of the Czech Republic during a luncheon.
Hon Timothy FOK Tsun-ting (right) chats with Mr JUN Ok-hyuan (centre), Consul-General of Korea. Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-201127COUNCIL AT WORK
MEMBERS MEET WITH OVERSEAS DELEGATIONS
Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing, President of the Legislative Council, and Ms
Pauline NG Man-wah, Secretary General, meet with the Speaker of Israel’s
Knesset, Mr Reuven RIVLIN (second from left).
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him (third from right), Chairman of the Parliamentary Liaison Subcommittee,
joins Hon Fred LI Wah-ming (second from right) and Hon CHAN Kin-por (first from right) to present a souvenir to a delegation of the Singapore-Hong Kong Parliamentary Friendship Group.Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-201128
MEMBERS MEET WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS
Members hold the first-ever luncheon for the Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen of the 18 District
Councils (DCs) to further enhance communication between the LegCo and the DCs.
Members meet regularly with Heung Yee Kuk Councillors to exchange
views on issues of mutual interest.Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-201129COUNCIL AT WORK
BLOOD DONATION
A total of 66 blood donors took part
in the Blood Donation Drive held
on 6 May 2011 in the Legislative
Council Building. Among these donors are (from top) Hon Andrew
CHENG Kar-foo, Hon WONG Kwok-
hing and Hon LEE Wing-tat.Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-201130
ON THE FOOTBALL PTICH
Under the leadership of manager Dr Hon Samson TAM Wai-ho and captain Dr Hon LAM
Tai-fai, the Legislative Council Football Team performed extremely well during the session.
The Team defeated the Hong Kong Bar Association 4-0, senior Government Officials 2-1
and the Consuls-General 4-2. The Hong Kong Police Officers’ Football Team held them to a 0-0 draw.
Dr Hon Samson TAM Wai-ho (left above), Dr Hon LAM
Tai-fai (left below) and Hon WONG Sing-chi show off
their brilliant skills during the matches.Team captain Dr Hon LAM Tai-fai accepts a trophy after defeating the Consuls-General team.
Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing, President of the
Legislative Council, and Mr Michael SUEN (left), Acting
Chief Secretary for Administration, kick off the match
between the LegCo Football Team and the senior Government officials’ team.
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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BUILDING
OPEN DAY
The 2010 LegCo Building Open Day was held on 4 December 2010. As it was the last Open
Day held in the LegCo Building, the event attracted a record-breaking of 5,830 visitors.
Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing (middle in the front row), President of the Legislative Council,
Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yee (third from right in the front row), Chairman of the House
Committee, Hon Fred LI Wah-ming (third from left in the front row), Deputy Chairman of the
House Committee, and other Members officiate at the Legislative Council Building Open Day opening ceremony.
Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing introduces the exhibits in
the Ante-Chamber.
Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yee briefs visitors on the facilities inside
the Chamber.Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-201132
Dr Hon Joseph LEE Kok-long tells visitors about the use of the Dining Hall.
A group of students listen
carefully to the briefing by
Hon Audrey EU Yuet-mee on
the facilities in Conference Room A.
Marching band performance creates a carnival-like atmosphere.Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-201133COUNCIL AT WORK
Hon CHAN Kam-lam thanks the band conductor and takes a picture with the band.
“Colouring the LegCo Building” is suitable
for everyone, making it an extremely popular
activity at the Open Day.
“The LegCo Building Puzzle Challenge” highlights the Building’s
facilities and architectural characteristics in an enjoyable manner. Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-201134
FAREWELL TO THE LEGISLATIVE
COUNCIL BUILDING
The Legislative Council held a function on 18 July 2011 to bid farewell to the Legislative
Council Building, which housed the legislature for 26 years, before handing it over to the
Administration. More than 200 former and incumbent LegCo Members, Secretariat staff and
reporters covering Council business attended the event and witnessed the unearthing of a time capsule placed underneath the LegCo car park in 1997. Some of them also enjoyed a
farewell banquet in the Dining Hall.
Over 100 incumbent and former Members wave goodbye to the LegCo Building in the LegCo Chamber.Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-201135COUNCIL AT WORK
Guests gather round and
share a moment of joy inside
the LegCo Building.
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Sixteen female LegCo Members of different
LegCo terms take a group photo in the LegCo
Chamber.
Mrs Rita FAN TSUI Lai-tai and Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing, former and current Legislative Council Presidents.
Former Legislative Council President Mr Andrew WONG (second from right) and
former House Committee Chairman Dr LEONG Che-hung (first from right) hand
the time capsule over to the current President Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing (first
from left) and current House Committee Chairman Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yee (second from left).Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-201137COUNCIL AT WORK
Hon LEUNG Yiu-chung (left above), Hon IP Kwok-
him (above) and Hon Fred LI Wah-ming show off their
mementos taken out from the time capsule.
About 140 incumbent and former Members, as well as other invited guests attend the farewell banquet
in the LegCo Dining Hall.Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-201138
THE NEW LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
COMPLEX
Following the Chief Executive’s announcement in his 2005-2006 Policy Address that
the re-provisioning of the Central Government Offices and LegCo Building at the Tamar
site would be re-activated, The Legislative Council Commission has worked closely with
the Government to implement the Tamar Development Project. On 9 January 2008, the Government issued a Letter of Acceptance to Gammon-Hip Hing Joint Venture, one of
the four prequalified tenderers, granting it a design-and-build contract for the project. The
contract was signed on 28 January 2008, and the project is scheduled for completion by
the second half of 2011.
The commissioning of the new Complex heralds the Legislative Council’s entry into a new
era, in which it will enjoy a much closer relationship with the public through the provision of
a wide range of new services for members of the public.
Construction work of the Legislative
Council Complex in progress.Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-201139COUNCIL AT WORK
Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing (second from right)
and Chief Executive Mr Donald TSANG (third
from right) attend the topping out ceremony for
the Tamar Development Project.
Outlook of the new LegCo Complex in September 2011.
Views of the Chamber (above), Conference Room 1 (right above) and the Roof Garden of the new LegCo Complex under construction.Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-201140
POWERS AND FUNCTIONS
As provided for in Article 73 of the Basic Law, the
Legislative Council of the HKSAR shall exercise the
following powers and functions:
To enact, amend or repeal laws in accordance •
with the provisions of the Basic Law and legal procedures;
To examine and approve budgets introduced by •
the Government;To approve taxation and public expenditure;•
To receive and debate the policy addresses of the •
Chief Executive;To raise questions on the work of the •
Government;To debate any issue concerning public interests;•
To endorse the appointment and removal of the •
judges of the Court of Final Appeal and the Chief
Judge of the High Court;
To receive and handle complaints from Hong •
Kong residents;
If a motion initiated jointly by one-fourth of all •
the Members of the Legislative Council charges the Chief Executive with serious breach of law
or dereliction of duty and if he or she refuses to
resign, the Council may, after passing a motion
for investigation, give a mandate to the Chief
Justice of the Court of Final Appeal to form and
chair an independent investigation committee. The committee shall be responsible for carrying
out the investigation and reporting its findings to the Council. If the committee considers the evidence sufficient to substantiate such charges,
the Council may pass a motion of impeachment by a two-thirds majority of all its Members and
report it to the Central People’s Government for decision; and
To summon, as required when exercising the •
above-mentioned powers and functions, persons concerned to testify or give evidence.
COMPOSITION
According to the Basic Law, the Legislative Council
of the HKSAR shall be constituted by election. The
Fourth Legislative Council (2008-2012) comprises 60
Members, 30 returned by geographical constituencies
through direct elections and 30 returned by functional
constituencies. The election for the Fourth Legislative
Council was held on 7 September 2008, and the
term of office is four years from 1 October 2008 to 30
September 2012.
The President of the Legislative Council is elected by
and from the Council’s Members.
The composition of the Legislative Council and
biographies of Members who served on it in the 2010-
2011 session are provided in Appendices 1 and 2,
respectively.Chapter 1
The Legislative Council
The Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) stipulates that
the HKSAR shall be vested with legislative power and the Legislative Council shall be the
legislature of the Region.Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-201141Chapter 2
Legislative Council Meetings
The business transacted at regular Council meetings
mainly comprises the tabling of subsidiary legislation
and other papers and reports, the asking of questions
for replies from the Government, the consideration of
bills, and debates on motions. During the October
2010 to July 2011 period, the Council held 37 meetings and sat for more than 486 hours.
TABLING OF SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION
AND OTHER PAPERS
Subsidiary legislation refers to any proclamation, rule,
regulation, order, resolution, notice, rule of court, bylaw
or other instrument made by the designated authorities
under or by virtue of the relevant ordinances and
having legislative effect. Such legislation is subject to
Council scrutiny, through either a negative or positive
vetting procedure.
Subsidiary legislation scrutinized through the negative
vetting procedure is first published in the Gazette and
then laid on the table of the Council. When it is deemed
necessary, the Council’s House Committee may set up a
subcommittee to study this legislation in greater detail.
A Member or public officer may, within a prescribed
time period, move a motion in Council to amend an item of subsidiary legislation that has been tabled.
During the 2010-2011 session, 138 items of subsidiary
legislation scrutinized through the negative vetting procedure were tabled in Council. The scrutiny of
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Meetings of the Legislative Council are open to the public, and may be conducted
in Cantonese, English or Putonghua, with simultaneous interpretation provided. The
proceedings of Council meetings are broadcast live and reported by the mass media, and
are also recorded verbatim in the Official Records of Proceedings of the Meetings of the Legislative Council, which are accessible through the Council’s website.
were amended by resolutions of the Council. As the
scrutiny period for the remaining 10 items had not yet
expired by the end of this session, their scrutiny shall
continue in the next session. In addition, one technical
memorandum and one revised code of practice were
tabled in Council for scrutiny, both of which were
amended by resolutions of the Council. During the
period under report, the Council also completed the
scrutiny of another 17 items of subsidiary legislation
that had been tabled in the previous session, of which two were amended and one was repealed by Council
resolutions.
The Council’s scrutiny of subsidiary legislation through
the positive vetting procedure is described in the
MOTIONS subsection of this chapter.
The other papers tabled at Council meetings include the
annual reports of Government departments and public bodies and the reports of the Council’s committees.
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QUESTIONS
Any Member may address questions to the Government
concerning its work, either to seek information on a particular matter or to ask for official action with regard to that matter. The Member must specify whether an oral or written reply is required. In addition, any Member may, with the permission of the President, ask an urgent question on the grounds that it is of an urgent character and relates to a matter of public importance.
During the 2010-2011 session, Members asked 178
questions, including 11 urgent questions, requiring oral replies about a wide range of subjects at Council meetings, which were then followed up with 847 supplementary questions. The Government was asked an additional 472 questions for which written replies were sought.
BILLS
The Government is primarily responsible for proposing new legislation or amendments to existing legislation in the form of bills that are then considered for enactment by the Council. Subject to certain conditions, Members may also introduce bills into the Council. Broadly speaking, bills have one or more of the following purposes:
To introduce new measures or policies, to create •
new organizations or institutions, or to make changes to existing organizations or institutions;To extend the scope of existing legislation;•
To improve and update existing legislation;•
To modify or reform the machinery of the •
Government; andTo appropriate funds for public expenditure and •
to raise revenue.
A bill is first published in the Gazette before being introduced to the Council, and must then undergo three readings before its passage by the Council. The First Reading is a formality, with the Clerk reading out the bill’s short title at a Council meeting. The Second Reading begins with the public officer or Member in charge of the bill moving a motion “That the bill be read the second time” and explaining the purpose of the bill. After this motion has been moved, the debate on it is usually adjourned, and the bill is referred to the House Committee to allow Members more time to study it, either in the House Committee itself or in a bills committee set up by the House Committee specifically for this purpose.
After the study of a bill has been concluded, the debate
on its Second Reading resumes at a subsequent Council meeting. During this debate, Members present their views on the general merits and principles of the bill and may indicate their support or opposition. The Council then votes on the motion “That the bill be read the second time”. If this motion is not passed, the bill cannot proceed further. If it is passed, then the bill is given a Second Reading, and a committee of the whole Council goes through its clauses and makes any amendments agreed to by the committee. After the bill has passed through the committee of the whole Council with or without amendments, it is then reported back to the Council, which considers whether to support its passage by giving it the Third Reading.
Once a bill has been given three readings, it becomes
an enacted law. Unless a later date has been specified, it takes effect after being signed by the Chief Executive and promulgated in the Gazette. If the Council considers a bill’s passage to be sufficiently urgent, it may proceed with the Second Reading debate at the meeting at which it is introduced. After it has received the Second Reading, the Council may then also proceed to the remaining stages at the same meeting.
During the 2010-2011 session, the Council completed
proceedings on 24 bills (including 23 Government bills and one Members’ bill), 10 of which had been introduced in the previous session and 14 in the current. All 24 bills were passed, 19 of them with amendments. A list of the bills passed in the 2010-2011 session is provided in Appendix 3.Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-201143Chapter 2
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MOTIONS
Motions are the mechanism through which most
Council business is transacted. The processing of a
bill takes place by way of a series of motions that are
moved, debated and voted upon by the Council at
various stages. Amendments to bills and the approval
of or amendments to subsidiary legislation are also
effected through motions.
The process for the aforementioned scrutiny of
subsidiary legislation through the positive vetting procedure begins with a public officer giving notice of a
motion to be moved at a Council meeting. The proposed motion is then studied by the House Committee, which
may decide to set up a subcommittee to study it in
further detail. Where Members deem it necessary, they
may propose amendments to the motion when it is
moved and debated in Council. During the 2010-2011
session, public officers moved a total of 10 motions to
either approve or amend subsidiary legislation through
the positive vetting procedure, nine of which were
passed and one of which was negatived.
During this session, the Chief Secretary for
Administration moved a motion under Article 73(7) of
the Basic Law and section 7A of the Hong Kong Court
of Final Appeal Ordinance for the Council to endorse
the appointment of two judges of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal from other common law jurisdictions. He also moved a motion under Article 73(7) of the
Basic Law for the Council to endorse the appointment
of the Chief Judge of the High Court of Hong Kong.
The two motions were passed by the Council.
Members may also move motions to exercise the
Council’s powers under the Basic Law to amend the
Council’s Rules of Procedure or to invoke its powers
under the Legislative Council (Powers and Privileges) Ordinance (Cap. 382). During the 2010-2011 session,
three motions to amend the Rules of Procedure were moved, two of which were passed and one of which
was negatived. The two motions that were passed
include a motion to amend Rule 58(2) of the Rules
of Procedure to streamline the procedure for dealing with interdependent amendments to a bill during the Committee stage and a motion to amend Rules 44
and 45(2) to empower the chairman of any Council committee to order the withdrawal of a Member from
a committee meeting on the grounds of disorderly
conduct. The motion that was negatived sought to amend Rule 45(1) to empower the chairman of any
Council committee to direct a Member to discontinue his or her speech on the grounds of the Member’s
persistence in irrelevance or the tedious repetition of
his or her own or another Member’s arguments during
a committee meeting debate.
In addition, two motions moved by Members
concerning the invocation of powers under Cap. 382 were negatived during the 2010-2011 session: (i) a
motion to appoint a select committee to inquire into the collection and transfer of customers’ personal
data to third parties for monetary gain by Octopus
Holdings Limited and its subsidiaries and (ii) a motion to appoint a select committee to inquire into whether
any government officials or other persons acted
to interfere with or influence the selection of the
implementing organization for the Internet Learning Support Programme with the political aim of assisting
said organization.
During the 2010-2011 session, a motion was moved
under Rule 85 of the Rules of Procedure to admonish
a Member for failing to disclose the nature of his
pecuniary interest in a matter before he spoke on the
matter at several committee meetings pursuant to Rule
83A of the Rules of Procedure. The motion, which was moved on the recommendation of the Committee on
Members’ Interests, was negatived.Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-201144
Members with different political
affiliations give the media their
views on the initiatives outlined
in the Policy Address.
POLICY ADDRESS DEBATE
The Chief Executive normally addresses the Council at
the first meeting of a session concerning his policies
for administering the HKSAR. At a Council meeting held after the Chief Executive’s Policy Address, the
Chairman of the House Committee moves a motion
to thank the Chief Executive for his Address (“Motion
of Thanks”). A debate then follows, with Members
offering their comments on the Policy Address and
public officers responding to these comments. During
the 2010-2011 session, the Chief Executive delivered
his Policy Address on 13 October 2010. The debate on
the Motion of Thanks was held from 27 to 29 October
2010, with the debate divided into five sessions, each
of which covered several policy areas.
Chief Executive Mr Donald TSANG delivers his 2010-
2011 Policy Address entitled “Sharing Prosperity for a
Caring Society”.
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OTHER DEBATES
All motions moved at Council meetings are debated
and then voted upon. In addition to those with
legislative or binding effect, Members also debate
motions that are not intended to have such effect.
These debates provide opportunities for Members to
express their views on issues of public interest and
for public officers to respond to those views. During
the 2010-2011 session, the Council debated 60 such motions moved by Members, of which 46 were passed
with or without amendments and 14 were negatived.
If a Member wishes to raise an issue of urgent public
importance for debate in Council, but does not wish
to formulate a motion in express terms, then an
adjournment debate may be proposed between two
items of business on the Council’s Agenda to allow
Members simply to express their opinions on the issue
(Rule 16(2) of the Rules of Procedure). In addition, if a
BUDGET DEBATE
Shortly before the end of a financial year on 31 March,
the Financial Secretary presents to the Council his Budget for the next financial year, which commences
on 1 April, in the form of an Appropriation Bill and the Estimates of Expenditure. The Estimates of
Expenditure will then be referred to the Finance
Committee for examination before the debate on the
Appropriation Bill resumes. The presentation of the Budget is followed closely by legislative measures
for the implementation of the Government’s annual
revenue and expenditure proposals for the following
financial year. These measures are presented in the
form of bills or subsidiary legislation. After the Finance Committee has examined the proposed Estimates of
Expenditure at its special meetings, the Appropriation Bill is brought back to the Council for consideration
and decision. For the 2011-2012 Budget, the Financial Secretary introduced the Appropriation Bill 2011 to
the Council on 23 February 2011. The Budget debate took place on 6, 7, 13 and 14 April 2011, and the
Appropriation Bill 2011 was passed on 14 April.
Financial Secretary Mr John TSANG delivers his 2011
Budget Speech in which he explains the Budget’s
objectives of building a cohesive community and
improving people’s livelihoods through the proper allocation and effective management of public
resources.
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Member wishes to raise an issue of public interest for
debate in Council with a view to eliciting a reply from
the Government, but does not wish to formulate a
motion in express terms, then an adjournment debate
may be proposed at the conclusion of all the business
on the Agenda (Rule 16(4) of the Rules of Procedure).
Two adjournment debates under Rule 16(2) and two
under Rule 16(4) were held during the 2010-2011 session.
All motions moved at Council meetings, and the
Council’s decisions thereon, during the 2010-2011
session are listed in Appendix 4.
CHIEF EXECUTIVE’S QUESTION AND
ANSWER SESSIONS
During the 2010-2011 session, four meetings of the
Council were held during which the Chief Executive
addressed the Council and answered questions put
to him by Members. These meetings were held in
October 2010 and in January, May and July 2011,
respectively.
Mr Donald TSANG attended four Chief Executive’s
Question and Answer Sessions during the year.Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-201148
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COMMITTEES
Members perform the critical roles of scrutinizing bills, controlling public expenditure and
monitoring the work of the Government through a committee system. There are three
standing committees, namely, the Finance Committee, the Public Accounts Committee and
the Committee on Members’ Interests. In addition, the House Committee co-ordinates matters relating to the business to be considered at Council meetings and monitors the
progress of the study of bills and subsidiary legislation. The scrutiny of bills that require
more in-depth study is carried out by bills committees, which report their deliberations to the House Committee. The committees that monitor and examine policy issues are called
panels. There are currently 18 panels, the formation and terms of reference of which were
approved by the Council on the recommendation of the House Committee.
FINANCE COMMITTEE
The Finance Committee is one of the three standing
committees of the Council. It comprises all Council
Members other than the President, and its Chairman
and Deputy Chairman are elected by and from amongst
the Committee’s members.Expenditure to the Finance Committee for examination
in its special meetings held for this purpose. After
passage of the Appropriation Bill, any changes to the
approved Estimates are put to the Finance Committee
for approval. The Finance Committee normally meets
on Fridays to consider these proposals or to discuss
the financial implications of new policies.
During the 2010-2011 session, the Finance Committee
held 35 meetings and examined a total of 65 financial
proposal items, including 14 items containing 70 proposals that had been considered and supported
by its two subcommittees, the Establishment Subcommittee and the Public Works Subcommittee.
The Establishment Subcommittee examines and
makes recommendations to the Finance Committee
concerning the Government’s proposals for the
creation, redeployment, and deletion of permanent
and supernumerary directorate posts and for changes
to the structure of civil service grades and ranks.
During the 2010-2011 session, this 13-member
Subcommittee held eight meetings and examined
19 proposal items put forward by the Government.
The membership of the Establishment Subcommittee is listed in Appendix 5.The Finance Committee votes down the Government’s
funding proposal for the hosting of the Asian Games
in 2023.
The Finance Committee is vested with the responsibility
to scrutinize and approve the public expenditure
proposals submitted by the Financial Secretary. Each
year, upon presentation of the Appropriation Bill to
the Council, the President refers the Estimates of
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The Public Works Subcommittee examines and
makes recommendations to the Finance Committee
concerning the Government’s proposals to upgrade
projects to, or downgrade them from, Category A of
the Public Works Programme or to make changes
to the scope and approved estimates of Category
A projects. During the 2010-2011 session, this
25-member Subcommittee held 13 meetings and
examined 52 proposal items put forward by the
Government, as well as a list of potential submissions. The membership of the Public Works Subcommittee is
provided in Appendix 5.
To examine the 2011-2012 Estimates of Expenditure,
the Finance Committee held a series of eight special
meetings comprising 20 sessions between 21 and 25
March 2011. As the Financial Secretary had made
public his intention to introduce adjustments to the
2011-2012 Budget one week after his delivery of the Budget speech, the Finance Committee requested
that he brief Members on the adjustment proposals
at one of these special meetings. A total of 3,928
written questions, including 56 specifically addressing
the adjustment proposals, were raised by members seeking written replies from the Government on the
Estimates of Expenditure. A further 156 supplementary
written questions and 38 verbal requests arising from
the special meetings were also forwarded to the Government to obtain additional information. The
Legislative Council passed the Appropriation Bill
2011 with the amendments moved by the Financial
Secretary at its meeting on 14 April 2011. PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE
The Public Accounts Committee is another of the
Council’s standing committees. It is responsible for
considering the Director of Audit’s reports on the
Government’s accounts, as well as the results of value
for money audits carried out on the Government and
other organizations within the purview of public audits.
The Committee may call for explanations and obtain
evidence from public officers, the managerial staff of
public organizations and other relevant persons, if deemed necessary.
The Committee consists of a Chairman, a Deputy
Chairman and five members, all seven of whom are
elected by Members and appointed by the President. Its membership is listed in Appendix 5.
During the 2010-2011 session, the Committee
examined the Director of Audit’s Report on the
Accounts of the Government for the year ended 31
March 2010 and the Reports on the Results of Value
for Money Audits (Reports Nos. 55 and 56). The
Committee’s conclusions and recommendations are
contained in the Public Accounts Committee Reports
Nos. 55 and 56, which were tabled in Council on 16
February 2011 and 6 July 2011, respectively.Speaking at the end-of-session media briefing, Hon
Emily LAU Wai-hing (right), Chairman of the Finance
Committee, and Prof Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shing,
Deputy Chairman of the Finance Committee, urge the Government to consult the public more widely before
submitting financial proposals to the legislature.
Dr Hon Philip WONG Yu-hong (centre), Chairman of
the Public Accounts Committee, joins other Committee members at a press conference to announce the
Committee’s report.
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During the period under report, the Committee
conducted an overseas duty visit for the first time.
From 20 to 25 March 2011, the Committee visited London in the United Kingdom (“UK”) to obtain first-
hand information on the mechanisms, operations and working practices of the Committee of Public Accounts
of the House of Commons of the UK Parliament (“the
Commons PAC”). The Committee examined the value
for money reports produced by the UK’s Comptroller
and Auditor General, as well as the UK’s public audit system in relation to the Commons PAC.
COMMITTEE ON MEMBERS’ INTERESTS
The third standing committee of the Council is the Committee on Members’ Interests, which
considers complaints made in relation to Members’
registration and declaration of interests and their
conduct concerning claims for the reimbursement of
operating expenses or applications for an advance of
operating funds. It also examines arrangements for
the compilation, maintenance and accessibility of the
Register of Members’ Interests, considers matters of
ethics in relation to the conduct of Members in their capacity as such, and provides advice and issues
guidelines on such matters.
The Committee comprises a Chairman, a Deputy
Chairman and five members, all seven of whom are
elected by Members and appointed by the President. Membership of the Committee on Members’ Interest is
listed in Appendix 5.
During the period under report, the Committee held
two open meetings to consider advisory guidelines
on matters of ethics in relation to Members’ conduct,
the procedures for handling complaints received in relation to the registration or declaration of Members’
interests, and claims for the reimbursement of
operating expenses or applications for an advance of
operating funds. The Committee also held 18 closed
meetings to consider complaints against several Members. At the Council meeting on 13 April 2011,
the Committee presented a report on its consideration
of the complaints against a Member in relation to his
failure to register certain interests with the Clerk to the
Legislative Council pursuant to Rule 83 of the Rules of
Procedure. At the Council meeting on 22 June 2011,
the Committee presented a report on its consideration
of a complaint against three Members (hereinafter
referred to as “second report”). The Public Accounts Committee
holds a public hearing on the
subject of “Hong Kong 2009
East Asian Games”. The Public Accounts Committee hears evidence from Mr Michael SUEN (left photo),
Secretary for Education, during a public
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In relation to the Committee’s second report, a motion
was moved under Rule 85 of the Rules of Procedure to admonish a Member for failing to disclose the nature of his pecuniary interest in a matter before he spoke on the matter at several committee meetings pursuant to Rule 83A of the Rules of Procedure. The motion was negatived. At the same Council meeting, a motion on issues related to the procedural rules on pecuniary interests set out in the second report was moved to enable Members to express their views on these issues. The motion was also negatived.
HOUSE COMMITTEE
The House Committee comprises all Members, except the President, who elect from amongst themselves the Chairman and the Deputy Chairman. While the Legislative Council is in session, the House Committee normally meets weekly on Fridays, and its meetings are open to the public.
The House Committee prepares for meetings of the
Council and considers matters relating to the Council’s business. An important function of the House Committee is to scrutinize bills introduced into the Council and subsidiary legislation tabled in Council or presented to it for approval. The House Committee may form bills committees to scrutinize bills or appoint subcommittees to study subsidiary legislation. It then monitors the progress and studies the reports of these committees and subcommittees.
Hon Paul CHAN (centre), the member presiding over
the Committee on Members’ Interests’ consideration of complaints against a Member, joins fellow Committee members at a press briefing to announce the Committee’s findings.
House Committee Chairman Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yee
(right in below photo) and Deputy Chairman Hon Fred LI Wah-ming (left) call for the early introduction of bills by the Administration at the House Committee’s end-of-session media briefing.
Mr Henry TANG, Chief Secretary for Administration, attends a special House Committee meeting to answer Members’ questions about the population policy review.The House Committee may refer to the relevant panels
for consideration any policy matters relating to the business of the Council. It may also consider, in such manner as it sees fit, any other items relating to the Council’s business.
The House Committee also serves as a focal point
for establishing a formal and regular dialogue with the Government. The Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the House Committee meet the Chief Secretary for Administration on a regular basis to discuss matters of mutual concern.
During the 2010-2011 session, the House Committee
held 30 regular meetings. It also held four special meetings, including two to discuss with the Chief Secretary for Administration the subjects of population policy review and the National 12th Five-Year Plan and one to discuss with Government officials the traffic and transport arrangements for the new Legislative Council Complex at Tamar.Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-201152
Subcommittees of the House Committee
The House Committee may appoint subcommittees to
assist it in consideration of issues of public concern that fall outside the purview of panels or of any other matters relating to the business of the Council. The following subcommittees were in operation during the 2010-2011 session:
Parliamentary Liaison Subcommittee;•
Subcommittee on Members’ Remuneration and •
Operating Expenses Reimbursement;Subcommittee to Study Issues Arising from •
Lehman Brothers-related Minibonds and Structured Financial Products;Subcommittee to Examine the Implementation in •
Hong Kong of Resolutions of the United Nations Security Council in Relation to Sanctions;Subcommittee to Study Issues Relating to •
Mainland-HKSAR Families;Subcommittee to Study Issues Relating to the •
Power of the Legislative Council to Amend Subsidiary Legislation; andSubcommittee on Proposed Senior Judicial •
Appointments.
The memberships of these subcommittees are listed in Appendix 5.Subcommittee to Study Issues Arising from
Lehman Brothers-related Minibonds and Structured Financial Products
In September 2008, Lehman Brothers Holdings
Inc. (“LB”) of the United States filed for bankruptcy protection and, as a result, defaulted on its obligations with regard to minibonds and other structured financial products. In Hong Kong, more than HK$20 billion worth of LB-related products had been sold to more than 43,700 investors, mainly through 19 retail banks and several securities brokers. The impact of the LB incident aroused serious public concern about the practices widely adopted by banks in selling complicated structured financial products to retail investors and the efficacy or lack thereof of the current regime in regulating the offer and sale of these products and providing protection to investors. On 17 October 2008, the House Committee appointed a subcommittee to study issues arising from LB-related minibonds and other structured financial products. This Subcommittee was also authorized by resolution of the Council on 12 November 2008 to exercise the powers conferred upon it by section 9(1) of the Legislative Council (Powers and Privileges) Ordinance (Cap.382) in the performance of its functions.
Ir Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-tai (second
from right), Chairman of the Subcommittee to Study Issues Arising from Lehman Brothers-related Minibonds and Structured Financial Products, presides over a public hearing of the Subcommittee.Mr Derek WONG Hon-hing (second from left in right photo), Managing Director and Chief Executive of Dah Sing Bank, gives evidence at the public hearing of the Subcommittee to Study Issues Arising from Lehman Brothers-related Minibonds and Structured Financial Products.
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The Subcommittee divided its investigation into
phases. The phase of taking evidence from witnesses
from the Administration, regulators, the top and senior
management and frontline staff of six selected banks
that sold LB-related structured financial products, and
investors who held outstanding LB-related products purchased from these banks, has now been completed.
As of the end of July 2011, the Subcommittee had
held 148 meetings, including 106 hearings to receive
evidence from 62 witnesses. It will now proceed to prepare a report for submission to the Council in the
next legislative session.
COMMITTEE ON RULES OF PROCEDURE
The Committee on Rules of Procedure is responsible
for reviewing the Council’s Rules of Procedure and the
committee system and for proposing to the Council
any amendments or changes it considers necessary.
The Committee comprises a Chairman, a Deputy
Chairman and 10 members appointed by the President
in accordance with the recommendations of the House
Committee. Its membership is listed in Appendix 5.
During the 2010-2011 session, the Committee held
five meetings to study a number of issues related to
the procedural arrangements for Council meetings and Council committee procedures. On the Committee’s
recommendation, three motions were moved in Council to amend the Rules of Procedure, two of which were
passed and one negatived. The two motions that
were passed include a motion to amend Rule 58(2) of
the Rules of Procedure to streamline the procedure for
dealing with interdependent amendments to a bill at
the Committee stage and a motion to amend Rules 44
and 45(2) to empower the chairman of any Council committee to order the withdrawal of a Member from
a committee meeting on the grounds of disorderly
conduct. The motion that was negatived sought to
amend Rule 45(1) to empower the chairman of any
Council committee to direct a Member to discontinue his or her speech on the grounds of persistence in irrelevance or the tedious repetition of his or her own
or another Member’s arguments during a committee
meeting debate.BILLS COMMITTEES AND
SUBCOMMITTEES ON SUBSIDIARY
LEGISLATION
The House Committee may allocate bills to the bills
committees for detailed scrutiny, except for the
Appropriation Bill and bills not referred to it by the
Council. All Members other than the President may
join any bills committee. The Chairman of each bills
committee is elected from amongst its members.
Government officials and representatives of relevant
organizations, as well as members of the public, may be invited to attend the meetings of bills committees.
A bills committee is tasked with considering the
principles and merits of the bill concerned, as well as
its detailed provisions, and may propose amendments
to the bill. It may also appoint subcommittees to assist
it in the performance of its functions. After a bills
committee has completed scrutiny of a bill, it notifies
the House Committee and advises the Committee in writing of its deliberations. Bills committees are
dissolved upon enactment of the bills concerned or as decided by the House Committee.
During the 2010-2011 session, 37 bills were scrutinized
by 36 bills committees. By the end of the session,
18 of these committees had completed their scrutiny
and reported to the House Committee, with 16 still in
action and two on the waiting list.
Twenty-nine subcommittees (26 of which were
formed in the 2010-2011 session) were in action to
consider 48 items of subsidiary legislation, two other
instruments, four proposed resolutions presented by
the Government for the Council’s approval, and an
order made under section 78B of the Public Health
and Municipal Services Ordinance.
A list of the memberships of these bills committees
and subcommittees is presented in Appendix 5. Their
reports are available on the Legislative Council website
at www.legco.gov.hk.Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-201154
PANELS
Panels are Council committees tasked with monitoring
and examining Government policies. They provide
a forum for Members to deliberate on policy matters
and to study issues of wide public concern relating to
the policy areas of their corresponding bureaux. The
items for discussion can be raised by the members of
a panel, referred to the panel by the House Committee
or other committees, proposed by the Government,
or raised by other Members following meetings with
the District Councils or upon receipt of complaints or representations. Panels also give views on
major legislative and financial proposals before their
introduction into the Council or Finance Committee, respectively. To enhance the effectiveness of panels in
scrutinizing such proposals, a series of measures agreed
by the House Committee on the recommendation of
the Committee on Rules of Procedure have been put
in place. Their aim is to ensure early consultation with
the relevant panel(s) on major legislative and financial
proposals and to allow more thorough discussion of
their policy aspects.
A panel may appoint subcommittees to study specific
issues and present reports to the Council as it considers
appropriate. Each panel is headed by a Chairman
elected from amongst its members. The membership
of the 18 panels and their subcommittees in the 2010-
2011 session is shown in Appendix 5.
Panel on Administration of Justice and Legal
Services
During the 2010-2011 session, the Panel on
Administration of Justice and Legal Services monitored
closely the Administration’s progress in implementing
the recommendations arising from the five-yearly
review of the criteria for assessing the financial eligibility
of legal aid applicants. At the Panel’s request, the
Administration further increased the financial eligibility
limit for the Supplementary Legal Aid Scheme (“SLAS”) from $488,400 to $1.3 million and revised several
improvement measures, with the aim to benefit more
people, particularly members of the middle class and those who have reached retirement age. Panel members welcomed the Administration’s decision to inject $100 million into the SLAS fund
to support its expansion. They also welcomed the
Administration’s proposals to include under the
auspices of the SLAS more professional negligence
claims, claims arising from the sale of insurance
products, claims against developers in the sale of first-
hand residential properties, and employees’ claims on appeal from the Labour Tribunal regardless of the
claim amount. Several members expressed concern,
however, that some applicants would be forced to
turn down legal aid grants because they could not afford the costs involved, particularly the contribution
payment. After consideration of these members’ views, the Administration revised the application fee
and the rates of contribution for the new types of cases
to be covered under the expanded SLAS.
The Panel received a briefing by the Administration on
the progress made in enhancing the support services
for volunteer lawyers under the Free Legal Advice
Scheme, as well as the implementation of a two-year pilot scheme to assist unrepresented litigants who had
commenced legal proceedings in the District Council
or High Court.
Hon Dr Margaret NG (centre), Chairman of the Panel on
Administration of Justice and Legal Services, chairs a
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Members expressed concern about the manpower
situation of the Judiciary. Several noted the Hong
Kong Bar Association’s concern that having Justices
of Appeal as non-permanent judges of the Court of
Final Appeal (“CFA”) would erode public confidence in
the administration of justice, even though these non-permanent CFA judges would not hear appeals of cases
over which they had sat. The Judiciary Administration
reported to the Panel on the establishment of judges
and judicial officers at various court levels. The Panel
was assured that the current judicial manpower
provision was generally sufficient to cater for the
operational needs of the Judiciary. The Judiciary Administration took the view that there should be no
objection, as a matter of policy or principle, for serving
Justices of Appeal to be appointed as non-permanent
CFA judges.
The Panel continued its follow up of the Administration’s
progress in implementing the recommendations in
the 2010 Report published by the Working Group on
Mediation chaired by the Secretary for Justice (“SJ”).
The Panel held discussions with SJ, the newly
appointed Director of Public Prosecutions (“DPP”),
the former DPP , the Chairman of the Hong Kong Bar
Association, the Chairman of the Basic Law Institute
and a legal academic on the importance of having an independent DPP . Some members expressed concern
that the existing arrangement of having SJ, who is a
political appointee, control prosecutions undermines
the public perception of prosecutorial independence.
Others, however, expressed their view that the control
of prosecutions should continue to rest with SJ, as he has the constitutional responsibility to control
criminal prosecutions. Noting the protocol between
the Attorney General and prosecuting departments in
the United Kingdom, which sets out the way in which
they exercise their respective functions, the Panel
suggested that the Administration consider whether a
similar protocol should be adopted in Hong Kong. Panel on Commerce and Industry
In view of the impact on Hong Kong’s small and
medium enterprises (“SMEs”) of the earthquake and
subsequent radiation leakage in Japan, the Panel on
Commerce and Industry urged the Administration
to provide relief measures to those SMEs in need of
assistance. Following consultation with the Commerce
and Economic Development Bureau and the Trade
and Industry Department, the Hong Kong Mortgage
Corporation subsequently introduced a time-limited
special arrangement under the SME Financing Guarantee Scheme to help local enterprises that had
been adversely affected by the crisis in Japan.
The Panel also closely monitored the development
of the Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic
Partnership Arrangement (“CEPA”). Panel members
urged the HKSAR Government, after consultation with
the Mainland authorities, to propose further liberalization
measures following the implementation of Supplement VII to CEPA. The HKSAR Government should also
proactively liaise with Central Government ministries to
secure their support in taking forward the relevant work
complementing the National 12
th Five-Year Plan.
Concerning the long-term strategic development of the
testing and certification industry in Hong Kong, Panel
members expressed the view that the Administration should focus its effort on the provision of testing and
certification services for Chinese medicines and food,
particularly the nutrition labels on pre-packaged food products. The Administration should also step up
efforts to attract talent to the industry and to enhance the skills and professionalism of existing practitioners to
strengthen Hong Kong’s competitiveness in this area.
With regard to the development of Hong Kong’s
convention and exhibition industry, the Panel requested
that the Administration assess the overall economic
benefits to Hong Kong of the enhanced cooperation
between the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (“TDC”) and AsiaWorld-Expo (“AWE”) under the “one show, two locations” approach. The Panel would
consider the matter further and invite stakeholders to
present their views on the cooperation between TDC
and AWE.Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-201156
Although Panel members expressed support for the
improvement measures aimed at refining the policy
framework of the Innovation and Technology Fund (“ITF”) and speeding up the ITF funding process, some
members were of the view that ITF should provide
greater benefits to local university graduates to
inspire their interest in and commitment to innovation and technology, so as to nurture a new generation
of innovators for the future economic and social
development of Hong Kong. Some Panel members called for a reduction in the operating costs of the
Research and Development (“R&D”) Centres under the
auspices of ITF by centralizing their support services.
Others members suggested that resources be focused
on the Nano and Advanced Materials Institute and
Applied Science and Technology Research Institute
to speed up the commercialization of R&D results.
Panel members also called on the Administration to
further promote the use of innovation and technology in Government departments/bureaux and in the
commercial sector.
Panel on Constitutional Affairs
The Panel on Constitutional Affairs discussed the
Administration’s proposed arrangements under local
legislation to implement the methods for selecting
the Chief Executive (“CE”) and forming the Legislative
Council (“LegCo”) in 2012. Members raised a number
of issues, including the nomination thresholds for
candidature of the 2012 CE election and the new
District Council (“DC”) Functional Constituency
(“FC”) election and the composition of the Election
Committee (“EC”). The Panel also closely monitored the Administration’s preparations for the DC election, EC subsector election, CE election and LegCo
election, to be held in November and December 2011
and March and September 2012, respectively.
Members expressed diverse views on the
Administration’s proposal to introduce a leap-frog
appeal mechanism to allow appeals against the
determination of the Court of First Instance on an
election petition under the LegCo Ordinance, DC
Ordinance or Village Representative Election Ordinance
to be lodged directly with the CFA, subject to leave being granted by the CFA Appeal Committee. Some
members expressed support for the proposal, as they
considered that there should be an effective election
petition mechanism in place to resolve election
disputes expeditiously, whilst others considered that
the proposal would deprive petitioners of the right to a
normal appeal process.
Similarly, members expressed different views on the
proposed replacement mechanism for filling LegCo
vacancies. The mechanism would be applicable to both geographical constituency and the new DC FC seats.
Some members welcomed the proposal to prevent the
existing replacement arrangement from being abused
in future. However, others strongly objected to it, as
they considered that it would deprive the electorate of voting rights in by-elections. The Panel also received
diverse views from 88 deputations/individuals on the
proposed replacement mechanism.
The Panel held a number of meetings with the
Administration and the Privacy Commissioner for
Personal Data (“PCPD”) to discuss the legislative
proposals arising from the review of the Personal Data
(Privacy) Ordinance (“PDPO”). The Panel also received
views from the public on these proposals. In general,
members were supportive of the proposal to empower
the PCPD to provide legal assistance to aggrieved
parties who wished to instigate legal proceedings to
seek compensation under section 66 of the PDPO.
Some members were of the view that the PCPD had not been granted adequate power to enhance
the protection of personal data in light of the serious
contraventions of the PDPO happened in recent years.
They suggested that, to strengthen the deterrent effect,
any serious contraventions of the PDPO be made a
criminal offence subject to immediate prosecution.
Members of the Panel on Commerce and Industry visit
the Hong Kong Science Park to learn more about Hong
Kong’s latest development in innovation and technology
and the achievements made by the Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute and Nano
and Advanced Materials Institute.
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Hon TAM Yiu-chung (centre), Chairman of the Panel on
Constitutional Affairs.The Panel discussed the third report of the HKSAR
submitted under the International Covenant on
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Members
raised various issues of concern, including poverty
in Hong Kong and the Administration’s refusal to set
up an independent human rights institution, outlaw
discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation,
tackle the issue of single-parent and split families, and
allocate sufficient resources to address the problems
faced by men in relation to employment, education,
health and family. Members also expressed concern
about the lack of barrier-free facilities for persons with
disabilities and urged the Administration to implement
support measures to meet the educational needs of
non-Chinese speaking students. Administration to consider providing compensation on a “foot for foot” and “shop for shop” basis for the
building owners and shop operators affected. Some
Panel members suggested that, when pursuing
redevelopment, the Urban Renewal Authority should
enhance its facilitator role, promote the demand-led
model to assist building owners in initiating the joint
sale of their lots for redevelopment, revitalize the local
economy and also preserve the local characteristics.
Following the spate of building problems that occurred
between April and June 2011, including fires in and
unauthorized building work (“UBW”) on aged multi-storey buildings and New Territories Exempted
Houses (“NTEHs”), the Panel held discussions with
the Administration on measures to enhance building
safety and tackle the UBWs problem. Panel members
expressed grave concern over the building safety
problems arising from sub-divided flats and called on the
Administration to tighten controls on the building work
carried out at these flats. Some members suggested
that the Administration set up a high-level cross-bureaux and cross-department taskforce to formulate
a comprehensive policy and devise a concrete action
plan. With regard to controlling UBWs in NTEHs,
some members stressed that the Administration should adopt equal treatment for such work carried
out in both urban and New Territories (“NT”) areas.
These members urged the Administration to work
out a definite timetable and estimate of the resources
required to implement the proposed enforcement scheme against UBWs in NTEHs. In recognition of
the historical reasons behind the regulatory framework governing NTEHs, and as UBWs in these houses were
usually small scale in nature, other members said they preferred a pragmatic approach. They suggested
enforcing actions in an orderly and progressive manner and providing necessary assistance to the parties
affected. Issues related to enhancing building safety
and controlling UBWs will continue to be examined
by the Subcommittee on Building Safety and Related
Issues formed under the Panel’s authority. Panel on Development
In October 2010, the Panel on Development discussed
the draft of a new Urban Renewal Strategy with the
Administration. In November and December, it then
held two special meetings to receive public views. Panel members were in general supportive of the new
Strategy. Some members suggested that a District
Urban Renewal Forum be set up in old districts to
discuss acquisition proposals on the compulsory
sale of individual lots for redevelopment purposes.
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In May 2011, the Panel discussed the Administration’s
plans to take forward studies of and a public
engagement exercise on reclamation outside Victoria
Harbour and rock cavern development as strategic
means of creating land resources to cope with future
development needs. While members expressed
support for embarking on these studies, they were
concerned about the possible controversy and
highlighted the need for in-depth public consultation.
They suggested that the Administration formulate an action plan on the provision of land for various uses to
serve as a blueprint for land supply.
The Administration updated the Panel regularly during
the session under report on the progress of its key heritage conservation initiatives. In October 2010,
the Panel discussed the Administration’s proposed scheme for the redevelopment of the West Wing of the
Central Government Offices into a public open space
and a commercial building with a shopping centre. A special meeting was also held to receive public views.
Members were generally supportive of the provision of
public open space and Grade A offices as part of the
redevelopment scheme, but expressed reservations over the construction of a shopping centre and sale
of the site to private developers, noting that the
proposed commercial building would create a “wall
effect”, increase the traffic flow and worsen air quality
in the Central District.The Administration also briefed the Panel on a new package of measures aimed at fostering a high-quality,
sustainable built environment. In general, the Panel
welcomed measures to tighten the policy on the gross
floor area (“GFA”) concession from 1 April 2011 to
address public concerns over “inflated buildings” and
to promote sustainable building design. Concerned
about the rush of developers submitting building plans
under the old GFA concession policy, members urged
the departments concerned to scrutinize these building plans in a professional and fair manner.
Members of the Panel on Development are briefed on
the Administration’s heritage conservation policy during
a site visit to 1881 Heritage, which is converted from
the former Marine Police Headquarters Compound.
Members of the Panel on
Development conduct a
site visit to the King Yin Lei
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The Panel continued to monitor the progress of the
development of the Kai Tak District, Lok Ma Chau
Loop, Hung Shui Kiu new development area and the
Liantang/Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point. It
also discussed matters relating to the construction industry, the mid-term review of the policy on
revitalizing old industrial buildings and the development
of Greening Master Plans in the NT.
Panel on Economic Development
During the 2010-2011 session, the Panel on Economic Development discussed the role and functions of the
Travel Industry Council of Hong Kong (“TIC”) with the
Administration. Arising from a few incidents involving
unscrupulous practices by the tourism trade relating
to Mainland inbound tour groups, the Government
reviewed the operation and regulatory framework of
the entire tourism sector, including the powers and
responsibilities of TIC and its working relationship
with the Travel Agent Registry. On 29 April 2011, the
Government published a consultation paper entitled
“Review of the Operation and Regulatory Framework of
the Tourism Sector in Hong Kong”, which outlines four options for reforming the present regulatory framework.
The community’s views were sought on the feasibility of
introducing a tour guide licensing system and introducing
different licences regulating outbound and inbound
tourism. Some Panel members expressed support for
the establishment of an independent statutory body to regulate the tourism sector, but were concerned about
its working relationship with the Mainland tourism
authorities regarding Mainland inbound group tours of
Hong Kong. Panel members urged the Administration
to tackle malpractice in the tourism sector, such as
“coerced shopping”, and provide adequate protection
for tour guides and tour escorts.
The Panel received briefings from the Hong Kong
Tourism Board (“HKTB”) on its annual working
plan. Members noted that HKTB would increase its
investment in non-Southern China regions, tap new
markets, and inject new elements into and add new
programmes to its annual events calendar in 2011-
2012. Some members urged HKTB to host more
appealing events during non-peak seasons to draw
more visitors and to utilize Internet services to a greater
extent to promote Hong Kong.Panel members noted that Hong Kong Disneyland (“HKD”) had a net loss of $718 million in 2009-2010.
The Panel urged the Park’s management to boost park attendance to turn HKD into a profit-making operation.
The Administration advised the Panel that HKD would have to press ahead with its expansion plan and continue its marketing and promotion activities to
boost attendance figures.
As regards the leasing arrangements for the new
cruise terminal at Kai Tak, the Panel noted that the
operator would pay the Government a fixed rent that
was expected to increase year on year, as well as a variable rent based on a sliding scale linked to the
operator’s gross receipts. Some members expressed concern that the leasing terms were overly stringent,
as berthing fees might be capped, and urged the
Administration to ensure that the new terminal would
be competitive.
The Panel received the public’s views on legislative
proposals to strengthen consumer protection
legislation. Some members expressed reservations
over both the proposal to extend the application of the
Trade Descriptions Ordinance (Cap 362) to cover trade
in services and the proposal to impose a cooling-off period, which could create cash flow problems for
the business sector. They urged the Administration
to strike a balance between tackling dishonest traders
and preserving the business sector’s operational
efficiency.
Members of the Panel on Economic Development visit
sky100, one of Hong Kong’s newest tourist attractions, to see how it helps promote tourism.Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-201160
The Panel welcomed the Administration’s proposal
to strengthen the existing Pyramid Selling Prohibition
Ordinance (Cap 355), but urged it to step up
publicity and public education to combat unfair trade practices.
The Panel expressed grave concerns over the 2.8%
increase in the electricity tariff for 2011 by both The
Hongkong Electric Company Ltd and CLP Power Hong
Kong Limited, which they warned would aggravate inflation and add to the financial burden of low-income
groups. Panel members took the view that the two power companies should use the reserve in the Tariff
Stabilization Fund to offset the increase in fuel costs,
or opt not to achieve a maximum rate of return, to
avoid raising the tariff.
The Administration and the Airport Authority Hong
Kong briefed the Panel on the Hong Kong International Airport Master Plan 2030 and the proposal to build
a third runway. Some Panel members expressed
concern about the huge construction costs and
environmental impact of the proposed third runway.
Others, in contrast, claimed that the proposal would
enhance Hong Kong’s competitiveness in aviation, tourism and logistics in the Pearl River Delta region.
Panel on Education
During the 2010-2011 session, the Panel on Education continued to monitor the progress of a number of
significant initiatives undertaken in the higher education,
secondary school and pre-primary school sectors. The Chairman of the University Grants Committee
briefed the Panel on the major recommendations in
its Report on the Higher Education Review. Members
requested that the Administration take proactive
steps to regulate the supply of self-financing degree
programmes to avoid the same mistakes being made
as those that occurred in the expansion of the self-
financing sub-degree sector, including the oversupply
of and inadequate quality control over sub-degree programmes. Members also expressed concern
over a proposal to introduce greater competition in
the allocation of research funding, noting in particular
their fears over the possible impact on institutions
principally offering humanities and social sciences curricula. Given the significant implications of the
Report’s recommendations, the Panel will continue to
follow up the matter in the next session.
The Panel continued its close monitoring of the
implementation of the new academic structure.
Members urged the Administration to expedite
promotion of the new Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary
Education to obtain international recognition of the qualification. Members remained concern about the
assessment of the Liberal Studies (“LS”) subject and asked the Administration to provide schools with
more financial resources to address shortages in the
necessary manpower to teach LS and to strengthen support for LS teachers in assessing the subject.
The Panel was briefed on the improvement measures
to be introduced to the Pre-primary Education Voucher Scheme following the review undertaken by the
Working Group. Whilst welcoming the Administration’s
decision to accede to Panel members’ requests that
fee remission be calculated after deduction of the
voucher subsidy and that social needs assessment
be removed for fee remission applications for whole-
day kindergartens (“KGs”), members expressed
disappointment that the Administration had not
addressed stakeholders’ concerns in four main areas, namely, the establishment of a ceiling on school fees,
a subsidy for whole-day KGs, a salary scale for KG
teachers and 15 years of free education.
Hon Starry LEE Wai-king (left), Chairman of the Panel
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The Panel was gravely concerned about the further
delay in the debundling of textbooks and teaching
materials for pricing purposes and urged the
Administration and textbook publishers to resolve their
differences to expedite the measure. Members also
put forward a variety of suggestions for tackling the
problem of rising textbook prices over the long run,
including simplification of the vetting and approval
procedure for textbooks and the promotion of textbook recycling initiatives, such as textbook loans to students by schools.
The Panel examined a number of initiatives announced
in the Budget for the provision of greater financial
support for needy students in the 2011-2012 school year. These initiatives include relaxation of the income
ceiling under the means test for student financial
assistance, extension of the scope of the Examination Fee Remission Scheme and the launching of the After-school Learning Support Partnership Scheme.
Members were supportive of these measures,
but requested that the Administration should also
review the impact of implementation of the statutory
minimum wage on eligibility for student financial
assistance. The Panel also received the views of 102 organizations/individuals on the moral and national
education curriculum consultation launched by the
Administration.
Panel on Environmental Affairs
The Panel on Environmental Affairs welcomed the Administration’s plans for a trial of hybrid buses. The
trial’s aim is to test the buses’ operational efficiency and
performance under local conditions in the hope that they will reduce the roadside air pollution caused by
franchised buses. Noting that the trial will commence
only in the second half of 2012, members expressed concern over the long lead time for the franchised bus
companies to upgrade their buses to cleaner models.
The Panel urged the Administration to expedite the hybrid bus trial and to require bus companies to switch
to zero emission buses or the most environmentally
friendly models available when replacing their existing
ones. Some members opined, however, that it might
not be financially viable for franchised bus companies
to replace all of their existing stock with hybrid buses given their higher cost. Furthermore, there might be insufficient hybrid models available to replace the
existing franchised bus fleet, these members said.
In September 2010, the Administration released its
consultation document on Hong Kong’s Climate
Change Strategy and Action Agenda, which sets out
the specific target for reducing Hong Kong’s carbon
intensity by 50%-60% by 2020 as compared with the
2005 level, as well as the measures to achieve this
target, which include, inter alia, revamping fuel mix for
electricity generation. The Panel noted that there were
dissenting public views on the proposed increase in the
share of nuclear power in the fuel mix for local electricity
generation, particularly following the Fukushima nuclear
incident in March 2011. Although there was support
for nuclear energy, as it was a relatively safe and
reliable source of energy with a minimal environmental
footprint, the Panel said there were concerns about
the potential risks and hazards of nuclear power
plants, particularly if the highly radioactive waste they
generate was not properly handled and stored. The
real solution to combating climate change was to
adopt demand-side management to reduce electricity
demand and consumption, members said.
To address growing public concern over external
lighting, the Administration proposed introducing a set
of Guidelines on Industry Best Practices for External
Lighting Installation, requiring individual Government
departments to switch off external decorative lighting
by 11 pm where practicable and establishing a
taskforce to advise the Administration on technical
standards and appropriate lighting levels acceptable
to local circumstances. Some members opined that light pollution was a result of poor city planning, which
allowed the intermingling of residential and commercial
buildings. In assessing the problem of light nuisances
in Hong Kong, members suggested that reference be
made to the experiences of such cities like Las Vegas
and Macau, where neon lights were used to attract
tourists. Other members questioned the effectiveness
of the aforementioned Guidelines, warning that they might be used as an excuse to procrastinate on implementing statutory controls on external lighting.Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-201162
In view of the success of the first phase of the
Environmental Levy Scheme on Plastic Shopping Bags
(“PSB”) in reducing PSB distribution by registered
retailers, the Administration proposed extending
the mandatory Product Responsibility Scheme on
PSBs to include all retailers regardless of the scale
of their business. According to the proposal, a 50-
cent charge would be levied on all PSBs distributed
at retail outlets in Hong Kong, except for those used
solely to carry food for hygiene reasons. It was also proposed that the charge be retained by retailers rather
than remitting it to the Administration to obviate the
associated registration and reporting requirements.
Some members expressed concern, however, that
if retailers were not required to remit the charge to
the Administration, some might distribute PSBs free
of charge to attract customers, thereby defeating
the purpose of the Levy Scheme. Others expressed
support for a dual system under which the current
“remittance” approach would continue to apply to
existing registered retailers, which were primarily
chain operators, whilst the “retention” approach
would apply to the newly covered retailers, most of
which were mostly small and medium enterprises. To
reduce PSBs at source, some members suggested
restricting their import or directly applying the levy to
the manufacturers and importers of PSBs.
Panel on Financial Affairs
The Financial Secretary briefed members of the Panel
on Financial Affairs on Hong Kong’s latest economic
situation at Panel meetings in December 2010 and
June 2011. Members noted that although the local
economy was poised for real growth of 5%-6% for
2011 as a whole, Hong Kong faced various challenges
arising from the slow economic recovery of the United
States, the sovereign-debt crisis in the eurozone, further macroeconomic policy tightening in Asia, heightened geopolitical risks in the Middle East and
North Africa, and Japan’s earthquake, tsunami and
subsequent nuclear incident in March. Members also noted with concern the sustained increase in property
prices and rising inflation, despite the measures
taken by the Administration in November 2010 to
combat speculation in the property market. Members
exchanged views with and made suggestions to
the Financial Secretary on strategies and measures to bolster Hong Kong’s economic development,
ensure the stable and healthy development of the
property market, and relieve the inflationary pressure
on local households and small- and medium-sized enterprises.
In the light of the problems revealed by the 2008 global
financial crisis, the Panel has closely monitored the
measures the Administration has taken to strengthen
the financial regulatory regime, enhance market
quality and promote investor protection. Its proposed measures in this arena include the establishment of a
Financial Dispute Resolution Centre and an Investor
Education Council, the statutory codification of certain
requirements for listed corporations to disclose price-sensitive information, the establishment of a regulatory
regime for the over-the-counter derivatives market,
and the development of a scripless securities market.
The Panel noted that Hong Kong’s financial and
banking sectors had remained sound and robust in the
face of the challenges posed by the global financial
crisis and the uncertainties of the global economy, with the capital adequacy ratio of banks maintained
at high levels. To uphold the stability of the banking
sector, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (“HKMA”) in
October 2009 introduced several rounds of prudential
measures on banks’ mortgage business with the
aim of dampening the cyclical effects of the property
market and guarding against imprudent lending in
the banking sector. The Panel studied proposals for
implementation of the Basel II enhancements and
Basel III requirements in Hong Kong, bearing in mind
the objectives of maintaining the resilience of the
banking sector and ensuring that Hong Kong’s banking
supervisory framework remains in tandem with sound internationally recognized standards.
The Administration briefs members of the Panel on
Environmental Affairs on external lighting in Hong
Kong. Panel Chairman Hon CHAN Hak-kan (left) listens
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Regarding the development and regulation of
the insurance industry, the Panel examined the
Administration’s proposals for the establishment of an
independent Insurance Authority and a Policyholders’
Protection Fund. In view of the important implications
of the proposed reforms for the general public and
the relevant financial sectors, the Panel urged the
Administration to further consult both parties in drawing up detailed proposals. The Panel held a joint
meeting with the Panel on Transport to discuss issues relating to the difficulties encountered by the transport
sector in obtaining insurance coverage; the two Panels agreed to appoint a joint subcommittee to study the
relevant issues.
The Panel also discussed the findings of a review
carried out by the Mandatory Provident Fund
Schemes Authority (“MPFA”) on the minimum and
maximum income levels for MPF contributions and held a special meeting to receive public views on the
issue. The Panel also examined legislative proposals
put forward by the Administration and the MPFA to
strengthen the regulation of MPF intermediaries in
preparation for implementation of the Employee
Choice Arrangement.
Panel on Food Safety and Environmental
Hygiene
The Panel on Food Safety and Environmental Hygiene
continued to monitor the voluntary surrender scheme
for itinerant hawker licences (“IHLs”). Members
highlighted the request made by elderly IHL holders
Members of the Panel
on Food Safety and
Environmental Hygiene are
given a demonstration of the radioactivity screening of
food carried out at the Hong
Kong Air Cargo Terminal. for an extension of the validity of the scheme to enable
them to continue to work until they choose to retire in
due course. The Panel passed a motion urging the
Government to retain the IHL scheme. It welcomed
the Administration’s decision to extend the options of
an ex-gratia payment of $30,000 and priority selection
of a vacant fixed pitch under the scheme by two years
until 31 December 2012. Members noted that the
option of selecting a vacant public market stall was scheduled to expire on 31 December 2010.
The Panel was briefed on the new public market rental
adjustment mechanism. Members queried whether it
was fair to stall operators if rents were adjusted across
the board and whether it was reasonable to charge
stall operators for air-conditioning used in the common
areas of public markets. The Panel passed a motion
opposing the Government’s adoption of a new rental
adjustment mechanism based on actual average or market rents, urging the Government, amongst
others, to instead continue to freeze public market
rents and calculate the air-conditioning charges for
stalls according to the actual rental area. The Panel
also passed another motion requesting that the
Government withdraw its proposals and solicit fresh
views from the Legislative Council and market traders.
The Panel welcomed the Administration’s decision to
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The Panel carried out in-depth examination of the
proposed ban on trawling in Hong Kong waters.
Members welcomed the Administration’s revised
proposal to raise the multiplier of the ex-gratia
allowance (“EGA”) formula to 11 years’ notional fish
catch in calculating the EGA for the inshore trawler owners affected. Noting large trawlers’ dissatisfaction
over the lump sum EGA of $150,000, members
called upon the Administration to consider raising the
amount. Members also noted the call for EGA payable to related trades (e.g., fish collection, ice supply and
vessel repair) and requested that the Administration provide some form of compensation or EGA to help
them to modify their vessels or equipment to cater for
the change in the business model.
The safety of food imported from Japan following the
Daiichi nuclear power plant incident and that of food
contaminated with plasticizers imported from Taiwan caused concern amongst Panel members. Members
noted that the Centre for Food Safety (“CFS”) had
stepped up surveillance and tested the radiation level
of all fresh food imported from Japan since 12 March
2011. Since late May 2011, CFS had strengthened its
surveillance and testing of five categories of products
according to daily information on vendors, as well as of products involved in the plasticizer contamination
incident according to information released by Taiwan. Plasticizer di(2-ethylnexyl) phthalate would be included
in the CFS’s routine surveillance, the Panel heard. In
response to an invitation from the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs of Japan, the Panel conducted a duty visit to
Japan in late September 2011 to obtain first-hand
information on the country’s food safty measures following the Daiichi nuclear power plant incident.Other issues discussed by the Panel during the session
under report included a review of liquor licensing, the
provision of columbarium facilities and regulation
of private columbaria, the regulation of pesticide
residues in food, a review on the provision of cooked
food markets and cooked food centres, a proposal to
enhance animal welfare, and mosquito prevention and
control measures.
Panel on Health Services
The subject of obstetric services in Hong Kong was high on the agenda of the Panel on Health Services.
Noting the increasing demand for public obstetric
services from both local and non-local women, the Panel expressed its grave concern over the capacity
of the Hospital Authority (“HA”) to cope with demand.
Members urged the Administration to ensure the
adequate provision of obstetric services for local
pregnant women. The Panel passed a motion
urging the Government to, in addition to reserving an adequate obstetric services quota for local pregnant
women, give priority to women whose spouses were
permanent Hong Kong residents in allocating the
remaining quota.
The Panel also expressed deep concern about the
high turnover rates of doctors and nurses in public
hospitals. Members considered that such high
turnover rates had demonstrated the ineffectiveness of past measures implemented by HA to attract and retain
these medical personnel. They suggested that a cap
be imposed on the weekly working hours of doctors
and that more part-time healthcare practitioners be
recruited to help out in pressurized wards and clinics.
Members also asked the Administration to implement
manpower planning for doctors and nurses to better
address the problem of the shortfall in these personnel
in the public sector.
The Panel continued to follow the subject of HA’s
Drug Formulary. Members criticized HA for its lack of
transparency in providing explanations and supporting
evidence to the public as well as to frontline doctors in
relation to its decisions concerning the Drug Formulary.
HA acceded to members’ requests for enhanced
transparency in its regular review of the Formulary
Dr Hon LEUNG Ka-lau (left), Chairman of the Panel on
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and reported that it had introduced a number of
measures to improve the accessibility of information
and communications with relevant stakeholders of the
Formulary.
Noting the great difficulties experienced by the
Chinese medicine trade in meeting the requirements
for registration of proprietary Chinese medicines under
the provisions of the Chinese Medicine Ordinance,
which commenced operation in December 2010,
members expressed their disappointment at the lack
of support the Government provides to the trade.
They also expressed grave concern over the lack of
transparency and objectivity of the assessment criteria
and procedure for the registration of proprietary Chinese
medicines. They considered it high time to conduct a
review of the policy regulating Chinese medicines. To
enable more focused discussion, the Panel appointed
a subcommittee to study the registration of Chinese medicines. This subcommittee began its work in June
2011.
Other items discussed by the Panel during the
2010-2011 session included the Healthcare Reform
Second Stage Consultation – Health Protection
Scheme, the prevention and control of influenza, the
proposed regulatory framework for medical devices, the Primary Care Development Strategy, the Elderly Health Care Voucher Pilot Scheme, the promotion of
organ donation, dental care services for the elderly,
mental health services and the accreditation of public
hospitals.
Panel on Home Affairs
The Panel on Home Affairs engaged in in-depth
discussions of whether Hong Kong should enter a
bid to host the 2023 Asian Games, and subsequently
passed two motions urging the Government to shelve
the bid, set up a sports fund to enhance the training and
retirement arrangements for elite athletes, and draw up
a 10-year blueprint for the development of sport in Hong
Kong. Members welcomed the establishment of the
$7 billion Elite Athletes Development Fund. However,
the Panel raised concern about the Administration’s
policy on Private Recreational Leases, urging the
Administration to review the policy and increase public
access to the sports facilities at the clubs operated
under these leases.The Panel highlighted the importance it attaches to the development of sport and the arts in Hong Kong
and held a joint meeting with the Panel on Education
to discuss sport and arts education in schools. The
Panel expressed support for strengthening the co-
operation in the sport and culture arenas under the
Framework Agreement on Hong Kong/Guangdong Co-operation. However, members raised concerns
over the lack of a concrete implementation timetable
for many outstanding leisure and cultural services
projects initiated by the former Municipal Councils in
various districts and said they would continue to follow
up on the matter.
Members discussed a variety of issues related to culture,
including the expansion and relocation of the Hong Kong Maritime Museum, the progress of the territory-wide
Intangible Cultural Heritage survey, the arrangements
for the nomination of arts interests representatives for
the Hong Kong Arts Development Council in 2010,
and the work of the Advisory Committee on Arts
Development. The joint subcommittee formed under
the Panel and the Panel on Development continued
to monitor closely the implementation of the West
Kowloon Cultural District (“WKCD”) project, including matters related to the resignation and recruitment of
the Chief Executive Officer of the WKCD Authority, the
selection of the preferred Conceptual Plan Option for
WKCD, the latest development of M+, and the interim
activities in WKCD before the launch of its Phase 1 arts
and cultural facilities.
Members of the Panel on Home Affairs discuss the
monitoring of unlicensed hotels and guesthouses. At
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On community matters, Panel members said they
supported the establishment of a statutory licensing
regime for property management companies
(“PMCs”) and urged the Administration to prevent the
emergence of a monopoly of big PMCs and a surge
in management fees. Members also welcomed the
regulation of Internet Computer Services Centres, but
queried the proposed lax licensing conditions for these
centres. The Administration promised to revert the
issue back to the Panel after consulting stakeholders.
Members examined the key features of the
arrangements for and outcomes of the 2011
Village Representatives elections and called on the
Administration to study the introduction of legislation
to regulate Rural Committee elections in a way similar
to elections for Village Representatives and Heung
Yee Kuk elections. The Administration undertook to
consider the matter.
Members expressed diverse views on the functions and
operation of the Community Care Fund, including the
injection of $1.5 billion into the Fund for the provision
of a one-off allowance to new arrivals from low-income families. The Administration undertook to report to the
Panel on the Fund at regular intervals.
Other items discussed by the Panel during the
session under review included enhancements
to the remuneration package for District Council
members, implementation of district minor works
projects, measures to combat unlicensed hotels and
guesthouses, and a mandatory requirement for the
procurement of third-party risk insurance by Owners’
Corporations.
Panel on Housing
The Panel on Housing recommended that, to ensure the
adequate supply of land for housing, the Administration
put in place a five-year rolling programme on land
production and explore new land resources through such means as land reclamation. Some members
opined that the Administration should not rely on the
Application List (“AL”) as the main source of land supply
to meet demand, given that the sale of land under AL
is triggered only upon application by developers. The
Administration should instead consider holding regular land auctions to resume the initiative on the supply of land. To optimize land use and increase the supply of
flats, some members suggested allocating land that
had remained on AL for a long time to the Hong Kong Housing Society (“HS”) for housing development.
Based on the outcome of a public consultation on
subsidizing home ownership, the Administration proposed the launch of the “My Home Purchase Plan”
(“MHPP”) in collaboration with HS. Under MHPP , the
Administration would provide land for HS to build “no-
frills” small- and medium-sized flats for lease to eligible
applicants, the rent of which would be fixed during
the tenancy period. MHPP tenants could purchase
their flats or another flat under MHPP at the prevailing
market price or a flat in the private market within a
specified time frame. A purchase subsidy equivalent
to half of the net rental during the tenancy period
would be provided for the down payment. The Panel
pointed out that the supply of 1,000 flats under the first
MHPP project in 2014 would not be sufficient to meet
demand. To address concerns over the uncertainties
surrounding the rents and prices of MHPP flats, the
Panel requested that the Administration allow greater flexibility such that eligible MHPP applicants who could
afford the down payment could purchase their flats at
the time of in take. As MHPP was designed to provide an additional home ownership choice, members
opined that a simpler way of doing so would be to
re-launch the Home Ownership Scheme (“HOS”).
They suggested that the sites originally earmarked for MHPP be used for HOS production to expedite the
construction process. Regarding the housing needs of those on low incomes who only want a place to live
and have no plans to buy their own homes, members urged that greater efforts be devoted to the provision
of more public rental housing (“PRH”) flats. The Panel
passed a motion requesting that the Administration provide at least 35,000 PRH units each year and
immediately resume HOS.
Hon LEE Wing-tat (left), Chairman of the Panel on
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The Panel noted that the Waiting List (“WL”) income
and asset limits for 2010-2011 would increase by an
average of 15.6% and 3.3%, respectively, over those
for 2009-2010. As a result, about 131,000 non-
owner occupied households would become eligible
for PRH, representing an increase of 25,000 eligible
households. Whilst welcoming the increase in WL
income and asset limits, which was timely as it tied
in with the introduction of the statutory minimum
wage, members were concerned that the average waiting time for PRH would inevitably be lengthened
as a result of the increase in the number of eligible
households. The Administration was urged to increase
PRH production for the next five years from 75,000 to
100,000 flats. The Panel passed a motion asking the
Administration to consider increasing the construction
of PRH flats to tie in with the increase in the number of
PRH applicants, with a view to realizing the target of allocating PRH flats to applicants within three years.
The Panel noted that the Steering Committee on
Regulation of Sale of First-hand Residential Properties
by Legislation was established to discuss specific
issues related to regulating the sale of first-hand flats by
legislation. The Steering Committee commenced work
in November 2010 and would submit a report to the
Secretary for Transport and Housing in October 2011.
The Administration said it intended to take forward the consultation on the Steering Committee’s report
in the form of a White Bill to expedite the consultation
process. Given that the Steering Committee mainly
comprises Government officials and professionals,
some members said they were concerned about how the views of the Legislative Council and the general
public could be incorporated in the report. As there
was no guarantee that the next Chief Executive and
his or her team of Government officials would agree to
the introduction of the legislation, members urged the
Administration to expedite the legislative process by
introducing the White Bill in October 2011 in tandem
with the release of the report. This release should then be followed by a two-month public consultation
in December 2011, with a view to introducing the Blue
Bill in January 2012 to allow sufficient time for LegCo
to complete scrutiny of the Blue Bill within the current
term.Panel on Information Technology and
Broadcasting
The Panel on Information Technology and Broadcasting
discussed the comprehensive package to support the
development of Radio Television Hong Kong (“RTHK”)
as a public service broadcaster over the next few
years. Panel members supported the Media Asset
Management project for the most valuable portion
of RTHK’s archives and urged the Administration to
provide the necessary manpower and funding for the
preservation of the programme archives, which was
of great historical value. Some members expressed concern that the proposed mode of development of
digital audio broadcasting − with only three licensees
other than RTHK (which already owned many of the AM and FM frequencies) − would undermine the diversity
of views, and they urged the Administration to further develop digital audio broadcasting to encourage
diversity of views in the society. Panel members
also urged RTHK to further extend the coverage of
its digital terrestrial television service in future. With regard to community involvement in broadcasting, the
Panel urged RTHK to provide more information on the
framework and ground rules and to brief the Panel
before its implementation.
As the future development of RTHK had now become
clear, the Panel met with representatives of the RTHK
Programme Staff Union to gauge their views on RTHK’s
manpower arrangements. Panel members shared the Staff Union’s view that the Administration should open
up vacancies at both the entry and promotion ranks
of the Programme Officer grade to serving non-civil
service contract (“NCSC”) staff and offer increments
based on their experience upon appointment. The
Panel passed a motion urging the Administration to
accord priority to serving NCSC staff and to formulate
a comprehensive plan to retain quality staff at RTHK. The Administration undertook to report its progress in this area to the Panel. Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-201168
On the mid-term review of the sound broadcasting
licences of Hong Kong Commercial Broadcasting
Company Limited and Metro Broadcast Corporation
Limited (“Metro”), some Panel members opined that the
Government should ensure that the licensees had the
financial capability to deliver the commitments made
in their Six-year Investment Plans and would make the optimum use of the spectrum after their licences were
renewed for 2010 to 2016. Other members urged the
Administration to impose licence conditions requiring
Metro to increase its resources and the broadcast time
for current affairs programmes. Metro subsequently
decided to increase the number of broadcast hours
for current affairs programmes from 4.5 to 10 hours
starting from 1 January 2011 and to increase the
number progressively thereafter.
The Panel closely monitored the progress of the
Internet Learning Support Programme (“ILSP”), which
aims to help eligible families to acquire affordable
computers and Internet access service and to provide
them with technical and social support. As Mr Jeremy
Godfrey, the Government’s former Chief Information
Officer, alleged that there had been political pressure
from senior Government officials to select a designated
party as ILSP Implementer, the Panel held two special
meetings to follow up on the matter. The Panel
examined submissions from Mr Godfrey and from the two leading ILSP contenders, as well as papers and
documents provided by the Administration, including
the reports of the Evaluation Panel for the Implementer of ILSP and the Government’s internal correspondence relating to the selection process. Some members
requested that powers to summon witnesses under
the Legislative Council (Powers and Privileges)
Ordinance (Cap. 382) be invoked and a select
committee appointed to conduct an inquiry into the matter. Other members, however, said that there was
no concrete evidence that there had been a political agenda relating to the selection of the Implementer for
ILSP . The Panel agreed that the Administration should provide further papers and documents relating to the
selection process as requested by members for further
examination.
Panel on Manpower
High on the agenda of the Panel on Manpower during the 2010-2011 session was the monitoring of
the implementation of the statutory minimum wage
(“SMW”). The Panel discussed various issues relating
to SMW, including the initial SMW rate, a productivity
assessment for persons with disabilities and reference
guidelines on SMW. Members noted that for the
purpose of conducting future reviews of the SMW
rate, the Administration would conduct survey and
research studies to evaluate, amongst other factors, the actual impact or possible knock-on effects of SMW
on small and medium enterprises, vulnerable workers
and enterprises in low-paying sectors, with special
reference to the changes in employment policy and
practices and the detailed pay hierarchy.
Members of the Panel on Information Technology and Broadcasting discuss the issues surrounding the
Selection of the Implementer for the Internet Learning Support Programme. Financial Secretary Mr John
TSANG (centre in the left photo) and former Government Chief Information Officer Mr Jeremy GODFREY
(right photo) answer Panel members’ questions.Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-201169Chapter 3
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The Panel was briefed on the key features of the
proposed territory-wide Work Incentive Transport
Subsidy (“WITS”) Scheme, which was to replace
the Transport Subsidy Scheme. Although members
generally welcomed the proposal to launch the WITS
Scheme to benefit low-income earners, there were
strong views that applicants should be given the choice of undergoing a means test on a household or individual
basis. Members welcomed the Administration’s
decision to further enhance the WITS Scheme by raising the income threshold for two-member
households from $8,500 to $12,000 and providing a
half-rate subsidy of $300 to qualified applicants who
worked fewer than 72, but at least 36, hours per
month. Members urged the Administration to explore the feasibility of adopting a dual-track approach and
streamlining the means testing procedures in its future
review of the WITS Scheme.
The Panel noted the surplus of the Protection of
Wages on Insolvency Fund (“PWIF”), which had
recorded steady growth, from $1,749 million in 2009
to $2,152 million in 2010, and the Administration’s
plan to expand the scope of PWIF to cover pay for
annual leave and statutory holidays accrued but not
yet taken by employees in insolvency cases. Some
members urged the Administration to further enhance
employee protection by raising the payment ceiling from $10,500 to $20,000 and relaxing the limits in
respect of an employee’s outstanding entitlements to statutory holidays in the application for ex-gratia
payment from PWIF.
The Panel was briefed on the Administration’s proposal
to amend the Employment Ordinance (Cap. 57) and
the General Holidays Ordinance (Cap. 149) in relation
to the arrangement for a replacement holiday when a Lunar New Year holiday or the day following the
Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival falls on a Sunday. While welcoming the proposal, members were concerned
that as more and more organizations implemented the
five-day work week, the employees working in these
organizations would be unlikely to benefit from the
proposed replacement holiday arrangement if those
holidays fell on a Saturday. The Administration was
requested to further examine the feasibility of extending the replacement holiday arrangement to cover the
situation in which a statutory or general holiday falls
on a Saturday. Other issues discussed by the Panel during the
session included the progress made in setting up a
pioneer one-stop employment and training centre in
Tin Shui Wai, a review of the system for the recognition
and monitoring of mandatory safety training courses,
occupational safety in Hong Kong and the performance
of driving duties by foreign domestic helpers.
The Panel conducted an overseas duty visit to the
Republic of Korea in late July 2011 to study the experience in the implementation of standard working
hours in the country.
Panel on Public Service
The Panel on Public Service was updated on the
employment of non-civil service contract (“NCSC”) staff
in various Government departments, and it requested the Administration to replace these NCSC positions by
civil service posts where appropriate. The Panel noted with concern that some 2,200 workers were supplied by
employment agencies to work in bureaux/departments
to meet urgent or unforeseen service needs for the
short-term. Panel members urged the Civil Service
Bureau to ensure that the relevant guidelines for the deployment of such workers were strictly complied
with. Regarding a recent review conducted by the
Efficiency Unit (“EU”) on outsourcing activities across
the Government, the Panel asked EU to provide assistance to departments that had encountered
challenges in monitoring outsourced services.
The Panel noted the findings of a 2011 survey on
the racial profile of the civil service and deliberated
upon the policy on the employment of persons with
disabilities (“PWDs”) in the civil service. The Panel
noted that assistance was available to PWDs who
applied for vacancies in the civil service and noticed
that there was on-the-job assistance to facilitate their
work in the Government.
The Panel followed up on the progress of the
improvement measures for the provision of medical and dental benefits to civil service eligible persons, and
repeatedly called upon the Administration to include Chinese medicine within the scope of civil service
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Panel on Security
The follow-up work on the tragic incident involving a
21-member Hong Kong tour group to Manila in August
2010 was high on the agenda of the Panel on Security.
Members said they were greatly distressed that eight
Hong Kong residents had been killed and seven injured
in the hostage incident. Members noted the conduct
of a death inquest into the incident and the issue of
summonses to 116 Philippine witnesses. Members
expressed grave concerns over the large number of
Philippine witnesses who decided not to testify at the inquest. They called on the Administration to seek
the assistance of the Central Authorities to urge the
Philippine Government to take all necessary actions
to arrange for the Philippine witnesses to testify at the
inquest.
Following an event at the Daya Bay Nuclear Power
Station (“DBNPS”) on 23 October 2010 and the
Fukushima nuclear power plant incident in March 2011,
the Panel discussed the DBNPS Notification Mechanism
and the Government’s contingency measures in
relation to the latter incident. Members highlighted
their grave concern that comprehensive tests of the
Daya Bay Contingency Plan had not been conducted
since February 2001 and that the next comprehensive
test was not scheduled until 2012. They requested
that the next comprehensive test be moved forward
to 2011.
The Panel continued to monitor the Police’s handling
of public meetings and public processions. Members
were gravely concerned about the criteria adopted
by the Police in the imposition of restrictions on
demonstration objects, the use of pepper spray against
demonstrators, and the crowd control arrangements
for public meetings and public processions. Some
members called on the Administration to alter, reduce the number of or remove altogether the planters at
the through zone on Connaught Road West outside
the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government
in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to provide a demonstration and press area to facilitate
the expression of opinions by members of the public.Hon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yee (left), Chairman of the
Panel on Public Service, makes a point while chairing a
meeting of the Panel.
On the cessation of the Private Solicitors Scheme
(“PSS”), previously run by the Food and Environmental
Hygiene Department, the Panel put forward the view
that the Administration should resume PSS in light of
the concerns expressed by frontline staff about the
continued need for the Scheme.
Regarding the requests of some non-directorate civilian
grades to conduct grade structure reviews, the Panel
examined the criteria for assessing such requests and discussed the application of these criteria in specific
cases.
The Panel was consulted on the 2011-2012 civil service
pay adjustment, and discussed the salary differential
between the Government school sector and the aided
school sector. The Panel passed a motion urging the
Administration to review afresh the salaries and terms
of employment of Government school teachers and to offer compensation for these teachers’ loss of income
arising from previous mistakes.
The Panel expressed concern over the control regime
for post-service outside work for directorate civil
servants, and solicited the Administration’s views on
whether the control regime should be tightened up.
The Administration has proposed the inclusion of public
suspicion of “deferred reward” in the vetting criteria and that an applicant be required to disclose his or her
material contacts and dealings with the prospective
employer and its parent or related companies during
his or her last three or six years of Government service.
The Panel will continue to follow up on the relevant
proposals.
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The Panel continued to monitor the interception of
communications and surveillance and discussed the
results of the Administration’s study of matters raised
in the Annual Report 2009 of the Commissioner on
Interception of Communications and Surveillance to the
Chief Executive. Members noted that a comprehensive
review of the Interception of Communications and
Surveillance Ordinance (Cap. 589) was underway.
Other issues discussed by the Panel during the
session under report included the smuggling and
sale of illicit cigarettes, the Outbound Travel Alert
system for Hong Kong travellers, school-based drugs testing, privacy compliance assessment for the Smart
Identity Card System, Police measures against cross-
boundary deceptions, the handling and dissemination
of information relating to the terrorist threat level, the
manpower situation of the Immigration Department
and the Police, measures to facilitate immigration clearance at boundary control points, a review on
the procurement of fire services equipment, the
crime situation in 2010, the establishment of a sexual conviction record check mechanism for child-related
work, and caution statements under the Rules and
Directions for the Questioning of Suspects and the
Taking of Statements.
Panel on Transport
Gravely concerned about the adjustment to the Mass Transit Railway (“MTR”) fares in 2011, the Panel on
Transport suggested setting up a fare stabilization fund,
and urged the review of the relevant Fare Adjustment
Mechanism (“FAM”) to determine whether new factors
such as affordability for the public could be included
in the FAM formula. The Administration undertook to
review FAM in the second half of 2012. The Panel strongly opposed the substantial bus fare
increases requested by The Kowloon Motor Bus
Company (1933) Limited and Long Win Bus Company Limited. It also provided its views on tram and taxi fare
adjustment applications to the Administration.
Panel members expressed deep regret over the
approval of substantial fare increases for the six major
outlying island ferry routes. As ferry services were the
only means of transport for some of these outlying
islands, the Panel was strongly of the view that the
fares should be maintained at a stable level. The Panel requested the Administration to consider introducing
a fuel cost stabilizing fund and purchasing vessels for
ferry operators with a view to improving their financial
viability and maintaining fare stability.
The Panel passed a motion urging the Chief Executive-
in-Council to reject the application for toll adjustments
from The New Hong Kong Tunnel Company Limited
and to take back the franchise for the Eastern Harbour
Crossing (“EHC”) on public interest grounds. The Panel
was briefed on the findings of a consultancy study on
rationalizing the utilization of the three Road Harbour Crossings (“RHCs”), namely the Cross Harbour Tunnel (“CHT”), EHC and the Western Harbour Crossing
(“WHC”). The Panel urged the Administration to identify long-term solutions to the problem of uneven
traffic distribution amongst the three RHCs, including
negotiating with the franchisees on the option of buying back WHC and/or EHC.
The Panel supported the legislative proposals to
mandate that all public light buses (“PLBs”) install
speed limiters and that electronic data recording
devices be made mandatory basic equipment on all newly registered PLBs. The Panel was also consulted
on both the Administration’s proposal to extend the
effective period of the current limitation on the size
of the PLB fleet for five years and a proposal from
the green minibus (“GMB”) associations to increase the seating capacity of GMBs from 16 to 20. Panel
members urged the Administration to strike a balance amongst the interests of different stakeholders in the
transport trades and to give primary consideration to
safeguarding the public interests.Hon James TO Kun-sun (left), Chairman of the Panel
on Security.
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On road safety issues, the Panel was consulted on the
legislative proposals to combat drug driving, proposals
to enhance implementation of random breath testing,
measures to enhance cycling safety, and the outcome
of a review on the installation of storage boxes on
motorcycles and relevant guidelines. The Panel also
requested the Administration to consider enacting
legislation to mandate the installation of reversing video
devices on all reversing goods vehicles in phases.
The Panel also discussed the structural safety
conditions of the Hing Fat Street slip road of the Island
Eastern Corridor. The Panel asked the Highways
Department to provide an investigation report on
the alleged impact on the slip road structure of the
construction of the Central-Wanchai Bypass.
The Panel discussed the progress of the provision of
barrier-free access facilities at pedestrian crossings and the funding proposal for the design work for
the retrofitting of barrier-free access facilities at
approximately 180 public footbridges, elevated walkways and subways. The Panel urged the
Administration to expedite the retrofitting programme
and to ensure that the facilities really meet the requirements of persons in need.
During the 2010-2011 session, the Subcommittee on
Matters Relating to Railways, which was formed under
the Panel, discussed a number of railway projects,
including the Shatin to Central Link, the Kwun Tong
Line Extension, the South Island Line (East) and the
Hong Kong section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-
Hong Kong Express Rail Link. The Subcommittee
also followed up on several railway incidents, and
discussed the findings of a review being conducted
by overseas experts engaged by the MTR Corporation
Limited on rail procurement, quality control, and the
inspection and maintenance regime.Panel on Welfare Services
The Panel on Welfare Services has long been
concerned with the subject of financial security in old
age. During this session, Panel members expressed concern about the efficacy of the three-pillar model for
retirement protection (i.e., the non-contributory social security system, the Mandatory Provident Funds
Scheme and voluntary private savings) in protecting
everyone’s quality of life during retirement. In light
of the ageing population trend, members took the
strong view that the Government should launch a study on the implementation of a universal retirement
protection scheme without further delay. The Panel
passed a motion urging the Government to establish
an inter-departmental taskforce to follow up on the
subject of implementing such protection for all Hong
Kong residents. As the Government considered it
not necessary to set up such a taskforce, the Panel
appointed a subcommittee to follow up on the matter,
and this subcommittee began work in late April 2011.
The Panel discussed the findings and recommendations
of the Equal Opportunities Commission’s Formal
Investigation Report: Accessibility in Publicly Accessible
Premises (“EOC Report”). The Panel noted that
the Government had responded positively to the 23 recommendations and had worked out a consolidated
retrofitting programme for about 3,900 premises
and facilities under the management of Government
departments and the Hong Kong Housing Authority.
To provide an opportunity for Members to express
their views on the subject, and for the Government
to provide its response to the recommendations in
the EOC Report and commit to an implementation
timetable for the retrofitting programme, the Chairman
of the Panel moved a motion on the EOC Report at the
Council meeting of 26 January 2011, and the motion was carried. The Panel appointed a subcommittee to assist in monitoring the Government’s follow-up
actions on the EOC Report’s recommendations and
to study issues relating to the provision of barrier-free access and facilities for persons with disabilities. This
subcommittee commenced work in June 2011.
Hon CHEUNG Kwok-che (left), Chairman
of the Panel on Welfare Services.
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The Panel continued to follow up on the support
offered to disadvantaged groups. A major issue of
concern to members was the impact of inflation and
rising rents on the livelihood of those receiving social security payments. Members noted with concern
that the actual rents of around 55% of households
on Comprehensive Social Security Assistance
(CSSA) living in private housing were higher than the
maximum rent allowance under the CSSA Scheme in
the past three consecutive years. Members called on the Government to conduct as a matter of urgency
a comprehensive review on the adequacy of and
adjustment mechanism for social security payments
with a view to maintaining recipients’ purchasing
power. Members noted the Administration’s assurance
that it would closely monitor the latest price and rent
movements and seek approval for any inflationary
adjustments in accordance with the established mechanism when necessary.
Members were concerned about the progress of
a study carried out by the Social Welfare Advisory
Committee (“SWAC”) on long-term social welfare
planning in Hong Kong. As the Chief Executive
had undertaken in his Policy Address to investigate
long-term development planning for social welfare,
members urged the Government to honour this pledge.
SWAC subsequently released its report in July 2011. Members noted the Administration’s undertaking to
provide its response to the SWAC’s report within the
Government’s current term. The Panel said it would
actively follow up on the matter in the next session.
The subcommittee set up under the Panel in January
2010 to study policies and measures relating to the
provision of residential care places and community
care services for persons with disabilities and the elderly concluded its work and submitted its report to
the Panel in June 2011.SELECT COMMITTEE TO INQUIRE INTO
MATTERS RELATING TO THE POST-
SERVICE WORK OF MR LEUNG CHIN-
MAN
The Select Committee, which was appointed by
the Council on 10 December 2008, held a total of
90 meetings, including 23 public hearings, to take
evidence from 24 witnesses to inquire into matters
relating to Mr LEUNG Chin-man’s post-service work.
After concluding its inquiry, the Select Committee tabled its report at the Council meeting of 8 December
2010 in accordance with Rule 78(4) of the Rules of
Procedure.
In its report, the Select Committee made a total of 23
recommendations for improving the control regime
governing the post-service work of former directorate
civil servants. It observed that although a mechanism
was in place to govern the processing and approval
of applications for post-service work from former
directorate civil servants, there were loopholes in this
mechanism, and many of the officials involved in the
vetting process were lax in discharging their duties.
The Select Committee also put forward its view that
the external assessment body that advised on such
applications, the Advisory Committee on Post-service
Employment of Civil Servants, had not performed its
due role. The Select Committee had therefore made
its recommendations with a view to improving the
control regime to ensure its effectiveness in meeting
its stated policy objectives. At the Select Committee’s
recommendation, the matter is being followed up by the Council’s Panel on Public Service.The Select Committee to Inquire
into Matters Relating to the Post-
service Work of Mr LEUNG Chin-
man published its report on the issue on 8 December 2010.
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INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE
ESTABLISHED UNDER RULE 49B(2A)
OF THE RULES OF PROCEDURE
IN RESPECT OF THE MOTION TO CENSURE HONOURABLE KAM NAI-WAI
This Investigation Committee was established under
Rule 49B(2A) of the Rules of Procedure in respect of
the motion to censure the Hon KAM Nai-wai moved
under Rule 49B(1A) (Disqualification of Member from
Office) on 9 December 2009. It is responsible for
establishing the facts stated in the motion and giving its views on whether the facts that have been established
constitute grounds for censure.
The Investigation Committee comprises a Chairman,
Deputy Chairman and five members (see Appendix
5 for the membership list), all of whom were elected
by Members in accordance with an election procedure
determined by the House Committee, and appointed
by the President.
During the 2010-2011 session, the Investigation
Committee held 21 closed meetings and five hearings
in camera.Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-201175Chapter 4
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C H A P T E R 4
REDRESS SYSTEM
The Legislative Council operates a redress system under which the public can make
representations on or seek solutions to problems arising from Government policies, decisions
and procedures. Under the auspices of the system, Members provide assistance, where
justified, to members of the public who are aggrieved by Government actions or policies. They also deal with public representations on Government policies and legislation and with
other matters of public concern.
Members take turns, in groups of six, for duty each
week to oversee the system and to receive and handle
representations and complaints made by deputations.
During their duty week, they also take turns for “ward
duty” during which they meet individual complainants
and provide guidance to staff in the processing of cases. Secretariat staff provide Members with full-
time support services in the operation of the system.
In 2010-2011, 1,504 new cases requiring investigation
and 1,352 telephone enquiries/views were received.
Of the new cases received, 254 were group
representations, and 1,250 were brought by individual members of the public. Of the 1,576 cases dealt
with and concluded during the session, Members
handled 1,094 or 69.4% of the caseload directly.
Of the remaining 482 cases, 462 constituted views
that required circulation amongst Members for their consideration, and 20 were simple cases that could
be handled by Secretariat staff on Members’ behalf.
To resolve cases expeditiously, Members held 76 case
conferences with representatives of the Government.
Appendix 6 illustrates the nature and outcomes of the
cases concluded during the period under review. Of
the 1,576 cases concluded, assistance was provided to 1,442 cases (91.5%), whereas the remaining 134
cases (8.5%) were not pursued, as they were either outside the scope of the redress system, groundless or
incomprehensible. Appendix 7 provides a breakdown
of these concluded cases, by nature and outcome, of the 10 Government policy bureaux/departments that
received the largest number of complaints. Appendix
8 provides a breakdown of all concluded cases of
Government policy bureaux/departments, independent
organizations and others.
Members of the Single Applicants for
Public Rental Housing Concern Group express their discontent with the
current public rental housing policy on
single applicants.Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-201176
ANALYSIS OF SIGNIFICANT CASES
HANDLED
The following provides a summary of some of the more
common and significant cases dealt with under the
redress system.
Security Bureau-related Cases
Cases related to the Security Bureau, totalling 113, ranked first in the number of cases handled during
the year. Many of these cases were individual cases brought forth by deputations requesting assistance to
the Mainland Chinese women married to Hong Kong
residents in their applications for a One Way Permit
(“OWP”). Members expressed grave concern about
the difficulties faced by some Mainland mothers
coming to Hong Kong on a Two Way Permit (“TWP”) to take care of their young children. Members raised the issue with the Administration, and were advised that
the assessment of applications for and the issue of
OWPs were processed by the Mainland authorities in
accordance with the laws and policies of the Mainland which fall outside the remit of the HKSAR Government.
Notwithstanding this, the HKSAR Government said it
had exchanged views with the Mainland authorities to explore the feasibility of refining the arrangements
to allow Mainland mothers to visit Hong Kong on a
TWP with a “visiting relatives” exit endorsement to
remain in the territory for a longer period of time to
enable them to take care of their children. Members
asked the Immigration Department to provide the
necessary assistance and to refer cases of exceptional
circumstances to the Mainland authorities for follow-up.
Views were also received from individuals concerning
the August 2010 hijacking in the Philippines of a Hong
Kong tourist bus and the tragic end to the incident. Further, there was public concern about legislative
measures regulating certain types of conduct, for
example, the possession of firearms, drug trafficking,
corruption and dangerous driving. These views and concerns were circulated amongst Members for their
consideration and referred to the Administration for its
reference, as appropriate.Social Welfare Cases
Cases related to the Social Welfare Department, totalling 106, ranked second amongst those handled
during the year. Many of these were requests made by
the elderly for assistance regarding their applications
for subsidized long-term care services. Others
were requests for the Social Welfare Department’s assistance in recommending eligible families to the
Housing Department for the compassionate allocation
of public rental housing units. There were also
several complaints about the services provided by elderly centres and the deportment of Social Welfare
Department staff. Individual cases were taken up with
the Department, with Members urging that suitable
assistance be rendered to the clients concerned.
Housing Cases
Housing issues related to the Housing Department
attracted the third largest number of cases, totalling
75. These consisted mainly of individuals’ views
on keeping pets in public rental housing (“PRH”),
complaints against the management of PRH estates,
such as the quality of repairs and refurbishment
works, services provided by management contractors
and noise nuisance. Other cases were requests
for assistance from individuals with regard to their application for PRH and termination of tenancy by the Housing Department. Group cases were related to the
policy on compassionate rehousing and the provision
of facilities in PRH estates, including restaurant and
market facilities and additional pathways to nearby
bicycle tracks. All of these housing-related issues
were referred to the Administration for follow-up. Case
conferences were also held with the Administration to
discuss policy-related issues arising therefrom.In response to a request to build a footbridge near
Tuen Mun Siu Hong Court, Members and Government
representatives view the existing pedestrian facilities in
the vicinity.
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Members meet with the Choi Yuen
Tsuen Concern Group to hear
their views on the compensation
policy.
Food and Health-related Issues
Cases within the purview of the Food and Health
Bureau, totalling 67, represented the fourth largest
number handled during the session. The majority
of these cases were related to the construction and
regulation of columbarium facilities, requests for
assistance to patients suffering from thalassaemia,
and the provision of dental clinic services in Tseung
Kwan O and elderly care services throughout the
territory. Views were also received on the use of obstetric services by Mainland women in Hong Kong, implementation of a health protection scheme, the
development of Chinese medicine in Hong Kong,
anti-smoking measures, drink driving and the import
of food products from Japan that may be affected
by radiation. These issues were taken up with the
Administration in the form of written referrals and case
conferences.
Members meet with a coalition petitioning for a
reduction in ferry fares to three outlying islands.Transport and Housing Cases
Cases related to the Transport and Housing Bureau,
totalling 59, ranked fifth amongst those handled
during the year. Most of the transport and housing cases brought by both individuals and groups were
related to new railway projects, including objections
to the clearance of Choi Yuen Tsuen in Shek Kong
for construction of the maintenance centre of the Hong Kong Section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-
Hong Kong Express Rail Link (“the Link”), matters
relating to the alignment, engineering investigations and assessments of the Hong Kong Section of the
Link via Tai Kok Tsui area, and views on the Shatin to
Central Link. Housing-related cases included views
on the property market, requests for resumption of
the construction of Home Ownership Scheme flats,
and complaints about the allocation policy for and inadequate supply of public rental housing units to
non-elderly singletons. These issues were taken up
with the Administration in the form of written referrals or case conferences or referrals to the relevant panels.
OTHER SIGNIFICANT CASES HANDLED
Employment opportunities for ethnic minorities
An employment concern group met with Members in relation to the employment opportunities for ethnic
minorities. The deputation expressed hopes that the
Labour Department (“LD”) could provide information
in English on its Interactive Employment Service
(“IES”) website to assist ethnic minorities in using the
service.
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At the case conference, Members suggested that LD
draw up a list of standard phrases in Chinese and
English for certain elementary jobs to permit employers
to choose or check appropriate options when inputting
vacancy information. LD explained that the vacancy
order form on IES website had preset options for
certain items (such as industry, form of employment,
allowance and benefit items, working hours, academic
and common skill requirements, etc.) for selection by employers to enable automatic translation by the computer system. There could be wide variations
amongst companies in their descriptions of “job
duties” and “job titles”. Nevertheless, LD said it would
strive to provide standard phrases for these two items as far as possible. It also promised to keep under
review the design of the vacancy order form and the
process for inputting vacancy information via IES by
employers. Efforts were constantly being made to
codify and standardize common glossaries as far as possible, LD said, with the aim of displaying more
information in both Chinese and English.
In response to Members’ view that the Administration
should provide language courses to help ethnic
minorities to integrate into the community, the
Employees Retraining Board (ERB) reported that since
2008-2009, it has offered an integrated job-search
course known as “Employment Set Sail”, which is conducted in English to enhance ethnic minorities’
understanding and knowledge of the local job market
and workplace culture and their job-search channels
and skills. ERB also offers Chinese language training
for ethnic minorities, covering Cantonese listening
and speaking and Chinese reading and writing skills
training at different levels to help them to acquire and
improve their Chinese proficiency for social integration
and for work.
Installation of noise barriers at noisy sections
of roads in the Eastern District
District Councillors expressed concerns over the delay
in the retrofitting of noise barriers at the section of
Chai Wan Road near Neptune Terrace. They pointed
out that although the Administration had as early
as 2000 identified this section of road as in need of
retrofitting work, had commissioned and completed a consultancy feasibility report in 2006, and had
promised to commence the project in 2009, there was
still no sign of this work. Members took up the case
and held a case conference with the Administration.
At this conference, the Administration advised that,
because of the introduction of a Government retrofitting
policy in 2000, 37 existing road sections had been targeted for retrofitting works. The noise barrier retrofit
programme would benefit about 26,000 dwellings
upon implementation. Thus far, two road sections in Sheung Shui and Fanling had been retrofitted with
noise barriers, and major work for six other projects had been completed. The remaining road sections,
including the section of Chai Wan Road near Neptune
Terrace, were still in the study and design stage. The Administration would examine the priority of these
21 projects on an annual basis with a view to fund
allocation.
Members said they were concerned about the situation.
First, they pointed out that the implementation progress
of the retrofitting policy was far from satisfactory, with
only two projects being completed in the past 11 years. Second, Members disagreed with the arrangements
for reviewing the priority of these projects annually,
as certain projects would always remain at the end of
the queue and fail to secure the necessary funding. Members therefore requested that the Panel on
Environmental Affairs scrutinize and discuss this
aspect of the policy in greater depth.
Members visit a family in Ma Wan one night to assess
aircraft noise levels, following complaints about the
disturbance caused by aircraft noise in the community.Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-201179Chapter 4
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Transport of excavated materials by trucks
from Tai Hang to Pokfulam
A deputation comprising residents of Pokfulam
complained to Members about the adverse impacts of
the frequent transport of construction and excavated
materials generated in connection with the construction
of the Hong Kong West Drainage Tunnel Project (“the
Project”). The deputation pointed out that the heavy
road-based traffic posed a danger to the health and
safety of residents in the vicinity. Members held a case conference with the Administration to follow up on the
case.
The Drainage Services Department (“DSD”) advised that
to alleviate the long-term flooding problem of Northern
Hong Kong Island, it had launched the Project in November 2007. The Project consisted of the building
of an 11-km main drainage tunnel extending from Tai Hang to Cyberport, 34 intakes and about 8 km of
adits connecting these intakes to the drainage tunnel.
The newly built drainage tunnel would intercept storm water collected from Mid-Levels and discharge it into
the sea near Cyberport, thus relieving the discharge
load of the existing downstream drainage systems in
low-lying urban areas and improving the overall flood
protection for Northern Hong Kong Island. Concerning
the construction method, DSD advised Members
that excavation of the main tunnel was carried out
underground using tunnel boring machines from both
ends. As a result, a substantial amount of excavated material was generated and required removal from the
work sites. Arrangements had been made to transport
the precast concrete lining segments to the work sites
and install them on the excavated tunnel surface. As
adits were required to be built in rock stratum deep
underground for connection with the main tunnel, there
was a need to deploy the drill and blasting method for
adit excavation.
As a large amount of excavated material was generated
in the course of construction, DSD advised that it had
already introduced a series of measures to minimize
the impact on nearby residents. A temporary pier was
built at Telegraph Bay, which served as a loading and unloading point for the transport of excavated/precast/
explosive materials by sea, thus minimizing the traffic
impact on the nearby road networks.
On the need to transport explosives to the work sites
overland, Members expressed grave concerns over
the safety implications. DSD advised that explosives were necessary for the construction of the Project. To
suit the blasting programme, explosives were delivered
to the site twice a day upon unloading from the pier.
All explosives were delivered by the Mines Division of
the Civil Engineering and Development Department
in a professional manner, and the entire explosives
delivery process was stringently controlled by the
Mines Division under the Dangerous Goods Ordinance
(Cap. 295). The Division manages the Government’s
Explosives Depots and controls the conveyance of
explosives in Hong Kong, including their delivery from
depots to blasting sites and the supervision of their on-
site security. Purpose-built explosives delivery vessels
and vehicles are managed by the Division according
to strict safety requirements. Members were advised
that all staff working on the vessels and vehicles are
civil servants with adequate professional training and
that no explosives delivery accident has been recorded in the past 30 years.
With regard to the road traffic and environmental
impacts of the dump truck traffic, Members noted
that DSD had liaised closely with the departments
concerned to monitor construction traffic and air
quality in the vicinity. DSD also advised that after the completion of the excavation works on the main
drainage tunnel in October 2010, the average number
of dump trucks would decrease from around 100 per
day to 30 (or even fewer) per day. The whole project
was expected to be completed in 2012. Although
the impact of these transport activities on traffic and
the environment was minimal, DSD told Members it would continue to report on the project’s progress to
the District Councils concerned, as well as listen to the
opinions of all stakeholders.Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-201180
Elderly care services
A deputation comprising elderly persons sought
Members’ assistance on the inadequate provision of
welfare services to the elderly. The deputation pointed
out that elderly persons in need of residential care
services had to queue for a long time before residential
care places were allocated to them. In view of the
ageing trend of the local population, the deputation
urged the Administration to earmark more resources
for the provision of adequate elderly residential care
services to meet demand. In addition, the deputation requested that more resources be provided to ensure
that the elderly do not have to wait a minimum of three
years before they can undergo cataract surgery in
public hospitals to improve their eyesight and hence
their quality of life.
In response to Members’ concerns, the Administration
stressed that it attaches great importance to the
elderly’s demand for subsidized residential care places, and has devoted a significant amount of
resources to increasing the supply of residential care places through different means. In the next three
years, five new residential care homes for the elderly
(“RCHEs”) would come into operation, providing a total of about 300 subsidized places and 200 non-
subsidized places. The Social Welfare Department
had also earmarked 12 sites for construction of new
subsidized contract RCHEs. In addition, there are currently 59 Day Care Centres/Units for the Elderly
providing day care services for frail elderly persons
who cannot be taken care of by family members during
the daytime. The services rendered include personal
care, meals, rehabilitation exercises and social
activities. The Administration undertook to continue
to allocate more resources to strengthen community
care services for the elderly and to provide additional
subsidized day care places for the elderly in districts with greater service demand.
With regard to cataract surgery for the elderly, the
Administration advised that the Hospital Authority
has been piloting a Cataract Surgery Programme
through a public-private partnership since February
2008 to allow eligible patients to choose to receive
cataract surgeries either in the private sector or in
public hospitals. The programme provided a subsidy to patients who chose to receive surgery in the private sector, thereby decreasing the number of cataract surgeries that needed to be conducted in public
hospitals and, accordingly, reducing the waiting time
for such surgeries. To date, more than 7,000 patients
had received cataract surgery and had their eyesight
successfully restored under the programme. The Hospital Authority undertook to review the programme
and to consider extending it to benefit more patients.
Issues relating to the difficulties encountered
by and insufficient support for hearing-
impaired students upon the implementation
of integrated education
A deputation comprising, amongst others, parents of
students with hearing impairments sought assistance
from Members regarding the inadequate support
for these students at schools under the existing
policy of integrated education implemented by the
Administration. Members held a case conference with
the Administration to follow up on the matter.
The Education Bureau (“EDB”) advised Members that it
was committed to implementing integrated education for students with special education needs (“SEN”) who
could benefit from education in ordinary schools. Under
the existing policy, students with severe SEN were
referred to special schools for intensive support services subject to the assessment and recommendation of
specialists and parents’ consent. Other students with
SEN were placed in ordinary schools with support
through a three-tier support model to cater for student
diversity. The provision of additional resources and professional support for students with SEN had been
increasing over the years and totalled $940 million in
the 2010-2011 school year.
Members receive a briefing from the Ombudsman, Mr
Alan LAI Nin (left).Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-201181Chapter 4
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With regard to parents’ requests for greater
transparency over the use of the Learning Support
Grant (“the grant”) by schools and for EDB to
strengthen its monitoring role, EDB advised Members
that amounts of $10,000 or $20,000 per student per
annum had been provided for each student with SEN
in accordance with the level of support the student
required. The grant ceiling for each school per annum
was $1 million. Schools could flexibly and strategically
deploy the grant to employ additional teaching staff
and/or teaching assistants and procure outside
professional services. To monitor and improve the
overall implementation of the grant, schools were
required to complete an evaluation form and return it
to EDB. EDB officers would then conduct school visits
with a view to providing timely advice to schools where appropriate. In response to Members’ suggestion that
the existing allocation principle of providing the grant to
schools according to the number of students with SEN
they had in attendance be abandoned, EDB advised
Members that the existing arrangement had been
thoroughly considered by a designated subcommittee
of the Legislative Council. Notwithstanding that, EDB
agreed to consider Members’ view on the matter and consult the School Council at an appropriate time.
In response to Members’ request for improvement
measures to assist students with hearing impairment, EDB agreed to provide two hearing aids, as opposed
to the one provided under the existing arrangements,
to enhance students’ binaural listening ability starting
from September 2010. The hearing aid replacement
period would also be reduced from five to three years.
Full implementation is expected by the end of the 2010-2011 school year. In addition to providing hearing aids
free of charge, and maintaining and repairing them,
EDB also provides regular audiological assessments and guidance and counselling to hearing-impaired
children and their parents so as to equip them with the
necessary strategies and skills.
Members were also assured that EDB had put in place a
five-year teacher professional development framework
in the 2007-2008 school year to provide courses on SEN for teachers at ordinary and special schools. The
courses included a 30-hour basic course, a 90-hour advanced course and a 60-hour thematic course on
various SEN types, including students with hearing
impairment. EDB also regularly organizes seminars, courses and workshops on supporting students with
SEN for principals, teachers and teaching assistants
in special and ordinary schools. Schools were reminded from time to time to arrange for teachers
to attend these courses to meet the EDB’s schedule.
To enhance communication with hearing-impaired
students and their parents, Members urged EDB to meet regularly with the deputation and stakeholders
with a view to resolving the problems encountered by
these students at school.Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-201182
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CORPORATE LIAISON AND
EDUCATION SERVICE
PARLIAMENTARY LIAISON
SUBCOMMITTEE
The Parliamentary Liaison Subcommittee of the House
Committee is responsible for the overall co-ordination
of all parliamentary liaison activities between the
Council and other parliamentary organizations outside
Hong Kong, considering proposals to establish
friendship groups with such organizations and making
recommendations to the House Committee on these
matters. The membership of the Subcommittee is
listed in Appendix 5.
LUNCHEONS WITH CONSULS-GENERAL
To enhance contacts between Members and the
diplomatic community in Hong Kong, luncheons were
organized quarterly during the session to provide
opportunities for Members to make the acquaintance
of and exchange views with consular officials on
the Council’s work and matters of mutual concern. Between October 2010 and September 2011, three
such luncheons were held, which were attended by a total of 48 consular officials.MEETINGS WITH MEMBERS OF
DISTRICT COUNCILS
Members hold regular meetings on a roster basis
with members of District Councils to exchange views
on issues of mutual interest. Members take turns to
convene such meetings, each of which is followed by a
luncheon attended by members of the District Council
concerned, the President and Members. Policy issues
raised at these meetings are referred to the relevant
panels for more in-depth study, whilst individual cases
are taken up by the Complaints Division for follow-up
with the Government. During the 2010-2011 session, 18 meetings were held with members of District
Councils. To further enhance communication between
the legislature and the District Councils, the President
and Members also held for the first time a luncheon
with the Chairmen and Vice Chairmen of the 18 District Councils.
Members hold rostered meetings with
members of the 18 District Councils to
discuss matters of mutual interest and
concern. Shown here are meetings with Central and Western District Councillors
(above) and Yau Tsim Mong District
Councillors.Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-201183Chapter 5
CORPORATE LIAISON AND EDUCATION SERVICE
MEETINGS WITH COUNCILLORS OF
HEUNG YEE KUK
Members also hold regular meetings with Heung
Yee Kuk Councillors to exchange views on matters
of mutual concern. During the 2010-2011 session, one meeting between Members and Heung Yee Kuk
Councillors was held on 20 January 2011, which was presided over by the Chairman of the House
Committee. Policy issues raised at the meeting were
referred to the relevant panels and the Government for follow-up, whilst individual cases were taken up
by the Complaints Division for follow-up with the
Government.VISITORS
Members and senior staff of the Legislative Council Secretariat regularly receive visiting parliamentarians,
dignitaries and delegations referred by the Information
Services Department, other Government departments
and consuls-general in Hong Kong. During the 2010-
2011 session, 118 such meetings were held with
visitors to brief them on the work of the Council and
on the latest developments in Hong Kong. These visitors included members of overseas legislatures,
political and business leaders, Government officials,
and prominent persons from a variety of countries and regions.
Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing (fifth from left)
presents a souvenir to a delegation of the House
Committee of the Regional Representative
Council of the Republic of Indonesia.
H.E. Dr Ene ERGMA, President of the Estonian
Parliament (Riigikogu), signs the guestbook
during a visit to the Legislative Council.
Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing (centre) meets with a
delegation from the Singapore-Hong Kong Parliamentary
Friendship Group.Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him (third from left), Chairman
of the Parliamentary Liaison Subcommittee, joins other
Subcommittee members in a meeting with a delegation
from the European Parliament-Hong Kong Friendship Group. Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-201184
EDUCATION SERVICE
To promote public awareness of the work of the Council
and its Members, the Secretariat provides a wide range
of education services for schools, non-profit-making
organizations and members of the public. These services include arranging visits to the Legislative
Council Building, producing learning and teaching
resources, and organizing educational activities such
as mock Council debates, the Legislative Council
Building Open Day and exhibitions on the Legislative
Council.
During the period under review, the Secretariat
conducted a total of 718 visits and received a record
number of 26,249 visitors to the Legislative Council
Building, an increase of 2% and 8.7%, respectively,
over the 703 visits and 24,144 visitors recorded in the
2009-2010 session. Of these 718 tours, Members
participated in 242, a huge leap of nearly 97% over the 123 such tours conducted in the same period of the previous year. Members’ enthusiasm for conducting
tours before the relocation of the Legislative Council
to the new Legislative Council Complex at Tamar,
which is to commence operation by late 2011, and the
requirement in the New Senior Secondary Curriculum
for students to participate in a variety of study visits have rendered these tours increasingly popular.
Tax-exempt organizations whose major areas of
activity encompass youth work may apply to hold
mock Council debates in the Legislative Council
Building. The aim of this service is to provide learning opportunities for young people to enhance their
understanding of the Council’s work and promote
their political awareness. During the period under report, nine mock debates and four workshops on
the legislative process to prepare participants for the
debates were held. Members presided over or were
guest speakers at six of these debates at the invitation
of the organizers concerned.
The Legislative Council Building Open Day provides
another opportunity for members of the public to learn
more about the Council. This year’s Open Day, the
last to be held in the Legislative Council Building, was held on 4 December 2010, with a record-breaking of 5,830 visitors taking part in 70 guided tours. Visitors
were introduced to the work of the Council and its
Members, and were briefed on the functions of various
facilities inside the historic building.
Representatives of the Hong Kong New Generation Cultural Association conduct a mock Council debate in Conference
Room A of the LegCo Building.
Prof Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shing leads a group of students on a tour of the LegCo Building.Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-201185Chapter 5
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development. The exhibitions attracted more than
8,000 visitors, and about 300 students attended the
career talks.
To better serve visitors during their visits to the new
Legislative Council Complex, a new series of education
services and facilities are to be provided. The new
services include the provision of guided educational
tours of the Complex and educational activities for
young children in the Children’s Corner. The new education facilities include a Video Corner, Viewing
Gallery, Memory Lane and Education Galleries.
Preparation work was underway for the development
of these services and facilities at the session’s close.The Legislative Council held for the first time a series
of exhibitions and career talks at three local universities
to promote its work and publicise the job opportunities
available in the LegCo Secretariat. Here, LegCo Secretariat staff give a career talk to the students.
The first exhibition on the Legislative Council was held
in October 2010 on the MTR’s Hong Kong Station Tung
Chung Line concourse to enhance public knowledge
of the work of the Council and its Members. This
successful five-day event attracted more than 20,000
visitors. Moreover, to enhance the understanding of the roles and functions of the Legislative Council
amongst young people and to promote the work and
services provided by the Secretariat, career exhibitions
were held between February and April 2011 in three local universities. During these exhibitions, exhibition
panels featuring the work of the Council, its Members
and the Secretariat were on display. Career talks
were also held during the exhibition period to acquaint
students with the job opportunities available in the
Secretariat and to assist them in planning their career
Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yee (left photo), Chairman of the House Committee and Hon Fred LI Wah-ming, Deputy Chairman
of the House Committee, brief a group of students on a model of the LegCo Complex and the composition of LegCo
respectively after the opening ceremony of the exhibition.
The Legislative Council held its first exhibition in an
MTR station to enhance public understanding of the
work of the Council and its Members.Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-201186
C H A P T E R 6
SUPPORT SERVICES FOR
MEMBERS
THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
COMMISSION
The Legislative Council Commission (“the Commission”)
is a statutory body established under The Legislative
Council Commission Ordinance (Cap. 443). Chaired by
the President of the Council and comprising 11 other Members (the Ordinance states that the Commission
may have no more than 13 members, including the Chairman), the Commission exercises managerial
and financial functions in providing, through the
Legislative Council Secretariat, administrative support
and services to the Council independent of the
Government. Four committees under the Commission
carry out specific delegated functions: the Committee
on Personnel Matters, the Committee on Members’ Operating Expenses, the Committee on Facilities and
Services, and the Committee on Art. Membership of
the Commission and its committees, as well as their
terms of reference, are set out in Appendix 9.Members of The Legislative Council
Commission observe the progress
of construction work at the LegCo
Complex and offer advice to the contractors.
Media representatives tour the Complex to learn more
about the progress of the construction work and the facilities and services to be provided in future.Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-201187Chapter 6
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With the imminent commissioning of the new
Legislative Council Complex at Tamar, the Legislative Council Building would soon be handed back to the Government. To commemorate this nostalgic moment, the Commission held an event on 18 July 2011 to bid farewell to the Legislative Council Building. More than 200 former and incumbent Legislative Council Members, Secretariat staff and reporters covering Council business came and spent a wonderful evening in the Legislative Council Building. The Commission also took the opportunity to unearth the Time Capsule placed underneath the Legislative Council Carpark on 23 June 1997. The Time Capsule contained over 50 pieces of mementos of the then Legislative Council Members.
The year under review marked the final and most
critical stage of the project for a custom-designed building for the Legislative Council in which various new services would be provided to members of the
Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing, President of LegCo and
Chairman of The LegCo Commission, accompanied by Ms Pauline NG Man-wah, Secretary General of the LegCo Secretariat, introduces the barrier-free facilities in the LegCo Complex to over 30 people with disabilities from various organizations. They commend the LegCo for setting a good example in providing the barrier-free facilities which allow them to access the Complex more conveniently.
public for the first time in the history of the Legislature
of Hong Kong. It was certainly another challenging year for the Commission and the Secretariat.
The Commission and the Secretariat spent an
enormous amount of time and effort in the year in monitoring the progress of the construction works of the new Legislative Council Complex closely, in fine-tuning the details of every key service or facility and in making sure that there would be easy and sufficient access to the Complex for members of the public. The Commission held briefings for Legislative Council Members, their staff and Secretariat staff as well as representatives of the news media organizations and the disabled community, explaining to them the services and facilities they would use in the Complex day to day, listening to their views and concerns about the services and facilities in the Complex, and making refinements to address these views and concerns wherever possible.
Members of The Legislative Council
Commission join fellow Legislative Council Members in observing the fitting-out works of the Complex and try out the meeting facilities in one of the conference rooms.Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-201188
THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
SECRETARIAT
Headed by the Secretary General, the Legislative
Council Secretariat comprises 10 divisions and one
Special Duties Team. Staff of the Secretariat are directly
appointed by the Commission. As at 30 September
2011, there was an establishment of 502 posts in the
Secretariat. The organization chart of the Secretariat
is shown in Appendix 10.
LegCo Members attend a mock Council meeting to try
out the meeting facilities in the Chamber on 4 October
2011.The Legislative Council Commission holds its first
meeting in the LegCo Complex.
Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing, President of LegCo,
attends the flag raising ceremony in the LegCo Square
with fellow Members before the trial run of meetings on
4 October 2011.
Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-201189Appendix 1
COMPOSITION OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
Appendix 1
COMPOSITION OF THE
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT
Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing, GBS, JP
(Hong Kong Island)
MEMBERS
FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES
Ir Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-tai,
SBS, S.B.St.J., JP(Engineering)
Dr Hon David LI Kwok-po, GBM, GBS, JP
(Finance)
Dr Hon Margaret NG
(Legal)
Hon CHEUNG Man-kwong
(Education)
Hon Mrs Sophie LEUNG LAU Yau-fun, GBS, JP
(Textiles and Garment)
Dr Hon Philip WONG Yu-hong, GBS
(Commercial – Second)
Hon WONG Yung-kan, SBS, JP
(Agriculture and Fisheries)
Hon LAU Wong-fat, GBM, GBS, JP
(Heung Yee Kuk)
Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yee, GBS, JP
(Transport)
Hon Timothy FOK Tsun-ting, GBS, JP
(Sports, Performing Arts, Culture andPublication)
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him, SBS, JP
(Real Estate and Construction)
Hon LI Fung-ying, SBS, JP
(Labour)
Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan, SBS, JP
(Catering)
Hon Vincent FANG Kang, SBS, JP
(Wholesale & Retail)
Dr Hon Joseph LEE Kok-long, SBS, JP
(Health Services)Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung, GBS, JP(Commercial – First)
Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen, GBS, JP
(Industrial – First)
Hon WONG Ting-kwong, BBS, JP
(Import and Export)
Hon CHIM Pui-chung
(Financial Services)
Prof Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shing, SBS, JP
(Architectural, Surveying and Planning)
Dr Hon LAM Tai-fai, BBS, JP
(Industrial – Second)
Hon Paul CHAN Mo-po, MH, JP
(Accountancy)
Hon CHAN Kin-por, JP
(Insurance)
Dr Hon LEUNG Ka-lau
(Medical)
Hon CHEUNG Kwok-che
(Social Welfare)
Hon IP Wai-ming, MH
(Labour)
Hon IP Kwok-him, GBS, JP
(District Council)
Dr Hon PAN Pey-chyou
(Labour)
Hon Paul TSE Wai-chun, JP
(Tourism)
Dr Hon Samson TAM Wai-ho, JP
(Information Technology)
Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-201190
GEOGRAPHICAL CONSTITUENCIES
Hon Starry LEE Wai-king, JP
(Kowloon West)
Hon CHAN Hak-kan
(New Territories East)
Dr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun, JP
(Kowloon West)
Hon WONG Sing-chi
(New Territories East)
Hon WONG Kwok-kin, BBS
(Kowloon East)
Hon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yee, GBS, JP
(Hong Kong Island)
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit, SC
(Kowloon East)
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung
(New Territories East)
Hon Tanya CHAN
(Hong Kong Island)
Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yip
(New Territories West)
Hon WONG Yuk-man
(Kowloon West)Hon Albert HO Chun-yan(New Territories West)
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan
(New Territories West)
Hon Fred LI Wah-ming, SBS, JP
(Kowloon East)
Hon James TO Kun-sun
(Kowloon West)
Hon CHAN Kam-lam, SBS, JP
(Kowloon East)
Hon LEUNG Yiu-chung
(New Territories West)
Hon LAU Kong-wah, JP
(New Territories East)
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing, JP
(New Territories East)
Hon Andrew CHENG Kar-foo
(New Territories East)
Hon TAM Yiu-chung, GBS, JP
(New Territories West)
Hon Frederick FUNG Kin-kee, SBS, JP
(Kowloon West)
Hon Audrey EU Yuet-mee, SC, JP
(Hong Kong Island)
Hon WONG Kwok-hing, MH
(New Territories West)
Hon LEE Wing-tat
(New Territories West)
Hon CHEUNG Hok-ming, GBS, JP
(New Territories West)
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah, SC
(New Territories East)
Hon KAM Nai-wai, MH
(Hong Kong Island)
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan
(Hong Kong Island)Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-201191Appendix 2
MEMBERS’ BIOGRAPHIES
Appendix 2
MEMBERS’ BIOGRAPHIES
Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing, GBS, JP
President of the Legislative Council
Constituency :
Geographical Constituency -
Hong Kong Island
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
B.A., The University of Hong Kong (1968)•
Cert. Ed., The University of Hong Kong (1981)•
M. Ed., The University of Hong Kong (1983)•
Occupation :
Full-time Legislative Council Member•
Political Affiliation :
Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and •
Progress of Hong KongHon Miriam LAU Kin-yee, GBS, JP
President’s Deputy
Constituency :
Functional Constituency - Transport
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
B.A. Hons., The University of Hong Kong•
Solicitor, Supreme Court of Hong Kong•
Solicitor, Supreme Court of England•
Barrister and Solicitor, Supreme Court of •
Victoria, Australia
Diploma in Chinese Law, University of East •
Asia
Occupation :
Solicitor and Notary Public•
China-Appointed Attesting Officer•
Political Affiliation :
Liberal Party• Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-201192
Hon Albert HO Chun-yan
Constituency :
Geographical Constituency -
New Territories West
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
Bachelor of Laws (Hons.), The University of •
Hong Kong
Post-graduate Certificate in Laws, The •
University of Hong KongSolicitor, Supreme Court of Hong Kong•
Notary Public•
Occupation :
Practising Solicitor and Notary Public•
Legislative Council Member•
Political Affiliation :
Democratic Party• Ir Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-tai, SBS,
S.B.St.J., JP
Constituency :
Functional Constituency - Engineering
Education and Professional Qualifications :
Ph.D., City University of London, UK (1968-1971)•
P .D.S.E., The University of Manchester, UK (1963-•
1964)
B.Sc. (Eng.), The University of Hong Kong (1963)•
Honorary Doctor of Laws, The University of •
Manchester, UK (2001)Honorary Doctor of Business Administration, City •
University of Hong Kong (1999)Authorized Person (Building Ordinance)•
Registered Structural Engineer (Building •
Ordinance)Registered Professional Engineer (Building, •
Civil, Control, Automation & Instrumentation,
Environmental, Geotechnical, Material, Structural)
Honorary Fellow (Disciplines: Aircraft, Building, •
Civil, Control, Automation & Instrumentation, Environmental, Fire, Geotechnical, Materials, Structural) and Former President (1987-1988), The
Hong Kong Institution of Engineers
Fellow, Institution of Civil Engineers, UK•
Fellow, Former Vice President (1989-1990) and •
International Representative (Asia-Pacific Region),
The Institution of Structural Engineers, UKFormer Council Member (1984-1987) and •
Registered Principal, The Association of Consulting Engineers of Hong Kong
Fellow and Council Member, The Hong Kong •
Academy of Engineering Sciences
Honorary Fellow, The Chartered Institute of •
BuildingFormer Honorary Advisor (2004-2006), The •
Chartered Institute of Building (Hong Kong)Fellow & Former President (1989-1990), The Hong •
Kong Association for the Advancement of Science
and Technology
Fellow & Former Honorary Adviser (1999-2002), •
Hong Kong Institute of Real Estate Administrators
Honorary Fellow, The Hong Kong Institute of •
Facility Management
Founder Member and Fellow, The Hong Kong •
Institution of Highways and TransportationHonorary Advisor and Honorary Fellow, The Hong •
Kong Institute of Utility SpecialistsFellow, Hong Kong Association of Energy •
Engineers
Occupation :
Engineer•
Political Affiliation : -Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-201193Appendix 2
MEMBERS’ BIOGRAPHIES
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan
Constituency :
Geographical Constituency -
New Territories West
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
B. Sc. (Eng.), Department of Civil Engineering, •
The University of Hong Kong
Occupation :
General Secretary, Hong Kong Confederation •
of Trade Unions
Political Affiliation :
Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions• Dr Hon David LI Kwok-po, GBM, GBS, JP
Constituency :
Functional Constituency - Finance
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
M.A. (Economics and Law), University of •
Cambridge
Fellow, Chartered Institute of Bankers•
Fellow, Institute of Chartered Accountants in •
England and Wales
Chartered Fellow, British Computer Society•
Fellow, Hong Kong Computer Society•
Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, •
England
Honorary Degree of Doctor of Law, University of •
CambridgeHonorary Degree of Doctor of Laws, University •
of Warwick
Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws, The •
University of Hong KongHonorary Degree of Doctor of Social Sciences, •
Lingnan CollegeHonorary Degree of Doctor of Humane Letters, •
Trinity College, Hartford, ConnecticutHonorary Degree of Doctor of Business •
Administration, Napier University
Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science, Imperial •
College LondonFellow, Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public •
AccountantsFellow, The Hong Kong Institute of Bankers•
Fellow, The Australian Society of Certified •
Practising AccountantsCompanion, Chartered Management Institute•
Degree of Doctor of Letters honoris causa, •
Macquarie University
Occupation :
Banker (Chairman and Chief Executive, The •
Bank of East Asia, Limited)
Political Affiliation : - Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-201194
Hon Fred LI Wah-ming, SBS, JP
Constituency :
Geographical Constituency - Kowloon East
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
Bachelor of Arts (Sociology)•
Master of Social Work•
Registered Social Worker, Hong Kong•
Occupation :
Legislative Council Member•
Political Affiliation :
Democratic Party• Dr Hon Margaret NG
Constituency :
Functional Constituency - Legal
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
B.A. , The University of Hong Kong•
M.A. , The University of Hong Kong•
Ph.D. , Boston University•
B.A. (Law), University of Cambridge•
P .C.LL. (Law), The University of Hong Kong•
Barrister-at-Law•
Occupation :
Barrister•
Political Affiliation :
Civic Party• Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-201195Appendix 2
MEMBERS’ BIOGRAPHIES
Hon James TO Kun-sun
Constituency :
Geographical Constituency - Kowloon West
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
LL. B., The University of Hong Kong•
Solicitor of Hong Kong Court•
Occupation :
Solicitor•
Political Affiliation :
Democratic Party• Hon CHEUNG Man-kwong
Constituency :
Functional Constituency - Education
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
Bachelor of Social Science, The Chinese •
University of Hong Kong (1978)
Registered Teacher•
Occupation :
Teacher•
Legislative Council Member•
Political Affiliation :
Democratic Party• Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-201196
Hon CHAN Kam-lam, SBS, JP
Constituency :
Geographical Constituency - Kowloon East
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
Hong Kong Technical College (now known as •
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) (1971)
Occupation :
Full-time Legislative Council Member•
Political Affiliation :
Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and •
Progress of Hong KongHon Mrs Sophie LEUNG LAU Yau-fun, GBS, JP
Constituency :
Functional Constituency -
Textiles and Garment
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
Bachelor of Mathematics and Computer •
Science, University of Illinois, USA
Occupation :
Non-Executive Director, Bay Apparel Limited•
Non-Executive Director, Golden Emblem •
Investment Company Limited
Director, The Young Entrepreneurs •
Development Council LimitedDirector, Community Leadership Forum •
Limited
Political Affiliation : -Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-201197Appendix 2
MEMBERS’ BIOGRAPHIES
Hon LEUNG Yiu-chung
Constituency :
Geographical Constituency -
New Territories West
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
B.A. (Hons.), University of Essex, UK•
Post-graduate Certificate in Education, The •
University of Hong Kong
Occupation :
Teacher•
Political Affiliation :
Neighbourhood and Worker’s Service Centre• Dr Hon Philip WONG Yu-hong, GBS
Constituency :
Functional Constituency -
Commercial (Second)
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
M.Sc. (Engineering), University of California, •
USA
J.D. (Law), Southland University, USA•
Ph.D. (Engineering), California Coast •
University, USA
Occupation :
Chairman, Winco Paper Products Company •
Limited
Political Affiliation : - Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-201198
Hon WONG Yung-kan, SBS, JP
Constituency :
Functional Constituency -
Agriculture and Fisheries
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
Diploma in Modern Management, South China •
Teacher’s University
Occupation :
Fisherman•
Political Affiliation :
Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and •
Progress of Hong KongHon LAU Kong-wah, JP
Constituency :
Geographical Constituency -
New Territories East
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
St. Paul’s College•
Sir Robert Black College of Education•
B.A. in Sociology and Philosophy, University of •
Exeter, UK
M (Phil.) in Public and Social Administration, •
City Polytechnic of Hong Kong
Occupation :
Legislative Council Member•
Executive Council Member•
Political Affiliation :
Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and •
Progress of Hong KongLegislative Council Annual Report 2010-201199Appendix 2
MEMBERS’ BIOGRAPHIES
Hon LAU Wong-fat, GBM, GBS, JP
Constituency :
Functional Constituency - Heung Yee Kuk
Education and Professional
Qualifications : -
Occupation :
Chairman, Wing Tung Yick (Holdings) Limited•
Political Affiliation : -Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing, JPConstituency :
Geographical Constituency -
New Territories East
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
B.A., Broadcast Journalism, University of •
Southern California, USA
M. Sc., International Relations, London School •
of Economics and Political Science, University of London, UK
Occupation :
Legislative Council Member•
Political Affiliation :
Democratic Party• Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011100
Hon Andrew CHENG Kar-foo
Constituency :
Geographical Constituency -
New Territories East
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
B.A., M.A., M.Ed., Practising Solicitor•
Occupation :
Solicitor•
Political Affiliation : -Hon Timothy FOK Tsun-ting, GBS, JP
Constituency :
Functional Constituency - Sports, Performing
Arts, Culture and Publication
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
University of Southern California, USA•
Occupation :
Merchant •
Political Affiliation : - Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011101Appendix 2
MEMBERS’ BIOGRAPHIES
Hon TAM Yiu-chung, GBS, JP
Constituency :
Geographical Constituency -
New Territories West
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
“Adult Education”, Australian National •
University, Centre for Continuing Education
“Trade Union Studies”, London School of •
Economics and Political Science, University of London, UK
Honorary Life Fellow, Institute of Commercial •
Management, UK
Occupation :
Legislative Council Member•
Political Affiliation :
Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and •
Progress of Hong KongHon Abraham SHEK Lai-him, SBS, JP
Constituency :
Functional Constituency -
Real Estate and Construction
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
B.A. and Dip. Ed., University of Sydney, •
Australia
Occupation :
Company Director•
Political Affiliation : -Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011102
Hon LI Fung-ying, SBS, JP
Constituency :
Functional Constituency - Labour
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
Tertiary Education•
Occupation :
Trade Union Officer•
Political Affiliation :
The Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon •
Labour UnionsHon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan, SBS, JP
Constituency :
Functional Constituency - Catering
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
Pepperdine University (B.Sc., M.B.A.)•
Occupation :
Chairman, Goldearn Consultants Ltd.•
Chairman, Syto Trading and Investment Ltd.•
Chairman, Citiway Development Ltd.•
Deputy General Manager, World Trade Centre •
Club Hong Kong
Chairman, Modern Technology Systems Ltd. •
(Energy Management Consultant)Director, United Development Group Ltd.•
Non-Executive Member of the Board of •
Director, First Vanguard Aged Care Ltd.Independent Non-Executive Director, Ever •
Fortune International Holding Ltd.Chairman, TC Marketing Company Ltd.•
Political Affiliation :
Liberal Party• Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011103Appendix 2
MEMBERS’ BIOGRAPHIES
Hon Frederick FUNG Kin-kee, SBS, JP
Constituency :
Geographical Constituency - Kowloon West
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
B.A. (Hons.) in Social Policy and Public •
Administration, Bradford University, UK (1982)
Occupation :
Legislative Council Member•
Political Affiliation :
Hong Kong Association for Democracy and •
People’s LivelihoodHon Audrey EU Yuet-mee, SC, JP
Constituency :
Geographical Constituency -
Hong Kong Island
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
St. Francis Canossian College (1960-1970)•
St. Paul’s Co-Educational College (1970-1972)•
LL.B. (Hons.), The University of Hong Kong •
(1972-1975)
LL.M., University of London (1975-1976)•
College of Law (Bar Finals) (1976-1977)•
Called to the Bar in England (1977)•
Called to the Bar in Hong Kong (1978)•
Called to the Inner Bar in Hong Kong (1993)•
Senior Counsel (1997)•
Occupation :
Senior Counsel•
Political Affiliation :
Civic Party• Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011104
Hon Vincent FANG Kang, SBS, JP
Constituency :
Functional Constituency - Wholesale & Retail
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
M.Sc of Textiles Engineering, North Carolina •
State University (1969)
B.Sc of Textiles Engineering, North Carolina •
State University (1967)Wah Yan College (1962)•
Occupation :
Chief Executive Officer, Toppy Co (Hong Kong) •
LtdManaging Director, Fantastic Garments Ltd•
Political Affiliation :
Liberal Party• Hon WONG Kwok-hing, MH
Constituency :
Geographical Constituency -
New Territories West
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
BA of Sociology of Jinan University•
Diploma of Social Administration of •
The University of Hong Kong School of
Professional and Continuing Education
Outstanding Lifelong Learner Award of •
The University of Hong Kong School of Professional and Continuing Education
(9/2001)HKU SPACE ALUMNI, HKU School of •
Professional and Continuing Education Distinguished Alumni (11/2009)
Occupation :
Writer•
Director, Hong Kong Island Office, The Hong •
Kong Federation of Trade Unions
Political Affiliation :
The Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions • Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011105Appendix 2
MEMBERS’ BIOGRAPHIES
Hon LEE Wing-tat
Constituency :
Geographical Constituency -
New Territories West
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
St. Paul’s College•
Bachelor of Science, The University of Hong •
Kong
Certificate of Education, The University of •
Hong Kong
Occupation :
Full-time Legislative Council Member•
Political Affiliation :
Democratic Party• Dr Hon Joseph LEE Kok-long, SBS, JP
Constituency :
Functional Constituency - Health Services
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
Ph.D. (Social Science)•
Registered Nurse•
Occupation :
Associate Professor and Programme Leader •
(Nursing), School of Science & Technology,
The Open University of Hong Kong
Political Affiliation : - Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011106
Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung, GBS, JP
Constituency :
Functional Constituency - Commercial (First)
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
St. Joseph’s College, Hong Kong•
Tufts University, USA (BSME)•
Occupation :
Managing Director, Forward Winsome •
Industries Limited
Political Affiliation : -HON ANDREW LEUNG K WAN -YUEN ,
GBS, JP
Constituency :
Functional Constituency - Industrial (First)
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
BSc (Hon), Leeds University•
Fellow, Textiles Institute •
Fellow, Clothing and Footwear Institute •
Occupation :
Merchant•
Political Affiliation : -Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011107Appendix 2
MEMBERS’ BIOGRAPHIES
Hon CHEUNG Hok-ming, GBS, JP
Constituency :
Geographical Constituency -
New Territories West
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
College•
Occupation :
Legislative Council Member•
Political Affiliation :
Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and •
Progress of Hong KongHon WONG Ting-kwong, BBS, JP
Constituency :
Functional Constituency - Import and Export
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
Heung To Middle School•
Guangzhou No.6 High School•
Occupation :
Merchant•
Political Affiliation :
Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and •
Progress of Hong KongLegislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011108
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah, SC
Constituency :
Geographical Constituency -
New Territories East
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
Queen’s College, Hong Kong•
LL. B. (First Class Honours/First of Class), •
The University of Hong Kong (1972)
B.C.L. (Honours), Oxford University (1974)•
Holder of Simon Lee Medal in Laws, The •
University of Hong Kong (1972)
Graduate Awardee, Rotary International •
(1973-1974)
Winter-Williams Scholar of St. Edmund Hall, •
Oxford University (1972-1974)Certificate of Honour, London Bar Final •
Examination (First Class Honours/First of Candidates) (1974)The Lloyd Stott Memorial Prize (1974)•
J.B. Montagu Pupillage Prize (1974)•
The Middle Temple Certificate of Honour Prize •
(1974)Member of Hong Kong Bar Association•
Member of The General Council of the Bar of •
EnglandMember of the New York State Bar •
Association of the United States of AmericaChairman of the Hong Kong Bar Association •
(1999-2001)
Occupation :
Senior Counsel•
Political Affiliation :
Civic Party• Hon CHIM Pui-chung
Constituency :
Functional Constituency - Financial Services
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
Secondary School•
Occupation :
Director of a number of companies •
Political Affiliation : - Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011109Appendix 2
MEMBERS’ BIOGRAPHIES
Prof Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shing, SBS,
JP
Constituency :
Functional Constituency -
Architectural, Surveying and Planning
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
People’s Republic of China Class I Registered •
Architect Qualification (2004)
Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Architects •
(1989)Member of the Hong Kong Institute of •
Architects (1974-1989)Member of Royal Architectural Institute of •
Canada (1971)
Honorary University Fellow, The University of •
Hong Kong (2006)Master of Business Administration, University •
of East Asia (1988)Bachelor of Architecture, University of •
Manitoba (1969)
The Artist of the Year Award (1999)•
HKIA Outstanding Architect Award (1991)•
Ten Outstanding Young Persons Award (1984)•
Occupation :
Architect•
Honorary Professor, Department of •
Architecture, The University of Hong Kong
(2006 - present)
Honorary Professor, College of Humanities •
and Law in The University of Hong Kong School of Professonal and Continuing
Education (2005 - present)Head of Department of Architecture, The •
University of Hong Kong (1996-2000)Lecturer, Senior Lecturer and Professor of •
Department of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong (1973-2004)
Political Affiliation : -Hon KAM Nai-wai, MH
Constituency :
Geographical Constituency -
Hong Kong Island
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
Diploma of Social Work with Distinction, City •
Polytechnic of Hong Kong
Master of Public Administration, Hong Kong •
Baptist UniversityRegistered Social Worker, Hong Kong•
Occupation :
Legislative Council Member•
District Councillor•
Political Affiliation :
Democratic Party• Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011110
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan
Constituency :
Geographical Constituency -
Hong Kong Island
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
University of Waterloo•
Occupation :
Full-time Legislative Council Member•
Political Affiliation :
Civic Act-up• Hon Starry LEE Wai-king, JP
Constituency :
Geographical Constituency - Kowloon West
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
MBA, The University of Manchester•
BBA, The Hong Kong University of Science •
and Technology
HKICPA•
ACA•
ACS•
ACIS•
Occupation :
Certified Public Accountant•
Political Affiliation :
Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and •
Progress of Hong KongLegislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011111Appendix 2
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Dr Hon LAM Tai-fai, BBS, JP
Constituency :
Functional Constituency - Industrial (Second)
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
Higher Diploma in Textile Technology, Hong •
Kong Polytechnic (The Hong Kong Polytechnic
University)
Honorary Degree of Doctor of Business •
Administration, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Occupation :
Legislative Council Member•
Political Affiliation : - Hon CHAN Hak-kan
Constituency :
Geographical Constituency -
New Territories East
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
Bachelor of Social Science (Hons) (CUHK)•
Master of Social Science (CUHK)•
Occupation :
Legislative Council Member•
Political Affiliation :
Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and •
Progress of Hong KongLegislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011112
Hon Paul CHAN Mo-po, MH, JP
Constituency :
Functional Constituency - Accountancy
Education and Professional
Qualifications:
Bachelor and Master of Business •
Administration, The Chinese University of
Hong Kong
Fellow Member of The Hong Kong Institute of •
Certified Public AccountantsFellow Member of the Association of •
Chartered Certified AccountantsFellow Member of CPA Australia•
Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered •
Secretaries of AdministratorsFellow Member of the Taxation Institute of •
Hong KongFellow Member of the Hong Kong Institute of •
Company Secretaries
Occupation:
Certified Public Accountant•
Political Affiliation: -Hon CHAN Kin-por, JP
Constituency :
Functional Constituency - Insurance
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
Ng Wah College•
Associate of The Chartered Insurance Institute •
Chartered Insurer of The Chartered Insurance •
Institute
Occupation :
Legislative Council Member•
Member of the Munich Re China Advisory •
Board
Political Affiliation : - Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011113Appendix 2
MEMBERS’ BIOGRAPHIES
Dr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun, JP
Constituency :
Geographical Constituency - Kowloon West
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
Barrister-at-law (Hong Kong)•
Arbitrator, China International Economic and •
Trade Arbitration Commission
PCLL (The University of Hong Kong)•
CPE (Manchester Metropolitan University)•
BSSc (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)•
JSD & LLM (Renmin University of PRC)•
Occupation :
Associate Professor, Law School, City •
University of Hong Kong
Barrister-at-law (Hong Kong)•
Political Affiliation : -
The Professionals Forum• Dr Hon LEUNG Ka-lau
Constituency :
Functional Constituency - Medical
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
MBChB (The Chinese University of Hong •
Kong)
FRCS (Royal College of Surgeons of •
Edinburgh)FCSHK•
FHKAM (Surgery)•
MD (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)•
Occupation :
Doctor•
Political Affiliation : -Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011114
Hon CHEUNG Kwok-che
Constituency :
Functional Constituency - Social Welfare
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
Certificate of Social Work•
Occupation :
Social Worker•
Political Affiliation :
Hong Kong Social Workers’ General Union• Hon WONG Sing-chi
Constituency :
Geographical Constituency -
New Territories East
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
Bachelor Degree in Social Work•
Occupation :
Full-time Legislative Council Member•
Political Affiliation :
Democratic Party• Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011115Appendix 2
MEMBERS’ BIOGRAPHIES
Hon WONG Kwok-kin, BBS
Constituency :
Geographical Constituency - Kowloon East
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
Post Experience Diploma in International •
Shipping Management, Shanghai Maritime
University (1/1994 - 11/1996)
• 廣東行政學院現代管理專業課程証書 (1998)
Certificate of Trade Unions Relative, China •
Institute of Industrial Relations (3/2000 - 1/2003)
Maritime Engineer•
Occupation :
Trade Union Worker•
Political Affiliation :
The Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions • Hon IP Wai-ming, MH
Constituency :
Functional Constituency - Labour
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
Diploma in Social Work, The Hong Kong •
Polytechnic University
LLB, Peking University•
LLM, Peking University•
Occupation :
Trade Union Worker•
Political Affiliation :
The Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions • Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011116
Hon IP Kwok-him, GBS, JP
Constituency :
Functional Constituency - District Council
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
South China Normal University•
Occupation :
Legislative Council Member•
Political Affiliation :
Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and •
Progress of Hong KongHon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yee, GBS, JP
Constituency :
Geographical Constituency -
Hong Kong Island
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
BA. (First Class Honors), The University of •
Hong Kong
Master of Letters, University of Glasgow•
M.Sc (Management), Stanford University•
M.A. (East Asian Studies), Stanford University•
Occupation :
Chairperson of the Board of Governors, •
Savantas Policy Institute
Political Affiliation :
New People’s Party• Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011117Appendix 2
MEMBERS’ BIOGRAPHIES
Dr Hon PAN Pey-chyou
Constituency :
Functional Constituency - Labour
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
M.B., B.S. (H.K.)•
M.R.C. Psych.•
F.H.K.C. Psych.•
F.H.K.A.M. (Psychiatry)•
Occupation :
Consultant (Psychiatry)•
Political Affiliation :
The Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions • Hon Paul TSE Wai-chun, JP
Constituency :
Functional Constituency - Tourism
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
University of New South Wales - Bachelor of •
Laws
University of New South Wales - Bachelor of •
Commerce (major in Accounting and Financial Management)
City University of Hong Kong - Master of Laws •
(Chinese law and Comparative Law)People’s University of Beijing (LL.M •
coursework completed)
Barrister of the Supreme Court of New South •
WalesBarrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of •
Singapore
Associate Member of the Chartered Institute •
of ArbitratorsAssociate Member of the Australian Society of •
Certified Professional AccountantsBarrister of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong •
(1984 - 1991)Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong•
Occupation :
Solicitor•
Political Affiliation : - Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011118
Dr Hon Samson TAM Wai-ho, JP
Constituency :
Functional Constituency -
Information Technology
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
B.Sc Hons, The Chinese University of Hong •
Kong
Ph.D., The Hong Kong Polytechnic University•
Honorary Fellewship, The Hong Kong •
University of Science and Technology
Fellow, The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers•
Occupation :
Director, Information Technology Co.•
Political Affiliation : - Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit, SC
Constituency :
Geographical Constituency - Kowloon East
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
LL.B., The University of Hong Kong (1982)•
LL.M., University of Cambridge (1984)•
Called to the Hong Kong Bar (1983)•
Called to the Inner Bar (1998)•
Occupation :
Senior Counsel•
Political Affiliation :
Civic Party• Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011119Appendix 2
MEMBERS’ BIOGRAPHIES
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung
Constituency :
Geographical Constituency -
New Territories East
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
Form Six•
Occupation :
Legislative Council Member•
Political Affiliation :
April Fifth Action•
League of Social Democrats• Hon Tanya CHAN
Constituency :
Geographical Constituency -
Hong Kong Island
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
Bachelor of Laws•
Post-Graduate Certificate in Laws•
Occupation :
Barrister•
Political Affiliation :
Civic Party• Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011120
Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yip
Constituency :
Geographical Constituency -
New Territories West
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
Bachelor of Arts•
Bachelor of Social Work•
Master of Social Work•
Occupation :
Full-time Legislative Council Member•
Political Affiliation :
People Power• Hon WONG Yuk-man
Constituency :
Geographical Constituency - Kowloon West
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
Master of Arts in Chinese History, Chu Hai •
College
Occupation :
Full-time Legislative Council Member•
Political Affiliation :
People Power • Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011121
Appendix 3
BILLS PASSED
BillsDate of
Gazette Date of 1st
Reading Date of
passage
through
LegCo
@+ 1Arbitration Bill 26.6.2009 8.7.2009 10.11.2010
@+ 2Buildings Energy Efficiency Bill 4.12.2009 9.12.2009 24.11.2010
@+ 3Buildings (Amendment) Bill 2010 22.1.2010 3.2.2010 29.6.2011
@+ 4Motor Vehicle Idling (Fixed Penalty) Bill 16.4.2010 28.4.2010 5.3.2011
@+ 5Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2010 30.4.2010 12.5.2010 8.12.2010
@+ 6Food Safety Bill 20.5.2010 2.6.2010 30.3.2011
@+ 7Matrimonial Proceedings and Property
(Amendment) Bill 201018.6.2010 30.6.2010 15.12.2010
@+ 8Residential Care Homes
(Persons with Disabilities) Bill18.6.2010 30.6.2010 16.6.2011
@+ 9Communications Authority Bill 18.6.2010 30.6.2010 30.6.2011
@+ 10Securities and Futures and Companies Legislation (Structured Products Amendment) Bill 20102.7.2010 14.7.2010 4.5.2011
@+ 11Legislation Publication Bill 8.10.2010 20.10.2010 22.6.2011
@+ 12Anti-money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing (Financial Institutions) Bill29.10.2010 10.11.2010 29.6.2011
#+
✽13University of Hong Kong (Amendment)
Bill 201025.6.2010
&
2.7.201024.11.2010 13.7.2011
@+ 14Stamp Duty (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2010 3.12.2010 8.12.2010 22.6.2011
@+ 15Chief Executive Election (Amendment) Bill 201010.12.2010 15.12.2010 3.3.2011
@+ 16Legislative Council (Amendment) Bill 2010 10.12.2010 15.12.2010 5.3.2011
17Inland Revenue (Amendment) Bill 2011 2.2.2011 16.2.2011 16.3.2011
@ 18Appropriation Bill 2011 23.2.2011 23.2.2011 14.4.2011Appendix 3
BILLS PASSEDLegislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011122
BillsDate of
Gazette Date of 1st
Reading Date of
passage
through
LegCo
19Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes
(Amendment) Bill 201118.2.2011 2.3.2011 4.5.2011
+ 20Dutiable Commodities (Amendment)
Bill 20118.4.2011 13.4.2011 15.6.2011
+ 21Motor Vehicles (First Registration Tax) (Amendment) Bill 20118.4.2011 13.4.2011 15.6.2011
@ 22Inland Revenue (Amendment) (No. 3)
Bill 201121.4.2011 4.5.2011 8.6.2011
@+ 23Electoral Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 201129.4.2011 4.5.2011 6.7.2011
24Supplementary Appropriation (2010-2011) Bill10.6.2011 15.6.2011 6.7.2011
+ Indicates that a Bills Committee has been formed for the Bill
✽ Member’s Bill
@ Bill passed with Committee stage amendments moved by Administration
# Bill passed with Committee stage amendments moved by Member(s)Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011123
Appendix 4
MOTION DEBATES HELD
20 October 2010
“Improving personal data privacy protection” moved
by
Hon WONG Kwok-hing
amendments moved by
Hon James TO Kun-sun
Hon WONG Ting-kwong
Hon CHAN Kin-porThe motion as amended by Hon WONG Ting-kwong
and Hon CHAN Kin-por: “That it is a community
consensus in Hong Kong that the Government and all
public and private organizations should faithfully and
properly protect the public’s personal privacy, but in
recent months, ‘Octopus’ and ‘Autotoll’ operated by
public transport operators, the finance and insurance
sector, and the electronic communications sector,
etc., were found to have contravened the Personal
Data (Privacy) Ordinance (‘PDPO’) and engaged in
unauthorized transfer or sale of the personal data
collected to make profits, with extensive implication
and significant impact, affecting the personal data
privacy right of millions of Hong Kong people; among
the above, ‘Octopus’, the monopoly operator of
electronic money, even admitted that it had made a profit of over $44 million by selling its clients’ personal
data; the ‘Octopus’ scandal has revealed that various
smart cards currently available in the market, such
as bonus cards, membership cards, credit cards, stored value cards and top-up cards, etc., are
generally not in full compliance with the requirements
of the PDPO, the public’s personal data privacy are
not properly protected and organizations are able to take advantage of the loopholes and grey areas of
the PDPO to indiscriminately collect personal data
beyond the scope of purpose for data collection publicly claimed by such organizations, and turn
such data into their cash cows, and in the absence of monitoring, the situation has become very serious,
causing considerable disturbance to people’s daily
life; however, due to the limited powers conferred by
the law on the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for
Personal Data (‘PCPD’) and constraint of resources, Date of Council meeting,
Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
I. MOTIONS PASSEDAppendix 4
MOTION DEBATES HELDLegislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011124Date of Council meeting,
Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
I. MOTIONS PASSED
the PCPD is not able to exercise effective regulation,
and the responsible government departments
concerned have also failed to seriously shoulder the
responsibility of protecting personal data privacy; in
this connection, this Council urges the Government to
immediately adopt the following measures to protect
the general public’s personal data privacy right:
(a) to urge law enforcement departments to conduct
a comprehensive and thorough investigation into
all the companies and organizations involved in
transfer and sale of clients’ personal data and infringement of the public’s privacy and to prosecute
the same for criminal liability, and require such
companies or organizations to destroy the public’s
personal data, which were illegally collected, under
the supervision of an independent third party and
to offer an apology and compensation to affected
clients;
(b) to comprehensively review and amend the PDPO
immediately to plug the loopholes of the legislation and eliminate the grey areas, and at the same
time increase the criminal sanction to achieve a
deterrent effect;
(c) to immediately implement section 33 of the PDPO
to control the transfer of personal data to place
outside Hong Kong, so as to prevent the lack
of proper protection on personal privacy due to
unreasonable resale of personal data to overseas
companies;
(d) to provide additional resources for the PCPD, so
as to enhance its efficiency in handling complaints
and step up enforcement to effectively protect the
public’s personal data privacy right;
(e) to introduce clear clauses and requirements to
ensure that consumers have the right to opt in,
so as to ensure that consumers provide their
personal data within the scope of the ‘purpose of
data collection’ as specified by the organizations
concerned without threats and inducements, and
to step up efforts to combat and eradicate the
indiscriminate collection of the public’s personal
data;Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011125Appendix 4
MOTION DEBATES HELD
Date of Council meeting,
Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
I. MOTIONS PASSED
(f) to amend the Unsolicited Electronic Messages
Ordinance and the Do-not-call Registers required
under the Ordinance to regulate person-to-
person telemarketing activities, so as to ensure
that consumers’ personal data will not be used
improperly in commercial marketing activities,
which may cause enormous nuisance to the
consumers concerned;
(g) to legislate the regulation of application forms for
all kinds of membership cards, credit cards, etc., including requiring that the fonts and contents
of the advice and terms on the protection of
consumers’ personal data privacy right should be
reasonably legible, in terms of font size, location
and surface area, to any person with normal
eyesight, and ensuring that people who are
unable to clearly read the terms and thoroughly
understand the scope of data to be collected
will still be provided with clear advice on the choices available to them and information on the
protection of personal data privacy right;
(h) to legislate the regulation of all private and public
corporations in Hong Kong by stipulating that
they should not transfer any personal data to
third party companies, including their partner and
subsidiary companies, without stating clearly in
separate terms for confirmation by the person
concerned in any contracts involving transfer
or conveyance of personal data whether such
personal data are transferred or conveyed for
profit-making purposes; and
(i) to make reference to successful overseas
experience and the operation mode of the Airport
Authority Hong Kong and actively explore the
option of the public sector operating the ‘Octopus’
smart card, so as to ensure that the personal data privacy of millions of Hong Kong people who have to use the Octopus card can be protected in a
comprehensive and effective manner, thus fully preventing the personal data privacy of all Hong
Kong people from being turned into cash cows
again by public or private corporations; andLegislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011126Date of Council meeting,
Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
I. MOTIONS PASSED
(j) to examine the pros and cons of adopting opt-
in and opt-out mechanisms in Hong Kong with
reference to the practices of different places;
in adopting such measures, the Government also
needs to ensure that all industries and trades can do
business in Hong Kong according to the law and also
must not smother the room for survival of the industries
concerned, including the direct marketing industry,
thereby enabling a large number of practitioners to make a living.” was passed.

20 October 2010
“Facing up to the transport needs of people with
disabilities” moved byHon LEUNG Yiu-chung
amendments moved by
Hon WONG Kwok-hing
Hon Paul CHAN Mo-po The motion as amended by Hon WONG Kwok-hing
and Hon Paul CHAN Mo-po: “That, as the Government
advocates the cultivation of a people-oriented, loving
and caring social culture, and in retrospect, this Council
passed motions on a number of occasions over the past few years calling for improvement to transport
facilities for all people with disabilities in Hong Kong and
offer of concessionary transport fares to them, but the
Administration, some statutory transport corporations
and other public transport operators still fail to fully face
up to and give effect to the motions, and even though
some public transport operators have given effect to
the motions, they only do so in an unfair and selective
manner, and the crux of the problem is the Government’s lack of a specific policy on fare concessions for people
with disabilities and determination to take the lead to make improvements; this Council strongly demands the
Administration to take the lead in implementing in those
public transport operators with the Government as
the major shareholder and set an example for pushing
various public transport operators to immediately
and fully respond as well as give effect to the relevant
motions previously passed by this Council and the recommendations in the Report of the Council’s
Subcommittee to Study the Transport Needs of and
Provision of Concessionary Public Transport Fares for Persons with Disabilities in the last term; in addition, the
Government must implement the following concrete
measures to more comprehensively address the
transport needs of people with disabilities so as to
enable them to integrate into society more effectively:Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011127Appendix 4
MOTION DEBATES HELD
Date of Council meeting,
Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
I. MOTIONS PASSED
(a) to formulate a policy on fare concessions on
public transport which covers all people with
disabilities in Hong Kong, including those with
different degree of disability;
(b) in order to effectively assist people with disabilities
in integrating into society, to adopt legislative,
administrative and financial measures to press
various major public transport operators to offer concessionary fares to all people with disabilities
in Hong Kong;
(c) to put forth, in the near future, specific proposals
and a timetable for introducing half-fare concession on public transport for all people with disabilities
in Hong Kong, so as to help them integrate into
society and improve their life;
(d) to allocate additional resources to comprehensively
improve the Rehabus service and, in particular,
enhance such service for people with disabilities
living in remote areas and new towns;
(e) to set aside a certain percentage of the cash
dividends received from the MTR Corporation Limited each year to subsidize the transport fares
of people with disabilities;
(f) to request the MTR Corporation Limited to
expeditiously install facilities such as platform
screen doors, platform gates and automatic
mechanical gap fillers for all its rail lines in order
to strengthen platform safety, and improve station
facilities with a view to creating a barrier-free
environment;
(g) to request various public bus companies to
expeditiously replace their buses with low floor
type buses to cater for the transport needs of people with disabilities, and when a bus
makes stops, inform passengers of the routing
arrangement through its public address system
for the convenience of the blind, and at the same time incorporate provisions in the new franchise
agreements on public bus services to require bus
companies to offer concessionary fares to people
with disabilities;Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011128Date of Council meeting,
Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
I. MOTIONS PASSED
(h) to study subsidizing people with disabilities in
need to purchase electrical wheelchairs so as to
facilitate them to use public transport;
(i) to request the Transport Department to explore
waiving the licence fee for people with disabilities
who purchase private cars with a cylinder capacity
of over 1 500 c.c. so as to make it convenient
for them to carry larger and heavier electrical wheelchair and supporting equipment, provide
additional auto-fuel allowances for people with disabilities, subsidize drivers with disabilities for
using private tunnels and provide parking spaces
for them, so that people with disabilities do not
have to pay high transportation fees; and
(j) to step up consultation with people with disabilities
to fully realize the concept of ‘Transport for All’,
and strictly regulate public transport operators
in providing barrier-free facilities, so as to enable
more people with disabilities to use public transport and integrate into society.” was passed.
3 November 2010
“Formulating an animal-friendly policy” moved by
Hon CHAN Hak-kan
amendments moved by
Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yee
Hon Fred LI Wah-ming
Hon WONG Kwok-hing
Dr Hon PAN Pey-chyouHon Alan LEONG Kah-kit
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lanThe motion as amended by Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yee,
Hon Fred LI Wah-ming, Hon WONG Kwok-hing, Dr
Hon PAN Pey-chyou, Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit and
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan: “That, given that the keeping
of pets among Hong Kong people has become
increasingly common, and there is also a growing
concern about the rights of animals; however, the
animal welfare policy in Hong Kong lags far behind
the standards of other developed places in the world,
and cases of animal cruelty keep occurring; tens of
thousands of animals are euthanized every year, and there is still insufficient activity space for the integration
of human beings and animals within the communities; in this connection, this Council urges the Government
to formulate an ‘animal-friendly policy’ to ensure that
the rights of animals can be safeguarded; the relevant
policy measures should include:
(a) by making reference to the present animal
protection legislation in developed places, to
review and amend the existing Prevention of Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011129Appendix 4
MOTION DEBATES HELD
Date of Council meeting,
Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
I. MOTIONS PASSED
Cruelty to Animals Ordinance for the purpose of
catching up with international standards, and to
classify the intentional abandonment of animals
as animal cruelty, as well as to explore the
provision of compulsory psychological counselling
and courses on animal protection to convicted
persons;
(b) to establish ‘animal police’ teams specially
tasked to investigate cases of animal cruelty and
abandonment, enhance the training of frontline enforcement officers on handling cases of animal
cruelty and their awareness of such cases, and set up a ‘dedicated hotline for reporting animal
cruelty’, with a view to curbing the situation of
animal cruelty and abandonment from becoming
prevalent;
(c) to request the Department of Justice to pay close
attention to the sentencing for cases of animal
cruelty, and where sentencing for the cases concerned cannot fully reflect their seriousness,
to seek sentencing guidelines by applying for reviews of sentences to the relevant courts, so as
to truly reflect the social concern about offences
of animal cruelty;
(d) to improve the existing management mechanism
for the sale and registration of animals, including reviewing the licensing and regulatory mechanism
for the sale and breeding of pets and stepping up the monitoring of the sources of animals, so as
to combat problems such as unlicensed animal
breeding, online sale and illicit animal import;
(e) to improve the hygiene conditions in the animal
management centres under the Agriculture,
Fisheries and Conservation Department and
enhance the transparency of stray animal
management by allowing Members and animal
rights organizations to conduct regular inspections, increase the number of qualified animal adoption
organizations and expand the scope of animals for adoption to reptiles and amphibians, so as
to facilitate the adoption of animals by a greater
number of people and organizations;Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011130Date of Council meeting,
Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
I. MOTIONS PASSED
(f) to co-operate with District Councils and animal
rights organizations to fully implement the ‘Trap-
Neuter-Return’ programme, employ animal
capture devices that inflict the least injury, and
use humane means to deal with the problem of
stray cats and dogs;
(g) to provide subsidy to the public for neutering
their pets, and train more veterinary health care
personnel to meet the social demand for the
services concerned;
(h) to introduce appropriate measures, including
identifying sites in all districts in Hong Kong for constructing more parks for pets, and exploring
the opening of various recreational venues such
as parks and beaches partially or at specific time
slots, so that members of the public can bring in their pets;
(i) to actively identify suitable locations for the
provision of public toilets for dogs, increase the number of dog excreta collection bins
on street side and step up the frequency of
cleaning and washing, with a view to improving
environmental hygiene; at the same time, to step
up inspection and prosecution against owners
who indiscriminately allow their animals to excrete
anywhere;
(j) to explore the regulation of hospice service for
animals through licensing;
(k) to step up publicity and education for the public
on animal care and responsible pet ownership, and set up an ‘animal protection fund’, so that
organizations can make applications for organizing
more animal welfare and adoption activities;
(l) to enhance people’s understanding of endangered
animals and relevant regulatory systems,
and require that animal traders must provide
appropriate labels for identifying endangered species, as well as to provide buyers with points to
note on keeping endangered species, with a view
to strengthening the management of endangered
animals;Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011131Appendix 4
MOTION DEBATES HELD
Date of Council meeting,
Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
I. MOTIONS PASSED
(m) to examine the extension of the microchipping
and licensing schemes to cats, so as to help
owners reclaim their missing cats, prevent the
abandonment of cats by irresponsible owners
and institute prosecutions against them;
(n) to examine the establishment of public animal
hospitals or clinics to provide pet owners with
affordable animal treatment services; and
(o) to examine the setting up of a mechanism for
monitoring food products for pets and relevant labels, so as to safeguard the quality and safety
of food products for pets;
(p) to establish a licensing system for professional
breeders to ensure that commercial breeders
have adequate breeding knowledge and ethical
standards;
(q) to permit eligible members of the public to directly
adopt animals; and
(r) to explore the provision of subsidy to recognized
animal adoption organizations, so that they can have sufficient resources for keeping abandoned
animals, thereby reducing the number of animals eventually euthanized;
(s) by making reference to and studying the successful
experience of foreign places in protecting and
conserving endangered wild animals, to adopt
positive environmental conservation measures
to salvage endangered wild animals in Hong Kong, such as Romer’s tree frogs, black-
faced spoonbills, common birdwings, Chinese
grassbirds, Hong Kong newts, Chinese white
dolphins and horseshoe crabs, so as to protect
the precious ecological resources of Hong Kong;
and
(t) to join hands with the relevant District Councils,
rural committees and conservation organizations
to expeditiously explore various proper arrangements and measures on handling the
miserable stray cattle in Hong Kong that are left
to live or perish on their own, to provide support
by allocating appropriate resources, and to tackle
the relevant issues as early as possible through
the following measures:Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011132Date of Council meeting,
Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
I. MOTIONS PASSED
(i) to actively and expeditiously explore the
identification of suitable sites for stray cattle
in Hong Kong, so as to enable them to live in a safe and natural environment without having
to wander around any more, while at the
same time ensure the maximum safety of both
human beings and cattle in their co-existence;
besides, to actively explore the development
of the above-mentioned sites as green eco-
tourism projects;
(ii) to allocate resources for neutering the stray
cattle in the New Territories, so as to avoid the
incessant breeding of stray cattle; and
(iii) to actively study the introduction of effective
measures, including providing additional
resources to support those volunteers and
non-profit-making voluntary organizations
which are keen on adopting stray cattle in Hong Kong, so that they can have sufficient
means to provide the stray cattle adopted by
them with basic nutrition and attention;
(u) to review and amend the policy on managing wild
animals, so as to provide them with reasonable
and safe room for survival, and at the same time
protect the public from being disturbed or hurt;
and
(v) to co-operate with neighbouring regions, and step
up the studies on and the monitoring of zoonotic diseases, in particular those transmittable to
human beings, thereby protecting the health of
animals while enhancing epidemic prevention;
(w) to empower the court to issue orders forbidding
repeated offenders or convicted persons involved
in the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Ordinance
and serious cases from keeping animals;
(x) to set up animal shelters and adoption centres
under the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation
Department, so as to reduce the need for
euthanizing animals;
(y) to examine, on humanitarian grounds, the
enactment of legislation on prohibiting the
breeding and importation of animal species Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011133Appendix 4
MOTION DEBATES HELD
Date of Council meeting,
Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
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suffering from genetic diseases that cause them
pain, such as Scottish Folds suffering from
osteochondrodysplasia;
(z) to foster co-operation among the Agriculture,
Fisheries and Conservation Department, the
Lands Department, the Housing Department and
other relevant government departments, so that
when clearing villages, they will pay attention to
the fact that residents therein normally keep a
number of animals, and hence they should make a detailed record of all animals in the villages
concerned before clearance, and strive to make
timely and appropriate arrangements for animals
that cannot follow their owners upon moving
homes; and
(aa) to examine the practice of allowing animal owners
who are adequately equipped to board public
transport with their animals;
(ab) to advocate the responsibilities of keepers
and owners, and ensure that both wild and domesticated animals can receive humane
treatment; and
(ac) to review the policy on the keeping of animals by
public housing tenants.” was passed.
10 November 2010
“Helping needy persons acquire their homes” moved by
Hon LEE Wing-tat
amendments moved by
Hon Frederick FUNG Kin-kee
Hon WONG Kwok-kin
Hon CHAN Kam-lam
Dr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung
(amendment proposed by
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung was withdrawn)The motion as amended by Hon Frederick FUNG Kin-
kee, Hon CHAN Kam-lam and Hon Ronny TONG Ka-
wah: “That the housing problem has been plaguing the development of Hong Kong society for years, and
after the Chief Executive has put forward the My Home Purchase Plan in the Policy Address, private residential
property prices still continue to rise, reflecting that the
Plan is unable to meet society’s demand for subsidized home ownership, let alone solve the housing problem
of Hong Kong in the long run; in this connection, this
Council urges the Government to expeditiously increase
the supply of land and public and private housing,
resume the Home Ownership Scheme (‘HOS’), re-
launch the Sale of Flats to Sitting Tenants Scheme,
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applicants to purchase HOS flats without premium
paid in the secondary market for HOS flats, with a view
to helping needy persons acquire their homes, and
formulate a stable and sustainable long-term housing
policy to satisfy the public’s genuine housing need, and
to build an environment in Hong Kong where people
can live and work in contentment; this Council also
urges the Government to expedite the development
of new towns and the tendering exercises for the
above-station property development projects along the West Rail on the premise of adhering to the cap
of total floor area concession put forward in the Policy
Address and avoiding any wall effect and heat island effect in design; at the same time, the Government
should expeditiously legislate for the regulation of the
sale of first-hand private residential properties and
increase the transparency of the sale of such flats, so
that needy persons can acquire their homes in a fairer
environment; this Council also urges the Government to increase the transparency of the regular supply of
land, study how to avoid over-relying on real estate
developers as the sole housing suppliers, and allow
eligible white form applicants to purchase affordable
homes in the markets of Sandwich Class Housing
Scheme.” was passed.
10 November 2010
“Work Incentive Transport Subsidy Scheme” moved by
Dr Hon PAN Pey-chyou
amendments moved by
Hon WONG Sing-chi
Hon LI Fung-ying
Hon IP Kwok-himHon Miriam LAU Kin-yee
(amendments proposed by
Hon LI Fung-ying and
Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yee were withdrawn)The motion as amended by Hon WONG Sing-chi and
Hon IP Kwok-him: “That, travelling expenses are an
item of daily expenses borne by the vast number of employees and job-seekers in Hong Kong, and in
order to relieve the burden of travelling expenses on
low-income employees and encourage them to stay in
employment, the Chief Executive has put forward the
‘Work Incentive Transport Subsidy Scheme’ (‘WITSS’)
in the 2010-11 Policy Address for application by all
eligible employees in Hong Kong, and the Scheme will replace the ‘Transport Support Scheme’ (‘TSS’); given
that the existing TSS still has deficiencies resulting in
some low-income workers not being benefitted, this
Council urges the Government to adopt the following Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011135Appendix 4
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criteria in formulating the specific details and eligibility
requirements for WITSS, so as to enable a greater
number of grassroot workers to receive assistance:
(a) the ceiling of the total value of applicants’ personal
assets should be set at a level higher than the
$44,000 under the existing TSS;
(b) the ceiling of applicants’ monthly income should
be set at a level higher than the $6,500 under the
existing TSS;
(c) the amount of allowance for eligible persons
should be calculated on the basis of 72 hours of
work in every four weeks, and people who work
less than 72 hours in every four weeks may also
receive the allowance pro rata according to the
actual number of working hours, with a view to
benefiting part-time employees;
(d) no application deadline should be set for the
allowance;
(e) a mechanism should be established for regular
reviews and periodic adjustments of the ceiling of the total value of personal assets, the ceiling
of monthly income and the amount of allowance
prescribed under WITSS; and
(f) the Job Search Allowance provided under the
existing TSS should continue to be included in
the new WITSS; the eligibility requirements for
applicants for the Job Search Allowance will not be tightened, and the ceiling of reimbursement
will also not be lowered; and
(g) the procedures for vetting and approving
applications under the new Scheme should
be further streamlined, and the vetting and
approval process be expedited and the relevant
administrative costs reduced.” was passed.
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The motion as amended by Hon LEE Cheuk-yan, Hon
IP Wai-ming, Hon James TO Kun-sun, Hon Ronny
TONG Ka-wah, Hon CHEUNG Kwok-che, Hon CHAN
Kin-por and Hon Frederick FUNG Kin-kee: “That, this
Council opines that ‘rich Government but poor people’ is one of the deep-rooted conflicts in Hong Kong, and
as the Government has adopted a conservative fiscal
policy for years, surpluses exceeding the expected
levels were often recorded in the past; in addition,
since the Exchange Fund had recorded a huge profit
of $74.1 billion in the third quarter of this year, the
accumulated surplus for the first nine months of the
year increased by $42 billion, and given the substantial
proceeds from land auctions this year, the chance of the Treasury continuing to be ‘flooded by cash’ has
become much greater, yet not only are some grassroots unable to enjoy the fruit of economic development, but
they are also unable to benefit from the social security
system, resulting in cases of ‘falling through the net’;
in this connection, this Council proposes that the
Administration should identify loopholes in the existing
safety net, appropriately extend the safety net to cover
more grassroots of different types, and strengthen the
support to assist grassroots in climbing up the social
ladder and sharing the fruit of economic development,
thereby easing class conflicts and promoting social
harmony; the relevant measures should include:
(a) to strengthen the support for the working poor,
including removing the stigma attached to the
low-income recipients of Comprehensive Social
Security Assistance (‘CSSA’), lower the threshold
of application, and provide such recipients with a
‘low-income living supplement’, so as to alleviate
their conditions of poverty; in the long run,
the Government should establish a system of
‘Negative Income Tax’, so as to benefit a greater
number of working-poor households;
(b) to set up savings accounts for CSSA recipients
with job income, and deposit into such accounts
the whole or part of the amounts deducted from
their CSSA for reasons of ‘assessable income’,
so that when such recipients get out of the CSSA 17 November 2010
“Reviewing the coverage of the safety net” moved by
Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yee
amendments moved by
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan
Hon WONG Sing-chi
Hon IP Wai-mingHon James TO Kun-sun
Hon TAM Yiu-chung
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah
Hon CHEUNG Kwok-che
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung
Hon CHAN Kin-por
Hon Frederick FUNG Kin-kee
(amendments proposed by
Hon TAM Yiu-chung and
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung were withdrawn)Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011137Appendix 4
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net due to income improvements or as a result of
their accounts having accumulated a prescribed
amount, they can have a substantial amount of
savings, so as to increase their sense of financial
security and reduce their chances of falling back into the CSSA net;
(c) to comprehensively strengthen the in-service
training for the middle-aged, increase the number
of retraining places, and raise the subsidies for
continuing education;
(d) through promoting the local community economy,
developing the six industries with competitive edge and positively supporting the development
of social enterprises, to create more jobs suitable
for grassroot workers;
(e) to comprehensively strengthen child care and
after-school care services to enable parents of
low-income families to work without worries,
and proactively cater for the needs of grassroot children, including providing additional subsidies
for extracurricular activities;
(f) to actively assist poor families living in cage
homes or cubicle apartments in improving their
living environment;
(g) to strengthen the employment counselling services
for young people waiting for employment;
(h) to further relax the absence limit in respect of Old
Age Allowance and CSSA for the elderly, increase the amount of Elderly Healthcare Vouchers to at
least $1,000 a year, and provide needy elderly
persons with a living supplement, so as to improve the life of the elderly in their twilight years;
(i) to immediately study the establishment of a
universal retirement protection system, so as to
provide instant benefits to all elderly persons in
Hong Kong; and
(j) to expeditiously increase the number of residential
care places for the elderly and provide them with
elderly care vouchers, so as to enable elderly
persons waiting for residential care services to
choose those elderly services that suit them, and
provide allowances to carers of elderly persons in
the communities;Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011138Date of Council meeting,
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(k) focusing on the unemployed and poor people,
the Government should formulate a poverty line,
so as to get a grasp of the poverty situation in
Hong Kong, and provide the unemployed with
unemployment assistance, with a view to assisting
them in coping with their financial difficulties;
(l) through promoting the local cultural economy, to
maintain the competitive edge of the four existing
major economic pillars;
(m) to formulate a timetable for completely abolishing
cage homes;
(n) to put in place a modern apprenticeship system;
(o) to increase the amount of Disability Allowance
received by indigent persons with disabilities,
so that persons with disabilities living in the
community can afford appropriate care and
assistance; and
(p) to expand the coverage of Samaritan Fund, and
follow the example of ‘Medifund’ in Singapore to offer ultimate support to persons who are unable
to pay medical charges, so that they can receive
timely and necessary treatment; and
(q) to introduce more generous measures for persons
living in cage homes, cubicle apartments or en
suite units to assist them in securing public rental
housing allocation more expeditiously;
(r) to abolish the system of requiring children to sign
a ‘declaration of not providing support to parents’ (commonly known as a ‘bad son statement’), so
that elderly persons with financial difficulties who
live with their children may also apply for CSSA independently and have support and security in
their twilight years; and
(s) to reinstate the mode of formulating long-term
social welfare planning every five years, so that
social welfare services can be effectively delivered to really benefit needy persons;
(t) to establish an emergency unemployment relief
fund to provide the unemployed with transitional financial assistance;Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011139Appendix 4
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(u) to expedite the construction of public rental
housing units;
(v) to establish a chronic disease allowance as
a supplement to needy chronic patients for
purchasing medicine, medical supplies and
auxiliary aids and employing home care workers,
etc.; and
(w) to establish a long-term care allowance to provide
assistance for elderly persons requiring long-term
care in purchasing residential care and day care services, or providing subsidies to their carers;
and
(x) when establishing a universal retirement protection
system, to also set making up for the inadequacies
of the Mandatory Provident Fund Scheme as an
objective; and
(y) to re-establish the Commission on Poverty to
formulate indicators on the population of the
poor.” was passed.
17 November 2010
“Territory-wide participation in building the West
Kowloon Cultural District” moved by
Dr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun
amendments moved by
Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yeeHon LEE Wing-tat
Hon James TO Kun-sun
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit
Hon Starry LEE Wai-king
Prof Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shing
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lanThe motion as amended by Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yee,
Hon LEE Wing-tat, Hon James TO Kun-sun, Hon
Alan LEONG Kah-kit, Hon Starry LEE Wai-king, Prof
Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shing and Hon Cyd HO Sau-
lan: “That in recent years more and more people are
concerned about the cultural and artistic development
in Hong Kong, and as the West Kowloon Cultural
District (‘WKCD’), which costs $21.6 billion to develop,
is a cultural entity belonging to Hong Kong people
and should be shared by every member of the public,
and not be a sight-seeing spot solely for tourists, the
Government should examine the WKCD project from
a more macro perspective, including local community
economy and employment, support facilities in
surrounding areas, easy accessibility as well as art
and cultural software, etc.; in this connection, this
Council urges the Government to adopt measures on
the following fronts:Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011140Date of Council meeting,
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Local community economy and employment –
(a) to provide more opportunities for local
professionals and workers to participate in the construction works of WKCD, so as to ensure
that the Hong Kong economy can really benefit
from the development of WKCD;
Support facilities in surrounding areas –(b) with low-carbon and low emission as the
objectives, to develop WKCD as a project
blending artistic and cultural development and
green concepts;
(c) to expeditiously improve the water quality of
the Victoria Harbour in the vicinity of WKCD,
especially the water quality of the New Yau Ma
Tei Typhoon Shelter, so as to upgrade the overall planning profile;
Accessibility –(d) to expeditiously implement the construction of a
waterfront promenade extending from Kai Tak to Sham Shui Po and cutting through WKCD, making
it more convenient for residents to have direct
access to WKCD via the waterfront promenade;
(e) to enhance the external transport facilities for
WKCD, and improve the accessibility of the
surrounding roads, so as to foster a feeling of
alignment with WKCD among the residents of Kowloon district;
Cultural software –
(f) to attach importance to the development of
cultural software, implement a macro art policy, and start with the young generations by nurturing
their cultural and artistic qualities, so that they may
become audience of various cultural and artistic
activities in the future; the relevant measures
should include promoting and popularizing
art education at the levels of tertiary and basic education, etc., so as to avoid WKCD becoming
a hardware facility in form, thereby upgrading the
overall cultural and artistic qualities of the public;
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(g) to pay heed to the unique cultural characteristics
of ethnic minorities and the local community, so
as to enhance and capitalize on Hong Kong’s
geo-cultural advantage;
this Council also urges the Government to adopt
measures on the following fronts:
Local community economy and employment –
(h) to train local administrative talents engaged in
culture and arts, and offer scholarships for them to
pursue overseas studies in art administration and
venue management, so as to meet the demand
for administrative talents after the completion of
WKCD;
(i) to develop local cultural and creative industries
and attract private organizations to participate in
the development of local culture and arts;
(j) by making reference to overseas experience,
to explore the allocation of 1% to 3% of the proceeds from land auctions in WKCD for
financing the general public, students and non-
profit-making cultural and arts operators with
financial difficulties to launch activities to promote
and develop culture and arts;
Cultural policies –(k) to adopt a proactive policy stance on the
development of culture and arts;
(l) to enhance support for young arts workers by
providing them with venues and sponsorship
funds, including setting up arts studios in WKCD
and renting out the studios to arts workers at
lower rents, so as to encourage more young
people to join the cultural and artistic industries;
(m) to open more public space to street performers,
so as to enable performing arts to enrich streets in Hong Kong, and relax the existing legislation on
street performances, so as to encourage public
arts to enter the communities;Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011142Date of Council meeting,
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(n) to establish an independent policy bureau to
handle cultural and arts affairs, co-ordinate the
policies and resources presently scattered among
other government departments, and explore and
formulate territory-wide and regional policies as
well as development strategies for culture and
arts; and
(o) to attract arts talents and operators from the
Mainland and the Asian region through due
planning, so as to enhance Hong Kong’s status as an international city and nurture more arts talents;
this Council also urges the Government to adopt
measures on the following fronts:
Support facilities in surrounding areas –
(p) to expeditiously improve the air quality of the
Victoria Harbour in the vicinity of WKCD, and the ageing problems in the surrounding old districts, including environmental hygiene and building
safety, etc., as well as encourage the development
of relevant cultural and artistic industries in the
surrounding old districts, so as to give impetus to
old district renewal and industry support, and at
the same time improve the air quality of the New
Yau Ma Tei Typhoon Shelter, relocate the outlets
of flood relief channels far away from the Victoria
Harbour, eliminate the odour emitted from the
Stonecutters Island Sewage Treatment Works
and the West Kowloon Refuse Transfer Station,
and improve the problem of illegal connections of
flood relief channels in the urban area;
(q) to tie in with the environment in the areas
surrounding WKCD and avoid the construction
of massive and high-density buildings, so that
WKCD can integrate with the neighbouring
communities or old districts socially, culturally and economically; and
Accessibility –
(r) to explore the connection of WKCD with MTR
stations in Jordan, Yau Ma Tei and Tsim Sha Tsui
by trams, electrified buses or travellators;Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011143Appendix 4
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this Council also urges the Government to adopt
measures on the following fronts:
Cultural software –
(s) to conduct continuous dialogues on arts with the
local cultural and arts sector, seek to understand the characteristics of local arts organizations,
draw on the collective wisdom, search for a
direction for cultural and arts development with
international vision for WKCD, and implement
such a direction through artistic responsibility, so
as to make WKCD a bright spot on the world map of arts;
(t) to strengthen the connection between WKCD and
other local cultural rendezvous, so as to avoid
WKCD becoming a cultural dark hole;
Ratio of commercial properties to residential
properties –
(u) to respond to the aspirations regarding urban
development and design in society and drastically
reduce the ratio of commercial properties to
residential properties in WKCD, so as to avoid
turning it into a project of shopping arcades and
luxurious flats, and to provide culture workers
with affordable workplaces or living places, so that the project can be more in line with the theme
of WKCD;
Accessibility –
(v) to ensure the accessibility of the surrounding
roads of WKCD after the completion of the
Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail
Link, so as to enable Hong Kong people to share
the cultural facilities in WKCD through the well-
planned transport network;
Financial arrangements –
(w) to prudently use the public money of $21.6 billion,
enhance the transparency of financial operation,
release expenditure estimates to the public, and
formulate a contingency strategy for possible
over-spending; andLegislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011144Date of Council meeting,
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(x) to review the existing pay and fringe benefit
arrangements of the WKCD Authority, so as to
alleviate the impact of manpower wastage on the
development of WKCD;
this Council also urges the Government to adopt
measures on the following fronts:
Support facilities in surrounding areas –
(y) to plan afresh the neighbouring areas, enhance
the cultural features of the respective districts,
and establish a regional network of cultural
facilities with WKCD as the centre, so as to build
an environment blending new and old cultures;
Cultural software –
(z) within the commercial facilities in WKCD, to
reserve space for and invite some operators of unique businesses which have been affected by redevelopment to move in, so as to carry on the
Hong Kong culture;
(aa) to explore the formulation of legislation on
museums to deal with the lack of mechanism
for monitoring the composition and operation
of museums in Hong Kong at present, and to
make up for the deficiencies of existing laws on
heritage conservation, so as to assist the long-term development of museums and heritage conservation in Hong Kong;
(ab) apart from the Xiqu Centre in WKCD, to also
give full expression to the fine essence of the
Chinese culture in regard to exhibition venues and performance projects, so as to step up the
promotion of the Chinese culture;
Support for local arts and cultural organizations –
(ac) to make flexible use of the resources in the areas
surrounding WKCD to provide more performance venues for local organizations, including offering incentives to encourage schools to open their
venues for use by organizations, optimizing
the use of vacant school premises, opening Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011145Appendix 4
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some parks and waterfront promenades on a
periodic basis, and expediting the construction of
community halls; and
(ad) to establish resource centres on culture and
traditions to display the origins and characteristics
of local historic buildings and festivals for the
purpose of education, promotion and passing on
traditions, thereby nurturing arts professionals for
WKCD and cultivating the cultural qualities of the
public, as well as building the basis of territory-wide participation in WKCD;
this Council also urges the Government to adopt
measures on the following fronts:
Local community economy and employment –
(ae) through the building of WKCD, to inject fresh
impetus into the creative industries by capitalizing on Hong Kong’s unique cultural characteristics, so as to facilitate the development of a creative
economy;
(af) to require that open architecture and design
competitions of varying scales must be organized
for all major construction works within WKCD,
be they large, medium or small in scale, and
ensure that both award-winning architects and
other design professionals have opportunities
to participate in the construction process to implement the designs of their works;
(ag) to invite members of the public who have
expressed their views on WKCD to give their
responses again for reference by the WKCD
Authority, and the Authority should expeditiously
finalize the overall design blueprint;
Support facilities in surrounding areas –
(ah) to immediately commence the construction of
infrastructural facilities in WKCD and the support facilities in surrounding areas; and
(ai) to formulate legislation or design guidelines on the
building of a healthy and refreshing community; andLegislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011146Date of Council meeting,
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Joint administration with the people –
(aj) to establish a ‘Metropolitan Cultural Think-
tank’ with the tripartite collaboration among the Government, the business sector and the
public to foster co-operation and partnership
with the relevant policy bureaux, government
departments, public sector organizations, various
district councils and the cultural and arts sector,
and hold public consultation meetings on the
governance and operation of WKCD at least once a year.” was passed.

24 November 2010
“Promoting the waste recycling industries” moved by
Hon Vincent FANG Kang
amendments moved by
Hon IP Wai-ming
Hon KAM Nai-wai
Hon Tanya CHAN
Hon CHAN Hak-kan
Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fungThe motion as amended by Hon IP Wai-ming, Hon
KAM Nai-wai, Hon Tanya CHAN, Hon CHAN Hak-kan
and Ho n Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung: “That, although the
recovery rate of municipal solid waste in Hong Kong
has risen to 49%, over 90% of the recyclable waste
currently recovered is exported to other countries or
places for recycling, and owing to developed countries’
gradual tightening of their policies on waste import,
the number of countries permitting waste import will
decrease in the future; in order to resolve the problem of waste accumulation in Hong Kong in the long run, it
is of utmost importance to extend the categories and
proportion of recyclable waste recovery and expedite
the development of Hong Kong’s environmental and
recycling industries; in this connection, this Council proposes that:
(a) the various policies and measures put forward
in ‘A Policy Framework for the Management of
Municipal Solid Waste (2005-2014)’ should be
expeditiously fulfilled and implemented, so as to
achieve the various targets proposed in the Policy
Framework by 2014;
(b) the Government should conceive an overall waste
policy on the 3R concept (i.e. reduce, reuse and
recycle), so as to formulate a follow-through policy
on reducing, recovering and recycling waste,
implementing and promoting it in a well-planned
manner, with a view to resolving the problem of
waste accumulation in Hong Kong, encouraging Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011147Appendix 4
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the development of environment-related new
industries, promoting a ‘circular economy’
capable of sustainable development and creating
more employment opportunities;
(c) since waste recycling industries require
considerable investments but yield relatively low
returns, the Government should therefore, by
making reference to the policies of developed
countries on promoting environmental and
waste recycling industries, and having regard to the requirements and uniqueness of different
recyclable products, formulate various preferential
policies for developing local recycling industries,
including providing land and tax concessions,
technology and operational support, etc., so as
to encourage the commercial sector to invest in
waste recovery and recycling industries;
(d) while broadening the scope of product eco-
responsibility, present efforts in recovering recyclable waste should be extended, including
implementing non-punitive measures to
encourage members of the public to increase
their awareness of waste recovery and expanding
community waste recovery networks, and a
more extensive use of various green products by
society should be encouraged;
(e) while developing recycling industries, the
Government must also assist the industries concerned in integrating into the communities,
and through various support measures ranging
from community planning, improving recovery
venue designs, improving transport networks
to environmental hygiene, etc., enable recycling
industries to have the acceptance and support of
residents, thereby expanding community waste
recovery networks; and
(f) prohibition orders on landfill disposal should be
made, and the separation and recovery of solid waste should be promoted, so as to reduce
the disposal of recyclable materials at landfills,
increase the volumes of waste recovery and prolong the lifespan of landfills; at the same time, Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011148Date of Council meeting,
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for those landfills that are near the residential
areas and close to saturation, timetables for
their closure should be drawn up, so as to avoid
the authorities lessening their efforts to develop
recycling industries and related measures due to
the reliance on landfills expansion to tackle the
problem of solid waste;
(g) producer responsibility should be promoted,
and producer responsibility schemes for waste electrical and electronic products should be expeditiously implemented; and under the
‘polluter pays’ principle, the Government should
actively study various financial means, such as the
provision of financial incentives or the imposition of
levies, etc., to encourage and motivate the public
to more proactively practise waste reduction at
source, waste separation and recycling in their
daily life;
(h) studies should be conducted on the establishment
of a licensing system for waste recovery operators and the allocation of space in some existing
refuse collection points for use by waste recovery
operators, so as to reduce nuisance to local
communities;
(i) studies should be actively conducted on the
designation of test points in various districts and
the provision of land and financial incentives to
people and organizations of local communities
and social enterprises, so as to encourage
residents in various districts to participate in the
development of waste recovery and recycling
industries;
(j) the development of the EcoPark should be
expedited to provide waste recovery and recycling
operators with supporting infrastructure facilities,
so as to attract more interested operators to
participate; and
(k) the relevant publicity and public education work
should be strengthened to increase the public awareness and understanding of the advantages
and importance of waste reduction at source and
the recovery, separation and recycling of waste;Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011149Appendix 4
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(l) the Government should allocate the proceeds
from implementing the producer responsibility
system to establish a special fund to support the
development of the recycling industry and other
environmental industries on a ‘dedicated-fund-
for-dedicated-use’ basis;
(m) studies should be conducted on the establishment
of a certification system for manufacturers of
environmental products to ensure that the raw materials and manufacturing procedures of the products concerned meet certain environmental
standards, with a view to enhancing the
recognition of environmental products, and the
Government should consider taking the lead to
fully use environmental products that meet certain
environmental standards; and
(n) the Government should review its existing policy on
the provision of recycling bins, including providing
recycling bins in all government buildings, hospitals and schools, and it should also consider installing
a greater number of rubbish bins equipped with
recycling bins to replace the existing ones on the
street, so as to enhance the efficiency of waste
recovery and separation;
(o) a system of green products certification and
labelling should be formulated; and
(p) since 40% of the municipal solid waste at
present is perishable waste such as food waste,
the Government should devise an effective
mechanism for the massive recovery of food
waste, construct additional food waste recycling
facilities, and encourage private organizations to
engage in the food waste recovery and recycling
industry; and
(q) the Government should assist small and medium
enterprises in applying for various types of
environmental certification, so as to facilitate the
development of environmental industries.” was
passed.Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011150Date of Council meeting,
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24 November 2010
“Alleviating the disparity between the rich and the
poor” moved by
Hon Frederick FUNG Kin-kee
amendments moved by
Hon CHAN Kin-por
Hon WONG Kwok-hingThe motion as amended by Hon CHAN Kin-por and
Hon WONG Kwok-hing: “That, as the Government has
for a long time over-emphasized individual industries and there is a lack of comprehensive and balanced
development strategy, coupled with factors such as
economic restructuring, have led to the deterioration
of the disparity between the rich and the poor, the
continuous increase in the poverty population and the
gradual intensification of class conflicts in society; in
this connection, this Council urges the Government to establish a high-level committee to comprehensively review and study in-depth various aspects ranging from
the Government’s concepts and principles of governance
to the formulation of policies and implementation of
measures, in particular issues such as the population
policy causing a substantial increase in the demand for
low-skill and low-qualification jobs and ways of creating
large numbers of elementary posts, to formulate, through public engagement and consultation, comprehensive
and sustainable social and economic development strategies that give consideration to all social strata,
effectively, fairly and impartially allocate social resources
and narrow the disparity between the rich and the poor,
and at the same time implement appropriate poverty
alleviation measures and set targets on eradicating
poverty, so as to enable all social strata, especially
the socially disadvantaged, to truly share the fruit
of economic success and promote the harmonious
development of society.” was passed.
1 December 2010
“Comprehensively reviewing the Mandatory Provident
Fund Scheme” moved byHon WONG Kwok-kin
amendments moved by
Hon CHAN Kin-por
Hon Paul TSE Wai-chun
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah
Hon Paul CHAN Mo-po
Hon LEE Cheuk-yanThe motion as amended by Hon CHAN Kin-por, Hon
Ronny TONG Ka-wah and Hon Paul CHAN Mo-po:
“That, enormous changes will occur to the population structure of Hong Kong in the future, and the ratio of
persons who are aged 65 and above to the population
will substantially increase to 26% by 2036; this not
only indicates the gravity of population ageing in Hong Kong in the future, but also foretells the public’s urgent
demand for comprehensive retirement protection; yet,
there is at present no retirement protection system in
Hong Kong that benefit all people, and after nearly Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011151Appendix 4
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(amendments proposed by
Hon Paul TSE Wai-chun was withdrawn)10 years since its implementation, the Mandatory Provident Fund (‘MPF’) Scheme is still unable to achieve
the objective of protecting people’s retirement life; in
this connection, this Council urges the authorities to
comprehensively review the MPF Scheme and further
improve the relevant mechanisms, so as to protect the
retirement life of all people; the relevant review should
include:
(a) to implement universal retirement protection, with
tripartite contributions from the Government,
employers and employees, so as to extend the coverage of protection to all Hong Kong people;
(b) to abolish the mechanism whereby employers’
contributions under the MPF Scheme are used
to offset severance payments and long service
payments, and retain Hong Kong employees’
rights to severance payments or long service
payments under the relevant provisions of
the Employment Ordinance, so as to provide
employees with better retirement protection;
(c) to implement a system of ‘one lifelong account’,
establish portability of MPF accounts, and require
trustees to introduce a simple and easy to
understand method to inspect accounts similar to
that of ‘bank books’, so as to enable employees
to peruse information on contributions, returns,
etc. at any time;
(d) to lower MPF management fees and
administration fees by, for example, streamlining the management and administrative procedures
of MPF schemes and reducing the operating
costs of MPF on the premise of not affecting MPF
scheme members’ interests, so as to create room
for lowering administration fees, and at the same
time enact legislation to require trustees to set
out the actual amounts of management fees in
the annual reports of the years concerned, so as
to protect the actual amounts of MPFs received by employees upon retirement from not being
drastically eroded;Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011152Date of Council meeting,
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(e) to implement totally unrestricted choices for
employees under the MPF Scheme, allowing
employees to choose trustees for both employers’
and employees’ MPF contributions, and at the
same time, through publicity and education,
enable employees to understand that they may
transfer their MPF contributions according to the
levels of risks they can bear;
(f) to strengthen the regulation of MPF investment
products and regularly review the sales practices adopted by intermediaries;
(g) to review the appropriateness of the existing
minimum and maximum levels of income,
including that the minimum level of income should
be higher than the minimum wage, as well as the
percentages of contributions, so as to ensure that
the amounts of MPFs are adequate to meet post-
retirement expenditure;
(h) to step up law enforcement to combat the situation
of default in contributions, including sentencing employers who default on contributions to
immediate imprisonment, and considering
blacklisting the companies concerned in the
tendering exercises for government services as a
form of penalty, etc.; and
(i) to reform the Occupational Retirement Schemes
(‘ORSO’) system, requiring employers adopting
ORSO schemes to provide their employees with
accrued benefits not less than those under the
MPF Scheme;
(j) to conduct comprehensive public consultation
on the effectiveness and various aspects of the
MPF Scheme, given that it has already been
implemented for 10 years; and
(k) when implementing universal retirement
protection, to conduct public consultation on the
specific proposal;
(l) to increase the ceiling of employers’ monthly
contributions to employees’ MPFs to HK$2,500
a month per person, so that employers can make
more active commitment to employees’ retirement
life; andLegislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011153Appendix 4
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(m) to correspondingly increase the maximum tax
deduction for employees’ mandatory contributions
to MPF schemes to HK$30,000 each tax year,
so as to strengthen employees’ protection.” was passed.

8 December 2010
“Air pollution and public health” moved by
Hon KAM Nai-wai
amendments moved by
Hon CHAN Hak-kan
Hon IP Wai-ming
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah
Dr Hon Joseph LEE Kok-long
(amendment proposed by
Dr Hon Joseph LEE Kok-long was withdrawn)The motion as amended by Hon CHAN Hak-kan, Hon
IP Wai-ming and Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah: “That,
given that the problem of air pollution in Hong Kong
has continued to be serious, posing threats to public
health, yet the Government has not updated Hong
Kong’s Air Quality Objectives (‘AQOs’), and at present,
many highly polluting franchised buses and lorries still
run on the roads, continuing to emit exhaust gas, this
Council expresses its disappointment in this regard;
according to the statistics of the Hedley Environmental
Index, in the first 10 months of this year, air pollution
caused as many as 635 premature deaths and more than 4 million attendances of medical consultation in
Hong Kong; given that air pollution has incurred huge monetary losses and social costs, this Council urges
the Government to implement the following proposals, so as to expeditiously improve air quality for the
protection of public health:
(a) to immediately update AQOs and formulate a
timetable and relevant measures for eventually
adopting the most stringent standards of the
World Health Organization’s air quality guidelines,
and undertake to review AQOs regularly and the
effectiveness of the relevant measures in the
future;
(b) by way of financial subsidy or franchise
extension, to push ahead the early phasing out and replacement of franchised buses with high
emissions, so as to improve roadside air quality,
and immediately install emission reduction devices
on all buses that have not been phased out or
replaced;Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011154Date of Council meeting,
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(c) to enhance the scheme for the replacement of
Euro II diesel commercial vehicles mentioned in
the Budget of this year, including placing Pre-
Euro and Euro-I vehicles under the scheme and
allowing those vehicle owners who only write
off their vehicles to receive subsidies under the
scheme;
(d) to increase the number, usage and types of
electric vehicles; improve and strengthen support
facilities to tie in with the introduction of electric vehicles by, for example, actively discussing with
various developers the provision of recharging
facilities for electric vehicles in the car parks of
their properties; and expeditiously study amending
the legislation to expedite and streamline the
procedure for electric vehicle drivers to apply
for the permit to drive on expressways, so as to
assist in popularizing electric vehicles;
(e) to urge bus companies to expand and increase
the provision of interchange concessions and services which appeal to passengers, and to
expedite the reorganization and improve the
arrangement of bus routes, with a view to
avoiding the overlapping of bus routes, relieving
traffic congestion and reducing air pollution;
(f) to encourage, through policy initiatives, the various
bus companies to deploy wholly electric buses in
new development areas and busy districts, so as to further improve roadside air quality in such
areas;
(g) to expeditiously implement the proposal of
designating ‘low emission zones’, so as to restrict
the entry of vehicles with high emissions into
designated areas;
(h) in respect of the situation where the Air Pollution
Index reaches the ‘extremely severe’ level,
to formulate specific guidelines, including
implementation of measures to suspend schools
and arrange for workers who need to work
outdoors for long hours to suspend work, etc.,
so as to protect the health of school children and
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chronic illness, the elderly and workers working
outdoors, in situations where the pollution is
serious;
(i) to actively promote the energy conservation
policy, and further increase the ratio of natural
gas and renewable energy in the fuel mix for
power generation in Hong Kong, so as to reduce
emission by power generation;
(j) when formulating measures to improve air
pollution, to adopt the latest objectives and benchmarks of the World Health Organization,
and evaluate the effectiveness of each measure in improving public health, and set improving
public health as the primary policy objective in
addressing the problem of air pollution;
(k) to recognize that air pollution is a public health
issue, and require accountable officials from the
Food and Health Bureau to participate in the formulation of policies on improving air quality; and
(l) to actively follow up the work of collaborating
with Guangdong Province on improving regional
air quality after 2010, so as to ensure continuous
improvement of regional air quality;
(m) to assist the industries in resolving the technical
problems that occur after the implementation of
the scheme for the replacement of Euro II diesel
commercial vehicles, with a view to ensuring that the repair, design and parts availability, etc., of the
new vehicles after replacement can tie in with the
operation of the industries;
(n) to study and consult the public and the transport
sector on a specific proposal of designating ‘low
emission zones’;
(o) to require power companies in Hong Kong
to fully adopt low-emission power generation technologies and clean fuel for power generation on the premise of not increasing electricity
tariffs and affecting public health, with a view
to alleviating the air pollution caused by power
generation emission in Hong Kong; andLegislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011156Date of Council meeting,
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(p) to classify the related diseases contracted by
employees who have to work outdoors under
severe air pollution conditions as occupational
diseases;
(q) to curb the number of vehicle growth through
policy formulation, green transport planning,
financial measures and building a better green
transport system in urban areas; and
(r) to provide financial incentives to induce minibus
operators to expedite the introduction of new
minibuses with lower levels of emission to replace
old minibuses.” was passed.

15 December 2010
“Seizing the opportunity presented by the Cross-
Straits Economic Co-operation Framework Agreement
and actively participating in the development of the
Economic Zone on the West Coast of the Taiwan
Strait” moved byHon CHAN Kam-lam
amendment moved by
Hon WONG Kwok-hing15 December 2010
“Report of the Select Committee” moved by
Hon LI Fung-ying
amendments moved by
Hon CHEUNG Man-kwong
Hon Audrey EU Yuet-mee
Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yip
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wahThe original motion: “That this Council endorses the Report of the Select Committee to Inquire into Matters
Relating to the Post-service Work of Mr LEUNG Chin-
man.” was passed.

The motion as amended by Hon WONG Kwok-hing:
“That, as the Cross-Straits Economic Co-operation
Framework Agreement has come into force, and the
Twelfth Five-Year Plan of the Central Authorities have
clearly stated the need to fully fulfil the function of early
and pilot implementation of the Economic Zone on the West Coast of the Taiwan Strait (‘the West Coast
Economic Zone’) in promoting cross-strait exchanges
and co-operation, cross-strait economic relations will
enter a new stage of development with a rapid rise
of the West Coast Economic Zone, which will create
profound and far-reaching impact on Hong Kong’s
economy; in this connection, this Council urges the
Government to seize the opportunity through active
participation and catch the ‘West Coast Economic Zone express’, so as to expand the scale of Hong Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011157Appendix 4
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Kong’s services industries; the relevant measures
should include:
(a) to expeditiously formulate Hong Kong’s regional
development policy, and include the West Coast
Economic Zone as a sub-core area of Hong
Kong-Mainland economic co-operation, with a
view to fostering closer co-operation between
Hong Kong and the West Coast Economic Zone;
(b) to set up a joint-conference mechanism for
Hong Kong-Fujian co-operation, and establish a
government office in the West Coast Economic
Zone, so as to upgrade the level of co-operation
between Hong Kong and the West Coast
Economic Zone;
(c) to strive for the inclusion of Fujian Province as
an ‘early and pilot implementation zone’ under
the Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic
Partnership Arrangement, so as to intensify
Hong Kong’s co-operation with the West Coast
Economic Zone;
(d) to make strenuous efforts in building a ‘Taiwan
Strait tourism circle’ comprising Fujian, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan;
(e) to proactively take part in the development of
Pingtan Island, and establish a Hong Kong
services park on the island;
(f) to enhance the economic co-operation between
Hong Kong and Taiwan, and include the
development of the West Coast Economic Zone as part of Hong Kong-Taiwan economic co-
operation; and
(g) to step up Hong Kong’s investment promotion
activities in the West Coast Economic Zone
and offer concessionary initiatives to induce the
enterprises there, such as those engaged in
testing and certification, environmental industries
and innovation and technology, to establish their bases in Hong Kong, with a view to promoting the development of Hong Kong’s six industries with
competitive edge and increasing employment
opportunities for local workers.” was passed.Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011158Date of Council meeting,
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The motion as amended by Hon CHAN Kam-lam:
“That Hong Kong has seen rapid economic growth
and the re-emergence of inflation since 2004, but the
increases in wages of grass-root people have failed to catch up with increases in prices, resulting in the
decline in their real wages and living standards; in the
recent year or so, there has been an influx of outside
capitals into Hong Kong and substantial increases in values property, bringing significant rental increases,
and further boosting inflation; moreover, in the
recent month, the fees and charges of many public utility services have been adjusted and the rates of
increases are higher than the inflation rate, and the
livelihood of the grass-root people will be very difficult;
in this connection, this Council urges the Government
to implement measures to ameliorate inflation and
alleviate pressure on people’s livelihood; the relevant measures should include:
(a) to set up a $30 billion public transport fare
stabilization fund to alleviate the pressure of
public transport fare increases on people;
(b) to strengthen the Food Assistance Service
Projects, so as to benefit a greater number of
needy persons;
(c) to continue to freeze those government fees and
charges directly affecting people’s livelihood, as well as the rents of stalls in the markets under the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department
and the Hong Kong Housing Authority;
(d) to provide short-term rental assistance for those
households on the Waiting List who can meet
the income and asset requirements for public
rental housing but fall outside the coverage of
the existing Comprehensive Social Security
Assistance rent allowance;
(e) to set up a short-term unemployment supplement
for providing assistance for those low-income persons who become unemployed due to the
implementation of the minimum wage system;5 January 2011
“Urging the Government to take measures for
ameliorating inflation and alleviating people’s livelihood
pressure” moved byHon WONG Sing-chi
amendments moved by
Hon Frederick FUNG Kin-keeDr Hon PAN Pey-chyou
Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yee
Hon CHAN Kam-lam
(amendment proposed by
Hon Frederick FUNG Kin-kee was withdrawn)Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011159Appendix 4
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(f) to provide a subsidy of $3,600 to each of the
2.5 million or so residential electricity accounts
in Hong Kong; in order to encourage the public
to reduce electricity consumption, to provide
a subsidy of $1,200 to members of the public
whose electricity consumption in any half-year period is 5% or more less than that for the same
period of the preceding year;
(g) to pay two months’ rent for tenants living in the
rental units of the Hong Kong Housing Authority and the Hong Kong Housing Society;
(h) rates concession: to waive rates for the entire
year of 2011-2012, subject to a ceiling of $3,000
per quarter for each household;
(i) to provide two additional months of payments for
recipients of Old Age Allowance (i.e. ‘fruit grant’),
Comprehensive Social Security Assistance and
Disability Allowance;
(j) to increase land supply and resume the Home
Ownership Scheme and the Sale of Flats to Sitting
Tenants Scheme, so as to increase the supply of
small and medium flats, meet people’s demand
for home ownership, balance supply and demand in the property market, and alleviate the upward
pressure of property prices and rents;
(k) salaries tax deduction: to increase the basic
allowance according to the inflation rate from
the present $108,000 to $113,000; to increase
the married person’s allowance according to the inflation rate from the present $216,000 to
$226,000; to increase the child allowance from
the present $50,000 to $60,000; and to increase
the dependant parent allowance from the present $30,000 to $60,000;
(l) to comprehensively review the salaries tax regime,
including studying the abolition of the standard
rate for salaries tax, so that members of the public pay their salaries tax according to the marginal
tax rate;Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011160Date of Council meeting,
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(m) to provide members of the public with tax
deductions for retirement protection savings:
where members of the public purchase any
retirement savings schemes the accrued benefits
of which can only be claimed at the age of 65, or if they make any additional contributions to
the Mandatory Provident Fund schemes, the
contributions concerned may be deducted from
the chargeable incomes for salaries tax, subject
to a ceiling of $20,000;
(n) to increase the salaries tax deduction for expenses
of self-education from $60,000 to $100,000;
(o) to introduce anti-inflation retail bonds solely for
sale to Hong Kong permanent residents and persons aged 65 or above have priority in buying
such bonds, and the total value of such bonds
should be about $30 billion, with the face values
of bonds ranging from $50,000 to $100,000
and the maturity periods ranging from two years to five years; the Government should distribute
annual inflation-linked interests to the purchasers
of such bonds, while the principals of the bonds
should be entrusted to the Hong Kong Monetary
Authority for investment; and the Government
should develop the second bond market to
facilitate bond redemption by members of the
public; and
(p) to extend the entitlement period for home loan
interest deduction from 10 years to 15 years.” was passed.
5 January 2011
“Promoting long-term sports development” moved by
Hon KAM Nai-wai
amendments moved by
Hon WONG Kwok-hing
Hon Tanya CHAN Hon IP Kwok-him
(amendment proposed by
Hon IP Kwok-him was withdrawn)The motion as amended by Hon WONG Kwok-hing
and Hon Tanya CHAN: “That, as the Hong Kong
Government has decided to bid to host the 2023
Asian Games, but all along, it has not put forward
any blueprint for long-term and comprehensive sports
development, in that it lacks commitment to promote
community-wide participation in sports and has no
plan to improve training for local athletes, this Council
expresses disappointment in this regard; following
the Government’s failure to bid to host the 2006 Asian Games 10 years ago, it has failed to honour its
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of the 2009 East Asian Games did not foster a culture
of promoting community-wide participation in sports,
this Council considers that the Hong Kong Government
should formulate and implement a long-term and
comprehensive policy on sports, enhance training
for local athletes and treat them well, take concrete
steps to promote sports for all, and establish a sound
administrative structure for sports; in this connection,
this Council urges the Government to implement the
following measures:
(a) by way of extensive consultation and mobilizing
public participation, to draw up a 10-year
blueprint for sports development, set objectives
for community-wide participation in sports, and
undertake planning for local athletes’ training;
regardless of whether the bid to host the Asian
Games is successful or not, the Government
should allocate $6 billion for establishing a
‘Sports Fund’, with a view to promoting the policy on community-wide participation in sports and enhancing training for local athletes;
(b) to conduct extensive consultation with the Hong
Kong sports sector and athletes, and on this basis,
to establish a mechanism for protecting current
and retired athletes, and at the same time provide
scholarships for their pursuit of further studies
overseas or locally, and put in place measures
to ensure their employment; and by making
reference to overseas experience, to provide commercial organizations with tax concessions,
so as to encourage the trades to employ current
or retired athletes;
(c) to allocate funds for supporting athletes’ after-
training academic learning, with a view to providing
them with learning assistance in foundation
academic subjects, and to hold discussions with
universities on allocating additional resources for
providing places specifically for athletes;Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011162Date of Council meeting,
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(d) to construct more district sports facilities and
venues, and allow members of the public and
students to have priority in using such utility-
based district sports venues, and at the same
time to extensively install simple fitness facilities
suitable for people of different ages in parks and public housing estates throughout the territory,
thereby promoting sports for all;
(e) to improve students’ opportunities to participate
in sports, including increasing the number and duration of physical education lessons in
secondary and primary schools, so as to cultivate
students’ interest in sports;
(f) to make accurate and precise estimation on
the costs of constructing sports venues and
expeditiously submit information about all the
sports venues and facilities proposed to be
constructed or improved under the plan to bid to
host the Asian Games to the Legislative Council for scrutiny, so that this Council can scrutinize
the Government’s applications based on the
needs for the development of sports for all and
elite sports in different districts and their relevant
timetables;
(g) to urge the relevant authorities to study how
to reform the Sports Federation and Olympic
Committee of Hong Kong, China and the various National Sports Associations by requiring them to
introduce professional administrative management
and increase transparency of their finances, as well
as to establish reasonable selection and appeal mechanisms, so as to ensure fair treatment of all
athletes; and
(h) to urge the relevant departments and sports
institutions to undertake studies on the salaries
and fringe benefits of sports coaches, instructors
and counsellors, etc., and conduct timely reviews,
so as to facilitate the retention and nurturing of
local sports elites;
(i) by making reference to the Report of the Sports
Policy Review Team entitled ‘Towards a more
sporting future’ published in 2002, to implement Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011163Appendix 4
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the feasible recommendations made therein, and
at the same time conduct studies on those areas
not covered by the Report for the purpose of
formulating a long-term sports policy on sports;
(j) the Government should split the ‘Arts and Sports
Development Fund’ and enhance training for
local athletes and invest more resources, so as to
promote sports development;
(k) to standardize the present reward mechanisms
for able-bodied athletes and disabled athletes participating in international events of equivalent
levels, so as to give fair recognition to the
achievements of all athletes; and
(l) to review the terms of reference and composition
of the Sports Commission, enlist the participation
of more athletes, and enhance the transparency
of the Commission.” was passed.

12 January 2011
“Legislating for regulating allied health staff to protect
public health” moved by
Dr Hon Joseph LEE Kok-long
amendments moved by
Hon CHEUNG Man-kwong
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kitThe motion as amended by Hon CHEUNG Man-kwong
and Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit: “That the number of
allied health staff involved in caring for public health is on the increase, and although the Government has
formulated a statutory registration system for 12 types
of healthcare practitioners, many types of allied health
staff are still not regulated by legislation; in recent years,
the Government has striven to promote healthcare reform, advocated stepping up primary healthcare
services, community rehabilitation services and the
policy of ageing in place, etc., and emphasized the
provision of appropriate primary healthcare services
to members of the public, the elderly and chronic patients, etc. through multi-disciplinary healthcare
services teams; however, under the Government’s
policy over the years, no legislation has been enacted
to regulate the registration and practice of allied health
staff, such as dieticians, audiologists, psychologists,
speech therapists, podiatrists, prosthetists and
ancillary dental workers, etc., resulting in some people
in the market falsely claiming themselves as and
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for members of the public, thus posing dangers to the
health of members of the public; in this connection,
this Council urges the authorities to immediately
collect data for ascertaining the number, qualifications
and practice of various types of allied health staff and the possible risks posed to the public in case of
malpractices, to extensively consult the public and
the trades concerned, and to study the feasibility and
necessity of putting in place a statutory registration
system for the relevant allied health staff and enacting legislation to regulate their practice, with a view to
promoting primary healthcare services and protecting
the health of members of the public; the relevant
measures should include:
(a) to establish related independent statutory bodies,
with members drawn from the allied health staff
concerned and representatives of various sectors
in society;
(b) to regulate the registration and licensing
examinations for practitioners of the various professions, in order to ensure and facilitate the
attainment of recognized standards of practice by
the respective professions;
(c) to put in place a framework for monitoring
professional conduct, so as to ensure practitioners’
professional integrity; and
(d) to increase the transparency of the respective
professions and provide adequate information,
with a view to educating and guiding members of the public on choosing the treatment appropriate
to them.” was passed.
12 January 2011
“Post-office employment arrangements for politically
appointed officials” moved by
Dr Hon Margaret NG

amendment moved by
Dr Hon Philip WONG Yu-hong The motion as amended by Dr Hon Philip WONG
Yu-hong: “That, as politically appointed officials have
greater access to sensitive information and stronger
influence on policy formulation than directorate civil
servants, the control over the post-office employment
of politically appointed officials should be very stringent;
however, under the existing Code for Principal Officials
under the Accountability System, the control over the
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is less stringent than the existing control over the post-
service work of directorate civil servants; although
politically appointed officials are different from civil
servants in that they do not enjoy any security of tenure, in order to avoid public concern about any possible
conflicts between accountability officials’ exercise of
powers and responsibilities and their pursuit of private interests, and to maintain public confidence in the
governance of the HKSAR Government, this Council urges the Government to expeditiously conduct a review of this issue.” was passed.
19 January 2011
“Reviewing public finances policies” moved by
Hon Paul CHAN Mo-po
amendments moved by
Hon WONG Kwok-hing
Hon CHEUNG Kwok-che
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wahThe motion as amended by Hon Ronny TONG Ka-
wah: “That in the Budgets of the HKSAR Government in recent years, there have been big discrepancies in the forecasts of government revenue, budget
surpluses and fiscal reserves, resulting in the incessant
accumulation of fiscal reserves, but there are no clear
criteria on what an appropriate level of fiscal reserves
should be; at the same time, there are substantial accumulations in the Exchange Fund year over year,
and the Government has set up, in different forms (e.g.
fund), quite a number of ‘small vaults’ and owns many
valuable assets (e.g. the shares of the MTR Corporation Limited and the Airport Authority), and that the financial
strength of the Government can be described as enormous; however, despite the sustained economic
growth of Hong Kong in the past decade or so, quite a
number of low-income earners and the grassroots are
completely unable to enjoy the benefits, giving rise to
the phenomenon of the poor getting poorer and even the emergence of ‘three have-nots’ and ‘five have-
nots’ in the society; in the past, the Government usually
adopted across-the-board and one-off measures to
return part of the surpluses to members of the public,
but the relevant measures lacked long-term policy
objectives and specific focuses, resulting in those who
need help finding the measures insufficient to address
their needs, and those who do not need help simply
treating the measures as nice-to-haves and not caring
at all; the increasing hardship of the livelihood of low-
income persons has created social grievances and Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011166Date of Council meeting,
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conflicts; with the Mainland’s acceleration of full scale
opening up and intensification of reforms as well as
economic globalization, the economy of Hong Kong
needs to be restructured, but the tax policy of Hong
Kong has lagged behind the changes in business
and competitive environment, thus threatening Hong
Kong’s competitiveness as an international financial,
commercial and trade centre; moreover, Hong Kong’s narrow tax base and the Government’s over-reliance
on land-related revenue poses the risk of instability to public finances; in this connection, this Council urges
the Government to conduct a comprehensive and in-depth review of the existing high land-price policy
as well as Hong Kong’s policies and measures on
taxation, social welfare and public finances, to clearly
specify that generally, it will already be sufficient to
only maintain fiscal reserves at a level of not exceeding
15 months of government expenditure, to study relaxing the restriction that the Government’s recurrent expenditure shall not exceed 20% of the Gross
Domestic Product, and to set up within the government
structure a tax policy group with the employment of
full-time tax experts to study the use of tax measures
to dovetail with the Government’s policies on economy
and industries, upgrade Hong Kong’s competitiveness
as an international financial, commercial and trade
centre, address the problem of poverty and eradicate social and economic inequalities.” was passed.
19 January 2011
“Improving primary health care” moved by
Hon LEE Wing-tat
amendments moved by
Dr Hon Joseph LEE Kok-long
Hon CHAN Hak-kan
Dr Hon PAN Pey-chyou
Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yeeHon Alan LEONG Kah-kit
Hon CHAN Kin-por
Dr Hon LEUNG Ka-lau The motion as amended by Dr Hon Joseph LEE Kok-long, Hon CHAN Hak-kan, Dr Hon PAN Pey-chyou,
Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yee, Hon Alan LEONG Kah-
kit, Hon CHAN Kin-por, Dr Hon LEUNG Ka-lau and
Hon WONG Kwok-hing: “That, as the World Health
Organization affirms in the Declaration of Alma-Ata on
primary health care published in 1978 that the definition
of health is not merely about the absence of diseases, but also refers to the state of complete physical,
mental and social well-being, and primary health care
seeks to attain the target of health for all, and the
World Health Report 2008 emphasizes once again
that primary health care should be positioned to attach Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011167Appendix 4
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equal importance to both prevention and treatment
as well as the development of comprehensive health
care; however, the health care system in Hong Kong at
present is still based mainly on disease treatment and
prevention, with a serious shortage of resources for
primary health care work, and primary health care work
is mainly confined to primary medical care, thereby
failing to attain the target of promoting health for all; in this connection, this Council urges the Government
to take measures to give effect to the Declaration of Alma-Ata, including:
(a) to comprehensively improve primary health care
and allocate additional resources for primary
health care;
(b) to set up a fund for promoting primary health care
reform;
(c) to formulate a co-ordination mechanism to
facilitate full co-operation between relevant
government departments and local organizations
in making improvements in areas such as labour, education, housing, public facilities and food
safety, etc., so as to promote public health;
(d) focusing on various areas of health, to set ‘Healthy
People 10-year Indicators’ and formulate work
plans for individual health indicators;
(e) to promote a campaign on healthy community
and, through community organizations and
government departments, mobilize community
members to take part in planning and improving primary medical care in their communities, and
fully utilize community resources to promote
residents’ health;
(f) having regard to the health problems and needs
of different population groups, such as elderly
persons, women, men, working people, youth
and children, to devise various strategies and
services and increase resources allocation, with a
view to enhancing health education and services for disease prevention and control;amendment to amendment moved byHon WONG Kwok-hingLegislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011168Date of Council meeting,
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(g) to make estimates on the resources and
manpower required for the provision of primary
health care, so as to establish its way forward and
related details;
(h) to enhance the communication, co-operation and
co-ordination among medical professionals in the
public sector and private sector, with a view to
more comprehensively finding out and meeting
people’s needs;
(i) to expand health services teams for enhancing
health care in schools, residential care homes
for the elderly, etc., with a view to further
implementing community-based health care and
promoting holistic health; and
(j) to encourage the general public to take part in
caring for their own health, so as to strengthen
their initiative and self-management in caring for
their own health;
(k) to improve the modes of provision of primary
medical care, with a view to providing person-centred and community-based multi-disciplinary
team services;
(l) to improve public primary medical care and
provide adequate resources to ensure that the
socially disadvantaged and the elderly can more
easily receive comprehensive primary medical
care and nursing care;
(m) to increase the amount of Elderly Healthcare
Vouchers to $1,000 and lower the eligibility age
to 65;
(n) to provide elderly persons with public dental
services;
(o) to introduce a cervical cancer vaccination
programme and a breast cancer screening
programme for the suitable women;
(p) to provide adequate services to attain the goal
of early detection and early intervention, thereby assisting children with learner diversity problems;
and
(q) to launch a colon caner screening programme for
people from age groups with higher risks;Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011169Appendix 4
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(r) to promote territory-wide participation so as to
forge a consensus on formulating a strategy and
direction for promoting health for all;
(s) to establish a database, and through scientific
surveys, to find out the health conditions of people
in various districts and groups;
(t) to conduct exchanges with other cities on the
Mainland and overseas, with a view to learning and drawing lessons from their experience in
promoting health for all;
(u) to negotiate and collaborate with neighbouring
places to establish a regional framework, so as to resolve the health problems of public concern;
and
(v) to extend the School Dental Care Service to
secondary school students, so as to strengthen
students’ dental health care;
(w) to explore the provision of appropriate assistance
to encourage all people to undergo physical check-up, thereby achieving the targets of
upgrading public health and lessening health care
expenditure in the long run; and
(x) to increase allocation of resources to shorten
elderly persons’ waiting time for day surgery on
diseases such as cataract and hernia;
(y) to make the social environment much healthier
through efforts in different policy areas, such as
expediting air quality improvement, strengthening the promotion of sports for all and setting
maximum working hours, etc.;
(z) to establish additional health centres for men,
elderly health centres and woman health centres,
etc., so as to reduce the present waiting time of
more than 24 months for elderly health centre
services, explore the provision of regular physical
check-up for grassroots, and provide a greater
variety of vaccination programmes, such as 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccination;
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(aa) to more actively promote and advocate the
importance of mental health among members of
the public, increase funding for psychiatric service
and set up a mental health council with members
comprising medical workers, patients, patients’
family members and other stakeholders, and
expeditiously formulate a mental health policy, so
as to co-ordinate primary mental health services
and provide patients with basic, comprehensive,
sustained and co-ordinated treatment and nursing care; and
(ab) to allocate additional resources for members of
the public to undergo health risk assessments
and distribute health check vouchers to those
aged 50 or above, so as to enable them to find
out the changes in their physical health and seek early treatment, or to improve their health through
physical exercises;
(ac) to promote public-private partnership and expand
the existing health care voucher scheme, so as to assist the elderly and low-income earners in
receiving better primary medical care; and
(ad) to promote health screening programmes which
have been medically proven to be effective, such
as fecal occult blood test, etc.” was passed.
26 January 2011
“Equal Opportunities Commission’s Formal
Investigation Report on Accessibility in Publicly
Accessible Premises” moved by
Hon CHEUNG Kwok-cheThe motion: “That this Council notes the Equal
Opportunities Commission’s Formal Investigation
Report on Accessibility in Publicly Accessible Premises and the Government’s response to and follow-up
action on the 23 recommendations in the Report.” was
passed.Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011171Appendix 4
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16 February 2011
“Striving for 15-year free education” moved by
Hon CHEUNG Man-kwong
amendments moved by
Hon Audrey EU Yuet-mee
Hon Starry LEE Wai-king
Dr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-funThe motion as amended by Hon Audrey EU Yuet-mee,
Hon Starry LEE Wai-king and Dr Hon Priscilla LEUNG
Mei-fun: “That, given that early childhood education (‘ECE’) is an important stage in children’s articulation
to primary education, and the provision of quality ECE
for children is a responsibility that the Government
cannot shy away from; last year, the Macao SAR
Government already announced the implementation
of 15-year free education, indicating that Hong Kong’s
basic education policy lags behind that of Macao;
given Hong Kong’s strong financial position and its
increase in fiscal reserve year after year, the Hong
Kong Government is definitely able to and needs to
make greater commitment to ECE; in this connection,
this Council urges the Government to expeditiously
implement 15-year free education, include ECE in
the scope of subsidization, draw up a pay scale
and directly subsidize the payment of kindergarten
teachers’ salaries, establish a sound teacher training
system, reduce kindergarten teachers’ administrative duties, reasonably increase the subsidies for half-day
and whole-day kindergartens, including providing rent
allowances and formulating a pre-primary education
curriculum, so as to enable parents and children to
benefit from completely free basic education, create
quality teaching conditions for kindergarten teachers, retain quality kindergarten teachers and when
implementing 15-year free education, comprehensively
lower teacher-student ratios to upgrade the quality of basic education, thereby creating a new chapter of
Hong Kong education; this Council also urges the
Government to set up an education fund for teachers
and allocate the unspent amounts of the Teacher
Development Subsidy to this fund to encourage
teachers to receive on-the-job training, and increase
the number of clerical staff in ECE institutes; and
improve the pedagogical approach of ECE in Hong
Kong by making reference to overseas experience and circumstances; before the actual implementation of
free ECE, the Education Bureau should expeditiously
complete a comprehensive review of the existing
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to raising the subsidy ceiling and streamlining the
administrative procedure of the Pre-primary Education
Voucher Scheme to benefit more parents of children
and kindergarten teachers; moreover, the Government should also review the curriculum contents, teaching
quality and teacher qualifications, etc. under the
existing 12-year free education system.” was passed.
16 February 2011
“Social welfare land use planning” moved by
Hon CHEUNG Kwok-cheThe motion: “That, given that at present, the
Government does not include social welfare use as one
of the considerations of land use planning, resulting
in many welfare service units’ quality of service being
affected due to inadequate area or inability to meet the
requirements of net operational floor areas specified
in the relevant Schedules of Accommodation; some units are even unable to commence operation due
to failure to identify permanent venues; recently, there have been delays in residential care homes for
the elderly, residential care homes for persons with
disabilities, District Support Centres for Persons with
Disabilities and Integrated Community Centres for
Mental Wellness, etc. finding places to commence
operation because of the authorities’ unsatisfactory land use planning, which ultimately causes service
users to suffer; in this connection, this Council urges
the Government to face up to the inadequacy of social welfare land use, have land zoned for welfare
use well in advance, expedite the provision of lands
for welfare use as needed, and jointly draw up with
the sector a mechanism for long-term social welfare
land use planning, including collating social indicators,
assessing social welfare needs and appropriately
dovetailing with the implementation of welfare policies
when formulating land policies, so as to ensure that
the development of social welfare services will not be impeded; moreover, this Council also urges the
Government to enhance civic education, with a view to
fostering greater public acceptance of the integration
of the socially disadvantaged into the community.”
was passed.Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011173Appendix 4
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2 March 2011
“Public Accounts Committee’s Report on
‘Administration of the Direct Subsidy Scheme and
Governance and Administration of Direct Subsidy
Scheme Schools’ ” moved by
Dr Hon Philip WONG Yu-hongThe motion: “That this Council notes Chapter 1 of
the Public Accounts Committee Report No. 55 on
‘Administration of the Direct Subsidy Scheme and
Governance and Administration of Direct Subsidy
Scheme Schools’ ” was passed.

2 March 2011
“Promoting personal financial management education”
moved by
Hon CHAN Kin-porThe motion: “That Hong Kong is an international financial and commercial centre, the atmosphere of
investment and consumption in society is very strong, and people are facing a lot of financial management
problems in their daily life; yet, on the other hand, there is a lack of comprehensive financial management
education in Hong Kong, and whenever there is any
turmoil in the financial market, some people may not
have sufficient risk management knowledge to cope
with it and are thus easily plunged into financial crises
or even bankruptcy; some young people may have to default or are even unable to make repayment of
their credit card debts due to over-spending; as a
matter of fact, if the general public have good financial
management habits, it will be of immense benefits to
the whole society: for example, parents who have good financial management habits can help their families and
children develop healthily, thus reducing the occurrence of family problems, and if working persons of means can
as early as possible make good financial preparations
before retirement, they will have appropriate protection upon their retirement, thus lessening their dependence
on social resources in the future; in this connection,
this Council urges the Government to adopt effective measures to promote personal financial management
education, so as to educate people to acquire proper financial management skills and concepts; the relevant
measures should include:Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011174Date of Council meeting,
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(a) to study making knowledge on comprehensive
personal financial management, including
investment, consumption, banking and insurance
principles, etc., a formal subject in school, or
expand the present section of personal financial
management under subjects such as Liberal Studies into an independent and major module,
so as to systematically educate students on basic
financial management concepts and principles;
(b) in respect of the Investor Education Council
which will be established soon, to introduce more comprehensive personal financial management
elements to the original scope of investor education, with a view to instilling proper personal
financial management values into the general
public;
(c) to encourage parents to participate in parent-
child financial management activities so that they
can instill proper concepts on money into their children through the relevant skills;
(d) to encourage people of means to make good
financial management plans for their retirement
life as early as possible; and
(e) to organize regular publicity and educational
activities to encourage young people to spend money sensibly, so as to avoid plunging into debt
crises.” was passed.

9 March 2011
“Reforming the Hospital Authority” moved by
Dr Hon LEUNG Ka-lau
amendments moved by
Dr Hon PAN Pey-chyouDr Hon Joseph LEE Kok-long
Hon CHAN Hak-kan
Hon CHEUNG Man-kwong
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kitThe motion as amended by Dr Hon PAN Pey-chyou,
Dr Hon Joseph LEE Kok-long, Hon CHAN Hak-kan,
Hon CHEUNG Man-kwong and Hon Alan LEONG
Kah-kit: “That, with population ageing, the healthcare
issue has become a great challenge currently faced by
society; during the 20 years since the establishment
of the Hospital Authority (‘HA’), its annual spending of
public money has increased from $7.7 billion to $33
billion, yet due to the failure of its management to progress with the times and its disregard of various unreasonable phenomena, the morale of frontline
healthcare personnel is low, staff wastage is serious, Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011175Appendix 4
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and the quality of care varies; the distribution of
resources among various clusters is uneven, and
the per capita share of hospital beds, healthcare
personnel and funding can vary by as much as 200%;
its administrative structure is cumbersome, and the
annual salaries of the Chief Executive as well as the 33
Directors, Cluster Chief Executives and Hospital Chief
Executives are as high as $2 million to over $4 million;
the working condition for its employees is poor, and the working hours of healthcare personnel are long, and it is common to be on duty for 28 consecutive hours;
the waiting time for specialist services is too long,
thus causing delay in treatment, and the subsidies to
patients for using outsourced services are on the low
side, thus failing to divert them to the private medical
system; the transparency of the HA Drug Formulary
is inadequate, and hence patients and the public are
unable to find out the drug assessment criteria; and
the means test under the Samaritan Fund is too harsh,
making many patients fall outside the safety net and
unable to receive due protection; in this connection,
this Council urges the Government to thoroughly
review the operation of HA and put forward reform
proposals, including:
(a) using disease treatment costs, service volume
and the distribution of population and age
groups in the districts concerned as the basis,
to formulate objective and fair funding criteria
for each hospital cluster, and, on the one hand, to allocate appropriate resources to hospitals in
busy districts while avoiding wastage or shortage
of resources for developing services in individual
hospital clusters, so that the types and quantity
of services of the various clusters can better suit
the needs of people in their districts, thereby
alleviating the plight of elderly and physically
weak persons in seeking cross-district medical
treatment; Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011176Date of Council meeting,
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(b) with a view to optimizing as much as possible
the utilization of precious healthcare resources
and services, HA should through the Internet or
enquiry hotlines make public information about
making appointments of various hospitals, and
proactively advise patients of hospitals in busy
districts to seek cross-district medical treatment
where their capabilities and clinical conditions
permit, so as to balance the supply of and demand
for healthcare services in various districts;
(c) to review whether the management structure of
the Head Office overlaps with those of hospital
clusters, so as to streamline the relevant
structure;
(d) to comprehensively review and reasonably
improve the pay and promotion ladder of frontline
healthcare personnel, and offer reasonable
remuneration for their duty hours, so as to retain
talents;
(e) to formulate manpower indicators based on
workload, and to set standard working hours for healthcare personnel and provide them with half-
time job options, with a view to reducing medical
blunders and staff wastage;
(f) to reorganize specialist services, reduce
unnecessary internal referrals, strengthen primary
medical care, and increase the subsidies to
patients for using outsourced services, so as to divert patients to the private medical system;
(g) HA, when procuring drugs, should not base its
consideration solely on the financial principles,
but should also take account of drugs quality and supply stability; in respect of decisions to add any
drugs to or remove any drugs from the HA Drug
Formulary, to publish drug efficacy reports and
financial implication assessments, and include
patients’ quality of living as a criterion of evaluation, so as to maximize the social effectiveness of drug
subsidies, and even drugs ‘which have preliminary
medical evidence only’ should be included in the
safety net of subsidies, and their removal should
only be considered when their efficacy is negated,
so as to reduce disputes; Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011177Appendix 4
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(h) to relax the application threshold of the Samaritan
Fund, and set a fixed ceiling for patients’ co-
payment;
(i) to allocate additional resources to provide more
healthcare personnel with local and overseas
training opportunities;
(j) to reorganize the grade structures of General
Services Assistants and Technical Services
Assistants, set up a unified system of ranks,
pay and fringe benefits, and formulate uniform
employment terms, so as to rectify the unfair situation of different remunerations for the same
post in different clusters; and
(k) to strengthen the Chinese medicine services in
HA hospitals, and consider establishing Chinese
medicine hospitals to provide the public with more
comprehensive Chinese medicine services and
promote the development of Chinese medicine;
(l) to set a nurse-patient ratio to improve the quality
of nursing care, so as to effectively safeguard patients’ safety;
(m) to review the manpower establishment of allied
health staff and re-examine the service volume
and manpower demand, so as to improve allied
healthcare services, thereby reducing the chances
of patients’ re-hospitalization;
(n) to introduce direct referral services by
optometrists, so as to reduce unnecessary referrals and shorten waiting time, and to
strengthen primary healthcare;
(o) to introduce chiropractic services to meet
patients’ needs; and
(p) to review the pay and grade policies on nurses and
allied health staff, so as to resolve the problem of
severe wastage of talents; and
(q) to provide sufficient funding to strengthen primary
medical care, expedite the implementation of the strategy for developing primary care, including
establishing community health centres to improve
public primary healthcare;
(r) to provide administrative and logistic support, so
as to prevent imposing additional administrative
work on frontline healthcare personnel;Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011178Date of Council meeting,
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(s) to face up to the healthcare manpower wastage
problem in public hospitals, review the impact
of the Government’s measures on promoting
the development of medical services industry
and encouraging the development of the private
medical sector on the demand for healthcare
personnel, and to increase the supply of healthcare
personnel;
(t) due to factors such as population growth,
population ageing and the development in medical science and technology, and the problem
of inadequate resources of HA, the Government
should value the contributions of frontline
healthcare personnel in public hospitals, and
targeting at the serious staff wastage and low
morale problems in some public hospitals and
specialties, allocate additional resources to recruit
sufficient manpower, improve the management
and resource allocation of hospitals and clusters,
and train more specialist healthcare personnel;
and
(u) as the Legislative Council does not have sufficient
power to monitor HA, according to the Hospital
Authority Ordinance, HA is not required to seek
the Legislative Council’s approval for creating posts with high pay, and the various public
hospitals even have the authority to set the levels
of fees for their services; furthermore, there are insufficient channels for patient groups and the
public to participate in HA’s decision-making and push HA to make improvements, the Government
should explore amending the Hospital Authority
Ordinance to enhance the Legislative Council’s
regulatory control over HA in creating posts with high pay and determining its service charges, and
enable patient groups and the Legislative Council
to elect representatives to serve as members on the HA Board, so as to enhance patient
groups’ participation and the Legislative Council’s
regulatory control over HA;Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011179Appendix 4
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(v) in respect of individual hospital clusters with
smaller amounts of funding, including the New
Territories West and Kowloon East Clusters,
to offer sufficient resources to improve their
services;
(w) to enhance the transparency of approving drugs
to be included in the HA Drug Formulary, regularly publish the approval results and grounds;
(x) to explain the funding criteria adopted by various
hospital clusters, so as to avoid uneven resource distribution; and
(y) to expedite the progress of hospital redevelopment
and medical equipment renewal, so as to cope
with growing medical demands.” was passed.

16 March 2011
“The development of self-financing post-secondary
institutions” moved by
Hon Starry LEE Wai-king
amendments moved by
Hon CHEUNG Man-kwong
Hon WONG Kwok-hing
Hon Tanya CHANThe motion as amended by Hon CHEUNG Man-
kwong, Hon WONG Kwok-hing and Hon Tanya
CHAN: “That, given that since 2000, private education
providers have multiplied in number, offering a great
variety of self-financing post-secondary programmes;
with the continuous expansion of self-financing
institutions, there are quite a number of concerns in society, including the possibility of institutions running
into financial difficulties, their development lacking
co-ordination, unsatisfactory programme quality and tuition fees exceeding students’ affordability, in
addition to the Government’s inadequate resource
allocation in encouraging the development of self-financing institutions, resulting in the interests of the
students concerned not being protected effectively; in order to ensure programme quality and safeguard
students’ interests, this Council urges the Government
and the relevant authorities:
(a) to reform the existing mode of regulating post-
secondary education, so as to ensure that the non-
publicly-funded segment of the post-secondary
education system is effectively monitored and co-
ordinated;Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011180Date of Council meeting,
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(b) to amend the Post Secondary Colleges Ordinance
and abolish outdated provisions to regulate the
teaching facilities, qualifications of teaching staff,
academic levels as well as financial capabilities,
etc. of local self-financing post-secondary
educational institutions, so as to ensure teaching quality and student interests;
(c) to provide matching grants for self-financing post-
secondary institutions to build campuses, so as
to alleviate the pressure of tuition fee increases exerted by campus construction costs;
(d) to consider providing tuition fee subsidies for
students enrolling in self-financing post-secondary
programmes through various channels, including studying establishing a post-secondary education
fund or by way of education vouchers, etc.;
(e) to ensure the diversity of self-financing
programmes, so as to provide programme options
in different academic disciplines for students;
(f) to adopt quality as the means of gate-keeping
for monitoring the places of self-financing
programmes, so as to avoid an excessive supply
of self-financing post-secondary places and any
impact on education quality;
(g) to strengthen the monitoring mechanism to ensure
that institutions must comply with admission requirements and exit performance standards, so
as to avoid substandard programmes and doubts about academic qualifications;
(h) to ensure that self-financing post-secondary
institutions must be equipped with sufficient full-
time teaching and non-teaching staff with long-term employment, so as to enable the sustainable
and stable development of research and teaching
work; and
(i) to establish a fair and effective redress mechanism
to safeguard academic freedom and protect the interests of teaching and non-teaching staff;Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011181Appendix 4
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(j) to consider lowering the interest rate under the
Non-means-tested Loan Scheme to avoid a
situation where the interest rate determined under
the Scheme is higher than the interest rates of
bank loans, and at the same time, changing the
time to commence calculating interests from loan
drawdown dates to after students’ graduation, so
as to alleviate young people’s burden and enable
them to expeditiously discharge their repayment
obligations; and
(k) to raise the tax allowance for expenses of self-
education, so as to relieve the pressure on working persons in pursuing further studies;
(l) to review the existing approval and certification
system for offering post-secondary education
programmes, so as to ensure programme
quality;
(m) to review the various existing financial assistance,
loan and scholarship schemes for post-secondary students to alleviate the financial burden of
students who are pursuing self-financing post-
secondary education programmes; and
(n) to comprehensively review the existing academic
accreditation system and study strengthening
the monitoring of non-local post-secondary
programmes jointly offered by local educational
institutions and overseas post-secondary
institutions.” was passed.

16 March 2011
“Promoting a slow food culture” moved by
Hon Mrs Sophie LEUNG LAU Yau-fun
amendments moved by
Hon IP Wai-ming
Hon Audrey EU Yuet-mee
Hon Fred LI Wah-ming
Hon WONG Yung-kan The motion as amended by Hon Fred LI Wah-ming and Hon WONG Yung-kan: “That, given that Hong
Kong is a culinary capital, but the fast pace of life means that many Hong Kong people can only eat
hastily and cannot enjoy food, and health problems
have also developed as a result; the slow food culture and movement emerging in Europe in recent years,
which emphasize slowing down the tempo, upholding
a green and natural attitude of living, advocating the
concepts of responsible consumption and respect for
food, encouraging the use of local food materials to
reduce carbon emissions caused by transportation, Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011182Date of Council meeting,
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opposing genetically modified food, opposing the use
of pesticides, educating the public on the hazards of
fast food, and conserving the traditional eating culture,
are worth promoting in Hong Kong; as promoting a
slow food culture needs to start with food supply, sales
and promotion as well as education, this Council urges
the Government to adopt the following measures in the
three areas of agriculture and fisheries, the economy
and education, so as to promote a slow food culture:
Food supply –
(a) to formulate a comprehensive agriculture and
fisheries policy, including formulating a land policy
for the New Territories that balances farming,
conservation and development, protecting
agricultural land and Hong Kong’s water quality,
providing support for reforming the relevant
industries, and increasing the production of local
food materials, with a view to raising the self-
sufficiency rate of food provision in Hong Kong;
(b) to enhance the support for organic farming and
encourage agricultural land rehabilitation, so as to provide the local community with fresh and safe
organic food;
(c) to capitalize on the advantages of local natural
resources and encourage mariculturists to rear
quality fish;
Sales and promotion –
(d) to assist local industries, including helping the
organic farming and aquaculture industries to apply for certification, support the food
certification industry to develop in this regard,
explore how to formulate basic specifications,
rules, conformity assessment procedures as
well as unified standards and signs for organic
food certification to prevent manufacturers from
deceiving consumers by passing off the sham as
the genuine, promote certification services among
the public and in neighbouring places, assist the relevant industries in establishing sales networks and enhance the promotion of quality agricultural Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011183Appendix 4
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and fishery products, so as to enable consumers
to easily identify such products and purchase
them without any worry, and to build a distinctive
and quality image of local food materials;
(e) to promote the combination of eco-tourism and
culinary tourism among the public and overseas
visitors, such as organizing tour groups featured
by Poon Choi feasts in walled villages, holiday
farming and tours of organic produce markets,
etc., so as to boost tourism and the catering industry and promote local economic growth;
Education –
(f) to step up public education and promote the
concept and attitude of living of a slow food culture among the public, so that members of
the public can, through dietary options, protect
the environment, treasure nature and develop
sustainable dietary habits;
(g) to encourage the public to find out the sources,
production and quality of food in the context of food supply chain, so that they are more able
to relish and select food in the course of eating,
and to provide food producers with incentives for
producing quality organic food; and
(h) to promote a slow food culture in primary and
secondary schools, teach students to reduce
their eating speed during lunch time, advocate the
values of responsible consumption and avoiding
food wastage, and supply fresh and quality food in schools as an alternative to fast food;
Food supply –
(i) to actively explore, on the premise of complying
with modern management and public hygiene requirements, expanding the production scale of
the local poultry and livestock industries;
(j) to encourage mariculturists to rear organic fish and
marine produce such as shellfish, and to create
favourable conditions for preserving traditional capture fisheries; andLegislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011184Date of Council meeting,
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Sales and promotion –
(k) to actively promote the development of leisure
agriculture and fishery industries, and assist the
local agriculture and fisheries industries in their
transformation.” was passed.
30 March 2011
“Concern about the impact of the earthquake in Japan
on Hong Kong” moved by
Hon WONG Ting-kwong
amendments moved by
Hon Frederick FUNG Kin-kee
Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yip
Hon Audrey EU Yuet-mee
Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan
Hon WONG Kwok-hing
Hon KAM Nai-wai
Hon James TO Kun-sun
amendments to amendments moved by
Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung
Prof Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shing
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him
Hon LAU Kong-wah
(amendments proposed by
Hon KAM Nai-wai and Hon James TO Kun-sun
were withdrawn)
(amendments to amendments proposed by
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him and
Hon LAU Kong-wah were not moved)The motion as amended by Hon Albert CHAN Wai-
yip, Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan, Hon WONG
Kwok-hing and Prof Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shing: “That, given that since an earthquake of magnitude
9.0 on the Richter Scale that occurred in Japan on 11
March has, apart from causing enormous casualties,
also affected the global economy, this Council urges
the SAR Government to, having regard to the latest development of the incident, strengthen the monitoring
of the impact of the earthquake in Japan on Hong
Kong’s financial market, import and export trade,
consumer market of Japanese products and tourism industry, and provide timely information and adopt
effective measures, so as to lessen the impact of the
earthquake in Japan on the Hong Kong economy and
stabilize people’s confidence; at the same time, given
that the problem of nuclear power safety triggered
by the earthquake in Japan has aroused Hong Kong
people’s concern about their health, this Council urges
the SAR Government to step up surveillance of the
radiation levels in Hong Kong and the safety tests on
food products imported from Japan, and announce the
relevant surveillance information as soon as possible;
moreover, the SAR Government should strengthen the
publicity of the contingency plan for nuclear power
incidents to the public, and recommend the Guangdong provincial authorities to increase the number of non-
routine inspections and perfect the existing notification
mechanism for nuclear power incidents; this Council also urges the SAR Government to reflect to the
Central Government that it should: (a) strengthen in the immediate future the monitoring of nuclear power
plants which are in operation; (b) immediately conduct
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projects which are being planned and nuclear power
plants which are being constructed, carry out safety
assessments based on the most stringent standards,
immediately halt the construction of those which do
not meet safety standards, and suspend vetting and
approving new nuclear power projects before the
approval of safety plans; and (c) strengthen the safety
and operational management of nuclear power plants
which are in operation, and adopt relevant measures to
ensure their absolute safety, so as to immune nationals from the threat of nuclear power incidents; at the same
time, the SAR Government should closely monitor the
impact of the disastrous crisis in Japan on the various
industries in Hong Kong, and by making reference
to the Special Loan Guarantee Scheme launched in
response to the financial tsunami, provide appropriate
assistance to Hong Kong’s small and medium enterprises which are facing operating difficulties;
put in place a permanent mechanism for conducting
sustained safety tests on food products imported from
Japan, and continue to announce on a regular basis
the details of the relevant surveillance information
with a high degree of transparency; and by making
reference to the contingency arrangements for nuclear
power incidents in other places, plan for emergency
fallout shelters at appropriate locations in Hong Kong,
particularly in the East New Territories region which is
relatively close to the Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station,
and stock up relevant emergency supplies, so as to cope with any possible accidents occurred at the
nuclear power station; the SAR Government should
also popularize and enhance people’s knowledge
about nuclear power generation, and raise the public’s
understanding of ways to respond to the nuclear
power incidents, thereby eliminating irrational fear
and reinforcing the knowledge and capability of all
members of the public about their safety protection against radiation contamination; this Council also
expresses its deep condolences to the affected
Japanese people.” was passed.
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30 March 2011
“Implementing the Twelfth Five-Year Plan” moved by
Hon IP Kwok-him
amendments moved by
Hon LEE Wing-tat
Hon WONG Sing-chi
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit
Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yee
amendments to amendments moved by
Hon CHEUNG Hok-ming
Hon Mrs Sophie LEUNG LAU Yau-funThe motion as amended by Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yee:
“That, given that the Twelfth Five-Year Plan has been
endorsed by the National People’s Congress at its
meeting and has devoted, for the first time, a separate
chapter to Hong Kong in that it proposes to consolidate
and enhance Hong Kong’s status as an international
financial, trade and shipping centre, increase its global
influence as a financial centre; support Hong Kong in
nurturing emerging industries and new growth areas
for its economy; and further intensify the co-operation
between the Mainland and Hong Kong, this Council urges the SAR Government to give active response,
seize the golden opportunity presented by the Twelfth
Five-Year Plan and intensify the co-operation between
Hong Kong and the Mainland, particularly our country has designated the accelerated development of service
industries as one of the strategic focuses to adjust the
economic structure, Hong Kong should better grasp
the opportunity to extend the radius of local service
industries in the Mainland, so as to promote Hong Kong’s economic development and improve people’s
livelihood; the relevant measures should include:
(a) to expeditiously formulate long-term development
planning for the overall economy and society
of Hong Kong, so as to dovetail with the
implementation of the National Twelfth Five-Year
Plan;
(b) to optimize the use of abundant financial revenue
and huge foreign exchange reserve to further enhance the building of the social security system and take good care of the underprivileged, with a
view to improving people’s livelihood;
(c) to develop the financial industries, promote
Renminbi business, enhance market stability, and
turn Hong Kong into an offshore Renminbi clearing
centre and an international asset management
centre, so as to enhance the global influence of
Hong Kong’s financial industries;Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011187Appendix 4
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(d) to expeditiously study and implement the
construction of a third runway to consolidate
and enhance Hong Kong’s status as an aviation
centre;
(e) to assist local service industries in upgrading and
value-adding, and discuss with the Mainland to
further improve the situation of ‘Big doors are
open, but small doors are shut’, including further
relaxing the threshold of market access and
strengthening mutual recognition of professional qualifications, so as to facilitate Hong Kong’s
small and medium enterprises to open up the Mainland market;
(f) to conduct studies on rationalizing the double
taxation problem under the current taxation
regimes of the two places, so as to facilitate Hong
Kong people going north for development and
promote exchanges and interactions between
talents in the two places;
(g) to grasp the opportunity presented by the
development of Qianhai New District in Shenzhen
which is one of the ‘major co-operation projects
among Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao’, and
strive for the early and pilot implementation of more
policies and measures to help intensify regional
co-operation, including providing special taxation
arrangements to help develop Qianhai into a
‘Hong Kong/Guangdong modern service industry innovation and co-operation exemplary zone’,
and adopting a more convenient immigration
clearance mode to facilitate the interactive flows
of people and goods, etc.;
(h) to establish a ‘brand development council’
and specialized funds to open up the Mainland market, and develop a ‘bridgehead economy’
around the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge,
so as to consolidate and enhance Hong Kong’s status as a trade centre;
(i) to establish a standard patent examination
system in Hong Kong to encourage innovation
and enhance the sustainability of economic
development;Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011188Date of Council meeting,
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(j) to establish industrial investment funds for
investment immigrants, strengthen training of
talents, and amend the Quality Migrant Admission
Scheme to attract talents, with a view to promoting
and enhancing the development of emerging
industries, including environmental industries,
medical services, education services, testing and
certification services, innovation and technology
as well as cultural and creative industries, etc., fostering diversified economic development,
supporting small and medium enterprises and
promoting employment; and
(k) to further intensify the co-operation between Hong
Kong and the Mainland, implement the Framework
Agreement on Hong Kong/Guangdong Co-
operation, and foster the co-operation between
Hong Kong and the Economic Zone on the
West Coast of the Taiwan Strait, with a view to
promoting joint development.” was passed.
4 May 2011
“Enhancing the My Home Purchase Plan” moved by
Hon CHEUNG Hok-ming
amendments moved by
Hon Frederick FUNG Kin-kee
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah
Hon LEE Wing-tatHon WONG Kwok-hing
Hon Paul CHAN Mo-po The motion as amended by Hon Frederick FUNG Kin-
kee, Hon LEE Wing-tat, Hon WONG Kwok-hing and Hon
Paul CHAN Mo-po: “That, although the Government
put forward the My Home Purchase Plan (‘MHPP’) in the Policy Address announced in October last year,
under which a total of 5 000 small and medium flats will
be made available to eligible people to ‘rent-and-buy’,
in the meantime private residential property prices have soared to a level which exceeds the peak in 1997,
and the middle and lower classes still face housing
difficulties, reflecting that MHPP is unable to satisfy
people’s aspiration for acquiring their homes and even fails to resolve the long-term housing demand; in this
connection, targeting at the overall housing problem
and the inadequacies of MHPP , this Council urges
the Government to formulate a stable, sustainable
and long-term housing policy, accept the mainstream public opinion as well as the almost unanimous
proposal of this Council to resume the construction of
Home Ownership Scheme flats, re-launch the Tenants
Purchase Scheme and enhance MHPP; the relevant enhancement measures should include:Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011189Appendix 4
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(a) to make MHPP more flexible, and enhance the
measure of ‘rent-and-buy’ to become ‘rent-or-
buy’, thereby enabling applicants to purchase
their flats at any time;
(b) to offer discounts on flat prices and impose
restrictions on the resale of flats to prevent
speculation;
(c) to offer home mortgage guarantees, enabling
applicants to obtain 90% bank mortgage and purchase a flat with only 10% down payment;
(d) to increase the quantity of flats to be launched in
the first year to 2 000;
(e) to allocate additional sites, including studying
the use of some suitable sites on the Application List for constructing MHPP flats, with a view to
increasing the supply of flats; and
(f) to review and expedite the various procedures
of MHPP , so as to shorten the time between the planning and completion of projects;
(g) to make available 3 000 to 5 000 flats annually
after the first year; and
(h) to make reference to the effective systems
of green forms and white forms under Home Ownership Scheme, enabling both public rental
housing tenants and private housing residents to have opportunities of making applications; and
(i) to stipulate in the Conditions of Sale in the future
that only Hong Kong citizens are permitted to purchase MHPP flats, and that such flats can only
be resold to Hong Kong citizens.” was passed.

4 May 2011
“Promoting regional economic integration between
Guangdong and Hong Kong” moved by
Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen
amendments moved by
Dr Hon Samson TAM Wai-ho
Hon WONG Kwok-hing
Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yee
Hon CHAN Kam-lamThe motion as amended by Dr Hon Samson TAM
Wai-ho, Hon WONG Kwok-hing, Hon Miriam LAU Kin-
yee and Hon CHAN Kam-lam: “That, given that our
country’s Twelfth Five-Year Plan proposes to promote
joint regional economic development, intensify exchanges and co-operation between the Mainland
and Hong Kong, continue to materialize the Framework
Agreement on Hong Kong/Guangdong Co-operation, and implement the Mainland and Hong Kong Closer
Economic Partnership Arrangement and its seven
Supplements; with the construction and completion of Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011190Date of Council meeting,
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cross-boundary transport networks between the two
places, the SAR Government, while assisting Hong
Kong enterprises in going north to open up the Mainland
market, must formulate a long-term and sustainable
policy to attract more enterprises on the Mainland to
establish international headquarters in Hong Kong,
facilitate the inflow of Mainland and overseas capital to
Hong Kong and create more employment opportunities for Hong Kong; therefore, the SAR Government must
adopt a forward-looking attitude and formulate policies and measures which are conducive to promoting the
development of the two places; in this connection, this
Council urges the SAR Government:
(a) to assist Hong Kong businessmen with
manufacturing businesses in the Pearl River Delta
Region in upgrading and restructuring;
(b) to set up funds for promoting Hong Kong brand
names, products and professional services on the Mainland market, so as to assist local small
and medium enterprises in expanding into the
Mainland domestic market;
(c) to provide support to local enterprises for
developing small-scale technology industries
and commercializing the achievements of their
scientific research;
(d) to formulate appropriate policies to help Hong
Kong businessmen on the Mainland enhance their innovation and scientific research capability, and
assist enterprises in undertaking technological innovation and developing green economy in
Guangdong Province;
(e) to jointly develop Qianhai New District in Shenzhen
into a ‘Hong Kong/Guangdong modern service
industry innovation and co-operation exemplary
zone’;
(f) to strengthen financial co-operation and
innovation by fostering on all fronts intensive co-operation between Guangdong and Hong Kong
in financial markets, financial institutions and
financial businesses, etc.;Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011191Appendix 4
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(g) to jointly promote the formulation of an exchange
mechanism for developing the logistics industry,
with a view to establishing an international
logistics centre and building a modern economic
circulation sphere;
(h) to expand the scope of Guangdong-Hong Kong-
Macao tourism co-operation;
(i) to introduce tax provisions for cross-border
workers and encourage Hong Kong’s talents
who are engaged in service industries as well as scientific and technological research to work on
the Mainland, so as to support the development of high-end service sectors, manufacturing
industries and technologies on the Mainland;
(j) to expeditiously conduct studies on establishing
a fourth industrial estate and formulate an
implementation timetable, with a view to creating
better conditions for expanding local industries
with competitive edge, so as to dovetail with the Twelfth Five-Year Plan and regional economic
integration between Guangdong and Hong Kong, thus creating more new employment opportunities
for Hong Kong; and
(k) to expeditiously and comprehensively review and
reform Hong Kong’s schemes for investment
immigrants, draw on the successful experience
of Singapore or the United States in introducing
entrepreneurial investment immigration, enhance the entrepreneurial environment in Hong Kong
for increasing employment opportunities, and
formulate a review timetable in this regard,
thereby enabling Hong Kong’s professional services to
radiate into the entire Guangdong Province, assisting
in the rapid development of the high value-added
Mainland economy, while at the same time raising
Hong Kong’s level and enhancing its value-adding,
and developing Guangdong and Hong Kong into a
world-class urban agglomeration to grasp the new opportunities of the regional economy;Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011192Date of Council meeting,
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this Council also urges the SAR Government:
(l) to expeditiously review the existing support
arrangements and tax concessions;
(m) to set up funds for the upgrading and restructuring
of small and medium enterprises;
(n) to discuss with the Mainland to further improve
the situation of ‘Big doors are open, but small
doors are shut’, including further relaxing the
threshold of market access and strengthening
mutual recognition of professional qualifications,
so as to facilitate Hong Kong’s small and medium
enterprises to expand their business on the
Mainland;
(o) to provide tax concessions for scientific research;
(p) to provide financing channels and professional
advice to help Hong Kong businessmen on the Mainland enhance their innovation and scientific
research capability;
(q) to strive to ensure that cross-boundary
infrastructures, including the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-
Macao Bridge project, etc., can be completed
as scheduled, and avoid incompatibility with
Mainland transport networks;
(r) to streamline the customs clearance procedures
of both Guangdong and Hong Kong, and actively
conduct studies on establishing additional control
points with the co-location of immigration and
customs facilities or on adopting additional
measures to facilitate immigration and customs clearance, so as to facilitate the smooth and
unobstructed two-way flows of people and
goods;
(s) to strive for the adoption of more early and pilot
implementation policies in Qianhai New District;
and
(t) to avoid double taxation;
(u) to encourage Guangdong enterprises to invest in
Hong Kong, and use Hong Kong for going global
and making overseas investments; andLegislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011193Appendix 4
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11 May 2011
“Improving ancillary facilities at various crossings
for the convenience of residents travelling between
Guangdong and Hong Kong”
moved by
Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fungThe motion: “That, since exchanges between Hong
Kong and Mainland have become increasingly frequent, the utilization rates of various land boundary
control points are rising year by year, with serious
congestion in the flows of people and vehicles occurring
frequently during peak periods, this Council urges the Administration to adopt the following improvement
measures:

(a) to conduct studies on the acutely uneven utilization
rates of boundary control points in Hong Kong at present, put in place different incentive measures
to divert cross-boundary travellers and balance
the utilization rates of various crossings, and
enhance the arrangements for crowd diversion
on weekends and during public holidays, so as to
shorten the clearance time for residents travelling
between Guangdong and Hong Kong;
(b) to expeditiously discuss with the Mainland
Government improvement to the ancillary facilities near various boundary control points, so as
to enhance the linkage between the boundary
control points and the facilities such as roads and
railway lines, etc., and make it more convenient
for residents in both places to travel to and from
boundary control points; and
(c) to expedite the studies on the clearance
arrangements at the new boundary control points under planning or construction and on the
surrounding ancillary facilities, and having regard
to demand, launch extension or improvement
works, so as to ensure that the new boundary
control points can achieve better diversion effect
and alleviate congestion at other crossings.” was
passed.(v) to improve the co-operation mechanisms to jointly
develop a Greater Pearl River Delta metropolitan area.” was passed.Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011194Date of Council meeting,
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The motion as amended by Hon WONG Kwok-hing,
Dr Hon PAN Pey-chyou, Hon Vincent FANG kang and
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah: “That inflation is fiercer
than a tiger; given that the majority of foods in Hong
Kong rely on import, and due to the impact of factors
such as global fluctuations in food prices and Renminbi
appreciation, etc., the local food prices have remained persistently high; besides, given Mainland residents’
trust in foods which are sold in Hong Kong, particularly
after the occurrence of melamine-tainted formula incidents involving Mainland milk products, their
demand for infant and follow-up formulas which are
sold in Hong Kong has soared, leading to an upsurge
in the prices and shortage of stocks; in this connection,
this Council urges the Government to adopt effective
measures to alleviate the impact of food price inflation
on the public; the relevant measures should include:
(a) to conduct studies on bringing infant and follow-
up formulas within the regulatory ambit of the
Reserved Commodities Ordinance to ensure
their stable supply and enable the Government to
effectively monitor their stocks, and to formulate
jointly with suppliers a code of sales for the
industry as soon as possible, so as to ensure the
supply of milk formulas to local users;
(b) to rebuild the local agriculture and fisheries
industry, so as to supplement food supply in
Hong Kong;
(c) to assist local food importers and food
establishments, etc., in identifying a wider variety of food materials and expanding the sources of
supply, so as to diversify the risks of unstable
food supply from individual places;
(d) to enhance the tests on Mainland and Japanese
foods, and to actively seek to establish closer co-
operation with the Mainland Government and the
Japanese Government on food safety matters, so
as to restore public confidence and increase the
quantity of safe foods available on the market;18 May 2011
“Alleviating the impact of food price inflation on the
public” moved by
Hon WONG Yung-kan
amendments moved by
Hon WONG Kwok-hing
Hon IP Wai-mingDr Hon PAN Pey-chyou
Hon Vincent FANG kang
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(e) to make timely use of the rare 18-month period
when the rental of all public markets in Hong Kong
continues to be frozen, and set up a government-
led working group comprising representatives
of market tenants and groups, council
representatives and academic representatives for
conducting a comprehensive review of the policy
on public markets as well as formulating long-term
policies and measures which are conducive to
the development of public markets; to abolish the unrealistic practice of charging market-level rental
and rates, and on the basis of fully consulting
the industries, formulate afresh a reasonable and
feasible charging policy for rental, air-conditioning
fees and electricity tariffs; to allocate additional
resources for installing air-conditioning facilities
in all public markets to further improve the
business environment of public markets, thereby
fundamentally enhancing the competitiveness of existing public markets as well as further
increasing occupancy rates and reducing vacancy
rates, so as to fulfill their function of providing the
general public with fresh, inexpensive and quality foods and non-staple foods; on the other hand,
the Government must construct public markets in
new towns (for example, Yat Tung Estate in Tung
Chung and Tin Shui Wai New Town, etc.), so as
to assist new town residents in combating market monopolization and alleviate the heavy burden
of goods prices on the grassroots in new towns;
and under the programme for planning new
development areas (for example, Hung Shui Kiu
and Kwu Tung, etc.), reserve land for constructing
public markets in advance, so as to enable new
town residents to improve their basic living;
(f) to further increase the transparency of essential
food supply and price information, with a view to facilitating the dissemination of market information
and preventing stockpiling and hoarding by
unscrupulous traders;Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011196Date of Council meeting,
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(g) to relax the eligibility requirements for short-term
food assistance service projects and the period
of receiving assistance, consider providing
Comprehensive Social Security Assistance
households, low-income persons and poor elderly
persons, etc., with additional food subsidies
or food vouchers, and to conduct studies on
providing support to the grassroots through the
Community Care Fund, etc., in coping with the
food price inflation problem;
(h) through various media such as the radio,
television and the Internet, etc., as well as through professionals such as dieticians, etc., to promote
inexpensive but nutritious foods to the public, and
to encourage the public to buy foods within their
means, so as to avoid any public misconception
that expensive foods will be exceptionally
beneficial to their health;
(i) to provide poor students with inexpensive lunch
in school, so as to ensure students’ intake of sufficient nutrients during their development and
growth; and
(j) to encourage and facilitate mutual co-operation
among community groups, non-government organizations, merchants’ associations and food
suppliers for organizing short-term anti-inflation
bargain bazaars for the public in the 18 districts in turn, with the Government providing venues and necessary support, so as to put together some
non-staple foods, such as rice, cooking oil and
canned food, etc., for sale at cost, with a view to
assisting the public in combating inflation;
(k) to step up negotiations with the Mainland
authorities on how to ensure stable supply of foods
to Hong Kong, especially for the stable supply of
live and fresh foods such as live pigs and cattle,
and to make efforts to enhance competition so as to avoid drastic fluctuations in food prices; and,
on the premise of declining avian influenza risks,
to appropriately increase the Mainland’s supply of
live chickens to Hong Kong according to market
demand during major traditional Chinese festivals, Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011197Appendix 4
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so as to reduce the negative impact of food price
inflation on the public;
(l) to lower the various registration fees and
application fees imposed on food industries
by the Government, including the registration
fees for applying for small volume exemption
under the food nutrition labelling scheme and
the registration fees for food importers and food
distributors under the Food Safety Ordinance,
etc., so as to reduce the extra administrative fees
borne by these industries; and
(m) to establish a mechanism for providing food
industries with immediate assistance, such
as providing certification for unpolluted foods,
whenever there are any major food pollution emergencies such as those involving malachite
green, melamine as well as nuclear radiation
pollution in Japan, etc., so as to ensure that it will
not affect the market supply; and
(n) in respect of the supply of staple foods, to
introduce more suppliers to increase competition, so as to prevent individual major merchants’
associations from monopolizing the food market.”
was passed.
25 May 2011
“Safeguarding freedom of the press and the right to
expression” moved byHon Cyd HO Sau-lan
amendments moved by
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan
Dr Hon Philip WONG Yu-hong
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit
amendment to amendment moved by
Hon CHEUNG Kwok-cheThe motion as amended by Dr Hon Philip WONG Yu-
hong: “That this Council urges the SAR Government to continue to safeguard freedom of the press and the
right to expression in accordance with the Basic Law
and the principle of ‘one country, two systems’.” was passed.
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The motion as amended by Hon LEE Wing-tat and
Hon Tanya CHAN: “That, given that the West Kowloon
Cultural District Authority (‘WKCDA’) has designated a conceptual plan as the master plan for developing
the West Kowloon Cultural District (‘WKCD’), the
authorities will launch the Stage 3 Public Engagement
Exercise in summer this year to consult the public
on the development plan of the WKCD; whether the
WKCD can develop into a first-class arts and cultural
facility in the world will largely depend on Hong Kong’s
overall cultural development, and whether we can seize
the opportunity presented by the WKCD to upgrade
people’s cultural qualities as well as artistic tastes, so
as to establish Hong Kong’s cultural edge and status;
in order to build Hong Kong into a sustainable regional
cultural hub, this Council urges the Government to:
Perfection of framework and policies –
(a) explore the establishment of a cultural and
education bureau to co-ordinate the policies
and resources presently scattered among other
government departments, and explore and
formulate territory-wide and regional policies as
well as development strategies for culture and the
arts;
(b) enhance the professional composition of the
Advisory Committee on Arts Development and its
function as a think tank;
(c) formulate a checklist with culture and arts as the
core to assist various government departments in giving more attention and consideration to the
needs of local culture and arts in the process of
policy evaluation and project implementation;
(d) reform the Hong Kong Arts Development
Council’s method for selecting members from
the community, and step up the studies on and
implementation of local arts and community development strategies, so as to improve the
operation of existing cultural hardware and its
ancillary facilities;25 May 2011
“Hong Kong as a sustaibale regional hub” moved by
Hon LAU Kong-wah
amendments moved by
Hon LEE Wing-tat
Dr Hon PAN Pey-chyou
Hon Tanya CHAN
(amendment proposed by
Dr Hon PAN Pey-chyou was withdrawn)Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011199Appendix 4
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Resources allocation and market development –
(e) increase participation and investment in culture
and arts by requiring the Government and major public bodies to spend 1% of the construction
expenses of their public works projects on public
arts;
(f) provide major performing arts groups with venues
that suit their needs and financial support, so as to
foster their sustainable and healthy development and drive the upgrading of Hong Kong’s overall cultural level;
(g) assist in building a vibrant cultural and arts
market, and allocate resources to train talents of
the relevant industries, and attract more people to
participate in the relevant intermediary industries
and professional services;
(h) enhance support for young art workers, so as to
encourage more young people to join cultural and
artistic industries;
(i) promote arts popularization, with a view to
enlarging Hong Kong’s arts appreciation population;
(j) train local talents engaging in culture and arts
administration, and set up scholarships for people
aspiring to develop in the areas of culture and arts
to pursue overseas studies on arts administration
and venue management, etc., so as to nurture
talents for Hong Kong in this regard and meet the demand for arts administration talents after the
completion of WKCD;
Facility and space enhancement –
(k) establish regional cultural and arts resources
centres in various districts, so as to more effectively foster the promotion and education on
traditional folklores, festivals and customs in the
districts, encourage the development of budding
arts talents and provide room for community
activities;Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011200Date of Council meeting,
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(l) through various policies, encourage private
developers to provide cultural and arts facilities,
and flexibly utilize the existing district resources
for increasing the number of cultural and arts venues, so as to progressively form a cultural
ambience in society;
(m) open more public space to street performers, so
as to enable performing arts to enrich streets in
Hong Kong, and relax the existing legislation on
street performances, so as to encourage public arts to enter the communities;
(n) strengthen inter-departmental co-operation, and
use existing premises or resources for providing
more exhibition space, including public space not
designated as formal exhibition venues, so as to
enable arts workers to have more opportunities to
display their works to the public;
Promotion of public arts education –
(o) promote public arts education, and intensify public
education and promotion, so as to reacquaint
people with arts and culture as well as their
professional nature and status;
(p) station in each secondary school and primary
school a sufficient number of professionally
trained teachers, and provide ample teaching facilities and room, so as to facilitate the full-
scale, universal and professional conduct of arts
education;
(q) establish a close partnership among the WKCDA,
arts organizations and The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, so as to bring in professional
perspectives to assist in the development of the
WKCD and promote culture and arts education,
and to strengthen the professional development
of local arts and culture in the WKCD;
(r) develop the WKCD into an international cultural
district with Asian, Chinese and Western cultural
features;Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011201Appendix 4
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Provision of an information and exchanges
platform –
(s) establish a systematic and free public cultural
channel, including a public television channel and an arts web, so as to enable the arts sector to
conduct publicity and exchanges;
(t) through the Broadcasting Authority, encourage
free television channels to provide daily newscasts
on cultural affairs; and
Relationship with arts organizations –(u) regard various arts organizations as partners,
maintain close co-operation with them, and request the WKCDA to face up and proactively
respond to the views put forward by arts
organizations on the WKCD, so as to allay their
concern about the present ‘black hole in WKCD;
Perfection of framework and policies –
(v) review the role, functions and composition of the
Advisory Committee on Arts Development, and
introduce the participation of more people with
professional cultural and arts backgrounds;
(w) review the functions and composition of the Hong
Kong Arts Development Council as a territory-
wide statutory public cultural organization,
improve its structure and composition, bring in
more members with professional cultural and arts
background, and review the system for selecting
representatives from the arts interest;
Promotion of public arts education –(x) conduct studies on offering cultural and arts
education programmes at more universities and tertiary institutions; andLegislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011202Date of Council meeting,
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Provision of an information and exchanges
platform –
(y) conduct studies on establishing an artwork
resources platform for collecting local artists’ works, and arrange for the identification of
appropriate artworks by organizations interested in borrowing or renting artworks for exhibition
purposes, so as to enable local artists to display
their works in more places.” was passed.
1 June 2011
“Formulating a development strategy for a low-carbon
traffic and transport system” moved by
Ir Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-tai
amendments moved by
Hon KAM Nai-wai
Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan
Hon IP Wai-ming
Hon CHAN Hak-kanHon Audrey EU Yuet-meeThe motion as amended by Hon Kam Nai-wai, Hon
Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan, Hon IP Wai-ming and
Hon CHAN Hak-kan: “That, given that traffic and
transport, which accounts for 18% of Hong Kong’s
total greenhouse gas emissions, is the second largest
emission source, but the Government has all along not
adopted any decisive, effective and focused measures
in this connection, this Council urges the Government
to formulate a development strategy for a low-carbon
traffic and transport system as soon as possible, so
as to fully implement the sustainable development principle, and when formulating the strategy concerned, the relevant authorities should proactively
consider the various development objectives, including
the following:
(a) to integrate land use planning with planning on
transport facilities;
(b) to give priority to developing railway networks
and expedite the expansion of the existing railway
networks;
(c) to install additional ancillary interchange facilities at
the stations along the railway lines; to proactively study the provision of private car parking spaces
for establishing ‘Park and Ride’ points at the
stations along the various cross-harbour MTR
lines, so as to encourage people to park their cars
at such stations and change to travel on public
transport to cross the harbour, thereby alleviating
the burden on the traffic flow of the various
tunnels;Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011203Appendix 4
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(d) to promote green modes of traffic and transport
as well as application of related techniques;
(e) on the premise of not exerting pressure on
passengers’ affordability, to implement the use of
zero-emission buses in Hong Kong; to urge bus
companies to expand and increase the provision
of interchange concessions and services
which appeal to passengers, and expedite the
reorganization and perfect the arrangement of
bus routes, so as to avoid the overlapping of bus routes, relieve traffic congestion and reduce air
pollution;
(f) to strengthen co-operation with the Pearl
River Delta Region to promote green transport systems;
(g) to proactively develop pedestrian facilities and
pedestrian precincts;
(h) to promote a healthy lifestyle and encourage
people to travel on foot or by bicycle between destinations which are within appropriate
distance;
(i) focusing on the situation where the Government
has all along not attached any importance to the
roles and functions of travelling on foot and cycling
in the traffic and transport system of Hong Kong,
to include travelling on foot and cycling in the formulation and planning of its overall transport
policy, so as to truly foster the development of a low-carbon traffic and transport system, while at
the same time proactively develop and improve the footbridge and subway networks in the districts,
as well as install covers, escalators and lifts along
district pedestrian walkways to minimize conflicts
between pedestrians and vehicular traffic;
(j) focusing on the Government’s stance that cycling
is only a form of recreational activity, to formulate a long-term cycling policy and perfect bicycle management facilities (such as cycle parks) and
their operation in the various districts;Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011204Date of Council meeting,
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(k) by way of financial subsidy or franchise extension,
to push ahead the early phasing out and
replacement by bus companies of franchised
buses with high emissions, and immediately install
emission reduction devices on all buses that have
not been phased out or replaced; and
(l) to increase the number, usage and types
of electric vehicles; and also to perfect and
strengthen complementary facilities to tie in with
the introduction of electric vehicles;
(m) to enhance the existing scheme for encouraging
owners of Euro II diesel commercial vehicles to phase out their old vehicles, including enhancing
the mode of subsidization, and include Pre-Euro
and Euro I vehicles into the scheme, as well as
allow those vehicle owners who only write off their
old vehicles to also receive subsidies under the
scheme, etc.; and
(n) to re-launch and enhance the Scrapping Incentive
Scheme, so as to expedite the phasing out of old private cars;
(o) to expeditiously expand extensively electric
vehicle charging facilities throughout Hong Kong;
(p) to draw up a replacement timetable for the use
of zero-emission buses in Hong Kong, and at the
same time assist the public transport industry in
introducing hybrid or electric minibuses and taxis
as replacement;
(q) to balance the sustainable development of other
modes of public transport such as franchised buses, public light buses and taxis, etc., so as
to avoid relying too much on one single mode of
transport, causing transport domination by the
railway corporation;
(r) to increase the number of interchange fare
concession schemes, and encourage the railway
corporation to provide more fare concession schemes and monthly ticket schemes to attract
members of the public to use;
(s) to fully consult the public transport industry
and members of local communities before
commencing the relevant railway networks
projects; andLegislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011205Appendix 4
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(t) to develop a territory-wide network of cycle tracks,
perfect the relevant feeder transport services and
ancillary facilities, and strengthen road safety
education for cyclists, so as to progressively
upgrade cycling from leisure and recreational use
at present to a formal mode of transport;
(u) to consider setting up a public transport fare
stabilization fund to make fare levels affordable
to people, with a view to encouraging people
to travel on the low-carbon mass transit system more frequently;
(v) to perfect and provide additional bicycle parking
spaces at the stations along the railway lines;
(w) to construct light rail transit systems to connect
the Kai Tak New Development Area and its nearby
places as well as the new development areas of Fanling North, Kwu Tung North and Ping Che
respectively;
(x) to install a travelator between Leighton Road and
Wong Nai Chung Road in Happy Valley, and set
up pedestrian precincts at certain exits of Tai Wai MTR Station, etc.; and
(y) to construct cross-district jogging trails as well
as expand and perfect existing networks of cycle
tracks, for example, constructing a cycle track at
the Kowloon Bay Park Cycling Ground to connect
the Kai Tak New Development Area, etc.” was
passed.
1 June 2011
“Promoting the relocation of departmental headquarters
to the districts for creating employment” moved by
Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan
amendments moved by
Hon Tanya CHAN
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah
Hon LEE Wing-tatThe motion as amended by Hon Tanya CHAN, Hon
Ronny TONG Ka-wah and Hon LEE Wing-tat: “That, with
Hong Kong’s community development and progress
in communications technology, the Administration
needs to review whether it should locate the offices
of various government departments in one district, and it should consider grasping the opportunity to
improve planning for various communities, particularly
the remote communities; for the purpose of fostering
district economic development and creating more
local district employment opportunities, this Council urges the Government to proactively study relocating Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011206Date of Council meeting,
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expeditiously the headquarters of its back offices which
are situated in prime urban land lots to various non-
core districts and new development areas, including
the North District, Tai Po, Yuen Long, Tuen Mun, Tung
Chung, Tseung Kwan O and Kai Tak, etc.; in respect
of the three government office buildings at the Wan
Chai waterfront already planned for relocation, the Government should immediately announce to the
public a concrete relocation timetable with specific
details, and expedite the relocation process, so as to
effect the moving in of large teams of civil servants
of the relevant departments to various non-core
districts or new development areas to boost the local
consumption demand for shopping and dining, etc.,
inject fresh impetus into the local community economy,
create more jobs suitable for the grassroots and low-
skilled persons, and, under the principle of balancing
the overall planning for the environment, conservation,
transport and communities, hold discussions with the public and conduct studies on vacating valuable land
lots which, while being put to uses which are more
conducive to Hong Kong’s economic development,
should at the same time be utilized having regard
to town planning, so as to help foster the diversified
development of communities, increase the number of leisure facilities and public space, and enhance
people’s quality of living; this Council also urges
the Government to proactively study undertaking comprehensive planning for Hong Kong’s urban
development and dovetail with the development
strategies of the ‘Secondary City Centre’, so as to
relocate expeditiously the headquarters of its back
offices which are situated in prime urban land lots
to various non-core districts and new development areas.” was passed.
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8 June 2011
“Setting out a five-year plan” moved by
Hon TAM Yiu-chung
amendments moved by
Hon WONG Sing-chi
Hon CHEUNG Kwok-che
Hon Vincent FANG Kang
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kitDr Hon PAN Pey-chyou
(amendment proposed by
Hon Vincent FANG Kang was withdrawn)The motion as amended by Hon WONG Sing-chi
and Dr Hon PAN Pey-chyou: “That, at present, the
trend of the ageing of the society in Hong Kong is accelerating, this Council urges the Government to
plan in full speed and formulate as early as possible a
more comprehensive elderly policy, and also set out a
five-year plan for elderly services, so as to set specific
development objectives and pledges for elderly services every five years, with a view to rectifying the
serious problems of imbalance between supply of and demand for services, a large number of persons waiting for services and prolonged waiting time, as
well as strengthening the care for the needs of elderly
persons’ living, and vigorously improving people’s
livelihood; the relevant measures should include:
(a) to establish a five-year plan and service pledges
in respect of residential care services for the
elderly and community care for the elderly, and
strive to increase the number of residential care places for the elderly and community care
places for the elderly; to review the Standardized
Care Need Assessment Mechanism for Elderly
Services; to provide elderly services subsidies for elderly persons by making reference to the mode
of the existing education voucher scheme; and to
enhance complementary measures for the elderly
policy of ‘ageing in place’;
(b) to abolish the absence limit in respect of
application for Old Age Allowance (‘OAA’) to
enable elderly persons to spend their twilight
years on the Mainland without worries, and allow
elderly recipients of Disability Allowance to also
receive OAA, so as to improve their living;
(c) to intensify the policy of portable elderly welfare
benefits; to provide allowances to elderly persons
who return to their hometowns to live, enabling those elderly persons who choose to spend their twilight years in their hometowns to receive
a monthly living supplement; to proactively
study in conjunction with the relevant Mainland Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011208Date of Council meeting,
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departments the introduction of medical insurance
schemes for Hong Kong elderly persons living on
the Mainland, and consider collaborating with the
Mainland to run hospitals or provide out-patient
services, so as to serve the Hong Kong people
living on the Mainland;
(d) to propose the introduction of an entirely new
‘elderly maintenance grant scheme’ in addition
to OAA and Comprehensive Social Security
Assistance (‘CSSA’) Scheme, so as to provide
financial assistance to elderly persons who are not
eligible for applying CSSA to help them improve their living;
(e) to increase the amount of Elderly Healthcare
Vouchers to $1,000, lower the age requirement to
65, streamline administrative arrangements, and encourage the participation of more doctors; and
to relax the elderly drug subsidization policy;
(f) to expedite resource allocation from the
Community Care Fund for providing tooth filling and restoration allowances to the elderly,
and strengthen elderly dental care services, including the establishment of dental clinics in
the 18 districts, introduction of elderly dental care
services and opening public dental clinics for
elderly persons’ use, etc.;
(g) to expedite the establishment of public Chinese
medicine clinics in the 18 districts, and establish additional elderly health centres and increase their
membership;
(h) to devote resources to strengthen occupational
training related to the elderly care service
industries, so as to increase manpower for elderly
services and care and enhance practitioners’
professional knowledge and quality;
(i) to formulate a comprehensive and long-term
elderly housing policy, examine afresh the current land planning for earmarking sites for
elderly housing purposes, proactively study the
introduction of the ‘mixed use development’
concept in private and public housing, and
design a residence model which integrates elderly
housing and complementary facilities;Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011209Appendix 4
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(j) to expedite the implementation of a ‘mortgage
scheme for the elderly’ (i.e. ‘reverse mortgage’), so
as to assist elderly persons with private properties
in enhancing their finances and improving living
environment and lives in twilight years, and launch a scheme on ‘making use of residential properties
to provide for the twilight years of the elderly’ for
elderly property owners who have no means of
living and do not have any children;
(k) to implement the elderly-friendly policy in all public
places, effectively enforce the requirements of barrier-free facilities, and provide various types of
facilities for elderly persons to facilitate their entry
and exit;
(l) to motivate various transport operators to offer
comprehensive and permanent fare concessions
to elderly persons; to enrich elderly persons’
retirement life by introducing ‘recreation and
sports vouchers for the elderly’ and waiving admission fees for elderly persons in all exhibition
halls under the Leisure and Cultural Services
Department, and set up an ‘elderly employment
fund’, so as to assist healthy elderly persons in
sustaining their employment and giving full play to
their abilities; and
(m) to ensure that the elderly will be able to maintain
a reasonable standard of living, and establish a
universal retirement protection system;
(n) focusing on the varying quality of private residential
care homes for the elderly at present, to take the operating conditions of the sector seriously, and
study providing the market with venues which
are suitable for operating private residential care
homes for the elderly by perfecting the land
planning and housing policy; at the same time,
to ensure that purchase prices are able to meet
the costs of providing quality services; and to promote the voluntary accreditation system for
private residential care homes for the elderly, so as
to encourage the sector to upgrade its quality;Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011210Date of Council meeting,
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(o) focusing on the continuous increase in the number
of dementia patients in the society and the impact
on the healthcare, social welfare, law, public order
and ethics, etc., to take the gravity of the problem
seriously and formulate corresponding proposals,
so as to protect dementia patients and their family
members;
(p) to encourage local radio stations to provide
dedicated channels for the elderly, and also
to encourage television stations to produce more elderly programmes, so as to provide
senior citizens with more free audio-visual
entertainment;
(q) through publicity and education, to proactively
advocate the spirit of respecting, loving and
caring for the elderly; and
(r) focusing on the incessant return of Hong Kong
elderly persons from the Mainland to Hong
Kong in recent years, to formulate a more comprehensive strategy so as to assist such poor
and helpless elderly persons in settling down in
Hong Kong again and living their twilight years
without worries.” was passed.

15 June 2011
“Perfecting tree management system” moved by
Hon Tanya CHAN
amendments moved by
Hon CHAN Hak-kan
Hon IP Wai-ming
Hon KAM Nai-wai
Prof Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shingThe motion as amended by Hon CHAN Hak-kan, Hon
IP Wai-ming, Hon KAM Nai-wai and Prof Hon Patrick
LAU Sau-shing: “That with the presence of high-rise
buildings everywhere, air pollution and the heat island
effect are very serious in Hong Kong, and planting
trees may achieve the effects of improving air quality,
alleviating the greenhouse effect and lowering the
temperature in urban areas, and improve the urban
environment; greening may also improve community
landscape as well as people’s living environment, thereby upgrading quality of life; a comprehensive
system of tree preservation and management is
an indispensible segment of the greening process;
while proper tree management may strike a balance
between conserving trees and protecting people’s
lives and properties, it can also reduce the chances
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management and hazardous trees in the future and
reduce expenditures; in this connection, in order
to further perfect Hong Kong’s tree preservation
and management system, this Council urges the
Government to:
Establishment of a framework and perfecting resource
allocation –
(a) set up an independent and dedicated department
to co-ordinate the work of green planning, tree preservation and tree risk management, which is
at present scattered among various government departments;
(b) set up an advisory framework comprising tree and
greening experts as well as community members
for advising the relevant policy bureaux and
government departments on policies and specific
measures relating to green planning as well as tree preservation and management;
(c) increase resources for green planning, tree
preservation and tree risk management;
(d) study enacting specific legislation on tree
management, establish a comprehensive legal framework, and formulate various policies and
measures on tree preservation and management,
so as to ensure that trees can receive
comprehensive and appropriate protection;
Perfection of green planning –
(e) add green elements to various large-scale
public and private works projects as well as new development areas, and formulate a tree preservation and management mechanism;
(f) formulate a comprehensive green planning
system, and comprehensively examine the
greening arrangements in Hong Kong;
Perfection of the training and regulation of talents –
(g) formulate a licensing and regulatory system for tree
management personnel and tree management contractors, and establish a demerit point system
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outsourcing contractors for tree management
work, so as to strengthen the monitoring of
outsourcing contractors’ quality;
(h) strengthen the training of tree preservation and
management personnel, and encourage various
organizations to offer courses on tree preservation
and management as well as green planning;
Strengthening of community work –
(i) establish a comprehensive database of trees in the
communities for recording the basic information of trees, their health conditions and locations, etc., to facilitate the Government to carry out
tree management and the public to access the
relevant information, and conduct tree surveys in
the various communities, so as to identify trees
of conservation value, and include such trees in
a specific register, and conserve them through
specific legislation on tree management;
(j) strengthen public education on tree preservation
and management, set up a complaints hotline
operated by a dedicated department, make
use of various channels such as smart phone
or the Internet, etc., to facilitate the reporting of
problematic trees by the public, and organize the
participation of interested people and groups in
tree preservation and management work in the
districts; and
(k) allocate funds for encouraging the community to
organize research projects and activities in relation to greening management and tree preservation,
so as to enhance public awareness towards tree
conservation;
Establishment of a framework and perfecting resource
allocation –
(l) as the urban Greening Master Plans have been in
implementation for quite some time, consolidate the relevant experience in a timely manner, take
on board the community opinions, and promote
public engagement, so as to further develop and upgrade the effectiveness of the urban Greening Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011213Appendix 4
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Master Plans on the basis of collective wisdom
and concerted efforts, thus enabling more
effective tree management;
(m) drawing on the experience of implementing the
urban Greening Master Plans, incorporate the
features and characteristics of New Territories
districts and seriously heed and take on board the views of District Councils and the community, so
as to formulate a clear timetable on drawing up the
Greening Master Plans for the New Territories and
an implementation schedule as part of perfecting
tree management; and
Strengthening of community work –
(n) adopt proactive and effective measures for
strengthening the conservation of local plants of economic value, such as Buddhist pines and
incense trees, etc., so as to eradicate these
plants from being stolen and felled by people, and
educate the public about caring of trees with local
characteristics as well as relevant conservation knowledge, so as to protect Hong Kong’s green
environment;
Establishment of a framework and perfecting resource
allocation –
(o) study establishing a trees and greening
conservation fund to offer funding on a ‘dedicated-funds-for-dedicated-uses’ basis for
application by various types of organizations or
institutions, including civil society institutions, so
as to conserve trees and valuable trees which are beneficial to the community and which are grown
on non-government land (for example, the land under the Hong Kong Housing Authority, the Hong
Kong Housing Society and public organizations,
as well as private land of public welfare purposes)
and not managed by the Government; this fund
may also be used to increase resources for green
planning, tree preservation, tree risk management,
public education and the promotion of green tourism;Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011214Date of Council meeting,
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(p) set penalties for prohibiting any persons from
felling, transplanting, trimming or damaging trees
without authorization, so as to ensure that trees
can receive comprehensive and appropriate
protection;
Perfection of green planning –
(q) review and increase the green belts as provided in
the statutory town plans of Hong Kong (especially the urban areas);
Strengthening of community work –(r) study establishing a tree protection and
observation team in various districts; and
(s) implement a tree adoption scheme to put
community-wide tree observation into action; at the same time, invite relevant professionals to
provide the public with tree protection knowledge
and training;
Perfection of green planning –(t) undertake extensive greening in the vicinity
of residential areas and on urban structures, including wall faces, slopes, pavements and
rooftops, etc.;
(u) formulate strategic green planning with special
landscape design features for various districts
and the planting of theme trees in selected streets
and places for showing various shades of colours
in different seasons, so as to create beautified
streets and scenic spots to attract tourists and
stop any haphazard planting from ruining the
beauty of trees; and
Strengthening of studies on sustainable
development –
(v) through conducting studies on planting bamboo
groves or other plants, develop a green economy to dovetail with sustainable urban development; in particular, as bamboo grows quickly and its
photosynthetic rate is three times that of other
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oxygen, thereby helping to alleviate greenhouse
effect; at the same time, bamboo has the property
of tightly gripping the surface of the soil and is
safer than other trees; bamboo can also provide
substantial natural construction materials and can
be used for manufacturing bamboo products;
planting bamboo can even increase employment
opportunities in the fields of research, planting,
landscaping, manufacturing, design and certification, etc.; with the economic benefits of
sustainable development, put in more resources
to perfect tree preservation and management
work.” was passed.
22 June 2011
“Safeguarding the room for business
and development of small and medium enterprises”
moved by
Dr Hon LAM Tai-fai
amendments moved by
Hon WONG Ting-kwong
Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yipHon Ronny TONG Ka-wah
Hon WONG Yuk-man
Hong Fred LI Wah-mingThe motion as amended by Hon Fred LI Wah-ming: “That after the financial tsunami, European and
American economies have not yet fully recovered, and
market purchasing power has yet to revive, in addition,
the US dollar has remained weak, the exchange rates
of Renminbi, etc., have kept rising, rents and raw
materials prices have continued to soar, causing
operating costs to increase substantially and making
the business environment of small and medium
enterprises (‘SMEs’) very difficult; what SMEs worry
more is that if regulatory legislation is enacted in the
future, they may easily contravene the law inadvertently,
be oppressed by large enterprises bringing private
litigations against them, and they need to bear heavy
compliance costs and litigation fees, thus dealing a
severe blow to their business and development, and
producing inestimable negative impact on the overall
economic development and employment in society; in
this connection, this Council urges that when enacting
cross-sector regulatory legislation, the Government should comprehensively study and consider SMEs’
difficulties and worries, so as to effectively safeguard
consumer interests as well as SMEs’ room for development and sustainable competitiveness.” was
passed.Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011216Date of Council meeting,
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6 July 2011
“Immediately announcing the resumption of the
construction of Home Ownership Scheme flats”
moved byHon Alan LEONG Kah-kit
amendments moved by
Hon Frederick FUNG Kin-kee
Hon LEE Wing-tatHon WONG Kwok-kin
Hon CHAN Kam-lam
Hon Mrs Sophie LEUNG LAU Yau-fun
(amendment proposed by
Hon Frederick FUNG Kin-kee was withdrawn)The motion as amended by Hon WONG Kwok-kin:
“That, since the policy of ‘quantitative easing’ adopted
by the United States has caused a proliferation of
external capitals, the threats of asset-price bubbles
and inflation have therefore emerged in Hong Kong,
and private residential property prices continue to rise; the measures introduced by the Government
cannot curb the rising trend of property prices, thereby
causing housing difficulties to the sandwich class
and home acquisition difficulties to the middle class
in Hong Kong; and, as the public have keen housing demands, resuming the Home Ownership Scheme
(‘HOS’) is of an urgent need; in this connection, this
Council opines that the Government should not wait
until October to announce the resumption of HOS in
the Policy Address, and urges the authorities to share the public’s urgent concern by immediately announcing
the specific arrangements of resuming HOS, so as to
relieve the current housing concern of the public; the relevant details should include:
(a) to expeditiously undertake preliminary work for
resuming the construction of HOS flats, including
establishing a framework for resuming the
construction of HOS flats and identifying sites,
and when necessary, to use the sites originally earmarked for the My Home Purchase Plan for
constructing HOS flats, so as to strive for the
completion and supply of flats beginning from
2014;
(b) to delink the pricing of HOS flats from market
prices, and use the income levels, home purchase affordability rates and repayment ability of eligible
persons and construction costs, etc., as the
basis of pricing; and at the same time, to set
resale conditions, so as to restrict resale of newly
completed HOS flats for profit easily;
(c) to use certain former public rental housing
sites which have been designated for private
development for constructing new HOS flats, so
as to offer the sandwich class opportunities of
continuing to live in the urban areas;Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011217Appendix 4
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(d) to review the eligibility requirements for HOS
applicants in the light of actual circumstances,
and consider raising the income and asset limits
for applicants;
(e) to increase the ratio of white-form applicants (i.e.
non-public rental housing tenants);
(f) while announcing the resumption of the
construction of HOS flats, to increase public
rental housing supply and shorten public rental housing applicants’ waiting time, with a view to fully alleviating the current housing demands of
middle-income and low-income people as well
as the sandwich class, and enable public rental
housing tenants with the means to acquire homes
through HOS, thereby achieving the ‘revolving-
door’ effect; and
(g) to expeditiously formulate a long-term housing
and land supply policy, including rebuilding the three-rung housing mobility ladder of ‘public rental housing – HOS flats – private residential flats’, and
to conduct studies, so that the Government can provide adequate residential sites for supply to
the three different housing modes as public rental
housing, HOS flats and private residential flats.”
was passed.
6 July 2011
“Studying the establishment of an innovation and
technology bureau” moved by
Dr Hon Samson TAM Wai-ho
amendments moved by
Dr Hon PAN Pey-chyou
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hingThe motion as amended by Dr Hon PAN Pey-chyou
and Ho n Emily LAU Wai-hing: “That with the constant
changes and rapid development of new technologies
in recent years and the resultant new challenges faced
by the global economy, the development of an Internet-
based economy is already an inevitable trend, and
innovation and technology have also become a new
development strategy of many countries, therefore, Hong Kong, while continuing to develop traditional
industries, must formulate afresh a sustainable
economic development strategy, so that through the
development of new industries including innovation
and technology, Hong Kong’s competitiveness can be
further upgraded; according to the findings of a survey
on ‘How the Internet is transforming Hong Kong’s Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011218Date of Council meeting,
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economy’, in 2009, the total value of Hong Kong’s
Internet economy was already close to HK$100 billion,
representing 5.9% of the Gross Domestic Product (‘GDP’), and it is expected that the Internet economy
will continue to grow in the future at a rate even higher
than the overall GDP growth rate, showing that the
Internet economy will help upgrade Hong Kong’s
competitiveness vis-a-vis its neighbouring countries
and cities, and will even become an important segment
that can drive Hong Kong’s economic progress and development; in order to facilitate the rapid and
sustainable development of the Internet economy,
the Government’s participation and policy support are
indispensable key elements; in this connection, this
Council urges the Government to:
(a) proactively study the establishment of an
innovation and technology bureau specially
tasked to co-ordinate and formulate Hong Kong’s
overall strategy of developing innovation and
technology, so as to manifest the Government’s determination and commitment in promoting the
development of innovation and technology, and
upgrade Hong Kong’s international status in this
respect;
(b) provide preferential policies including land and
taxation concessions, etc., to attract more
enterprises on the Mainland and overseas,
especially large technological enterprises, to
come to Hong Kong for development or even set up headquarters in Hong Kong, so as to bring
fresh impetus to Hong Kong’s Internet economy
and create more local employment opportunities,
with a view to achieving economic development
with employment as the priority;
(c) earmark land in planning for developing innovation
and technology, including using existing industrial
estates, the Hong Kong Science Park and the
land in the border river-loop areas as bases for innovation and technological research as well
as the development of the relevant industries; Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011219Appendix 4
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and at the same time, capitalize on the edge of
Hong Kong-Mainland connection to establish a
platform for innovation and technology industries
in the two places, so as to achieve co-ordination
and complementarity of edge;
(d) provide local universities and technological
research institutes with sufficient resources,
including specifying that the resources the Government puts into research and development
must occupy a certain proportion in the Gross Domestic Product, and to tie in the relevant
policies, so as to train more talents for developing
innovation and technology, and promote the
productization of university technological
research projects; with the large enterprises from
the Mainland and overseas coming to develop in
Hong Kong, increase the opportunities for their
exchanges with local talents, so as to upgrade
the skills, quality and visions of local talents;
(e) expeditiously reform Hong Kong’s existing patent
application system, including considering the progressive introduction of an ‘original grant
patent system’ and enhancing the existing short-
term patent system, so as to perfect Hong Kong’s
systems of patented invention and innovative
design; and at the same time, protect the rights
and interests of patent applicants, so as to enable
local creativity to receive appropriate protection; and
(f) strive for social and public recognition of developing
innovation and technology in Hong Kong, so as to
create an atmosphere and cultural environment
of universal support for promoting innovation and
technology and fostering the development of the
Internet economy; and
(g) learn from the bitter experience of developing
Cyberport, adopt a transparent, open, fair and impartial approach to attract investors to develop
in Hong Kong, and refrain from packaging
property development projects as innovation and
technology schemes.” was passed.
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The motion: “That this Council notes Chapter 1 of the
Public Accounts Committee Report No. 56 on ‘Hong
Kong 2009 East Asian Games’.” was passed.13 July 2011
“Public Accounts Committee’s Report
on ‘Hong Kong 2009 East Asian Games’ ” moved by
Dr Hon Philip WONG Yu-hong
13 July 2011
“Improving the medical services of
the various clusters under the Hospital Authority”
moved by
Hon Fred LI Wah-ming
amendments moved by
Hon Frederick FUNG Kin-kee
Hon CHAN Hak-kan
Dr Hon PAN Pey-chyou
Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan
Dr Hon LEUNG Ka-lau
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah
(amendment proposed by
Dr Hon LEUNG Ka-lau was withdrawn)The motion as amended by Hon Frederick FUNG
Kin-kee, Hon CHAN Hak-kan, Dr Hon PAN Pey-
chyou, Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan and Hon Ronny
TONG Ka-wah: “That, although the proportion of the
Government’s expenditure on medical and health services in its recurrent expenditure has increased
from 15.9% in 2007-2008 to 16.5% in 2011-2012,
population ageing and population growth have resulted in increased healthcare costs, and the
Government’s development of the healthcare industry
and private medical services in the absence of proper
manpower planning has led to a serious wastage
of healthcare manpower and manpower shortage
in the public healthcare system, and the manpower
retention measures adopted by the Hospital Authority
(‘HA’) have resulted in further increases in the costs of
public medical services; at the same time, owing to the uneven distribution of resources among the various
clusters and the lack of transparency in the allocation
of manpower and resources within individual clusters,
many community hospitals are unable to improve
services in response to the demands of residents within
the communities; in this connection, this Council urges
the executive authorities to face up to the problems of
increasing healthcare costs and healthcare manpower
shortage, review the policy direction and the pace of developing the healthcare industry and private medical
services to reduce the impact on the public medical
system, improve the management of HA, set a staffing
establishment so as to ensure that public medical resources are put to proper uses and spent on the
districts and fields with the greatest need, and apart
from handling problems commonly found in various districts, such as the HA Drug Formulary rendering
many patients unable to get the required drugs, long Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011221Appendix 4
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waiting time for services of accident and emergency
departments as well as specialist out-patient services,
long booking periods for surgical operations, difficulties
in booking out-patient services and the non-provision of dental services in the public medical system, etc.,
focus particularly on clusters facing a particularly
severe shortage of medical resources and manpower,
such as New Territories West Cluster and Kowloon
East Cluster, etc., and allocate more resources and manpower to respond to people’s aspirations and improve services within the districts; the relevant
measures should include:
(a) to expand United Christian Hospital and include
the provision of oncology services;
(b) to extend the services of Tseung Kwan O
Hospital, provide a more comprehensive range of
healthcare services, and draw up a timetable for
equipping it with delivery rooms;
(c) to introduce 24-hour out-patient services
or services of the Accident and Emergency Department in Our Lady of Maryknoll Hospital;
(d) to expeditiously and fully launch the new facilities
at Pok Oi Hospital, which was redeveloped in
2007, for service commencement;
(e) to relocate Shek Kip Mei Health Centre and
upgrade it to an integrated health services centre, so as to rectify its existing problems of remote
location and inadequate facilities, etc.;
(f) to extend the services of North District Hospital
by providing in-patient services in its Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine Department, strengthen
the support for its Accident and Emergency
Department, and, in view of the various major
medical incidents at North District Hospital, to
raise the number and quality of its healthcare personnel; and
(g) to improve transportation support for Lantau Island
residents going to Princess Margaret Hospital, and expeditiously complete the construction of
North Lantau Hospital, so as to provide medical
services for Lantau Island residents;Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011222Date of Council meeting,
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(h) to finalize the planning details of the district hospital
under the Kai Tak Development, and require that
the hospital must benefit the residents in Wong
Tai Sin District;
(i) to reinstate emergency obstetric services at North
District Hospital;
(j) for facilitating the integration and comprehensive
development of public medical services on Lantau Island, to relocate the existing Tung
Chung Health Centre to North Lantau Hospital
under construction, and develop an integrated
Chinese medicine services centre in the existing
site vacated by the health centre;
(k) focusing on the impact of mainland pregnant
women giving birth in Hong Kong on the medical
system in Hong Kong, including the impact on
obstetrics and gynaecology, neonatal intensive
care as well as maternal and child health centre
services, to conduct a comprehensive assessment and proceed with planning of manpower and
resources, so as to avoid affecting the quality of
overall medical services; and
(l) to expeditiously establish the remaining three
public Chinese medicine out-patient clinics for
honouring the undertaking of establishing public
Chinese medicine out-patient clinics in all 18
districts, and proactively introduce Chinese
medicine in-patient services and conjoint Chinese medicine and Western medicine consultations in
the various clusters;
(m) to expeditiously introduce men’s medical check-
up and specialist services;
(n) apart from the Centre of Excellence in Paediatrics
and the Centre of Excellence in Neuroscience,
to expeditiously implement the establishment of an acute general hospital at the Kai Tak site, so
as to share the burden of meeting Kowloon East residents’ demand for public medical services;
(o) to expedite the completion of Tin Shui Wai
Hospital, and before the commencement of the
Hospital’s services, to expeditiously launch the Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011223Appendix 4
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integrated clinic building in Tin Shui Wai Area 109,
so as to cope with the demand of Tin Shui Wai’s
residents for medical services;
(p) to honour the undertaking of reinstating the
provision of urology services at Yan Chai Hospital
after its redevelopment;
(q) to introduce obstetrics and gynaecology
hospitalization and delivery care services at North
District Hospital;
(r) before the completion of North Lantau Hospital,
to maintain and improve the holiday and evening clinic services in Tung Chung; and
(s) to implement the provision of general out-patient
and family medicine clinic services in Siu Sai Wan;
and
(t) to conduct studies on separately handling Hong
Kong people’s pregnant wives on the Mainland
and other Mainland pregnant women under the
quota system for admission of non-local pregnant women giving birth in public hospitals, and provide
the former with opportunities of waiting for quota
places of giving birth in Hong Kong on a priority
basis;
(u) to increase the resources allocated for New
Territories West Cluster and improve the services
of Tuen Mun Hospital; and
(v) to strengthen mental health services in the various
clusters and shorten waiting time.” was passed.
13 July 2011
“Perfecting harbourfront planning and management in
all districts of Hong Kong” moved by
Prof Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shing
amendments moved by
Hon WONG Kwok-hing
Hon KAM Nai-wai
Hon IP Kwok-him
Hon Tanya CHANThe motion as amended by Hon WONG Kwok-hing,
Hon KAM Nai-wai, Hon IP Kwok-him and Hon Tanya
CHAN: “That, given that Hong Kong’s harbourfront
development strategy always plans only one step
ahead, and government departments follow different
policies on the use of harbourfront land, displaying
a lack of foresight and failing to progress with the
times, this Council urges the Government to adopt the
following measures to perfect harbourfront planning
and management in all districts of Hong Kong:Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011224Date of Council meeting,
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(a) to make reference to appropriate overseas
experience to formulate a forward-looking
and comprehensive strategic harbourfront
development policy, a development plan and a
timetable for implementation with the objective of
harbourfront beautification and greening;
(b) to establish a statutory body and recruit
professionals to co-ordinate and implement
strategic harbourfront development; formulate
harbourfront development master plans for all districts of Hong Kong; organize open
competitions on harbourfront design; construct
harbourfronts of different styles by integrating the
special features of various districts and dovetailing
with community characteristics, and undertake
a comprehensive planning for the provision
of convenient, easily accessible and three-
dimensional harbourfront connective networks,
so as to link up fragmented harbourfronts and connect them to the communities in the vicinity;
(c) through the public-private partnership approach,
to proceed with continuous monitoring, public
engagement and private development throughout
the process from strategy formulation and design
concept to operational management; encourage
public engagement in the planning consultation
for harbourfront community construction, and
provide public space in private development projects, with a view to providing local community
residents with harbourfront community facilities
that suit their needs;
(d) to support tourism-based harbourfront
development, provide high quality tourism facilities
that are convenient and attract visitors, including
various forms of water transport, and promote
diversified leisure water sports, for example, the
provision of vessel berthing spaces, water sports
rafts, hydroplane and seafood restaurants, etc.;
(e) to fully utilize harbourfront resources for holding
a diversified range of tourism, recreational and
festive events, such as international or local mega events such as dragon boat races, boat shows and Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011225Appendix 4
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cross-harbour swimming competitions, etc., with
a view to boosting local community economy;
(f) through harbourfront improvement plans, to
revitalize and develop afresh decommissioned old
piers and support the development of the local
community economy;
(g) with a view to dovetailing with the plan of
harbourfront beautification and greening, and
optimizing the precious natural endowment of Hong Kong’s harbourfront, the top echelons of the Government should co-ordinate various
government departments as early as possible to
expeditiously formulate planning and make proper
arrangements for the various existing waterfront
urban public environment facilities, so as to turn
negative factors into positive factors, and in turn
revitalize to the fullest extent the various existing
public facilities to dovetail with the new strategic
development of the harbourfront; and
(h) to manage harbourfronts with sustainable modes
of financial operations;
(i) when adopting the public-private-partnership
approach for putting harbourfront construction and management under private development projects,
to ensure that harbourfronts are accessible, and
the public can freely enjoy harbourfronts without
unreasonable restrictions; and
(j) to expeditiously resolve the problem of
harbourfront areas being used by public facilities or falling within privately-owned land, so that
more harbourfront lands can be linked up to form
harbourfront promenades for public enjoyment;
(k) in the spirit of ‘Harbourfront for the People’, to
build the two sides of the Victoria Harbour into a
world-class harbourfront area, give a makeover to
the shorelines of Hong Kong Island and Kowloon
Peninsula on the two sides of the harbour and energize community connections for showing the
distinctive vitality and scenery of Hong Kong’s
Victoria Harbour; andLegislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011226Date of Council meeting,
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(l) under the people-based principle, to construct a
harbourfront promenade stretching from Kennedy
Town to Chai Wan, and build infrastructures along
the harbourfront promenade, including revitalizing
Western Wholesale Food Market, preserving
Fenwick Pier in Wan Chai, developing Causeway
Bay Typhoon Shelter and connecting it with
Victoria Park, constructing a cycling park at North
Point Ferry Pier, building a cultural and recreational district in Quarry Bay, revitalizing Shau Kei Wan Wholesale Fish Market and the shipyards nearby,
constructing a water sports centre in Chai Wan,
and constructing a ‘new harbourfront promenade
in Kowloon’ linking up Lei Yue Mun, Kai Tak, To
Kwa Wan, Hung Hom, Tsim Sha Tsui as well as Sham Shui Po and cutting through the West
Kowloon Cultural District;
(m) in the course of harbourfront planning and
management, to give appropriate consideration to the needs of the shipping, cruise and ferry
industries, so as to take advantage of the
harbour;
(n) to provide appropriate ancillary facilities for the
public to make good use of harbourfronts for
conducting various community recreational
activities; and
(o) to perfect effluent treatment and sewage systems,
so as to improve the water quality of the harbour and harbourfront views.” was passed.

13 July 2011
“Bidding farewell to the Legislative Council Building”
moved by
Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yeeThe motion: “That, as the Legislative Council will move to the new Legislative Council Complex after
this legislative session, this Council bids farewell
to this historic building.” was passed. Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011227Appendix 4
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The original motion: “That this Council thanks the
Chief Executive for his address.” and the proposed
amendments to the motion were negatived. 27, 28 and 29 October 2010
“Motion of Thanks” moved by
Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yee
amendments moved by
Hon Albert HO Chun-yan
Hon LEE Wing-tat
Hon WONG Sing-chiHon Frederick FUNG Kin-kee
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah
amendment to amendment moved by
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan
1 December 2010
“Reviewing the operation of the Land (Compulsory
Sale for Redevelopment) Ordinance” moved by
Hon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yee
amendments moved by
Hon CHAN Kam-lam
Dr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-funDr Hon Margaret NG
Hon WONG Yuk-man
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah
Hon CHEUNG Kwok-che
Hon James TO Kun-sun
The original motion: “That the Administration,
by publication of the Land (Compulsory Sale for
Redevelopment) (Specification of Lower Percentage)
Notice in the Gazette in January this year, specified
that with effect from 1 April this year, in respect of
three classes of land lot, the application threshold for compulsory sale shall be lowered from 90% to
80%; although the lowering of the threshold can
help facilitate urban renewal, the existing old building
acquisition mechanism lacks transparency, and owners of old buildings are unable to negotiate with
developers on a more equal footing; in the half year
since the implementation of the new legislation, the
acquisition of old buildings for private redevelopment 3 November 2010
“Releasing LIU Xiaobo” moved by
Hon WONG Yuk-man
amendments moved by
Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yip
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hungThe original motion: “That, as the award of the Nobel
Peace Prize to LIU Xiaobo, who struggles for human rights in China through peaceful, rational and non-
violent means, is a significant, epoch-making event
that will definitely produce profound and far-reaching
impact on the progress of democratization in China,
this Council urges the Central Government to release
LIU Xiaobo and all political dissidents immediately.”
and the proposed amendments to the motion were
negatived.Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011228Date of Council meeting,
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has mostly occurred in prime land lots or even the
Mid-levels, while no one is interested in the dilapidated
communities that are in great need of redevelopment,
indicating that the legislation has failed to fully fulfil its
objectives; in this connection, this Council urges the Administration to review the Land (Compulsory Sale
for Redevelopment) Ordinance (‘the Ordinance’),
including:
(a) to examine the operational problems in old building
acquisition: when dealing with experienced
developers or agents, individual flat owners often
cope with very great mental stress, and many of
them are even subject to harassment suspected
to be acquisition-related, which causes anxiety
and seriously affects the life of individual flat
owners;
(b) to review the compensation mechanism for old
building acquisition: flat owners at present have
to fight lone battles against developers or agents
who are financially powerful and influential in sale
price negotiations and, given their lack of help and support, the sale prices often fail to reach the
price levels of similar properties they look for in
nearby places of the same districts and even fall
far short of many flat owners’ expectation of ‘flat
for flat, shop for shop’ for urban renewal; and
(c) to conduct an overall review of the Ordinance:
given that compulsory sale involves deprivation of private property rights and the Ordinance currently
has various deficiencies, it is necessary to conduct
an overall review of the Ordinance (including the
administrative arrangements therein), in order
to enhance the protection of the rights of flat
owners.” and the proposed amendments to the motion were negatived.Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011229Appendix 4
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8 December 2010
“Reviewing the policy on nature conservation” moved
by
Hon Audrey EU Yuet-mee
amendments moved by
Hon KAM Nai-wai
Hon CHEUNG Hok-ming
amendment to amendment moved by
Hon LEE Wing-tatThe original motion: “That this Council urges the
Government to expeditiously review the existing policy on nature conservation and formulate appropriate
measures, including: setting up a community-led and
government-supported nature conservation fund;
putting in place a compensation mechanism for cases
in which the land lots have been frozen for development
due to nature conservation and have established
development rights according to law; immediately
implementing planning control on ‘enclaves’ adjacent
to country parks; requiring developers, upon the expiry of the planning permission and building plan approval,
to apply afresh for development permission according
to the existing conservation requirements in respect
of projects yet to be commenced; plugging the
loophole that developers can undertake large-scale
developments by acquiring small house concessionary
rights; and increasing the penalties for property owners
and liable persons who carry out unlawful development
and cause land damage in contravention of the law, so as to properly conserve land lots with high ecological
value and picturesque sceneries.” and the proposed
amendments to the motion were negatived.

26 January 2011
“The centenary of the Xinhai Revolution” moved by
Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yip
amendments moved by
Hon IP Kwok-him
Hon WONG Yuk-manThe original motion: “That the Chinese people successfully toppled the monarchy in the Xinhai Revolution 100 years ago and established the first
democratic republic in Asia; unfortunately, after the passage of 100 years, with the exception that the
people in Taiwan can, through a democratic electoral
system which is fair, open, impartial and based on the
principles of universality and equality, choose their own
government and return their elected representative assemblies, the people in Mainland China, Macao
and Hong Kong are still unable to enjoy direct and
full electoral rights; in view of this, on this day which
is almost 100 years after the Xinhai Revolution, this
Council urges the Chinese people all over the world
to adhere to the teachings of the Founding Father
and strive to promote nationalism, livelihood and Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011230Date of Council meeting,
Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
II. MOTIONS NEGATIVED
democracy, so that democratization, human rights
and the rule of law can be expeditiously realized on
the soil of China.” and the proposed amendments to
the motion were negatived.

9 March 2011
“Establishing a communication mechanism between
China and Hong Kong” moved by
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah
amendment moved by
Hon Albert HO Chun-yanThe original motion: “That this Council urges the authorities to study establishing expeditiously a direct,
effective and permanent communication mechanism,
so as to enable the three sides of Beijing, the
Hong Kong Government and Hong Kong’s elected
representatives to, on basis of not violating the
principle of ‘one country, two systems’, exchange views on issues relating to constitutional arrangements,
people’s livelihood, economy, planning, environmental
protection, transportation and tourism, etc., thereby
materializing the unique political, economic and social
status of the HKSAR under the Basic Law, and building
the foundation of long-term mutual understanding
and trust among Beijing, Hong Kong and its people;
particularly under the aforesaid principles, this Council
urges the authorities to establish:
(a) a formal channel to enable council representatives
to, outside of the Executive Authorities, exchange
views with Mainland officials on relevant issues;
(b) a permanent liaison mechanism between
representative councils and the Mainland’s
municipal and provincial governments, so as to
facilitate discussion on issues of concern to both
sides; and
(c) a mechanism for regular exchange of visits to
enable Hong Kong’s elected representative councils to exchange views directly with the
Mainland’s law-making bodies and other relevant
departments.” and the proposed amendment to
the motion were negatived.
Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011231Appendix 4
MOTION DEBATES HELD
Date of Council meeting,
Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
II. MOTIONS NEGATIVED
11 May 2011
“Temporarily suspending the implementation of the
Minimum Wage Ordinance” moved by
Hon Paul TSE Wai-chun
amendments moved by
Dr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun
Hon Vincent FANG KangThe original motion: “That, as both employees and
employers in many industries have complained bitterly about the Minimum Wage Ordinance, the
general guidelines promulgated by the Government as well as the specific guidelines formulated for a
number of industries which are mostly affected by the Ordinance are not yet able to allay public concern, and
Members who supported the passage of the Minimum Wage Bill that day have recently been queried for
failing to thoroughly scrutinize the relevant bill and
underestimating the negative impact of the legislation, this Council urges the SAR Government to temporarily
suspend the implementation of the Ordinance.” and the
proposed amendments to the motion were negatived.
18 May 2011
“The 4 June incident” moved by
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan
amendment moved by
Hon Albert HO Chun-yanThe original motion: “That this Council urges that: the 4 June incident be not forgotten and the 1989
pro-democracy movement be vindicated.” and the
proposed amendment to the motion were negatived.
8 June 2011
“The inability of the Government’s measures to help
people acquire their homes” moved byHon James TO Kun-sun
amendments moved by
Hon CHAN Kam-lam
Hon WONG Kwok-hingHon Cyd HO Sau-lan
amendments to amendments moved by
Hon Fred LI Wah-ming
Hon LEE Wing-tatThe original motion: “That, regarding people’s problem
of acquiring homes, the public and this Council have
long since forged the consensus that the Government should resume the construction of Home Ownership
Scheme flats and reinstate the Tenants Purchase
Scheme, and the relevant motions were passed by
this Council, but the Government has turned a deaf
ear and disregarded public opinion; after the series
of measures launched by the Government, including
allocating lands for constructing ‘flats with limited floor
area’, introducing My Home Purchase Plan and the
special stamp duty for combating property speculation,
as well as putting up more land lots for sale by auction,
property prices in Hong Kong have continued to rise,
reflecting that these government measures are unable
to help people acquire their homes; in this connection, Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011232Date of Council meeting,
Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
II. MOTIONS NEGATIVED
this Council expresses grave dismay at Chief
Executive Donald TSANG Yam-kuen, and urges the
Chief Executive to make serious reflection and respect
public opinion.” and the proposed amendments to the
motion were negatived.
15 June 2011
“Moral and National Education Curriculum” moved by
Hon Albert HO Chun-yan
amendments moved by
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan
Hon Audrey EU Yuet-mee
amendment to amendment moved by
Hon CHEUNG Man-kwong
The original motion: “That the Education Bureau earlier proposed to make Moral and National Education a
compulsory subject arousing public concern; HAO
Tiechuan, Director-General of the Publicity, Culture and
Sports Department of the Liaison Office of the Central
People’s Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, made a high-profile remark on
the Internet that the new subject is a type of ‘necessary brainwashing’ and queried that ‘any education in
defiance of the Central Government’ was not regarded
as national education; subsequently, officials from
Hong Kong’s Education Bureau even commented at a consultation seminar on the curriculum guide that
‘universal values (such as democracy and freedom,
etc.) are equal to western values’, and rebuked
teachers for ‘obstinately discussing the country’s state
of affairs from a negative perspective’; in order to allay
public concern and ensure that the introduction of the
new subject will not be utilized as a tool for instilling political ideas, this Council urges the Government to:
(a) face up to the concern of the education sector
and the public, and ensure that the introduction
of the new subject is based on open and impartial
public consultation, rather than a fake consultation
exercise conducted in a top-down manner; the
scope of consultation should cover whether the
new subject is to be introduced in September
2012;
(b) instil elements relating to universal values such
as democracy, freedom and human rights, etc., into national education, and enhance the existing
civic education, so as to establish recognition of
national and citizenship identity;Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011233Appendix 4
MOTION DEBATES HELD
Date of Council meeting,
Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
II. MOTIONS NEGATIVED
(c) give teachers a free hand so that they can adopt
rational, objective and diversified pedagogical
approaches to cultivate students’ independent
critical thinking;
(d) through the new subject, teach students to
understand the relationship of the state, the
nation, the Government and political parties
with the people, and to differentiate love for the
country and care for the nation from support for
the Government, political parties, the ruling regime and political figures, so that they will understand
that love for the country and the people is not equal to love for a political party and support for
the leadership; and
(e) ensure that the new subject can comprehensively
and truly depict the state of affairs in China; and
using Chinese history, particularly contemporary
Chinese history, as teaching materials, including
the 4 June incident, the rights defending movement and even the suppression of political
dissidents such as LIU Xiaobo and AI Weiwei, etc.,
to enable students to understand the problems
faced by China as a result of the socio-political
development since its economic reform and
liberalization.” and the proposed amendments to
the motion were negatived.
22 June 2011
“Expeditiously implementing the formulation of
standard working hours” moved by
Hon IP Wai-ming
amendment moved by
Hon WONG Sing-chiThe original motion: “That after many years of striving by the labour sector, the Minimum Wage Ordinance
formally came into force this year, marking a great step forward for labour rights and interests; yet, minimum wage and standard working hours must complement
each other in order to be able to maximize the effect
of protecting grassroots workers and facilitating Hong
Kong’s economic development; in this connection, this
Council urges the SAR Government to, having regard
to the well-being of employees at large, spare no efforts
in making preparations for enacting legislation on
standard working hours and expeditiously implement
the relevant tasks, including:Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011234Date of Council meeting,
Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
II. MOTIONS NEGATIVED
(a) to set a deadline and timetable for conducting
studies on regulating working hours;
(b) to establish a ‘study group on legislating
for standard working hours’ comprising
representatives of the Government, employees
and employers;
(c) to regularly hold discussions in the Panel on
Manpower of the Legislative Council, and report
to the Labour Advisory Board on the progress, so
as to strengthen the Legislative Council’s function of monitoring the Government on the one hand,
and increase the transparency of the relevant
work on the other, with a view to enabling the
public and the labour sector to know the progress
of the studies;
(d) to proactively ascertain the views of the trade
unions of various industries and the relevant
stakeholders on standard working hours; and
(e) through various forms of publicity and education,
to increase the public’s knowledge and understanding of standard working hours.” and
the proposed amendment to the motion were
negatived.
29 June 2011
“The 20th anniversary of implementing the Hong Kong
Bill of Rights Ordinance” moved by
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing
amendment moved by
Dr Hon Philip WONG Yu-hong
The original motion: “That the fact that Hong Kong
is a city in the People’s Republic of China which
has greater freedom as well as a higher respect for
the rule of law and human rights is directly related to
the implementation of the Hong Kong Bill of Rights
Ordinance (‘HKBORO’) for 20 years, because under
HKBORO, most of the human rights safeguarded by
the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights are brought within the ambit of local legislation; in
this connection, this Council urges the authorities to
firmly uphold the principles of respecting the rule of
law and protecting human rights, take the opportunity presented by the 20th anniversary of implementing
HKBORO to promote human rights education and
enhance the public’s understanding of HKBORO, and
to establish a dedicated committee for promoting human rights education, so as to enhance the effects
that can be achieved by HKBORO.” and the proposed
amendment to the motion were negatived.Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011235Appendix 4
MOTION DEBATES HELD
Date of Council meeting,
Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
II. MOTIONS NEGATIVED
The motion: “That on 1 July 2003, over 500 000 Hong
Kong people took to the streets in protest, demanding
the implementation of dual universal suffrage and
opposing the enactment of legislation to implement
Article 23 of the Basic Law; since then, the aforesaid
public view has remained unchanged, and was
manifested in the several Legislative Council elections
held in the past; in this connection, this Council urges
the Government to enact legislation on referendum and
conduct a referendum on the proposal on constitutional reform in Hong Kong, so as to realize the principle of
a high degree of autonomy for Hong Kong people,
allow Hong Kong people to decide whether to enact
legislation to implement Article 23 of the Basic Law and
on the selection of the Chief Executive and the election
of all Legislative Council Members by universal suffrage
in 2012, fully comply with the relevant requirements of
the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
of the United Nations, and return the political power to
the people.” was negatived.29 June 2011
“Proposal on the constitutional reform in Hong Kong”
moved by
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung
13 July 2011
“Issues in relation to procedural rules on pecuniary
interests” moved by
Hon Mrs Sophie LEUNG LAU Yau-funThe motion: “That this Council takes note of the issues in relation to the procedural rules on pecuniary interests
that are set out in the Report of the Committee on
Members’ Interests on its consideration of a complaint
against Ir Dr Hon Raymond HO, Hon Jeffrey LAM and
Hon Abraham SHEK.” was negatived.
Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011236
Date of Council meeting,
Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
III. MOTIONS ON ADJOURNMENT
Motions moved under Rule 16(2) of the Rules of Procedure
17 November 2010
Motion on adjournment moved by
Hon Frederick FUNG Kin-kee “That this Council do now adjourn for the purpose
of debating the following issue: ZHAO Lianhai, who
founded ‘Kidney Stone Babies’ to help those Mainland children who are victims of tainted formula milk and
their parents to defend their rights, was sentenced
to two-and-a-half-years’ imprisonment by a Beijing court earlier, causing people both inside and outside
the country to express serious concern and question
whether the sentence is a contravention of the people’s
rights enshrined in the Constitution.” The motion on
adjournment was negatived.
2 March 2011
Motion on adjournment moved by
Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung“That this Council do now adjourn for the purpose of debating the following issue: acts of violence against the Chief Executive and public officers.” The motion
on adjournment was negatived.
12 January 2011
Motion on adjournment moved by
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hungMotions moved under Rule 16(4) of the Rules of Procedure
“That this Council do now adjourn for the purpose of
debating the following issue: the HKSAR Government’s
handling on humanitarian grounds of matters relating
to overseas pro-democracy figures’ entry into Hong
Kong for mourning the death of Mr SZETO Wah.” The
motion on adjournment was passed.

16 March 2011
Motion on adjournment moved by
Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yee“That this Council do now adjourn for the purpose of debating the following two issues:
(a) the impact on Hong Kong of the Fukushima
nuclear plant explosion in Japan and its leakage of radiation as well as the Government’s contingency
measures (raised by Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yee);
and
(b) the refusal of Philippine government officials
and rescue crew involved in the Manila hostage incident to come to Hong Kong to testify in the Coroner’s Court (raised by Hon James TO Kun-
sun).” The motion on adjournment was not voted upon.Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011237Appendix 5
MEMBERSHIP OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL COMMITTEES
Appendix 5
MEMBERSHIP OF
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
COMMITTEES
(BY COMMITTEES AND BY MEMBERS) as at 30 September 2011
BY COMMITTEES
SUBCOMMITTEES OF
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Establishment Subcommittee
Dr Hon Margaret NG (Chairman)
Dr Hon PAN Pey-chyou (Deputy Chairman)Ir Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-taiDr Hon David LI Kwok-poHon CHEUNG Man-kwongHon WONG Yung-kanHon LAU Kong-wahHon LI Fung-yingHon WONG Ting-kwongProf Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shingHon WONG Sing-chiHon IP Wai-mingHon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yeeHon Alan LEONG Kah-kit (up to 9.12.2010)Hon WONG Yuk-man (up to 29.3.2011)
Public Works Subcommittee
Ir Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-tai (Chairman)Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit (Deputy Chairman)Hon Fred LI Wah-mingHon James TO Kun-sunHon CHAN Kam-lamHon LAU Wong-fatHon Miriam LAU Kin-yeeHon Andrew CHENG Kar-fooHon Timothy FOK Tsun-tingHon TAM Yiu-chungHon Abraham SHEK Lai-himHon WONG Kwok-hingHon LEE Wing-tatHon CHEUNG Hok-mingProf Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shingHon KAM Nai-waiHon Cyd HO Sau-lanHon Starry LEE Wai-kingHon CHAN Hak-kanDr Hon LEUNG Ka-lauHon WONG Kwok-kinHon IP Kwok-himHon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yeeHon Tanya CHANHon Albert CHAN Wai-yip
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE
Dr Hon Philip WONG Yu-hong (Chairman)Hon Paul CHAN Mo-po (Deputy Chairman)Hon Andrew CHENG Kar-foo Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-himHon Ronny TONG Ka-wahHon Cyd HO Sau-lanHon Starry LEE Wai-king
COMMITTEE ON MEMBERS’
INTERESTS
Hon Mrs Sophie LEUNG LAU Yau-fun
(Chairman)
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing (Deputy Chairman)
Dr Hon Margaret NGHon WONG Yung-kanHon Abraham SHEK Lai-himHon Paul CHAN Mo-poHon WONG Sing-chiLegislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011238
SUBCOMMITTEES OF
HOUSE COMMITTEE
Parliamentary Liaison Subcommittee
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him (Chairman)
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing (Deputy Chairman)Hon Fred LI Wah-mingHon James TO Kun-sunHon Mrs Sophie LEUNG LAU Yau-funProf Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shing Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan Hon CHAN Hak-kan
Subcommittee on Members’
Remuneration and Operating Expenses
Reimbursement
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing (Chairman)
Hon Albert HO Chun-yan (up to 10.2.2011)Hon LEE Cheuk-yanHon CHEUNG Man-kwongHon Abraham SHEK Lai-himHon WONG Ting-kwongHon Ronny TONG Ka-wahProf Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shingHon IP Kwok-himHon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yee
Subcommittee to Study Issues
Arising from Lehman Brothers-related
Minibonds and Structured Financial
Products
Ir Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-tai (Chairman)
Dr Hon Philip WONG Yu-hong
(Deputy Chairman)
Hon James TO Kun-sunHon CHAN Kam-lam (up to 6.12.2010)Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-himHon Audrey EU Yuet-meeHon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fungHon WONG Ting-kwongHon Ronny TONG Ka-wahHon CHIM Pui-chungProf Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shing
(up to 14.10.2010)
Hon KAM Nai-waiHon Starry LEE Wai-kingHon Paul CHAN Mo-po (up to 31.10.2010) Hon CHAN Kin-porDr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-funDr Hon LEUNG Ka-lau (up to 21.10.2010)Hon IP Wai-mingHon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yeeHon LEUNG Kwok-hung
Subcommittee to Study Issues Relating
to Mainland-HKSAR Families
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan (Chairman)
Hon LEUNG Yiu-chung (Deputy Chairman)Hon Albert HO Chun-yanHon Miriam LAU Kin-yeeHon TAM Yiu-chungHon Abraham SHEK Lai-himHon Audrey EU Yuet-meeHon WONG Kwok-hingHon Ronny TONG Ka-wahProf Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shingHon Cyd HO Sau-lanHon CHAN Hak-kanHon CHEUNG Kwok-cheHon WONG Sing-chiHon WONG Yuk-man
Subcommittee to Examine the
Implementation in Hong Kong of
Resolutions of the United Nations
Security Council in relation to Sanctions
Dr Hon Margaret NG (Chairman)
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan (since 4.4.2011)Hon LAU Kong-wahHon Cyd HO Sau-lanHon LEUNG Kwok-hung (since 4.4.2011)
Subcommittee on Proposed Senior
Judicial Appointments
Dr Hon Margaret NG (Chairman)
Hon Albert HO Chun-yanHon LAU Kong-wahHon Emily LAU Wai-hingHon Paul CHAN Mo-poDr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-funHon LEUNG Kwok-hungLegislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011239Appendix 5
MEMBERSHIP OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL COMMITTEES
Subcommittee to Study Issues Relating
to the Power of the Legislative Council
to Amend Subsidiary Legislation
Dr Hon Margaret NG (Chairman)
Ir Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-taiDr Hon Philip WONG Yu-hongHon LAU Kong-wahHon Emily LAU Wai-hingHon Cyd HO Sau-lanDr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-funHon IP Kwok-himHon Tanya CHAN
COMMITTEE ON RULES OF
PROCEDURE
Hon TAM Yiu-chung (Chairman)Dr Hon Margaret NG (Deputy Chairman)Hon Albert HO Chun-yanHon LEE Cheuk-yan Hon Mrs Sophie LEUNG LAU Yau-funHon Emily LAU Wai-hingHon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yanHon Ronny TONG Ka-wahDr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-funHon IP Wai-mingHon IP Kwok-himHon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yee
INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE
ESTABLISHED UNDER RULE
49B(2A) OF THE RULES OF
PROCEDURE IN RESPECT OF THE MOTION TO CENSURE
HONOURABLE KAM NAI-WAI
Hon Mrs Sophie LEUNG LAU Yau-fun
(Chairman)
Hon CHAN Kin-por (Deputy Chairman)
Hon LAU Kong-wahHon Vincent FANG KangDr Hon LAM Tai-faiDr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-funDr Hon PAN Pey-chyouBILLS COMMITTEES
Bills Committee on Adaptation of Laws
(Military References) Bill 2010
Hon IP Kwok-him (Chairman)
Dr Hon Margaret NGHon James TO Kun-sunHon LAU Kong-wahHon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen Hon Cyd HO Sau-lanHon CHAN Hak-kanDr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-funHon WONG Kwok-kinHon Paul TSE Wai-chun
Bills Committee on Anti-Money
Laundering and Counter-Terrorist
Financing (Financial Institutions) Bill
Hon CHAN Kam-lam (Chairman)
Hon James TO Kun-sun (Deputy Chairman)Hon Albert HO Chun-yanDr Hon David LI Kwok-poDr Hon Margaret NGHon Mrs Sophie LEUNG LAU Yau-funDr Hon Philip WONG Yu-hongHon Audrey EU Yuet-meeHon WONG Ting-kwongHon CHIM Pui-chungHon Starry LEE Wai-king (up to 25.5.2011)Hon Paul CHAN Mo-po
Bills Committee on Arbitration Bill
Dr Hon Margaret NG (Chairman)Hon Albert HO Chun-yanIr Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-taiHon LAU Kong-wahHon Miriam LAU Kin-yeeHon Abraham SHEK Lai-himHon Ronny TONG Ka-wahHon CHIM Pui-chungProf Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shingDr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-funHon Paul TSE Wai-chunLegislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011240
Bills Committee on Buildings
(Amendment) Bill 2010
Hon IP Kwok-him (Chairman)
Ir Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-tai
(Deputy Chairman)
Dr Hon Margaret NGHon James TO Kun-sunHon CHAN Kam-lamHon Mrs Sophie LEUNG LAU Yau-funHon Miriam LAU Kin-yeeHon Abraham SHEK Lai-himHon Audrey EU Yuet-meeHon WONG Kwok-hingHon LEE Wing-tatHon CHEUNG Hok-mingProf Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shingHon KAM Nai-waiHon Cyd HO Sau-lanHon Starry LEE Wai-kingDr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-funHon Tanya CHAN
Bills Committee on Buildings Energy
Efficiency Bill
Hon Audrey EU Yuet-mee (Chairman)
Ir Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-taiHon Abraham SHEK Lai-himHon Vincent FANG KangHon LEE Wing-tat Prof Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shingHon KAM Nai-waiHon Cyd HO Sau-lanHon CHAN Hak-kanHon IP Kwok-himHon Tanya CHAN
Bills Committee on Chief Executive
Election (Amendment) Bill 2010 and
Legislative Council (Amendment) Bill
2010
Hon TAM Yiu-chung (Chairman)
Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung (Deputy Chairman)Hon Albert HO Chun-yan Ir Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-taiDr Hon Margaret NGHon CHEUNG Man-kwongHon Mrs Sophie LEUNG LAU Yau-funDr Hon Philip WONG Yu-hong Hon WONG Yung-kanHon LAU Kong-wahHon LAU Wong-fat Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yeeHon Emily LAU Wai-hingHon Andrew CHENG Kar-fooHon Timothy FOK Tsun-tingHon Abraham SHEK Lai-himHon Frederick FUNG Kin-keeHon Audrey EU Yuet-meeHon Vincent FANG KangHon WONG Kwok-hingHon LEE Wing-tatHon CHEUNG Hok-mingHon WONG Ting-kwongHon Ronny TONG Ka-wahHon CHIM Pui-chungProf Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shingHon Cyd HO Sau-lanDr Hon LAM Tai-faiHon CHAN Kin-porDr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-funHon WONG Kwok-kinHon IP Kwok-himHon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yeeHon Paul TSE Wai-chunDr Hon Samson TAM Wai-hoHon Alan LEONG Kah-kitHon LEUNG Kwok-hungHon WONG Yuk-man
Bills Committee on Companies Bill
Hon Paul CHAN Mo-po (Chairman)Hon Starry LEE Wai-king (Deputy Chairman)Hon Albert HO Chun-yanIr Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-taiHon James TO Kun-sunHon CHAN Kam-lam (up to 25.5.2011)Dr Hon Philip WONG Yu-hongHon Miriam LAU Kin-yeeHon Abraham SHEK Lai-himHon Audrey EU Yuet-meeHon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fungHon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuenHon WONG Ting-kwongHon Ronny TONG Ka-wahHon CHIM Pui-chung (up to 14.3.2011)Prof Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shingLegislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011241Appendix 5
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Bills Committee on Communications
Authority Bill
Hon LAU Kong-wah (Chairman)
Dr Hon Samson TAM Wai-ho
(Deputy Chairman)
Dr Hon Margaret NGHon CHAN Kam-lamDr Hon Philip WONG Yu-hongHon Emily LAU Wai-hingHon Timothy FOK Tsun-tingHon LEE Wing-tatHon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuenHon WONG Ting-kwongHon Ronny TONG Ka-wahHon Cyd HO Sau-lanHon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yeeHon Paul TSE Wai-chunHon WONG Yuk-man
Bills Committee on Competition Bill
Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen (Chairman)Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah (Deputy Chairman)Hon Albert HO Chun-yanIr Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-taiHon LEE Cheuk-yanHon Fred LI Wah-mingDr Hon Margaret NGHon James TO Kun-sunHon CHAN Kam-lamHon Mrs Sophie LEUNG LAU Yau-funDr Hon Philip WONG Yu-hongHon Miriam LAU Kin-yeeHon Emily LAU Wai-hingHon Abraham SHEK Lai-himHon Audrey EU Yuet-meeHon Vincent FANG KangHon WONG Kwok-hingHon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung Hon WONG Ting-kwongHon CHIM Pui-chungProf Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shing Hon Cyd HO Sau-lanHon Starry LEE Wai-kingDr Hon LAM Tai-faiHon CHAN Hak-kanHon Paul CHAN Mo-poHon CHAN Kin-porDr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun
(up to 18.1.2011)
Dr Hon LEUNG Ka-lauHon CHEUNG Kwok-che (up to 15.4.2011)Hon WONG Kwok-kinHon IP Kwok-himHon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yeeHon Paul TSE Wai-chunDr Hon Samson TAM Wai-ho (up to 18.3.2011)Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kitHon LEUNG Kwok-hungHon Tanya CHANHon Albert CHAN Wai-yip (up to 6.12.2010)Hon WONG Yuk-man
Bills Committee on Copyright
(Amendment) Bill 2011
Hon CHAN Kam-lam (Chairman)
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hingHon Timothy FOK Tsun-tingHon Audrey EU Yuet-meeHon WONG Ting-kwongHon Ronny TONG Ka-wahHon Cyd HO Sau-lanHon Paul TSE Wai-chunDr Hon Samson TAM Wai-ho
Bills Committee on Dutiable
Commodities (Amendment) Bill 2011
Dr Hon Joseph LEE Kok-long (Chairman)
Hon James TO Kun-sunHon CHEUNG Man-kwongHon CHAN Kam-lamHon Andrew CHENG Kar-fooHon Vincent FANG KangHon WONG Ting-kwongHon Cyd HO Sau-lanHon CHAN Hak-kanDr Hon LEUNG Ka-lauHon WONG Sing-chiHon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yeeHon Alan LEONG Kah-kitHon LEUNG Kwok-hungHon WONG Yuk-manLegislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011242
Bills Committee on Electoral
Legislation (Miscellaneous
Amendments) Bill 2011
Hon TAM Yiu-chung (Chairman)
Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung (Deputy Chairman)Hon Mrs Sophie LEUNG LAU Yau-funDr Hon Philip WONG Yu-hong Hon WONG Yung-kanHon LAU Kong-wahHon Miriam LAU Kin-yeeHon Emily LAU Wai-hingHon Timothy FOK Tsun-tingHon Abraham SHEK Lai-himHon Audrey EU Yuet-meeHon Vincent FANG KangHon WONG Kwok-hingHon LEE Wing-tatHon CHEUNG Hok-mingHon WONG Ting-kwongHon Cyd HO Sau-lanDr Hon LAM Tai-fai (up to 18.5.2011)Hon CHAN Kin-porDr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-funHon WONG Kwok-kinHon IP Kwok-himHon Paul TSE Wai-chunDr Hon Samson TAM Wai-hoHon Alan LEONG Kah-kitHon WONG Yuk-man
Bills Committee on Enduring Powers of
Attorney (Amendment) Bill 2011
Dr Hon Margaret NG (Chairman)
Hon LAU Kong-wahHon Miriam LAU Kin-yeeHon Audrey EU Yuet-meeHon Cyd HO Sau-lanDr Hon LEUNG Ka-lauHon CHEUNG Kwok-cheDr Hon PAN Pey-chyou
Bills Committee on Food Safety Bill
Hon Fred LI Wah-ming (Chairman)Hon WONG Yung-kanHon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yanHon Audrey EU Yuet-meeHon Vincent FANG KangHon WONG Kwok-hingDr Hon Joseph LEE Kok-longHon WONG Ting-kwongHon Cyd HO Sau-lanHon CHAN Kin-porHon CHEUNG Kwok-cheHon Alan LEONG Kah-kitHon WONG Yuk-man
Bills Committee on Guardianship of
Minors (Amendment) Bill 2011
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan (Chairman)
Dr Hon Margaret NG (up to 6.7.2011)Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yee (since 27.7.2011)Hon TAM Yiu-chungHon Audrey EU Yuet-meeHon CHEUNG Kwok-cheHon WONG Sing-chi
Bills Committee on Inland Revenue
(Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011
Hon Paul CHAN Mo-po (Chairman)
Ir Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-taiHon James TO Kun-sunHon CHAN Kam-lamHon Miriam LAU Kin-yeeHon Abraham SHEK Lai-himHon Audrey EU Yuet-meeHon WONG Ting-kwongHon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yee
Bills Committee on Legal Practitioners
(Amendment) Bill 2010
Dr Hon Margaret NG (Chairman)
Hon Albert HO Chun-yanHon LAU Kong-wahHon Miriam LAU Kin-yee Hon Audrey EU Yuet-meeHon Ronny TONG Ka-wahHon Paul TSE Wai-chun
Bills Committee on Legislation
Publication Bill
Dr Hon Margaret NG (Chairman)
Hon Albert HO Chun-yan Hon LAU Kong-wahHon Cyd HO Sau-lan Dr Hon Samson TAM Wai-hoLegislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011243Appendix 5
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Bills Committee on Legislative Council
(Amendment) Bill 2011
Hon TAM Yiu-chung (Chairman)
Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung (Deputy Chairman)Hon Albert HO Chun-yan (up to 22.6.2011)Ir Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-taiDr Hon Margaret NG (up to 22.6.2011)Hon CHEUNG Man-kwong (up to 22.6.2011)Hon Mrs Sophie LEUNG LAU Yau-funDr Hon Philip WONG Yu-hong Hon WONG Yung-kanHon LAU Kong-wahHon LAU Wong-fat (up to 20.6.2011)Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yeeHon Emily LAU Wai-hing (up to 22.6.2011)Hon Timothy FOK Tsun-ting (up to 21.6.2011)Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-himHon LI Fung-yingHon Audrey EU Yuet-mee (up to 22.6.2011)Hon Vincent FANG KangHon WONG Kwok-hingHon CHEUNG Hok-mingHon WONG Ting-kwongHon Ronny TONG Ka-wah (up to 22.6.2011)Hon CHIM Pui-chungProf Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shingHon Cyd HO Sau-lan (up to 22.6.2011)Dr Hon LAM Tai-faiHon CHAN Kin-porDr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-funHon WONG Kwok-kinHon IP Wai-mingHon IP Kwok-himHon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yeeDr Hon PAN Pey-chyouHon Paul TSE Wai-chunHon Alan LEONG Kah-kit (up to 22.6.2011)Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung (up to 22.6.2011)Hon Tanya CHAN (up to 22.6.2011)Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yip (up to 22.6.2011)Hon WONG Yuk-man (up to 22.6.2011)
Bills Committee on Lifts and Escalators
Bill
Ir Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-tai (Chairman)
Hon James TO Kun-sunHon Andrew CHENG Kar-fooHon Abraham SHEK Lai-himHon LI Fung-yingHon CHEUNG Hok-mingProf Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shingHon CHAN Hak-kanHon IP Wai-mingHon IP Kwok-himHon Alan LEONG Kah-kit
Bills Committee on Matrimonial
Proceedings and Property
(Amendment) Bill 2010
Dr Hon Margaret NG (Chairman)
Hon Albert HO Chun-yanHon James TO Kun-sunHon LAU Kong-wahHon Miriam LAU Kin-yeeHon Audrey EU Yuet-meeHon Cyd HO Sau-lanHon Paul TSE Wai-chun
Bills Committee on Motor Vehicle Idling
(Fixed Penalty) Bill
Hon Audrey EU Yuet-mee (Chairman)
Hon LEE Cheuk-yanHon CHAN Kam-lamHon LEUNG Yiu-chungHon Miriam LAU Kin-yeeHon LI Fung-yingHon WONG Kwok-hingHon LEE Wing-tatHon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuenHon CHEUNG Hok-mingHon KAM Nai-waiHon Cyd HO Sau-lanHon CHAN Hak-kanHon IP Wai-mingDr Hon PAN Pey-chyouHon LEUNG Kwok-hungHon Tanya CHAN
Bills Committee on Motor Vehicles
(First Registration Tax) (Amendment)
Bill 2011
Hon WONG Ting-kwong (Chairman)
Hon Mrs Sophie LEUNG LAU Yau-funDr Hon Philip WONG Yu-hongHon Miriam LAU Kin-yeeHon Audrey EU Yuet-meeHon Vincent FANG KangLegislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011244
Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen
Hon CHEUNG Hok-mingHon KAM Nai-waiHon CHAN Hak-kanHon CHAN Kin-porDr Hon LEUNG Ka-lauHon WONG Sing-chiHon IP Kwok-himHon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yeeHon Tanya CHANHon Albert CHAN Wai-yip
Bills Committee on Pyramid Schemes
Prohibition Bill
Hon Fred LI Wah-ming (Chairman)
Hon Vincent FANG KangHon WONG Kwok-hingHon WONG Ting-kwongHon Cyd HO Sau-lanHon Starry LEE Wai-kingHon CHEUNG Kwok-che Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kitHon Tanya CHAN
Bills Committee on Residential Care
Homes (Persons with Disabilities) Bill
Hon WONG Sing-chi (Chairman)
Hon LEE Cheuk-yanHon LEUNG Yiu-chung Hon TAM Yiu-chungDr Hon Joseph LEE Kok-long Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wahHon Cyd HO Sau-lan Hon CHEUNG Kwok-cheHon IP Wai-mingDr Hon PAN Pey-chyouHon Alan LEONG Kah-kitHon LEUNG Kwok-hung
Bills Committee on Road Traffic
(Amendment) Bill 2010
Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yee (Chairman)
Hon Andrew CHENG Kar-fooHon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fungHon CHEUNG Hok-mingHon Ronny TONG Ka-wahHon CHAN Kin-porHon WONG Sing-chi (since 5.10.2010)Hon IP Wai-mingBills Committee on Road Traffic
(Amendment) Bill 2011
Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yee (Chairman)
Dr Hon Philip WONG Yu-hongHon LAU Kong-wahHon Andrew CHENG Kar-fooHon LI Fung-yingHon CHEUNG Hok-mingHon KAM Nai-waiHon CHAN Hak-kanDr Hon LEUNG Ka-lauHon WONG Sing-chiHon IP Wai-mingHon Tanya CHAN
Bills Committee on Securities and
Futures (Amendment) Bill 2011
Hon CHAN Kam-lam (Chairman)
Hon Albert HO Chun-yanHon James TO Kun-sunHon Abraham SHEK Lai-himHon Audrey EU Yuet-meeHon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fungHon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuenHon WONG Ting-kwongHon Ronny TONG Ka-wahHon CHIM Pui-chungHon Paul CHAN Mo-po
Bills Committee on Securities and
Futures and Companies Legislation
(Structured Products Amendment) Bill
2010
Hon Starry LEE Wai-king (Chairman)
Hon Albert HO Chun-yanHon James TO Kun-sunHon CHAN Kam-lamHon Miriam LAU Kin-yeeHon Audrey EU Yuet-meeHon WONG Ting-kwongHon Ronny TONG Ka-wahHon CHIM Pui-chungHon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yeeLegislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011245Appendix 5
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Bills Committee on Stamp Duty
(Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2010
Hon James TO Kun-sun (Chairman)
Hon Albert HO Chun-yanIr Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-taiDr Hon Margaret NGHon CHAN Kam-lamHon Miriam LAU Kin-yeeHon Abraham SHEK Lai-himHon Audrey EU Yuet-mee Hon WONG Kwok-hingHon LEE Wing-tatDr Hon Joseph LEE Kok-longHon WONG Ting-kwongHon Ronny TONG Ka-wahHon CHIM Pui-chungHon Starry LEE Wai-kingHon Paul CHAN Mo-poHon Paul TSE Wai-chunHon Alan LEONG Kah-kitHon Tanya CHAN (up to 9.2.2011)
Bills Committee on University of Hong
Kong (Amendment) Bill 2010
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan (Chairman)
Ir Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-taiHon LEE Cheuk-yanDr Hon David LI Kwok-poHon James TO Kun-sunHon CHEUNG Man-kwongHon Abraham SHEK Lai-himHon Audrey EU Yuet-meeHon Starry LEE Wai-kingDr Hon PAN Pey-chyouHon Tanya CHAN
SUBCOMMITTEES ON SUBSIDIARY
LEGISLATION
Subcommittee on Antiquities and
Monuments (Declaration of Proposed
Monuments) (Ho Tung Gardens) Notice
Hon KAM Nai-wai (Chairman)
Hon Mrs Sophie LEUNG LAU Yau-funDr Hon Philip WONG Yu-hongHon Abraham SHEK Lai-himHon LEE Wing-tatProf Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shingHon Cyd HO Sau-lan Hon IP Kwok-himHon Alan LEONG Kah-kitHon Tanya CHAN
Subcommittee on Three
Commencement Notices made
under the Buildings (Amendment)
Ordinance 2008, Building (Minor Works) Regulation and Building (Administration) (Amendment)
Regulation 2009
Hon LI Fung-ying (Chairman)
Ir Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-taiHon James TO Kun-sunHon Abraham SHEK Lai-himHon LEE Wing-tatHon CHEUNG Hok-mingProf Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shingHon Cyd HO Sau-lanHon IP Wai-mingHon IP Kwok-himHon Tanya CHAN
Subcommittee on Building
(Construction) (Amendment)
Regulation 2011
Ir Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-tai (Chairman)
Hon James TO Kun-sunHon Miriam LAU Kin-yeeHon Abraham SHEK Lai-himHon Audrey EU Yuet-meeHon CHEUNG Hok-mingHon Cyd HO Sau-lanHon Alan LEONG Kah-kitHon Tanya CHAN
Subcommittee on Buildings Energy
Efficiency (Fees) Regulation and
Buildings Energy Efficiency (Registered Energy Assessors) Regulation
Hon Audrey EU Yuet-mee (Chairman)
Ir Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-taiHon Abraham SHEK Lai-himProf Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shingHon KAM Nai-waiHon CHAN Hak-kanHon Tanya CHANLegislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011246
Subcommittee on Declaration of
Constituencies (District Councils) Order
2011
Hon IP Kwok-him (Chairman)
Hon CHEUNG Man-kwongHon WONG Yung-kanHon Emily LAU Wai-hingHon CHEUNG Hok-mingHon Starry LEE Wai-king Dr Hon LAM Tai-faiDr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-funHon WONG Kwok-kinHon Paul TSE Wai-chunHon Alan LEONG Kah-kit
Subcommittee on Deposit Protection
Scheme (Representation on Scheme
Membership and Protection of
Financial Products under Scheme) (Amendment) Rules 2010
Hon CHAN Kam-lam (Chairman)
Hon Albert HO Chun-yanHon Audrey EU Yuet-meeHon WONG Ting-kwongHon CHIM Pui-chung
Subcommittee on District Councils
Ordinance (Amendment of Schedule 3)
Order 2010
Hon IP Kwok-him (Chairman)
Ir Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-tai Hon CHEUNG Man-kwongHon Mrs Sophie LEUNG LAU Yau-funHon LEUNG Yiu-chung Dr Hon Philip WONG Yu-hong Hon WONG Yung-kanHon Emily LAU Wai-hingHon Audrey EU Yuet-meeHon WONG Kwok-hingHon LEE Wing-tatHon CHEUNG Hok-mingHon Ronny TONG Ka-wahHon CHIM Pui-chungHon Cyd HO Sau-lanHon Starry LEE Wai-king Dr Hon LAM Tai-faiDr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-funHon WONG Kwok-kinHon Alan LEONG Kah-kit Subcommittee on Nine Amendment
Regulations made under the Electoral
Affairs Commission Ordinance
Hon IP Kwok-him (Chairman)
Hon Mrs Sophie LEUNG LAU Yau-funHon WONG Yung-kanHon LAU Kong-wahHon Emily LAU Wai-hingHon TAM Yiu-chung Hon WONG Kwok-hingHon CHEUNG Hok-mingHon WONG Ting-kwongHon Cyd HO Sau-lan Dr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-funHon WONG Kwok-kinHon Paul TSE Wai-chun Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit Hon Tanya CHANHon WONG Yuk-man
Subcommittee on Fisheries Protection
(Specification of Apparatus) (Amendment)
Notice 2011
Hon TAM Yiu-chung (Chairman)
Hon Fred LI Wah-mingHon WONG Yung-kanHon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yanHon Audrey EU Yuet-meeHon WONG Kwok-hingDr Hon Joseph LEE Kok-longHon CHEUNG Hok-mingHon KAM Nai-waiHon Cyd HO Sau-lanHon CHAN Hak-kanHon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yeeHon Albert CHAN Wai-yip
Subcommittee on Genetically Modified
Organisms (Documentation for Import
and Export) Regulation
Hon Audrey EU Yuet-mee (Chairman)
Hon WONG Ting-kwongHon KAM Nai-waiHon Cyd HO Sau-lanHon CHAN Hak-kanHon Tanya CHAN (up to 26.10.2010)Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011247Appendix 5
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Subcommittee on Human Organ
Transplant (Amendment) Regulation
2010 and Human Organ Transplant
(Appeal Board) Regulation
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan (Chairman)
Hon CHEUNG Man-kwong Hon Audrey EU Yuet-meeHon CHAN Hak-kanDr Hon LEUNG Ka-lau
Subcommittee on the Five Orders Made
under Section 49(1A) of the Inland
Revenue Ordinance and Gazetted on 15
October 2010
Hon James TO Kun-sun (Chairman)
Hon Albert HO Chun-yanHon Paul CHAN Mo-po
Subcommittee on Five Orders Made
under Section 49 of the Inland Revenue
Ordinance and Gazetted on 13 May
2011
Hon James TO Kun-sun (Chairman)
Hon Audrey EU Yuet-meeHon Paul CHAN Mo-po
Subcommittee on Mandatory Provident
Fund Schemes Ordinance (Amendment
of Schedule 2) Notice 2011
Hon WONG Ting-kwong (Chairman)
Hon LEE Cheuk-yanHon LI Fung-ying Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yanHon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuenHon IP Wai-mingHon IP Kwok-himHon Alan LEONG Kah-kit
Subcommittee on Mandatory Provident
Fund Schemes Ordinance (Amendment
of Schedule 3) Notice 2011
Hon WONG Ting-kwong (Chairman)
Hon LEE Cheuk-yanHon Miriam LAU Kin-yee Hon LI Fung-yingHon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yanHon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuenHon WONG Sing-chiHon IP Kwok-himHon Alan LEONG Kah-kit (since 11.7.2011)
Subcommittee on Minimum Wage
(Criteria for Approved Assessors)
Notice and Minimum Wage
(Assessment Methods) Notice
Hon TAM Yiu-chung (Chairman)
Hon LEE Cheuk-yanHon LEUNG Yiu-chungHon LI Fung-yingHon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yanHon Audrey EU Yuet-meeHon WONG Ting-kwongHon Cyd HO Sau-lanHon CHEUNG Kwok-cheHon WONG Sing-chiHon IP Wai-mingHon IP Kwok-himHon Alan LEONG Kah-kitHon LEUNG Kwok-hungHon WONG Yuk-man
Subcommittee on Mutual Legal
Assistance in Criminal Matters (India)
Order
Dr Hon Margaret NG (Chairman)
Hon James TO Kun-sunHon LAU Kong-wah
Subcommittee on Port Control (Public
Cargo Working Area) Order 2010
Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yee (Chairman)
Ir Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-taiHon Jeffery LAM Kin-fungHon CHEUNG Hok-mingHon WONG Ting-kwongProf Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shingHon KAM Nai-waiHon Cyd HO Sau-lanHon IP Kwok-himDr Hon PAN Pey-chyouHon Tanya CHANHon Albert CHAN Wai-yipLegislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011248
Subcommittee on Professional
Accountants (Amendment) Bylaw 2011
Hon James TO Kun-sun (Chairman)
Dr Hon Philip WONG Yu-hongHon Emily LAU Wai-hingHon Audrey EU Yuet-meeHon Paul CHAN Mo-po
Subcommittee on Order made under
Section 78B of the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance
Hon Fred LI Wah-ming (Chairman)
Hon WONG Yung-kanHon Emily LAU Wai-hingHon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yanHon Vincent FANG KangHon Cyd HO Sau-lanHon Alan LEONG Kah-kit
Subcommittee on Public Revenue
Protection (Dutiable Commodities)
Order 2011
Dr Hon Joseph LEE Kok-long (Chairman)
Ir Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-taiHon James TO Kun-sunHon CHAN Kam-lamHon Andrew CHENG Kar-fooHon Vincent FANG KangHon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuenHon WONG Ting-kwongHon KAM Nai-waiHon CHAN Kin-porDr Hon LEUNG Ka-lauHon CHEUNG Kwok-cheHon Alan LEONG Kah-kitHon LEUNG Kwok-hungHon Albert CHAN Wai-yip
Subcommittee on Public Revenue
Protection (Motor Vehicles First
Registration Tax) Order 2011
Hon WONG Ting-kwong (Chairman)
Hon James TO Kun-sunHon Mrs Sophie LEUNG LAU Yau-funDr Hon Philip WONG Yu-hongHon Miriam LAU Kin-yeeHon Abraham SHEK Lai-himHon Audrey EU Yuet-meeHon CHEUNG Hok-mingHon KAM Nai-waiHon CHAN Hak-kanHon CHAN Kin-porHon WONG Sing-chiHon IP Kwok-himHon Tanya CHANHon Albert CHAN Wai-yip
Subcommittee on Residential Care
Homes (Persons with Disabilities)
Regulation and Residential Care Homes
(Persons with Disabilities) Ordinance (Commencement) Notice 2011
Hon WONG Sing-chi (Chairman)
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan (since 22.7.2011)Hon LEUNG Yiu-chungHon LI Fung-yingHon Ronny TONG Ka-wahProf Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shingHon Cyd HO Sau-lanHon CHEUNG Kwok-cheDr Hon PAN Pey-chyouHon Alan LEONG Kah-kit
Subcommittee on Revised Code of
Practice on Employment under the
Disability Discrimination Ordinance
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan (Chairman)
Hon LEUNG Yiu-chungHon Emily LAU Wai-hingHon TAM Yiu-chung Hon LI Fung-yingHon Audrey EU Yuet-meeHon CHEUNG Kwok-cheHon WONG Sing-chiHon IP Wai-mingHon IP Kwok-himDr Hon PAN Pey-chyouHon WONG Yuk-man
Subcommittee on Second Technical
Memorandum for Allocation of
Emission Allowances in Respect of
Specified Licences
Hon Audrey EU Yuet-mee (Chairman)
Hon Fred LI Wah-mingHon KAM Nai-waiHon Cyd HO Sau-lanLegislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011249Appendix 5
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Hon CHAN Hak-kan
Hon CHAN Kin-porHon Tanya CHAN
Subcommittee on Securities and
Futures Ordinance (Amendment of
Schedule 5) Notice 2011 and Securities
and Futures (Financial Resources) (Amendment) Rules 2011
Hon James TO Kun-sun (Chairman)
Hon CHAN Kam-lamHon Audrey EU Yuet-meeHon WONG Ting-kwongHon CHIM Pui-chung
Subcommittee on Subsidiary
Legislation Relating to Statutory
Minimum Wage
Hon TAM Yiu-chung (Chairman)
Hon LEE Cheuk-yanHon CHEUNG Man-kwongHon LEUNG Yiu-chungHon Miriam LAU Kin-yeeHon Abraham SHEK Lai-himHon LI Fung-yingHon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yanHon Frederick FUNG Kin-keeHon Audrey EU Yuet-meeHon WONG Kwok-hingHon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fungHon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuenHon WONG Ting-kwong Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wahHon Cyd HO Sau-lanHon CHEUNG Kwok-che Hon WONG Sing-chiHon WONG Kwok-kinHon IP Wai-mingHon IP Kwok-himDr Hon PAN Pey-chyouHon Paul TSE Wai-chunHon LEUNG Kwok-hung
Subcommittee on Waterworks
(Amendment) Regulation 2010
Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan (Chairman)
Hon LEE Wing-tatHon CHEUNG Hok-mingHon Tanya CHANPANELS
I. PANELS
Panel on Administration of Justice and
Legal Services
Dr Hon Margaret NG (Chairman)
Dr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun
(Deputy Chairman)
Hon Albert HO Chun-yanHon James TO Kun-sunDr Hon Philip WONG Yu-hong Hon LAU Kong-wahHon Miriam LAU Kin-yeeHon Emily LAU Wai-hingHon Timothy FOK Tsun-tingHon TAM Yiu-chungHon Audrey EU Yuet-meeHon Paul TSE Wai-chunHon LEUNG Kwok-hung
Panel on Commerce and Industry
Hon WONG Ting-kwong (Chairman)Hon Vincent FANG Kang (Deputy Chairman)Hon Fred LI Wah-mingHon Emily LAU Wai-hingHon Timothy FOK Tsun-tingHon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yanHon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wahHon CHIM Pui-chungHon Starry LEE Wai-kingDr Hon LAM Tai-faiHon Paul CHAN Mo-poHon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yeeDr Hon Samson TAM Wai-hoHon Tanya CHANHon Albert CHAN Wai-yip
Panel on Constitutional Affairs
Hon TAM Yiu-chung (Chairman)Hon Mrs Sophie LEUNG LAU Yau-fun
(Deputy Chairman)
Hon Albert HO Chun-yanIr Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-taiDr Hon Margaret NGHon CHEUNG Man-kwongDr Hon Philip WONG Yu-hongLegislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011250
Hon WONG Yung-kan
Hon LAU Kong-wahHon LAU Wong-fatHon Miriam LAU Kin-yeeHon Emily LAU Wai-hingHon Timothy FOK Tsun-tingHon Abraham SHEK Lai-himHon Audrey EU Yuet-meeHon WONG Kwok-hingHon LEE Wing-tatHon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fungHon CHEUNG Hok-mingHon WONG Ting-kwongHon Ronny TONG Ka-wahHon CHIM Pui-chungProf Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shingHon Cyd HO Sau-lanDr Hon LAM Tai-faiHon CHAN Kin-porDr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-funHon WONG Kwok-kinHon IP Kwok-himHon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yeeDr Hon PAN Pey-chyou (up to 18.11.2010)Hon Paul TSE Wai-chunDr Hon Samson TAM Wai-hoHon Alan LEONG Kah-kit Hon LEUNG Kwok-hungHon Tanya CHANHon WONG Yuk-man
Panel on Development
Prof Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shing (Chairman)Hon LAU Wong-fat (Deputy Chairman)Ir Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-taiHon James TO Kun-sunHon CHAN Kam-lamHon Mrs Sophie LEUNG LAU Yau-funDr Hon Philip WONG Yu-hongHon WONG Yung-kanHon Timothy FOK Tsun-tingHon Abraham SHEK Lai-himHon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yanHon Frederick FUNG Kin-keeHon WONG Kwok-hingHon LEE Wing-tatHon CHEUNG Hok-mingHon KAM Nai-waiHon Cyd HO Sau-lanHon Starry LEE Wai-kingDr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-funHon IP Kwok-himHon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yeeHon Paul TSE Wai-chunHon Alan LEONG Kah-kitHon Tanya CHANHon Albert CHAN Wai-yip
Panel on Economic Development
Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung (Chairman)Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah (Deputy Chairman)Ir Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-taiDr Hon David LI Kwok-poHon Fred LI Wah-mingHon CHAN Kam-lamHon Miriam LAU Kin-yeeHon Emily LAU Wai-hingHon Vincent FANG KangHon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuenHon WONG Ting-kwongHon CHIM Pui-chungHon Starry LEE Wai-kingDr Hon LEUNG Ka-lauHon IP Wai-mingHon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yeeHon Paul TSE Wai-chunDr Hon Samson TAM Wai-hoHon Tanya CHANHon Albert CHAN Wai-yip
Panel on Education
Hon Starry LEE Wai-king (Chairman)Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan (Deputy Chairman)Hon Albert HO Chun-yanHon LEE Cheuk-yanHon CHEUNG Man-kwongHon LEUNG Yiu-chungHon TAM Yiu-chungHon Abraham SHEK Lai-himHon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yanHon Audrey EU Yuet-meeHon WONG Kwok-hingHon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen Prof Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shingHon KAM Nai-waiDr Hon LAM Tai-faiHon Paul CHAN Mo-poLegislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011251Appendix 5
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Dr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun
Hon CHEUNG Kwok-cheHon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yeeDr Hon Samson TAM Wai-hoHon Tanya CHANHon WONG Yuk-man
Panel on Environmental Affairs
Hon CHAN Hak-kan (Chairman)Hon Audrey EU Yuet-mee (Deputy Chairman)Hon James TO Kun-sunHon WONG Yung-kanHon Miriam LAU Kin-yeeHon Andrew CHENG Kar-fooHon LEE Wing-tat Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fungHon CHEUNG Hok-mingProf Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shingHon KAM Nai-waiHon Cyd HO Sau-lanHon CHAN Kin-porHon IP Wai-mingHon Tanya CHAN Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yip
Panel on Financial Affairs
Hon CHAN Kam-lam (Chairman)Hon CHAN Kin-por (Deputy Chairman)Hon Albert HO Chun-yanIr Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-taiDr Hon David LI Kwok-poHon James TO Kun-sunDr Hon Philip WONG Yu-hongHon Emily LAU Wai-hingHon Abraham SHEK Lai-himHon Vincent FANG kang Hon LEE Wing-tatHon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuenHon WONG Ting-kwongHon Ronny TONG Ka-wah Hon CHIM Pui-chungHon KAM Nai-waiHon Starry LEE Wai-kingDr Hon LAM Tai-faiHon Paul CHAN Mo-po Hon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yee Panel on Food Safety and
Environmental Hygiene
Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan (Chairman)
Hon WONG Yung-kan (Deputy Chairman)Hon Fred LI Wah-mingHon Andrew CHENG Kar-fooHon TAM Yiu-chungHon Vincent FANG KangHon WONG Kwok-hingDr Hon Joseph LEE Kok-longHon KAM Nai-waiDr Hon LEUNG Ka-lauHon WONG Sing-chiHon Alan LEONG Kah-kitHon WONG Yuk-man
Panel on Health Services
Dr Hon LEUNG Ka-lau (Chairman)Dr Hon Joseph LEE Kok-long
(Deputy Chairman)
Hon Albert HO Chun-yanIr Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-taiHon Fred LI Wah-mingHon CHEUNG Man-kwongHon Andrew CHENG Kar-fooHon LI Fung-yingHon Audrey EU Yuet-meeHon Cyd HO Sau-lanHon CHAN Hak-kanHon CHAN Kin-porHon CHEUNG Kwok-cheHon IP Kwok-himDr Hon PAN Pey-chyouHon Alan LEONG Kah-kitHon Albert CHAN Wai-yip
Panel on Home Affairs
Hon IP Kwok-him (Chairman)Hon KAM Nai-wai (Deputy Chairman)Hon James TO Kun-sun Hon CHEUNG Man-kwong Hon Mrs Sophie LEUNG LAU Yau-funDr Hon Philip WONG Yu-hongHon WONG Yung-kan Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yeeHon Emily LAU Wai-hingHon Timothy FOK Tsun-tingLegislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011252
Hon WONG Kwok-hing
Hon CHEUNG Hok-mingProf Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shingHon Cyd HO Sau-lan Dr Hon LAM Tai-fai Hon CHAN Hak-kan Hon CHEUNG Kwok-che Hon WONG Sing-chi Hon Paul TSE Wai-chun Hon Tanya CHAN Hon WONG Yuk-man
Panel on Housing
Hon LEE Wing-tat (Chairman)Hon WONG Kwok-hing (Deputy Chairman)Ir Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-taiHon Fred LI Wah-mingHon James TO Kun-sunHon CHAN Kam-lamHon Mrs Sophie LEUNG LAU Yau-fun Hon LEUNG Yiu-chungHon Abraham SHEK Lai-himHon Frederick FUNG Kin-kee Hon Vincent FANG KangDr Hon Joseph LEE Kok-longProf Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shing Hon CHAN Hak-kanHon WONG Kwok-kinHon Alan LEONG Kah-kitHon LEUNG Kwok-hung
Panel on Information Technology and
Broadcasting
Hon WONG Yuk-man (Chairman)
Dr Hon Samson TAM Wai-ho (Deputy Chairman)Hon CHAN Kam-lamHon LAU Kong-wahHon Emily LAU Wai-hingHon Timothy FOK Tsun-tingHon LEE Wing-tatHon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuenHon WONG Ting-kwongHon Ronny TONG Ka-wahHon Cyd HO Sau-lanHon IP Kwok-himHon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yeePanel on Manpower
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan (Chairman)Hon LI Fung-ying (Deputy Chairman)Hon CHEUNG Man-kwongHon LEUNG Yiu-chungHon Andrew CHENG Kar-fooHon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yanHon Frederick FUNG Kin-keeHon WONG Kwok-hingHon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuenDr Hon LAM Tai-faiHon CHAN Kin-porHon CHEUNG Kwok-cheHon WONG Sing-chiHon WONG Kwok-kinHon IP Wai-mingHon IP Kwok-himDr Hon PAN Pey-chyouHon Alan LEONG Kah-kitHon LEUNG Kwok-hung
Panel on Public Service
Hon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yee (Chairman)Hon IP Wai-ming (Deputy Chairman)Hon LEE Cheuk-yanDr Hon Margaret NGHon CHEUNG Man-kwongHon TAM Yiu-chungHon LI Fung-yingDr Hon LEUNG Ka-lauHon WONG Sing-chiDr Hon PAN Pey-chyouHon LEUNG Kwok-hung
Panel on Security
Hon James TO Kun-sun (Chairman)Hon LAU Kong-wah (Deputy Chairman)Hon Albert HO Chun-yanDr Hon Margaret NGHon CHEUNG Man-kwongDr Hon Philip WONG Yu-hongHon WONG Yung-kanHon Emily LAU Wai-hingHon Timothy FOK Tsun-tingHon Abraham SHEK Lai-him Hon Audrey EU Yuet-meeHon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuenLegislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011253Appendix 5
MEMBERSHIP OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL COMMITTEES
Hon CHIM Pui-chung
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lanDr Hon LAM Tai-faiHon CHAN Hak-kanHon WONG Kwok-kinHon IP Kwok-himDr Hon PAN Pey-chyouHon Paul TSE Wai-chunHon LEUNG Kwok-hungHon WONG Yuk-man
Panel on Transport
Hon Andrew CHENG Kar-foo (Chairman)Hon CHEUNG Hok-ming (Deputy Chairman)Ir Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-taiHon LAU Kong-wahHon Miriam LAU Kin-yeeHon Abraham SHEK Lai-himHon LI Fung-yingHon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yanHon WONG Kwok-hingHon LEE Wing-tat (up to 22.11.2010)Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fungHon Ronny TONG Ka-wahHon KAM Nai-waiHon CHAN Hak-kanHon WONG Sing-chiHon IP Wai-mingHon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yeeHon LEUNG Kwok-hungHon Tanya CHANHon Albert CHAN Wai-yip
Panel on Welfare Services
Hon CHEUNG Kwok-che (Chairman)Hon WONG Sing-chi (Deputy Chairman)Hon Albert HO Chun-yan Hon LEE Cheuk-yanHon LEUNG Yiu-chungHon TAM Yiu-chungHon LI Fung-yingHon Frederick FUNG Kin-keeHon Ronny TONG Ka-wahHon Paul CHAN Mo-poDr Hon LEUNG Ka-lauHon WONG Kwok-kinHon IP Wai-mingDr Hon PAN Pey-chyouDr Hon Samson TAM Wai-hoHon Alan LEONG Kah-kit Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yip
II. SUBCOMMITTEES OF P ANELS
Panel on Development
Subcommittee on Harbourfront
Planning
Prof Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shing (Chairman)
Ir Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-taiHon James TO Kun-sunHon Mrs Sophie LEUNG LAU Yau-funHon Timothy FOK Tsun-tingHon Abraham SHEK Lai-himHon LEE Wing-tatHon CHEUNG Hok-mingHon KAM Nai-waiHon Cyd HO Sau-lanHon Starry LEE Wai-kingDr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-funHon IP Kwok-himHon Paul TSE Wai-chunHon Alan LEONG Kah-kitHon Tanya CHANHon Albert CHAN Wai-yip
Panel on Development
Subcommittee on Building Safety and
Related Issues
Prof Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shing (Chairman)
Hon KAM Nai-wai (Deputy Chairman)Ir Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-taiHon James TO Kun-sunHon Mrs Sophie LEUNG LAU Yau-funHon Abraham SHEK Lai-himHon LEE Wing-tatHon CHEUNG Hok-mingHon Starry LEE Wai-kingDr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-funHon IP Kwok-himHon Alan LEONG Kah-kitLegislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011254
Panel on Development and Panel on
Administration of Justice and Legal
Services
Joint Subcommittee on Amendments
to Land Titles Ordinance
Dr Hon Margaret NG (Chairman)
Hon Albert HO Chun-yanHon Miriam LAU Kin-yeeHon Timothy FOK Tsun-ting Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-himHon Audrey EU Yuet-meeHon CHEUNG Hok-mingProf Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shingHon Paul TSE Wai-chunHon Alan LEONG Kah-kitHon LEUNG Kwok-hung
Panel on Enviromental Affairs
Subcommittee on Improving Air Quality
Hon Audrey EU Yuet-mee (Chairman)
Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yeeHon LEE Wing-tat Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fungHon KAM Nai-waiHon Cyd HO Sau-lanHon CHAN Hak-kan Hon CHAN Kin-porHon IP Wai-mingHon Tanya CHAN
Panel on Enviromental Affairs
Subcommittee on Combating
Fly-tipping
Hon LEE Wing-tat (Chairman)
Hon Audrey EU Yuet-meeHon CHEUNG Hok-mingHon KAM Nai-waiHon Tanya CHAN
Panel on Health Services
Subcommittee on Registration of
Proprietary Chinese Medicines
Dr Hon LEUNG Ka-lau (Chairman)
Hon CHEUNG Man-kwong Hon LI Fung-yingDr Hon Joseph LEE Kok-longHon CHAN Hak-kan Hon CHEUNG Kwok-che Dr Hon PAN Pey-chyou Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit
Panel on Home Affairs and Panel on
Development
Joint Subcommittee to Monitor the
Implementation of the West Kowloon
Cultural District Project
Hon IP Kwok-him (Chairman)
Hon LEE Wing-tat (Deputy Chairman)Ir Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-tai Hon James TO Kun-sun Hon CHAN Kam-lam Hon Mrs Sophie LEUNG LAU Yau-fun Hon WONG Yung-kanHon Emily LAU Wai-hing Hon Timothy FOK Tsun-tingHon Abraham SHEK Lai-him Hon CHEUNG Hok-ming Prof Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shing Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan Hon Starry LEE Wai-kingHon CHAN Hak-kan Dr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun Hon CHEUNG Kwok-che Hon WONG Sing-chi Hon Paul TSE Wai-chun Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kitHon Tanya CHAN Hon WONG Yuk-man
Panel on Transport
Subcommittee on Matters Relating to
Railways
Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yee (Chairman)
Ir Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-taiHon LAU Kong-wahHon Andrew CHENG Kar-fooHon Abraham SHEK Lai-himHon LI Fung-yingHon WONG Kwok-hingHon LEE Wing-tat (up to 22.11.2010)Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fungHon CHEUNG Hok-mingHon Ronny TONG Ka-wahHon KAM Nai-waiHon WONG Sing-chiLegislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011255Appendix 5
MEMBERSHIP OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL COMMITTEES
Hon IP Wai-ming
Hon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yeeHon LEUNG Kwok-hungHon Tanya CHANHon Albert CHAN Wai-yip
Panel on Welfare Services
Subcommittee on Residential and
Community Care Services for Persons
with Disabilities and the Elderly
Hon CHEUNG Kwok-che (Chairman)
Hon LEE Cheuk-yanHon LEUNG Yiu-chungHon TAM Yiu-chungHon Ronny TONG Ka-wahHon WONG Sing-chiHon IP Wai-mingDr Hon PAN Pey-chyouHon Alan LEONG Kah-kitHon LEUNG Kwok-hung
Panel on Welfare Services
Subcommittee on Retirement
Protection
Hon CHEUNG Kwok-che (Chairman)
Hon Albert HO Chun-yan (up to 13.5.2011) Hon LEE Cheuk-yanHon LEUNG Yiu-chungHon TAM Yiu-chungHon LI Fung-yingHon Ronny TONG Ka-wahHon WONG Sing-chiHon IP Wai-mingHon Alan LEONG Kah-kitHon LEUNG Kwok-hung
Panel on Welfare Services
Subcommittee on Improving Barrier
Free Access and Facilities for Persons with Disabilities
Hon WONG Sing-chi (Chairman)
Hon LEUNG Yiu-chungHon TAM Yiu-chung Hon CHEUNG Kwok-cheHon Alan LEONG Kah-kitHon LEUNG Kwok-hungSELECT COMMITTEE TO INQUIRE
INTO MATTERS RELATING TO
THE POST-SERVICE WORK OF MR
LEUNG CHIN-MAN
Hon LI Fung-ying (Chairman)
Hon LEE Wing-tat (Deputy Chairman)Dr Hon Margaret NGHon Mrs Sophie LEUNG LAU Yau-funDr Hon Philip WONG Yu-hongHon LAU Kong-wahHon Ronny TONG Ka-wahHon Cyd HO Sau-lanDr Hon LAM Tai-faiDr Hon PAN Pey-chyouDr Hon Samson TAM Wai-hoHon LEUNG Kwok-hungLegislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011256
BY MEMBERS
Membership of Legislative Council Committees
Finance Committee
Establishment
Subcommittee
Finance Committee
Public Works
Subcommittee
Public Accounts
Committee
Committee on Members’
Interests
Committee on Rules of
Procedure
Hon Albert HO Chun-yan √
Ir Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-tai √ C
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan √
Dr Hon David LI Kwok-po √
Hon Fred LI Wah-ming √
Dr Hon Margaret NG C √ DC
Hon James TO Kun-sun √
Hon CHEUNG Man-kwong √
Hon CHAN Kam-lam √
Hon Mrs Sophie LEUNG LAU Yau-fun C √
Hon LEUNG Yiu-chung
Dr Hon Philip WONG Yu-hong C
Hon WONG Yung-kan √ √
Hon LAU Kong-wah √
Hon LAU Wong-fat √
Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yee √
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing DC √
Hon Andrew CHENG Kar-foo √ √
Hon Timothy FOK Tsun-ting √
Hon TAM Yiu-chung √ C
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him √ √ √
Hon LI Fung-ying √
Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan √
Hon Frederick FUNG Kin-kee
Hon Audrey EU Yuet-mee
Hon Vincent FANG Kang
Hon WONG Kwok-hing √
Hon LEE Wing-tat √
Dr Hon Joseph LEE Kok-longHon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung
Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen
Hon CHEUNG Hok-ming √
Hon WONG Ting-kwong √
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah √ √
Hon CHIM Pui-chungProf Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shing √ √
Hon KAM Nai-wai √
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan √ √
Hon Starry LEE Wai-king √ √
Dr Hon LAM Tai-faiHon CHAN Hak-kan √
Hon Paul CHAN Mo-po DC √
Hon CHAN Kin-porDr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun √
Dr Hon LEUNG Ka-lau √
Hon CHEUNG Kwok-che
Hon WONG Sing-chi √ √
Hon WONG Kwok-kin √
Hon IP Wai-ming √ √
Hon IP Kwok-him √ √
Hon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yee √ √ √
Dr Hon PAN Pey-chyou DC
Hon Paul TSE Wai-chun
Dr Hon Samson TAM Wai-ho
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit √(1) DC
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hungHon Tanya CHAN √
Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yip √
Hon WONG Yuk-man √(2)
Total 13 25 7 7 12

C = Chairman DC = Deputy Chairman
(1) Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit (up to 9.12.2010)
(2) Hon WONG Yuk-man (up to 29.3.2011)
Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011257Appendix 5
MEMBERSHIP OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL COMMITTEESParliamentary Liaison
Subcommittee
Subcommittee on Members’
Remuneration and Operating
Expenses Reimbursement
Subcommittee to Study
Issues Arising from Lehman Brothers-related Minibonds
and Structured Financial
Products
Subcommittee to Study
Issues Relating to Mainland-HKSAR Families
Subcommittee to Examine
the Implementation in Hong Kong of Resolutions of the
United Nations Security
Council in relation to
Sanctions
Subcommittee on Proposed
Senior Judicial Appointments
Subcommittee to Study
Issues Relating to the Power of the Legislative Council to
Amend Subsidiary Legislation
Investigation Committee
established under Rule
49B(2A) of the Rules of
Procedure in respect of the Motion to censure Honourable KAM Nai-waiHon Albert HO Chun-yan √(1) √ √
Ir Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-tai C √
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan √ C √(6)
Dr Hon David LI Kwok-po
Hon Fred LI Wah-ming √
Dr Hon Margaret NG C C C
Hon James TO Kun-sun √ √
Hon CHEUNG Man-kwong √
Hon CHAN Kam-lam √(2)
Hon Mrs Sophie LEUNG LAU Yau-fun √ C
Hon LEUNG Yiu-chung DC
Dr Hon Philip WONG Yu-hong DC √
Hon WONG Yung-kanHon LAU Kong-wah √ √ √ √
Hon LAU Wong-fat
Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yee √
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing DC C √ √
Hon Andrew CHENG Kar-foo
Hon Timothy FOK Tsun-ting
Hon TAM Yiu-chung √
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him C √ √ √
Hon LI Fung-ying
Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yanHon Frederick FUNG Kin-kee
Hon Audrey EU Yuet-mee √ √
Hon Vincent FANG Kang √
Hon WONG Kwok-hing √
Hon LEE Wing-tatDr Hon Joseph LEE Kok-long
Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung √
Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuenHon CHEUNG Hok-ming
Hon WONG Ting-kwong √ √
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah √ √ √
Hon CHIM Pui-chung √
Prof Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shing √ √ √(3) √
Hon KAM Nai-wai √
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan √ √ √ √
Hon Starry LEE Wai-king √
Dr Hon LAM Tai-fai √
Hon CHAN Hak-kan √ √
Hon Paul CHAN Mo-po √(4) √
Hon CHAN Kin-por √ DC
Dr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun √ √ √ √
Dr Hon LEUNG Ka-lau √(5)
Hon CHEUNG Kwok-che √
Hon WONG Sing-chi √
Hon WONG Kwok-kin
Hon IP Wai-ming √
Hon IP Kwok-him √ √
Hon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yee √ √
Dr Hon PAN Pey-chyou √
Hon Paul TSE Wai-chunDr Hon Samson TAM Wai-ho
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung √ √(7) √
Hon Tanya CHAN √
Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yipHon WONG Yuk-man √
Total 8 9 16 15 5 7 9 7Membership of Subcommittees of House Committee and Investigation Committee
C = Chairman DC = Deputy Chairman
(1) Hon Albert HO Chun-yan (up to 10.2.2011)
(2) Hon CHAN Kam-lam (up to 6.12.2010)
(3) Prof Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shing (up to 14.10.2010)(4) Hon Paul CHAN Mo-po (up to 31.10.2010)(5) Dr Hon LEUNG Ka-lau (up to 21.10.2010)
(6) Hon LEE Cheuk-yan (since 4.4.2011)
(7) Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung (since 4.4.2011) Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011258
BC on Adaptation of Laws
(Military References) Bill 2010
BC on Anti-Money
Laundering and Counter-
Terrorist Financing (Financial
Institutions) Bill
BC on Arbitration Bill
BC on Buildings
(Amendment) Bill 2010
BC on Buildings Energy
Efficiency Bill
BC on Chief Executive
Election (Amendment) Bill
2010 and Legislative Council (Amendment) Bill 2010
BC on Companies Bill
BC on Communications
Authority Bill
BC on Competition BillBC on Copyright
(Amendment) Bill 2011
BC on Dutiable Commodities
(Amendment) Bill 2011
BC on Electoral Legislation
(Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2011
BC on Enduring Powers of
Attorney (Amendment) Bill
2011
BC on Food Safety Bill
BC on Guardianship of
Minors (Amendment) Bill 2011Hon Albert HO Chun-yan √√ √√ √
Ir Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-tai √ DC√√√ √
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan √
Dr Hon David LI Kwok-po √
Hon Fred LI Wah-ming √ C
Dr Hon Margaret NG √√ C√ √ √√ C √(9)
Hon James TO Kun-sun √ DC √ √ √ √
Hon CHEUNG Man-kwong √ √
Hon CHAN Kam-lam C √ √(2)√√ C√
Hon Mrs Sophie LEUNG LAU Yau-fun √ √ √ √ √
Hon LEUNG Yiu-chung
Dr Hon Philip WONG Yu-hong √ √√√√ √
Hon WONG Yung-kan √ √ √
Hon LAU Kong-wah √ √ √ C √√
Hon LAU Wong-fat √
Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yee √√ √√ √ √√ √(10)
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing √ √√√ √
Hon Andrew CHENG Kar-foo √ √
Hon Timothy FOK Tsun-ting √ √ √ √
Hon TAM Yiu-chung C C √
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him √√√√√ √ √
Hon LI Fung-ying
Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan √
Hon Frederick FUNG Kin-kee √
Hon Audrey EU Yuet-mee √ √ C√√ √√ √√√√
Hon Vincent FANG Kang √√ √ √√ √
Hon WONG Kwok-hing √ √ √ √ √
Hon LEE Wing-tat √√√ √ √
Dr Hon Joseph LEE Kok-long C √
Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung DC √ √ DC
Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen √ √√ C
Hon CHEUNG Hok-ming √ √ √
Hon WONG Ting-kwong √ √√√√√√√ √
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah √ √√√ DC√
Hon CHIM Pui-chung √√ √√(3) √
Prof Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shing √√√√√ √
Hon KAM Nai-wai √√
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan √ √√√ √√√√√√√ C
Hon Starry LEE Wai-king √(1) √ DC √
Dr Hon LAM Tai-fai √ √ √(8)
Hon CHAN Hak-kan √ √ √ √
Hon Paul CHAN Mo-po √ C √
Hon CHAN Kin-por √ √ √ √
Dr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun √ √√ √ √(4) √
Dr Hon LEUNG Ka-lau √ √ √
Hon CHEUNG Kwok-che √(5) √√√
Hon WONG Sing-chi √ √
Hon WONG Kwok-kin √ √ √ √
Hon IP Wai-ming
Hon IP Kwok-him C C√√ √ √
Hon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yee √ √√ √
Dr Hon PAN Pey-chyou √
Hon Paul TSE Wai-chun √ √ √ √√√ √
Dr Hon Samson TAM Wai-ho √ DC√(6)√ √
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit √ √ √√ √
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung √ √ √
Hon Tanya CHAN √√ √
Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yip √(7)
Hon WONG Yuk-man √ √√ √√ √
Total 10 11 11 18 11 38 14 15 36 9 15 25 8 13 6Membership of Bills Committees
C = Chairman DC = Deputy Chairman
(1) Hon Starry LEE Wai-king (up to 25.5.2011)
(2) Hon CHAN Kam-lam (up to 25.5.2011)
(3) Hon CHIM Pui-chung (up to 14.3.2011)(4) Dr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun (up to 18.1.2011)(5) Hon CHEUNG Kwok-che (up to 15.4.2011)
(continued ...)(6) Dr Hon Samson TAM Wai-ho (up to 18.3.2011)(7) Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yip (up to 6.12.2010)
(8) Dr Hon LAM Tai-fai (up to 18.5.2011)
(9) Dr Hon Margaret NG (up to 6.7.2011)(10) Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yee (since 27.7.2011)Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011259Appendix 5
MEMBERSHIP OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL COMMITTEESBC on Inland Revenue
(Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011
BC on Legal Practitioners
(Amendment) Bill 2010
BC on Legislation Publication
Bill
BC on Legislative Council
(Amendment) Bill 2011
BC on Lifts and Escalators Bill
BC on Matrimonial
Proceedings and Property
(Amendment) Bill 2010
BC on Motor Vehicle Idling
(Fixed Penalty) Bill
BC on Motor Vehicles (First
Registration Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2011
BC on Pyramid Schemes
Prohibition Bill
BC on Residential Care Homes
(Persons with Disabilities) Bill
BC on Road Traffic
(Amendment) Bill 2010
BC on Road Traffic
(Amendment) Bill 2011
BC on Securities and Futures
(Amendment) Bill 2011
BC on Securities and Futures
and Companies Legislation
(Structured Products
Amendment) Bill 2010
BC on Stamp Duty
(Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2010
BC on University of Hong Kong
(Amendment) Bill 2010
Hon Albert HO Chun-yan √√√(1) √ √√ √
Ir Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-tai √ √ C √√
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan √ √ √
Dr Hon David LI Kwok-po √
Hon Fred LI Wah-ming C
Dr Hon Margaret NG C C√(2) C √
Hon James TO Kun-sun √ √√ √√ C√
Hon CHEUNG Man-kwong √(3) √
Hon CHAN Kam-lam √ √ C√ √
Hon Mrs Sophie LEUNG LAU Yau-fun √ √
Hon LEUNG Yiu-chung √ √
Dr Hon Philip WONG Yu-hong √ √ √
Hon WONG Yung-kan √
Hon LAU Kong-wah √√√ √ √
Hon LAU Wong-fat √(4)
Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yee √√ √ √√√ C C √ √
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing √(5)
Hon Andrew CHENG Kar-foo √ √√
Hon Timothy FOK Tsun-ting √(6)
Hon TAM Yiu-chung C √
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him √ √√ √ √√
Hon LI Fung-ying √√ √ √
Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan
Hon Frederick FUNG Kin-kee
Hon Audrey EU Yuet-mee √√ √(7) √ C√ √√ √√
Hon Vincent FANG Kang √ √√
Hon WONG Kwok-hing √ √ √ √
Hon LEE Wing-tat √ √
Dr Hon Joseph LEE Kok-long √ √
Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung DC √ √
Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen √√ √
Hon CHEUNG Hok-ming √√ √√ √√
Hon WONG Ting-kwong √ √ C√ √√ √
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah √ √(8) √√ √√ √
Hon CHIM Pui-chung √ √√ √
Prof Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shing √√
Hon KAM Nai-wai √√ √
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan √√(9) √√ √√ C
Hon Starry LEE Wai-king √ C √√
Dr Hon LAM Tai-fai √
Hon CHAN Hak-kan √ √√ √
Hon Paul CHAN Mo-po C √ √
Hon CHAN Kin-por √ √ √
Dr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun √
Dr Hon LEUNG Ka-lau √ √
Hon CHEUNG Kwok-che √√
Hon WONG Sing-chi √ C√(15)√
Hon WONG Kwok-kin √
Hon IP Wai-ming √√ √ √√√
Hon IP Kwok-him √√ √
Hon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yee √ √ √ √
Dr Hon PAN Pey-chyou √ √ √ √
Hon Paul TSE Wai-chun √ √ √ √
Dr Hon Samson TAM Wai-ho √
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit √(10)√ √√ √
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung √(11) √ √
Hon Tanya CHAN √(12) √√√ √ √(16)√
Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yip √(13) √
Hon WONG Yuk-man √(14)
Total 9 7 5 25 11 8 17 17 9 12 8 12 11 10 18 11Membership of Bills Committees (… continued)
C = Chairman DC = Deputy Chairman
(1) Hon Albert HO Chun-yan (up to 22.6.2011)
(2) Dr Hon Margaret NG (up to 22.6.2011)
(3) Hon CHEUNG Man-kwong (up to 22.6.2011)(4) Hon LAU Wong-fat (up to 20.6.2011)(5) Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing (up to 22.6.2011)(6) Hon Timothy FOK Tsun-ting (up to 21.6.2011)(7) Hon Audrey EU Yuet-mee (up to 22.6.2011) (8) Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah (up to 22.6.2011)
(9) Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan (up to 22.6.2011)
(10) Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit (up to 22.6.2011)(11) Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung (up to 22.6.2011)(12) Hon Tanya CHAN (up to 22.6.2011)(13) Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yip (up to 22.6.2011)(14) Hon WONG Yuk-man (up to 22.6.2011)
(15) Hon WONG Sing-chi (since 5.10.2010)
(16) Hon Tanya CHAN (up to 9.2.2011)Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011260
Subcommittee on Antiquities
and Monuments (Declaration of
Proposed Monuments) (Ho Tung
Gardens) Notice
Subcommittee on Three
Commencement Notices made under the Buildings (Amendment)
Ordinance 2008, Building (Minor
Works) Regulation and Building (Administration) (Amendment)
Regulation 2009
Subcommittee on Building
(Construction) (Amendment) Regulation 2011
Subcommittee on Buildings
Energy Efficiency (Fees) Regulation
and Buildings Energy Efficiency (Registered Energy Assessors)
Regulation
Subcommittee on Declaration of
Constituencies (District Councils) Order 2011
Subcommittee on Deposit Protection
Scheme (Representation on Scheme
Membership and Protection of Financial Products under Scheme) (Amendment) Rules 2010
Subcommittee on District Councils
Ordinance (Amendment of Schedule 3) Order 2010
Subcommittee on Nine Amendment
Regulations made under the
Electoral Affairs Commission Ordinance
Subcommittee on Fisheries
Protection (Specification of
Apparatus) (Amendment) Notice 2011 Hon Albert HO Chun-yan √
Ir Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-tai √ C √ √
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan
Dr Hon David LI Kwok-po
Hon Fred LI Wah-ming √
Dr Hon Margaret NG
Hon James TO Kun-sun √ √
Hon CHEUNG Man-kwong √ √
Hon CHAN Kam-lam C
Hon Mrs Sophie LEUNG LAU Yau-fun √ √ √
Hon LEUNG Yiu-chung √
Dr Hon Philip WONG Yu-hong √ √
Hon WONG Yung-kan √ √ √ √
Hon LAU Kong-wah √
Hon LAU Wong-fatHon Miriam LAU Kin-yee √
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing √ √ √
Hon Andrew CHENG Kar-fooHon Timothy FOK Tsun-ting
Hon TAM Yiu-chung √ C
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him √ √ √ √
Hon LI Fung-ying C
Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan √
Hon Frederick FUNG Kin-kee
Hon Audrey EU Yuet-mee √ C √ √ √
Hon Vincent FANG Kang
Hon WONG Kwok-hing √ √ √
Hon LEE Wing-tat √ √ √
Dr Hon Joseph LEE Kok-long √
Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung
Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen
Hon CHEUNG Hok-ming √ √ √ √ √ √
Hon WONG Ting-kwong √ √
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah √
Hon CHIM Pui-chung √ √
Prof Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shing √ √ √
Hon KAM Nai-wai C √ √
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan √ √ √ √ √ √
Hon Starry LEE Wai-king √ √
Dr Hon LAM Tai-fai √ √
Hon CHAN Hak-kan √ √
Hon Paul CHAN Mo-po
Hon CHAN Kin-porDr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun √ √ √
Dr Hon LEUNG Ka-lauHon CHEUNG Kwok-che
Hon WONG Sing-chiHon WONG Kwok-kin √ √ √
Hon IP Wai-ming √
Hon IP Kwok-him √ √ C C C
Hon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yee √
Dr Hon PAN Pey-chyou
Hon Paul TSE Wai-chun √ √
Dr Hon Samson TAM Wai-hoHon Alan LEONG Kah-kit √ √ √ √ √
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hungHon Tanya CHAN √ √ √ √ √
Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yip √
Hon WONG Yuk-man √
Total 10 11 9 7 11 5 20 16 13Membership of Subcommittees on Subsidiary Legislation
C = Chairman DC = Deputy Chairman
(continued ...)Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011261Appendix 5
MEMBERSHIP OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL COMMITTEES
Membership of Subcommittees on Subsidiary Legislation (… continued)
Subcommittee on Genetically
Modified Organisms
(Documentation for Import and Export) Regulation
Subcommittee on Human
Organ Transplant (Amendment)
Regulation 2010 and Human
Organ Transplant (Appeal
Board) Regulation
Subcommittee on the Five
Orders Made under Section
49(1A) of the Inland Revenue Ordinance and Gazetted on 15
October 2010
Subcommittee on Five Orders
Made under Section 49 of the
Inland Revenue Ordinance and
Gazetted on 13 May 2011
Subcommittee on Mandatory
Provident Fund Schemes
Ordinance (Amendment of
Schedule 2) Notice 2011
Subcommittee on Mandatory
Provident Fund Schemes Ordinance (Amendment of
Schedule 3) Notice 2011
Subcommittee on Minimum
Wage (Criteria for Approved
Assessors) Notice and
Minimum Wage (Assessment
Methods) Notice
Subcommittee on Mutual Legal
Assistance in Criminal Matters
(India) Order
Subcommittee on Port Control
(Public Cargo Working Area)
Order 2010
Hon Albert HO Chun-yan √
Ir Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-tai √
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan √ √ √
Dr Hon David LI Kwok-po
Hon Fred LI Wah-ming
Dr Hon Margaret NG C
Hon James TO Kun-sun C C √
Hon CHEUNG Man-kwong √
Hon CHAN Kam-lam
Hon Mrs Sophie LEUNG LAU Yau-fun
Hon LEUNG Yiu-chung √
Dr Hon Philip WONG Yu-hongHon WONG Yung-kan
Hon LAU Kong-wah √
Hon LAU Wong-fatHon Miriam LAU Kin-yee √ C
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing
Hon Andrew CHENG Kar-foo
Hon Timothy FOK Tsun-ting
Hon TAM Yiu-chung C
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-himHon LI Fung-ying √ √ √
Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan √ √ √
Hon Frederick FUNG Kin-keeHon Audrey EU Yuet-mee C √ √ √
Hon Vincent FANG KangHon WONG Kwok-hing
Hon LEE Wing-tat
Dr Hon Joseph LEE Kok-long
Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung √
Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen √ √
Hon CHEUNG Hok-ming √
Hon WONG Ting-kwong √ C C √ √
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah
Hon CHIM Pui-chungProf Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shing √
Hon KAM Nai-wai √ √
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan √ C √ √
Hon Starry LEE Wai-king
Dr Hon LAM Tai-fai
Hon CHAN Hak-kan √ √
Hon Paul CHAN Mo-po √ √
Hon CHAN Kin-por
Dr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun
Dr Hon LEUNG Ka-lau √
Hon CHEUNG Kwok-che √
Hon WONG Sing-chi √ √
Hon WONG Kwok-kin
Hon IP Wai-ming √ √
Hon IP Kwok-him √ √ √ √
Hon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yeeDr Hon PAN Pey-chyou √
Hon Paul TSE Wai-chunDr Hon Samson TAM Wai-ho
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit √ √ √
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung √
Hon Tanya CHAN √(1) √
Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yip √
Hon WONG Yuk-man √
Total 5 5 3 3 8 9 15 3 12
C = Chairman DC = Deputy Chairman
(1) Hon Tanya CHAN (up to 26.10.2010)
(continued ...)Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011262
Subcommittee on Professional
Accountants (Amendment) Bylaw
2011
Subcommittee on Order made
under Section 78B of the Public
Health and Municipal Services Ordinance
Subcommittee on Public Revenue
Protection (Dutiable Commodities) Order 2011
Subcommittee on Public Revenue
Protection (Motor Vehicles First Registration Tax) Order 2011
Subcommittee on Residential Care
Homes (Persons with Disabilities)
Regulation and Residential Care Homes (Persons with Disabilities)
Ordinance (Commencement)
Notice 2011
Subcommittee on Revised Code
of Practice on Employment under
the Disability Discrimination Ordinance
Subcommittee on Second
Technical Memorandum for Allocation of Emission Allowances
in Respect of Specified Licences
Subcommittee on Securities and
Futures Ordinance (Amendment
of Schedule 5) Notice 2011 and
Securities and Futures (Financial Resources) (Amendment) Rules
2011
Subcommittee on Subsidiary
Legislation Relating to Statutory
Minimum Wage
Subcommittee on Waterworks
(Amendment) Regulation 2010Hon Albert HO Chun-yan
Ir Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-tai √
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan √(1) √
Dr Hon David LI Kwok-po
Hon Fred LI Wah-ming C √
Dr Hon Margaret NGHon James TO Kun-sun C √ √ C
Hon CHEUNG Man-kwong √
Hon CHAN Kam-lam √ √
Hon Mrs Sophie LEUNG LAU Yau-fun √
Hon LEUNG Yiu-chung √ √ √
Dr Hon Philip WONG Yu-hong √ √
Hon WONG Yung-kan √
Hon LAU Kong-wah
Hon LAU Wong-fatHon Miriam LAU Kin-yee √ √
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing √ √ √
Hon Andrew CHENG Kar-foo √
Hon Timothy FOK Tsun-tingHon TAM Yiu-chung √ C
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him √ √
Hon LI Fung-ying √ √ √
Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan √ √ C
Hon Frederick FUNG Kin-kee √
Hon Audrey EU Yuet-mee √ √ √ C √ √
Hon Vincent FANG Kang √ √
Hon WONG Kwok-hing √
Hon LEE Wing-tat √
Dr Hon Joseph LEE Kok-long C
Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung √
Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen √ √
Hon CHEUNG Hok-ming √ √
Hon WONG Ting-kwong √ C √ √
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah √ √
Hon CHIM Pui-chung √
Prof Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shing √
Hon KAM Nai-wai √ √ √
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan √ √ C √ √
Hon Starry LEE Wai-king
Dr Hon LAM Tai-fai
Hon CHAN Hak-kan √ √
Hon Paul CHAN Mo-po √
Hon CHAN Kin-por √ √ √
Dr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun
Dr Hon LEUNG Ka-lau √
Hon CHEUNG Kwok-che √ √ √ √
Hon WONG Sing-chi √ C √ √
Hon WONG Kwok-kin √
Hon IP Wai-ming √ √
Hon IP Kwok-him √ √ √
Hon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yeeDr Hon PAN Pey-chyou √ √ √
Hon Paul TSE Wai-chun √
Dr Hon Samson TAM Wai-ho
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit √ √ √
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung √ √
Hon Tanya CHAN √ √ √
Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yip √ √
Hon WONG Yuk-man √
Total 5 7 15 15 10 12 7 5 24 4Membership of Subcommittees on Subsidiary Legislation (… continued)
C = Chairman DC = Deputy Chairman
(1) Hon LEE Cheuk-yan (since 22.7.2011)Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011263Appendix 5
MEMBERSHIP OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL COMMITTEESPanel on Administration of
Justice and Legal Services
Panel on Commerce and
Industry
Panel on Constitutional Affairs
Panel on Development
Panel on Economic
Development
Panel on Education
Panel on Environmental
Affairs
Panel on Financial Affairs
Panel on Food Safety and
Environmental Hygiene
Panel on Health Services
Panel on Home AffairsPanel on Housing
Panel on Information
Technology and Broadcasting
Panel on Manpower
Panel on Public Service
Panel on SecurityPanel on TransportPanel on Welfare ServicesHon Albert HO Chun-yan √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Ir Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-tai √√√ √ √ √ √
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan √ C√ √
Dr Hon David LI Kwok-po √ √
Hon Fred LI Wah-ming √ √ √√ √
Dr Hon Margaret NG C √ √√
Hon James TO Kun-sun √ √ √√ √√ C
Hon CHEUNG Man-kwong √ √ √√ √√√
Hon CHAN Kam-lam √√ C √√
Hon Mrs Sophie LEUNG LAU Yau-fun DC√ √√
Hon LEUNG Yiu-chung √ √ √ √
Dr Hon Philip WONG Yu-hong √ √√ √ √ √
Hon WONG Yung-kan √√ √ DC √ √
Hon LAU Kong-wah √ √ √ DC√
Hon LAU Wong-fat √DC
Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yee √ √ √ √ √ √
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing √√√ √ √ √ √ √
Hon Andrew CHENG Kar-foo √ √√ √ C
Hon Timothy FOK Tsun-ting √√√√ √ √ √
Hon TAM Yiu-chung √ C √ √ √ √
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him √√ √ √ √ √√
Hon LI Fung-ying √ DC√ √√
Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan √ √ √ C √ √
Hon Frederick FUNG Kin-kee √ √ √ √
Hon Audrey EU Yuet-mee √ √ √ DC √ √
Hon Vincent FANG Kang DC √ √√ √
Hon WONG Kwok-hing √√ √ √ √DC √ √
Hon LEE Wing-tat √√ √√ C√ √(2)
Dr Hon Joseph LEE Kok-long √ DC √
Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung √√ C √√ √
Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen √ √√ √ √√ √
Hon CHEUNG Hok-ming √√ √ √ DC
Hon WONG Ting-kwong C√ √ √ √
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah √√ DC √ √ √√
Hon CHIM Pui-chung √√ √ √ √
Prof Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shing √ C √√ √√
Hon KAM Nai-wai √ √√√√ DC √
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan √√ DC√ √√ √ √
Hon Starry LEE Wai-king √ √√ C √
Dr Hon LAM Tai-fai √√ √ √ √ √ √
Hon CHAN Hak-kan C √√√ √√
Hon Paul CHAN Mo-po √ √ √ √
Hon CHAN Kin-por √ √ DC √ √
Dr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun DC √√ √
Dr Hon LEUNG Ka-lau √ √ C √ √
Hon CHEUNG Kwok-che √ √√ √ C
Hon WONG Sing-chi √ √ √√ √DC
Hon WONG Kwok-kin √ √ √ √ √
Hon IP Wai-ming √ √ √DC √√
Hon IP Kwok-him √√ √ C √√ √
Hon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yee √√√√√ √ √ C √
Dr Hon PAN Pey-chyou √(1) √ √√√ √
Hon Paul TSE Wai-chun √ √√√ √ √
Dr Hon Samson TAM Wai-ho √√ √√ DC √
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit √√ √√ √ √ √
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung √ √ √ √√√√√
Hon Tanya CHAN √√√√√√ √ √
Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yip √ √√ √ √ √√
Hon WONG Yuk-man √ √ √ √ C √
Total 13 17 36 25 20 22 16 21 13 17 21 17 13 19 11 22 19 18Membership of Panels
C = Chairman DC = Deputy Chairman
(1) Dr Hon PAN Pey-chyou (up to 18.11.2010)
(2) Hon LEE Wing-tat (up to 22.11.2010)Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011264
Panel on Development
Subcommittee on
Harbourfront Planning
Panel on Development
Subcommittee on Building
Safety and Related Issues
Panel on Development and
Panel on Administration of
Justice and Legal Services
Joint Subcommittee on
Amendments to Land Titles
Ordinance
Panel on Enviromental Affairs
Subcommittee on Improving
Air Quality
Panel on Enviromental Affairs
Subcommittee on Combating
Fly-tipping
Panel on Health Services
Subcommittee on Registration
of Proprietary Chinese
Medicines
Panel on Home Affairs and
Panel on Development
Joint Subcommittee to
Monitor the Implementation
of the West Kowloon Cultural District Project
Panel on Transport
Subcommittee on Matters
Relating to Railways
Hon Albert HO Chun-yan √
Ir Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-tai √ √ √ √
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan
Dr Hon David LI Kwok-po
Hon Fred LI Wah-ming
Dr Hon Margaret NG C
Hon James TO Kun-sun √ √ √
Hon CHEUNG Man-kwong √
Hon CHAN Kam-lam √
Hon Mrs Sophie LEUNG LAU Yau-fun √ √ √
Hon LEUNG Yiu-chung
Dr Hon Philip WONG Yu-hong
Hon WONG Yung-kan √
Hon LAU Kong-wah √
Hon LAU Wong-fat
Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yee √ √ C
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing √
Hon Andrew CHENG Kar-foo √
Hon Timothy FOK Tsun-ting √ √ √
Hon TAM Yiu-chungHon Abraham SHEK Lai-him √ √ √ √ √
Hon LI Fung-ying √ √
Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan
Hon Frederick FUNG Kin-kee
Hon Audrey EU Yuet-mee √ C √
Hon Vincent FANG KangHon WONG Kwok-hing √
Hon LEE Wing-tat √ √ √ C DC √(1)
Dr Hon Joseph LEE Kok-long √
Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung √ √
Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuenHon CHEUNG Hok-ming √ √ √ √ √ √
Hon WONG Ting-kwongHon Ronny TONG Ka-wah √
Hon CHIM Pui-chungProf Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shing C C √ √
Hon KAM Nai-wai √ DC √ √ √
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan √ √ √
Hon Starry LEE Wai-king √ √ √
Dr Hon LAM Tai-fai
Hon CHAN Hak-kan √ √ √
Hon Paul CHAN Mo-poHon CHAN Kin-por √
Dr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun √ √ √
Dr Hon LEUNG Ka-lau C
Hon CHEUNG Kwok-che √ √
Hon WONG Sing-chi √ √
Hon WONG Kwok-kinHon IP Wai-ming √ √
Hon IP Kwok-him √ √ C
Hon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yee √
Dr Hon PAN Pey-chyou √
Hon Paul TSE Wai-chun √ √ √
Dr Hon Samson TAM Wai-hoHon Alan LEONG Kah-kit √ √ √ √ √
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung √ √
Hon Tanya CHAN √ √ √ √ √
Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yip √ √
Hon WONG Yuk-man √
Total 17 12 11 10 5 8 22 17Membership of Subcommittees of Panels and Select Committee
C = Chairman DC = Deputy Chairman
(1) Hon LEE Wing-tat (up to 22.11.2010)
(continued ...)Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011265Appendix 5
MEMBERSHIP OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL COMMITTEES
Membership of Subcommittees of Panels and Select Committee (… continued)
Panel on Welfare Services
Subcommittee on
Residential and Community
Care Services for Persons with Disabilities and the Elderly
Panel on Welfare Services
Subcommittee on
Retirement Protection
Panel on Welfare Services
Subcommittee on Improving
Barrier Free Access and
Facilities for Persons with
Disabilities
Select Committee to Inquire
into Matters Relating to the Post-Service Work of Mr
LEUNG Chin-man
Hon Albert HO Chun-yan √(1)
Ir Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-tai
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan √ √
Dr Hon David LI Kwok-poHon Fred LI Wah-ming
Dr Hon Margaret NG √
Hon James TO Kun-sunHon CHEUNG Man-kwong
Hon CHAN Kam-lamHon Mrs Sophie LEUNG LAU Yau-fun √
Hon LEUNG Yiu-chung √ √ √
Dr Hon Philip WONG Yu-hong √
Hon WONG Yung-kanHon LAU Kong-wah √
Hon LAU Wong-fat
Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yee
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing
Hon Andrew CHENG Kar-foo
Hon Timothy FOK Tsun-ting
Hon TAM Yiu-chung √ √ √
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-himHon LI Fung-ying √ C
Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yanHon Frederick FUNG Kin-kee
Hon Audrey EU Yuet-meeHon Vincent FANG Kang
Hon WONG Kwok-hing
Hon LEE Wing-tat DC
Dr Hon Joseph LEE Kok-longHon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung
Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen
Hon CHEUNG Hok-ming
Hon WONG Ting-kwong
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah √ √ √
Hon CHIM Pui-chung
Prof Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shing
Hon KAM Nai-wai
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan √
Hon Starry LEE Wai-kingDr Hon LAM Tai-fai √
Hon CHAN Hak-kan
Hon Paul CHAN Mo-po
Hon CHAN Kin-por
Dr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-funDr Hon LEUNG Ka-lau
Hon CHEUNG Kwok-che C C √
Hon WONG Sing-chi √ √ C
Hon WONG Kwok-kin
Hon IP Wai-ming √ √
Hon IP Kwok-him
Hon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yee
Dr Hon PAN Pey-chyou √ √
Hon Paul TSE Wai-chunDr Hon Samson TAM Wai-ho √
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit √ √ √
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung √ √ √ √
Hon Tanya CHANHon Albert CHAN Wai-yip
Hon WONG Yuk-man
Total 10 10 6 12
C = Chairman DC = Deputy Chairman
(1) Hon Albert HO Chun-yan (up to 13.5.2011) Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011266
Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011267Appendix 6
Nature and Outcome of all Cases Concluded
under the Legislative Council Redress System
Request for assistance
435
(27.6%)
Complaint
349
(22.1%)Proposal/View
661
(41.9%)
Enquiry
26
(1.6%)
Matters outside scope
105
(6.7%)
Information
given/referrals made
832
(52.8%)Suitable assistance
given
404
(25.6%)
Cases resolved/views
accepted
206
(13.1%)Not pursued because outside scope,
groundless, incomprehensible, etc.
134
(8.5%)APPENDIX 6
Nature and Outcome of all Cases Concluded under
the Legislative Council Redress System
Nature of concluded cases
Overall outcome of concluded cases(A) Outcome of complaint cases
(C) Outcome of proposals/views
Information
given/referrals made
147 (42.1%)Suitable assistance given
135 (38.7%)
Resolved
55 (15.8%)
Not pursued because outside scope,
groundless, incomprehensible, etc.
12 (3.4%)
Not pursued because outside scope,
groundless, incomprehensible, etc.
12 (2.8%)Resolved
31 (7.1%)Information
given/referrals made
174 (40%)Suitable assistance
given
218 (50.1%)(B) Outcome of requests for assistance
Proposals/views accepted by the
Administration/organization
48 (7.3%)
Not pursued because groundless,
incomprehensible, etc.
21 (3.2%)Referrals made for
reference
473 (71.6%)
Proposals/views not accepted by
the Administration/organization
119 (18%)Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011268
Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011269Appendix 7
Statistical Breakdown of Concluded Cases by
Nature and by Outcome by the 10 Government
Policy Bureaux/Departments which Received
the Largest Number of Cases
Request for
assistanceProposal/viewEnquiry Matters outsidescopeComplaintNature:
Cases resolved/
views acceptedSuitableassistance givenInformation given/referrals madeNot pursued because outside scope, groundless, incomprehensible, etc. Outcome:
Government Policy Bureaux/Departments
APPENDIX 7
Statistical Breakdown of Concluded Cases by Nature
and by Outcome by the 10 Government Policy Bureaux/Departments which Received the Largest Number of Cases
Government Policy Bureaux/Departments
SECURITY BUREAU
SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENTHOUSING DEPARTMENTFOOD & HEALTH BUREAU
TRANSPORT & HOUSING BUREAUHOME AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT
FINANCIAL SERVICES &THE TREASURY BUREAUDEVELOPMENT BUREAU
HONG KONG MONETARY AUTHORITYLANDS DEPARTMENT0204080120
100
60Number of cases
SECURITY BUREAU
SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENTHOUSING DEPARTMENTFOOD & HEALTH BUREAU
TRANSPORT & HOUSING BUREAUHOME AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT
FINANCIAL SERVICES &THE TREASURY BUREAUDEVELOPMENT BUREAU
HONG KONG MONETARY AUTHORITYLANDS DEPARTMENT0204060100
80120Number of casesLegislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011270
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Statistical Breakdown of all Concluded
Cases under the Legislative Council
Redress System
APPENDIX 8
Statistical Breakdown of All Concluded Cases under
the Legislative Council Redress System
Statistical breakdown, by Government policy bureaux/departments, independent Outcome A : Cases resolved/views accepted
organizations and non-government organizations, of concluded cases B : Suitable assistance given
C : Information given/referrals made
From 01-Oct-2010 to 30-Sep-2011 D : Not pursued because outside scope, groundless, incomprehensible, etc.
Request for Matter
Nature : Complaint assistance Proposal/view Enquiry outside scope Total
Outcome : A B C D A B C D A B C D A B C D A B C D
Government policy bureaux/departments
SECURITY BUREAU 0 2 1 0 0 49 4 1 2 2 39 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 113
SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT 4 3 9 0 10 45 14 3 3 0 12 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 106
HOUSING DEPARTMENT 2 8 11 1 9 13 8 1 1 1 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
75
FOOD & HEALTH BUREAU 0 1 1 0 1 1 44 0 1 4 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67
TRANSPORT & HOUSING BUREAU 0 20 5 0 0 9 6 1 1 1 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 59
HOME AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT 1 6 13 0 1 8 12 0 2 1 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 56
FINANCIAL SERVICES & THE TREASURY BUREAU 14 12 10 0 0 1 4 0 1 4 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 53
DEVELOPMENT BUREAU 5 2 3 1 1 14 6 0 2 6
9 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 51
HONG KONG MONETARY AUTHORITY 12 4 2 0 0 4 16 1 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46
LANDS DEPARTMENT 3 6 9 0 1 6 11 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40
HONG KONG POLICE FORCE 0 2 4 1 0 2 2 0 3 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14 38
CHIEF EXECUTIVE'S OFFICE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 37
TRANSPOR
T DEPARTMENT 1 7 4 0 2 5 4 0 3 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34
LABOUR & WELFARE BUREAU 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 7 18 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 33
EDUCATION BUREAU 2 1 4 0 1 17 1 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32
BUILDINGS DEPARTMENT 0 7 5 0 0 0 5 0 2 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29
FOOD & ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE DEPARTMENT 2 4 7 1 0 2 6 0 1 0 5 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 29
ENVIRONMENT BUREAU 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 25 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 28
FINANCIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27
HOME AFFAIRS BUREAU 0 0 1 0 0 5 3 0 0 1 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25
LEISURE & CULTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT 2 5 5 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT 2 4
2 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011272
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Statistical Breakdown of all Concluded
Cases under the Legislative Council
Redress System
Statistical breakdown, by Government policy bureaux/departments, independent Outcome A : Cases resolved/views accepted
organizations and non-government organizations, of concluded cases B : Suitable assistance given
C : Information given/referrals made
From 01-Oct-2010 to 30-Sep-2011 D : Not pursued because outside scope, groundless, incomprehensible, etc.
Request for Matter
Nature : Complaint assistance Proposal/view Enquiry outside scope Total
Outcome : A B C D A B C D A B C D A B C D A B C D
CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT 0 10 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18
IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT 0 0 3 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 13
CONSTITUTIONAL & MAINLAND AFFAIRS BUREAU 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
12
AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES & CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT 0 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
LABOUR DEPARTMENT 1 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10
CIVIL SERVICE BUREAU 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 9
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
LEGAL AID DEPARTMENT 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8
DRAINAGE SERVICES DEPARTMENT 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
ELECTRICAL & MECHANICAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7
WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
CENTRAL POLICY UNIT
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
CHIEF SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATION'S OFFICE 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
COMMERCE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BUREAU 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5
FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
CUSTOMS & EXCISE DEPARTMENT 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
GOVERNMENT LOGISTICS DEPARTMENT 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4
OFFICE OF THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
PLANNING DEPARTMENT 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
POST OFFICE 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
REGISTRATION & ELECTORAL OFFICE 0 0
2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
INLAND REVENUE DEPARTMENT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011274
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Statistical Breakdown of all Concluded
Cases under the Legislative Council
Redress System
Statistical breakdown, by Government policy bureaux/departments, independent Outcome A : Cases resolved/views accepted
organizations and non-government organizations, of concluded cases B : Suitable assistance given
C : Information given/referrals made
From 01-Oct-2010 to 30-Sep-2011 D : Not pursued because outside scope, groundless, incomprehensible, etc.
Request for Matter
Nature : Complaint assistance Proposal/view Enquiry outside scope Total
Outcome : A B C D A B C D A B C D A B C D A B C D
ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
CIVIL ENGINEERING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY COMMISSION 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
LAND REGISTRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
ELECTORAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
HONG KONG OBSERVATORY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DEPARTMENT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
MARINE DEPARTMENT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
OFFICIAL RECEIVER'S OFFICE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSIST
ANCE AGENCY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
TELEVISION & ENTERTAINMENT LICENSING AUTHORITY 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
TOURISM COMMISSION 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
TRADE & INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Sub-total 54 125 127 5 31 204 163 10 40 42 341 14 0
0 14 1 0 0 8 30 1209
Independent organizations
HOSPITAL AUTHORITY 0 3 4 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 19
JUDICIARY 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 13
URBAN RENEWAL AUTHORITY 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
MTR CORPORATION LIMITED 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
OFFICE OF THE PRIVACY COMMISSIONER FOR PERSONAL DATA 0 0 0
0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011276
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Statistical Breakdown of all Concluded
Cases under the Legislative Council
Redress System
Statistical breakdown, by Government policy bureaux/departments, independent Outcome A : Cases resolved/views accepted
organizations and non-government organizations, of concluded cases B : Suitable assistance given
C : Information given/referrals made
From 01-Oct-2010 to 30-Sep-2011 D : Not pursued because outside scope, groundless, incomprehensible, etc.
Request for Matter
Nature : Complaint assistance Proposal/view Enquiry outside scope Total
Outcome : A B C D A B C D A B C D A B C D A B C D
BROADCASTING AUTHORITY 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4
ESTATE AGENTS AUTHORITY 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3
VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
CONSUMER COUNCIL 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES COMMISSION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
HONG KONG EXAMINATIONS & ASSESSMENT AUTHORITY 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
HONG KONG HOUSING SOCIETY 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
MANDATORY PROVIDENT FUND SCHEMES AUTHORITY 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
SECURITIES & FUTURES COMMISSION 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
AIRPORT AUTHORITY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
CHINESE MEDICINE COUNCIL OF HONG KONG 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
HONG KONG HOUSING AUTHORITY
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
LEGAL AID SERVICES COUNCIL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Sub-total 1 9 11 3 0 5 4 1 5 2 20 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 13 79
Non-government organizations
NON-GOVERNMENT 0 1 9 4 0 9 7 1 74 4 110 6 1
0 7 0 0 3 4 45 285
HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
PCCW 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Sub-total 0 1 9 4 0 9 7 1 74 4 112 6 1 0 7 0 0 3 5 45 288
Total 55 135 147 12
31 218 174 12 119 48 473 21 1 0 24 1 0 3 14 88 1576

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Appendix 9
THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
COMMISSION AND ITS
COMMITTEES
The Legislative Council Commission
Terms of Reference
1. To provide through the Legislative Council
Secretariat administrative support and services to
the Legislative Council;
2. To provide office accommodation to Members of
the Council and staff of the Secretariat;
3. To supervise the operation of the Secretariat;
4. To produce an official report of all proceedings in
the Council and in any committee of the whole
Council; and
5. To perform such other duties as the Council may by resolution determine.
Membership
Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing (Chairman)Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yee (Deputy Chairman)
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan
Hon Fred LI Wah-ming
Dr Hon Margaret NG
Dr Hon Philip WONG Yu-hong
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing
Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen
Hon WONG Ting-kwong
Prof Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shingHon Cyd HO Sau-lan
Hon IP Kwok-himCommittee on Personnel Matters
Terms of Reference
1. To consider personnel matters including staffing
resources, appointment, promotion, dismissal,
grading, duties, remuneration and other terms
and conditions of service of staff of the Secretariat
which require the attention of the Commission;
2. To approve appointments including acting appointments with a view to promotion of officers
at Chief Council Secretary level and above; and
3. To monitor progress of appointment and personnel
matters delegated to the Secretary General.
Membership
Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing (Chairman)Dr Hon Margaret NG
Dr Hon Philip WONG Yu-hong
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan
Hon IP Kwok-him
Committee on Members’ Operating
Expenses
Terms of Reference
1. To advise on administrative matters relating to
Members’ operating expenses; and
2. To review the Secretary General’s decision
on a Member’s claim for operating expenses
reimbursement upon the Member’s request.Legislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011279Appendix 9
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AND ITS COMMITTEES
Membership
Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing (Chairman)
Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yee
Hon Fred LI Wah-ming
Committee on Facilities and Services
Terms of Reference
1. To advise on matters relating to the provision of
office accommodation, furniture and equipment
to the Council and the Secretariat;
2. To assess the needs of the Council and of
individual Members for services and facilities for
the conduct of Council business;
3. To advise on the provision of services and facilities
to the public who visit the Legislative Council
Building/Complex;
4. To formulate solutions for meeting needs identified
at (1), (2) and (3);
5. To consider financial matters relating to (1) to (4)
above, and approve procurement of fixed assets
costing above $500,000 but not exceeding
$2,000,000; and
6. To monitor the progress and developments relating to the above items.
Membership
Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing (Chairman)Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yee
Hon Fred LI Wah-ming
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing
Hon WONG Ting-kwong
Prof Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shing
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan
Hon IP Kwok-him Committee on Art
Terms of Reference
1. To formulate policy/guidelines on the acquisition
of works of art for the new Legislative Council
(LegCo) Complex;
2. To advise on the locations of works of art in the new LegCo Complex;
3. To advise on matters relating to the display and management of the art collection in the new
LegCo Complex; and
4. To monitor the progress and developments relating to the above items.
Membership
Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing (Chairman)Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing
Prof Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shing
Hon IP Kwok-himLegislative Council Annual Report 2010-2011280
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Chapter 10
Organizational Chart of the
Legislative Council Secretariat
Appendix 10
Organizational Chart of the Legislative Council Secretariat
(as at 30 September 2011) THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL COMMISSION
Secretary General
Ms Pauline NG
Assistant Secretary
General 1
Mrs Constance LIAssistant Secretary
General 2
Miss Odelia LEUNG
Principal Council
Secretary
(Subcommittee)1
Miss Polly YEUNGPrincipal Council
Secretary (2)
Mrs Sharon TONGAssistant Secretary
General 3
Mrs Justina LAMAssistant Secretary
General 4
Mrs Percy MA
Chief Council
Secretaries
Miss Becky YU
Ms Connie SZETO
Ms Anita SIT
Ms YUE Tin-po
Ms Joanne MAK
Ms Debbie YAU
Ms Annette LAMChief Council
Secretaries
Miss Flora TAI
Miss Betty MA
Mr Raymond LAM
Ms Elyssa WONG ✦
Mr Thomas WONG
Ms Amy YUChief Council
Secretaries
Miss Mary SO
Mr Arthur LEUNG
Ms Dora WAIChief Archivist
Miss Sarah CHOY
Chief Council
Secretaries
Ms Miranda HON
Mr Matthew LOO
Ms Emily PANG
Consultant Architect
Mr IP Ching-wanChief Translation
Officers
Mr CHAN Wing-hong
Mr Peter CHUNG
Miss Lucie CHAU
Ms Tamus HON
Senior Council
Secretaries
Mrs Mary TANG
Ms Sarah YUEN
Mr SUNG Pui-yin
Mr Daniel SIN
Ms Sharon CHUNG
Ms Angel SHEK
Mr KWONG Kam-fai
Mr Simon CHEUNG
Mr Joey LO
Council Secretaries
Mr Ken WOO
Ms Anki NG
Mr Franco KWONG
Mr Fred PANG
Miss Rita YUNG
Mr Hugo CHIU
Miss Lilian MOK
Miss Jacqueline CHUNG
Ms Emily CHANCouncil Secretaries
Ms Mina CHAN
Ms Judy TING
Miss Karen LAI
Ms Wendy LO
Mr Ian CHOW
Ms Priscilla LAUSenior Council
Secretaries
Ms Alice LEUNG
Miss Josephine SO
Ms Catherina YU
Ms Maisie LAM
Mr Jove CHAN
Ms Rita LAI
Ms Candice LAM
Miss Ivy LEONGResearch Officer
Mr Ambrose LEUNG
Senior Council
Secretaries
Miss Lolita SHEK
Ms Jessica CHAN
Mr Desmond LAM
Miss Wylie HO
Ms Doris LO
Mr Randy YANConsultant Curator
Mr NG Ka-lun
Senior Council
Secretaries
Ms Hedy FOK
Ms Macy NG
Senior Information
Technology Officer
Mr Alan LEEResearch Officer
Ms Vicky LEE
Senior Council
Secretary
Mr Lemuel WOO
Ms Angel WONG
Mr Boris LAM
Senior Librarian
Ms Elyssa WONGResearch Officers
Mr Jackie WU
Mr Michael YU
Ms Diana WONG
Ms Ivy CHENG
Miss Lettice AU YEUNG
Dr Yuki HUEN
Ms Katrina WUSenior Translation
Officers
Ms Pollyanna CHUNG
Miss Margaret LI
Mr Philip YU
Ms Loretta WOO
Ms NG Wan-king
Mrs Suzanne LI
Mr WONG Kin-bun
Mr Daniel AU
Miss Linda CHAN
Miss Vivian LEE
Miss Iris TSUI
Ms Gloria MA
Mr George LO
Miss Tammy LEUNG
Ms Winnie CHAN
Miss Rebecca LOUIE
Miss Anita CHAN
Mr Thomas YEUNG
Ms Eva LAN
Ms Mandy LAM
Ms Vivian TAM
Ms Alice AU
Ms Alice WOO
Ms Eliza YEUNG
Ms LAM Kit-hing
Miss Ausilia LEE
Mr Stanley CHOW
Miss Jane LEESenior Public
Information Officers
Mr Jimmy YUEN
Mr Kelvin LI
Ms Brenda YEUNG ❖
Mr Bosco CHAN
Miss Monica CHAN ❖
Public Information
Officers
Ms Cammy FONG
Ms Gary CHAN
Miss Isabella CHEUNG ❖
Miss Candy TANG
Ms Emily CHEUNG ❖
Miss Tania TANG ❖Senior Council
Secretaries
Mr Anthony CHU
Mr Derek LO
Senior Information
Technology Officer
Mr CHAN Wai-kwong
Mr KWAN Kong-cheong
Mr Steve LAUSenior Council
Secretaries
Mrs Pandora CHAN
Miss Erica WONG
Miss Erin TSANG
Mrs Queenie YU
Ms Yvonne YUAccountant
Mr Joseph KWONG
Chief Information
Technology Officer
Mr Ian LEONG ✽
Chief Security
Officer
Mr Andy LAUAssistant Legal
Advisers
Miss Kitty CHENG
Mr Kelvin LEE
Mr Timothy TSO
Miss Winnie LO
Ms Clara TAM
Mr YICK Wing-kin
Mr Bonny LOO
Ms Wendy KAN
Miss Carrie WONG
Miss Evelyn LEEHead (Research)
Mr Watson CHANHead
(Translation and
Interpretation)
Mr Kenneth WONGChief Public
Information Officer
Mr Simon WONGPrincipal Council
Secretary
(Special Duties) ✡
Mrs Vivian KAMPrincipal Council
Secretary
(Administration)
Mr Andy LAUSenior Assistant
Legal Advisers
Mr Arthur CHEUNG
Ms Connie FUNG
Mr KAU Kin-wahCouncil
Business Division 4Special
Duties TeamAdministration
DivisionResearch
DivisionTranslation and
Interpretation
DivisionPublic Information
DivisionComplaints
DivisionLegal Service
DivisionLegal Adviser
Mr Jimmy MA
Council
Business Division 1Council
Business Division 2Council
Business Division 3
Principal Council
Secretary
(Complaints)
Mr Stephen LAM
✦ The Chief Council Secretary is responsible for both council business work and Legislative Council Library.
✡ The Principal Council Secretary is tasked to conduct reviews and oversee the service of the Legislative Council Library and its transformation into a constitutional library;
and the operation of the Human Resources Office.
✽ The Chief Information Technology Officer is also heading a team of information technology staff in Council Business Division 4.
❖ The two Senior Public Information Officers and the three Public Information Officers are serving under Council Business Division 4