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ANNUAL REPORT
2006-2007
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LEGISLATIVE COUNCILAnnual Report of Legislative Council
Annual Report of Legislative Council2 Annual Report 2006-2007PRESIDENT’S FOREWORD
GROUP PHOTO OF MEMBERS
MAJOR EVENTS IN PICTURES
CHAPTER 1
The Legislative Council
Powers and Functions
Composition
CHAPTER 2
Legislative Council Meetings
Tabling of Subsidiary Legislation and Other Papers
Questions
Statements
Bills
Motions
Policy Address Debate
Budget Debate
Other Debates
Chief Executive’s Question and Answer SessionsCHAPTER 3
Committees
Finance Committee
Public Accounts Committee
Committee on Members’ Interests
House Committee
- Other Subcommittees of the House Committee
Committee on Rules of Procedure
Bills Committees and Subcommittees on
Subsidiary Legislation
Panels
CHAPTER 4
Redress System Analysis
of
Significant
Cases
Dealt
With
Other
Significant
Cases
CHAPTER 5
Liaison
Parliamentary Liaison Subcommittee
Luncheons with Consuls-General
Contact with District Councils
Contact with Heung Yee Kuk
Visitors
CHAPTER 6
Support Services for Members
The Legislative Council Commission
The Legislative Council SecretariatC ontents
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Annual Report of Legislative Council3 Contents & AppendicesAPPENDIX 1
Composition of the Legislative Council
APPENDIX 2
Members’ Biographies
APPENDIX 3
Bills Passed
APPENDIX 4
Motion Debates Held
APPENDIX 5
Membership of Legislative Council Committees
(By Committees and By Members)
APPENDIX 6
Statistical Breakdown of all Concluded Cases under
the Legislative Council Redress System in the 2006-
2007 Session
APPENDIX 7
The Legislative Council Commission and its
Committees
APPENDIX 8
Organization Chart of the Legislative Council
SecretariatA ppendices
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The year 2007 is a momentous year for
Hong Kong. We witnessed the 10th
Anniversary of the Reunification of Hong
Kong with the Motherland. As President of the
Legislative Council since the Reunification, I am
pleased that over the past decade, the Council
performed its duties effectively and efficiently in
accordance with the Basic Law.
The 2006-2007 session of the Third Legislative
Council was yet another eventful and challenging
year. During the session, 22 new government
bills were introduced. Of these, 10 were
passed. Together with nine other government
bills carried forward from the previous two
sessions, a total of 19 bills were enacted in this
session. Three Members’ bills were introduced
during the session, of which two were passed.
In addition, one Member’s bill carried forward
from the previous session was also passed. A
total of 203 items of subsidiary legislation were
presented to the Council, of which six were “In regard to the executive-legislature relationship,
regrettably, I note that a trend of ‘polarization’
has emerged between the Administration and some
Members due to a lack of mutual trust.”
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amended and one repealed. Two items are
still being scrutinized by subcommittees of the
Council.
Among the bills passed, one that attracted heated
debate was the Rail Merger Bill, which set out
the legislative framework for the implementation
of the merger of the Mass Transit Railway and
Kowloon-Canton Railway systems. The Bill was
intensively debated for more than 24 hours and
was eventually passed on 8 June 2007.
Other bills that aroused much public concern
included the Smoking (Public Health)
(Amendment) Bill 2005 and the Housing
(Amendment) Bill 2007. The former aimed to
tighten the control on smoking, while the latter
sought to replace the statutory median rent-
to-income ratio cap with a rent adjustment
framework according to changes in public
rental housing tenants’ household income.
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Another issue worthy of note was the
publication of a Green Paper on Constitutional
Development by the Administration to consult
the public on the models, roadmap and
timetable for electing the Chief Executive
and for forming the Legislative Council by
universal suffrage. It marks a significant
milestone of Hong Kong’s constitutional
development. It is expected that the Council
will be confronted with heated debates on
the issue in the year ahead.
In regard to the executive-legislature
relationship, regrettably, I note that a trend
of “polarization” has emerged between
the Administration and some Members due
to a lack of mutual trust. I strongly urge both
Members and government officials to strengthen
their communication and cooperation. As the
new team of the Administration seems to be
more willing to attend Panel and Committee
meetings, I am optimistic that the relationship
will improve.
I am delighted that the Administration has
issued a Letter of Intent to one of the four
tenderers for the design-and-build contract
of the Tamar Development Project, which
includes the new Legislative Council Complex.
The target is to complete the construction works
in late 2010. As Chairman of The Legislative
Council Commission, I will strive to ensure that
the new Complex reflects the image of high
transparency of the Legislative Council and
provides Members and Secretariat staff with
a modern yet dignified working environment
which is conducive to efficiency.
It is with deep regret that I record the
passing of the Honourable MA Lik, who
served as a Member of the Legislative
Council from October 2004 to August 2007. Mr MA will be fondly remembered for his
contribution to the legislature and to Hong
Kong.
Finally, I wish to express my sincere gratitude
to all staff of the Legislative Council Secretariat
for their invaluable support during the session.
Despite the pressure brought on by a heavy
workload, staff of the Secretariat soldiered
on to perform their duties with professionalism
and dedication.
The forthcoming session will be the last session
of the Third Legislative Council. It is envisaged
that Members will be intensely engaged with
the scrutiny of bills. Again, I call upon the
Administration to introduce legislative
proposals as early as possible so that
Members can have sufficient time for
scrutiny. At any rate, I am sure that my
colleagues will continue to fulfill their
responsibilities to serve in the best interests
of the people of Hong Kong.
The next session will also be the last session for
me as President of the Legislative Council,
as I have already decided not to run for
re-election next year. Notwithstanding this,
I pledge to continue to discharge my duties
wholeheartedly without fear or favour.
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Rita FAN
President
Legislative CouncilGroup Photo of Members
From left to right:
First row (seated):
Hon James TIEN Pei-chun
Hon LI Fung-ying
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing
Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yee
(President’s Deputy)
Hon Mrs Rita FAN HSU Lai-tai
(President)
Hon Fred LI Wah-ming
Hon CHAN Kam-lam
Dr Hon LUI Ming-wah
Hon MA Lik (up to 8.8.2007)
Second Row:
Hon CHAN Yuen-han
Hon LAU Kong-wah
Hon CHEUNG Man-kwong
Ir Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-tai
Dr Hon YEUNG Sum
Hon LAU Wong-fat
Hon CHIM Pui-chung
Hon Timothy FOK Tsun-ting
Hon TAM Yiu-chung
Prof Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shing
Hon WONG Kwok-hing
Hon CHOY So-yuk
Third Row:
Hon TAM Heung-man
Dr Hon Philip WONG Yu-hong
Hon Bernard CHAN
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit
Hon Audrey EU Yuet-mee
Hon Vincent FANG Kang
Hon Mrs Selina CHOW LIANG
Shuk-yee
Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung
Hon Howard YOUNG
Dr Hon David LI Kwok-po
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan
Fourth Row:
Hon Mrs Sophie LEUNG LAU
Yau-fun
Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG
Chiu-hung
Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yip
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah
Hon LI Kwok-ying
Dr Hon KWOK Ka-ki
Hon WONG Ting-kwong
Dr Hon Joseph LEE Kok-long
Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing
Hon LEUNG Yiu-chung
Hon LAU Chin-shek
Hon Albert HO Chun-yan
Fifth Row:
Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him
Hon SIN Chung-kai
Hon James TO Kun-sun
Hon LEE Wing-tat
Hon KWONG Chi-kin
Hon Albert Jinghan CHENG
Hon Martin LEE Chu-ming
Hon Andrew CHENG Kar-foo
Hon Daniel LAM Wai-keung
Absent:
Hon Margaret NG
Hon WONG Yung-kan
Hon Frederick FUNG Kin-kee
Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung
Hon CHEUNG Hok-ming
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Hon Mrs Rita FAN HSU Lai-tai (centre), President of the Legislative Council, and
other nine Members officiate at the opening ceremony of the Legislative Council
Building Open Day held on 25 November 2006. Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yee (fourth
from left) and Hon Fred LI Wah-ming (sixth from left), Chairman and Deputy
Chairman respectively of the House Committee, throw the rosettes to the public
while other Members join to share the joy of the event.
(From left) Hon Mrs Selina CHOW LIANG Shuk-yee; Hon WONG Ting-kwong;
Hon Fred LI Wah-ming; Hon Mrs Rita FAN HSU Lai-tai; Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing;
Hon CHEUNG Man-kwong and Hon CHAN Kam-lam pose with a group of students
in the Ante-Chamber.Major Events in Pictures
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BUILDING OPEN DAY
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Students listen carefully when Hon Mrs Rita FAN HSU Lai-tai briefs them on the facilities in
Conference Room B.
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing poses with visitors in front of the “gong” in the Ante-Chamber.Major Events in Pictures
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Hon CHEUNG Man-kwong leads visitors down the corridor of the Building.
Hon WONG Ting-kwong (photo above)
and Hon Audrey EU Yuet-mee explain to
visitors the facilities in the Chamber.
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The Open Day attracted 3,368 visitors, and a total of 64 guided tours were conducted.
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LUNCHEON WITH FORMER MEMBERS
For the second consecutive year, a luncheon was held in the Dining Hall to give former and
present Members an opportunity to get together. (From left): Mr KAN Fook-yee; Mr CHAN
Wing-chan; Hon Mrs Rita FAN HSU Lai-tai (face away); Dr LEONG Che-hung and Mrs Elsie
TU.
Hon Martin LEE
Chu-ming (second
from left) and Hon
CHEUNG Man-
kwong (second from
right) chat with
former Members Mr
Kennedy WONG
Ying-ho (first from
left) and Mr Gary
CHENG Kai-nam.
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Hon CHAN Kam-lam and Mrs Elsie TU.
Hon Mrs Rita FAN HSU Lai-tai and Mr Andrew WONG Wang-fat.
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LUNCHEON WITH THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE, EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
MEMBERS AND SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
To help improve the executive-legislature relationship, Hon Mrs Rita FAN HSU Lai-tai, President of the Legislative
Council, hosts luncheons regularly to provide an opportunity for the Chief Executive, Executive Council Members,
Senior Government Officials and fellow Legislative Council Members to meet and enjoy a moment of amity. In one
of the luncheons held in the session, seated around the head table are: (from left) Hon Ronald ARCULLI, Executive
Council Member; Hon SIN Chung-kai; Mr Doanld TSANG Yam-kuen, the Chief Executive; Hon Mrs FAN HSU
Lai-tai; and Hon Henry FAN Hung-ling, Executive Council Member.
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Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing (right), Mr Michael
SUEN Ming-yeung (centre), Secretary for Housing,
Planning & Lands, and Hon Henry FAN Hung-ling
exchange views in the pre-lunch reception.
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Mr Donald TSANG Yam-kuen chats with Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah (photo above) and Hon
Martin LEE Chu-ming.
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Hon Vincent FANG Kang (left) and Mr Henry TANG Ying-yen, the Financial Secretary.
Dr Hon Philip WONG Yu-hong converses with Mrs LAU MAK Yee-ming (right),
Commissioner of Inland Revenue, as Dr Sarah LIAO Sau-tung, Secretary for the Environment,
Transport and Works, looks on.
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SPRING GATHERING
In the “reversal of roles” role-playing game of this year’s Spring Gathering hosted by
Hon Mrs Rita FAN HSU Lai-tai, Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan entertains the guests by
imitating a senior Government official.
Another participant of the game, Prof Arthur LI Kwok-cheung, Secretary for
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Mr Frederick MA, Secretary for
Financial Services and the Treasury,
imitates the speaking style often
employed by Hon CHAN Yuen-han.
From the facial expressions of Hon
Emily LAU Wai-hing, she finds
Mr MA’s performance funny and
entertaining.
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Mr Donald TSANG Yam-kuen, the Chief Executive, enjoys the show.
Hon Mrs Rita FAN HSU Lai-tai presents a souvenir to Mr Donald TSANG Yam-kuen to
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BLOOD DONATION
In support of the work of the Hong Kong Red Cross, eight Members, together with 16 LegCo Secretariat staff
and members of the public, give blood in the LegCo Building. Those participating include Hon SIN Chung-
kai; Hon LEE Wing tat; Hon WONG Kwok-hing; Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan; Hon Howard YOUNG and
Hon CHOY So-yuk.
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ANNUAL TEA RECEPTION
An Annual Tea Reception was hosted by Hon Mrs Rita FAN HSU Lai-tai for the new Boards of Directors of six
charitable organizations. (From left): Ms Bess TSIN Man kuen, Chairman of Yan Chai Hospital; Mr WONG Siu-sang,
Chairman of Lok Sin Tong; Mr Peter ONG Ka-lueng, Chairman of Tung Wah Group of Hospitals; Hon Mrs Rita FAN
HSU Lai-tai; Mrs Angel S P CHAN LAU, Chairman of Po Leung Kuk; Mr Matthew LAM Kin-hong, Chairman of Pok
Oi Hospital; and Mr YAM Tak-cheung, Chairman of Yan Oi Tong.
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Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit and Hon CHAN Yuen-han
chat with Ms Bess TSIN Man kuen of the Yan Chai
Hospital.Hon WONG Kwok-hing converses with Mr Matthew
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FRIENDLY FOOTBALL MATCH
Legislative Council vs. Senior Government Officials
Mr Michael SUEN Ming-yeung, Acting Chief Secretary for Administration, kicks off the
match between the Legislative Council and Senior Government Officials football teams.
Hon SIN Chung-kai’s man-for-man marking blocks the move of Mr TANG King-shing,
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Prof Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shing, the goalkeeper, is having a goal kick.
Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yee, Chairman of the House Committee, presents the trophy to the
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The Legislative Council and the Consuls-General football teams pose before their football
match that ended with a landslide 5:1 victory for the LegCo team.
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung demonstrates the skills of ball dribbling and feints.Legislative Council vs. Consuls-GeneralAnnual Report of Legislative Council
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Hon Bernard CHAN (photo above) and Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yip each score two goals in
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The last football match in the session was between the LegCo and the Radio Television Hong
Kong teams. With the players drenched by the heavy rain, the referee called off the game at
half-time due to bad weather, with the score tied at 1:1.Legislative Council vs. Radio Television Hong KongC H A P T E R 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 is the
legislature of the Region.
POWERS AND FUNCTIONS
As provided for in Article 73 of the Basic Law,
the Legislative Council of the HKSAR exercises
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 is to be constituted
by election. There are 60 Members for the
Third Legislative Council (2004-2008),
with 30 Members returned by geographical
constituencies through direct elections and 30
Members by functional constituencies. The
election for the Third Legislative Council was
held on 12 September 2004 and the term of
office is four years.
The President of the Legislative Council is
elected by and from among Members of the
Legislative Council.
The composition and biographies of Members
who served on the Legislative Council in the
2006-2007 session are in Appendices 1 and
2 respectively.Legislative Council Meetings
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Legislative Council Meetings
Meetings of the Legislative Council
are open to the public. They may be
conducted in either Cantonese, English or
Putonghua, with simultaneous interpretation
provided. The proceedings of the meetings
of the Council are broadcast live and are
reported by the mass media. They are also
recorded verbatim in the Official Record of
Proceedings of the Meetings of the Legislative
Council, which is accessible through the
Legislative Council’s website.
The business transacted at a regular Council
meeting mainly comprises tabling of
subsidiary legislation and other papers and
reports; asking of questions for replies by
the Government; consideration of bills; and
debates on motions. During the period from
October 2006 to July 2007, the Council
held 37 meetings and sat for more than 349
hours.
TABLING OF SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION AND
OTHER PAPERS
Subsidiary legislation is any proclamation,
rule, regulation, order, resolution, notice, rule
of court, bylaw or other instruments made by
the designated authorities under or by virtue
of the relevant ordinances. It is subject to the
scrutiny of the Council, which may be through
either the negative vetting procedure or the
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 at its meetings. Where considered
necessary, the Council’s House Committee may
set up a subcommittee to study the subsidiary
legislation in detail. A Member or a public officer may, within a prescribed time limit,
move a motion in Council to seek the Council’s
agreement to amend the content of or repeal
an item of subsidiary legislation that has been
tabled.
During the 2006-2007 session, 203 items of
subsidiary legislation were tabled in Council
for scrutiny. Among them, six were amended
and one repealed by resolution of the Council.
Another two items are still being scrutinized by
subcommittees formed by the House Committee.
One technical memorandum was tabled in
Council for scrutiny and was amended by
resolution of the Council.
The scrutiny by the Council of subsidiary
legislation through the positive vetting
procedure is described later in this chapter,
under Motions.
Other papers tabled at Council meetings
include the annual reports of Government
departments and public bodies, Government
consultative documents, and reports of the
Council’s committees. Members and public
officers presenting the reports may address the
Council.
QUESTIONS
Any Member may address questions to the
Government on its work for the purpose of
either seeking information on such matter or
asking for official action with regard to it. The
Member specifies whether an oral or a written
reply is required.
During the period under report, Members asked
a total of 167 oral questions on a wide range
of subjects at Council meetings, and followed
up with 951 supplementary questions. Another
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Government were also asked.
STATEMENTS
Statements may be made by Government
officials on issues of public concern at Council
meetings. During the period under report, the
Chief Secretary for Administration made a
statement on the “Green Paper on Constitutional
Development” at the Council meeting of 11
July 2007.
BILLS
The Government is primarily responsible for
proposing new legislation or amendments to
existing legislation, in the form of bills which
are considered by the Council for enactment.
Subject to meeting certain conditions, Members
of the Council 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
Government; or
To appropriate funds for public expenditure
and to raise revenue.
A bill is first published in the Gazette before
it is introduced into the Council. It has to be
given three readings for its passage by the Council. The First Reading is a formality, with
the Clerk reading the short title of a bill at a
Council meeting. The Second Reading of the
bill starts with the public officer or Member who
introduces the bill moving the motion “That the
bill be read the second time” and explaining
the purpose of the bill. Usually, after the motion
has been moved, the debate on it is adjourned
and the bill is referred to the House Committee
to allow Members more time to study it, either in
the House Committee or in a bills committee set
up by the House Committee specifically for it.
The debate on the Second Reading resumes at
a subsequent Council meeting after the bill has
been studied. During the debate, Members
present their views on the principles and merits
of the bill and may indicate their support or
otherwise. A vote is then taken by the Council
on the motion “That the bill be read the second
time”. If the motion is not passed, the bill cannot
proceed further. If it is passed, the bill is given
a Second Reading, and the Council will then
sit as a committee of the whole Council during
which the committee goes through the clauses
of the bill, making amendments where agreed
to by the committee. After the bill has passed
through the committee of the whole Council
with or without amendments, it is reported
back to the Council for it to consider whether
to support the passage of the bill by giving it
the Third Reading.
When a bill has been given three readings,
it becomes a piece of enacted law. Unless a
later date has been specified, it may take effect
after it is signed by the Chief Executive and
promulgated in the Gazette.
Where the Council considers that the passage
of a bill is sufficiently urgent, it may proceed
with the Second Reading debate on the bill at
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bill receives its Second Reading, the Council
may proceed to the remaining stages at the
same meeting.
During the period under report, 25 new bills were
introduced. The Council completed proceedings
on 22 bills which were all passed, 14 of which
with amendments. A list of the bills passed is in
Appendix 3.
MOTIONS
Motions are the mechanism through which
most of the Council’s business is transacted.
The processing of a bill is by way of a series
of motions 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 by way
of motions.
Regarding subsidiary legislation which is
scrutinized by the Council through the positive
vetting procedure, the process starts with a
public officer or a Member giving notice of
a motion, to be moved at a future Council
meeting, to make or amend an item of subsidiary
legislation. The proposed motion is then studied
by the House Committee, which may decide
to set up a subcommittee to study it in detail.
Where Members consider it necessary, they
may move amendments to the motion. During
the period under report, public officers moved
a total of 21 motions to either make or amend
subsidiary legislation through the positive vetting
procedure, and all were passed. A total of 12
amendments were moved by Members to three
of these motions, and all were negatived.
Apart from those relating to subsidiary
legislation, motions may be moved by Members to exercise the Council’s power under the Basic
Law, to amend the Council’s Rules of Procedure,
or to invoke the Council’s powers under the
Legislative Council (Powers and Privileges)
Ordinance, Cap. 382. During the report
period, the Council passed two motions to
amend the Rules of Procedure and one motion
to amend the names and terms of reference of
some of the existing 18 Panels in the light of the
re-organization of the Government Secretariat.
POLICY ADDRESS DEBATE
The Chief Executive addresses the Council in
every Legislative Council session on his policy
Mr Donald TSANG Yam-kuen, the Chief Executive,
delivers his Policy Address entitled “Proactive,
Pragmatic, Always People First”.
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Special Administrative Region. At a meeting
held after the Chief Executive has delivered
his Policy Address, a motion is moved by the
Chairman of the House Committee 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 session, the Chief
Executive delivered his Policy Address on 11
October 2006 and Members and Government
officials debated the Motion of Thanks for three
days on 25, 26 and 27 October 2006. The
debate was divided into five debate sessions
each of which covered several related policy
areas.
Members hold press conferences to comment on
the Chief Executive’s initiatives immediately after
the delivery of the Policy Address. (From the
top) Members of the Democratic Alliance for the
Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong; the Liberal
Party; the Democratic Party; the Civic Party and
the Alliance.Labour groups petition outside the Legislative Council
Building to call for legislation on minimum wage.
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Shortly before a financial year ends at the end
of March, the Financial Secretary presents to
the Council his Budget for the next financial
year which commences on 1 April each year,
in the form of an Appropriation Bill and the
Estimates, which are followed closely by
legislative measures for implementing the
Government’s revenue proposals. These set
out the Government’s annual revenue and
expenditure proposals for the following
financial year. Legislative measures required
for implementing the revenue proposals are
presented in the form of bills or subsidiary
legislation. After the proposed estimates of
expenditure have been examined by the
Finance Committee at its special meetings,
the Appropriation Bill is brought back into the
Council for consideration and decision. For the
2007-2008 Budget, the Financial Secretary
introduced the Appropriation Bill 2007 on 28
February 2007. The debate on the Budget
took place on 28 and 29 March and 18
April 2007. The Appropriation Bill 2007 was
passed on 18 April 2007.
Mr Henry TANG Ying-yen, the Financial Secretary,
delivers the 2007-2008 Budget to suggest a broad-
based recovery of the economy with a positive outlook.
Members of the Executive Council comment on the
Budget. OTHER DEBATES
All motions moved at Council meetings are
debated and voted upon. Apart from motions
with legislative or binding effect, Members
also debate motions which do not have such
effect. Such debates provide opportunities for
Members to express their views on issues of
public interest and for public officers to respond
to them. During the period under report, the
Council debated 55 such motions moved by
Members. Among these, 38 were passed with
or without amendment and 17 were negatived.
These motions and the decisions of the Council
on them are in Appendix 4 .
Where a Member wishes to raise a topic for
debate in Council but does not wish to formulate
a motion in express terms, an adjournment
debate may be proposed for Members to simply
express their opinions on the topic and to elicit
a response from the Government. One motion
for adjournment was moved during the period
under report. At the Council meeting on 13
December 2006, Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG
moved a motion to adjourn the Council for the
purpose of debating the demolition of the Star
Ferry Pier clock tower.
Mr Henry TANG Ying-yen, the Finance Secretary,
and Mr Frederick MA Si-hang, Secretary for Financial
Services and the Treasury, attend a Finance Committee
special meeting to answer Members’ questions
concerning the Budget.
Members debate and pass the Appropriation Bill 2007.
34 Annual Report 2006-2007Mr Donald TSANG Yam-kuen, the Chief Executive,
makes a point while attending a Question and Answer
Session of the Council after assuming office for a new
term on 1 July 2007. Mr TSANG has attended four
Question and Answer Sessions during the year.
Principal officials of the Third Term Hong Kong
Special Administrative Region Government attend the
Question and Answer Session.
35 Chapter 2CHIEF EXECUTIVE’S QUESTION AND
ANSWER SESSIONS
During the session, four meetings of the Council
were held during which the Chief Executive
addressed the Council and answered questions
put to him by Members.C H A P T E R 3
Committees
Through a system of committees, Members perform the critical roles of scrutinizing bills,
controlling public expenditure, and monitoring the work of the Government. There are
three standing committees, namely the Finance Committee, Public Accounts Committee and
Committee on Members’ Interests. The House Committee co-ordinates matters relating to
the business to be considered at Council meetings and monitors the progress on the study
of bills and subsidiary legislation. The scrutiny of bills which require more in-depth study is
done through bills committees, which report their deliberations to the House Committee upon
completion of their work. Panels are committees which monitor and examine policy issues.
There are 18 panels whose formation and terms of reference are approved by the Council on
the recommendation of the House Committee.
FINANCE COMMITTEE
The Finance Committee consists of all
Members of the Council except the President.
The chairman and deputy chairman of the
Committee are elected by and from among
its members.
The Finance Committee is vested with the
responsibility of scrutinizing and approving
public expenditure proposals submitted by
the Financial Secretary. Each year, upon the
presentation of the Appropriation Bill to the
Council, the President refers the Estimates of
Expenditure to the Finance Committee for its
examination. Special meetings are held for the
purpose. After the passage of the Appropriation
Bill, any changes to the approved Estimates are
put to the Finance Committee for its approval.
The Finance Committee meets on most Fridays
to consider these proposals or to note financial
implications of new policies.
During the 2006-2007 session, the Finance
Committee held 24 regular meetings and
examined a total of 52 items of proposals.
17 of these items contained 90 proposals
which had been considered and supported by
the Finance Committee’s two subcommittees,
namely the Establishment Subcommittee and
the Public Works Subcommittee.
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing, Chairman of the Finance
Committee, meets with a delegation from the Council
of the Federation of the Federal Assembly of the
Russian Federation (photo above) and a delegation
representing the Finance Committee of the Parliament
of Denmark.
36 Annual Report 2006-2007The Establishment Subcommittee examines
and makes recommendations to the Finance
Committee on 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
session, the subcommittee, consisting of 17
members, held 6 meetings and examined
a total of 10 items of proposals put forward
by the Government. The membership of the
subcommittee is in Appendix 5 .
The Public Works Subcommittee examines
and makes recommendations to the Finance
Committee on the Government’s proposals for the
upgrading of projects to, or downgrading from,
Category A of the Public Works Programme, or
changes to the scope and approved estimates
of projects already in that Category. During
the session, the subcommittee, consisting of
22 members, held 13 meetings and examined
a total of 84 items of proposals put forward
by the Government. The membership of the
subcommittee is in Appendix 5.
For the 2007-2008 Estimates, the Finance
Committee held a series of six special meetings
consisting of 20 sessions from 19 to 22
March 2007. Prior to the special meetings,
the Financial Secretary briefed members on
the 2007-2008 Budget, while the Secretary
for Financial Services and the Treasury
provided further information on the Estimates
of Expenditure. 2,715 written questions were
then put to the Government for written replies to
facilitate deliberation at the special meetings.
A total of 113 supplementary written questions
and 32 verbal requests arising from the meetings
were further put forward to the Government for
additional information.
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE
The Public Accounts Committee is a standing
committee of the Council. It is responsible for
considering the reports of the Director of Audit on
the accounts of the Government and the results
of value for money audits on the Government
and other organizations which are within the
purview of public audit. The committee may
call for explanation and obtain evidence from
public officers, management staff of public
organizations and other relevant persons, if
considered necessary.
The Legislative Council Public Accounts Committee
holds a public hearing on the issue of “management of
government fresh food wholesale markets”.
37 Chapter 3COMMITTEE ON MEMBERS’ INTERESTS
The Committee on Members’ Interests is a
standing committee of the Council. It considers
matters pertaining to Members’ declaration of
interests and matters of ethics in relation to their
conduct, and makes recommendations relating
to Members’ interests matters. It also examines
arrangements for the compilation, maintenance
and accessibility of the Register of Members’
Interests.
The seven members of the committee are
elected by Members and appointed by the
President. The membership of the committee is
in Appendix 5 .
HOUSE COMMITTEE
The House Committee comprises all Members,
except the President, who elect from among
themselves the chairman and deputy chairman.
While the Legislative Council is in session, the
House Committee normally meets weekly and
the meetings are open to the public.
The House Committee prepares for meetings
of the Council and considers matters relating
to the business of the Council. One important
function of the House Committee is to deal with
bills introduced into the Council and subsidiary
legislation tabled in Council or presented to the
Council for approval. The House Committee
may form bills committees to scrutinize bills,
or appoint subcommittees to study subsidiary
legislation. The House Committee then monitors
progress and studies reports from the bills
committees and subcommittees concerned.
The House Committee may refer to the relevant
panels for consideration any policy matters
relating to the business of the Council. The Dr Hon Philip WONG Yu-hong (second from right),
Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, presents
a souvenir to Mr Sergey P. IV ANOV , Chairman of the
Council of the Federation of the Federal Assembly of
the Russian Federation.The committee comprises seven members
elected by Members and appointed by the
President. The membership of the committee is
in Appendix 5 .
During the 2006-2007 session, the committee
examined the Director of Audit’s Report on the
Accounts of the Government for the year ended
31 March 2006 and the Reports on the Results
of Value for Money Audits (Reports Nos. 47 and
48). The conclusions and recommendations of
the committee are contained in Public Accounts
Committee Reports Nos. 47 and 48, which
were tabled in Council on 7 February 2007
and 11 July 2007 respectively.
38 Annual Report 2006-2007House Committee may also consider, in such
manner as it thinks fit, any other items relating
to the business of the Council.
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 2006-2007 session, a total of 32
regular meetings of the House Committee were
held.
Other Subcommittees of the House Committee
The House Committee may appoint
subcommittees to assist in the consideration of
any other items relating to the business of the
Council. The following subcommittees
were in operation during the 2006-2007
session -
Parliamentary Liaison Subcommittee;
Subcommittee to Examine the
Implementation in Hong Kong of
Resolutions of the United Nations Security
Council in relation to Sanctions;
Subcommittee on Members’ Remuneration
and Operating Expenses Reimbursement;
Subcommittee to Study the Subject of
Combating Poverty;
Subcommittee to Study Issues Relating to the
Provision of Boarding Places, Senior Secondary
Education and Employment Opportunities for
Children with Special Educational Needs;
The House Committee holds regular meetings on Fridays.Subcommittee on West Kowloon Cultural
District Development;
Subcommittee to Study the Transport Needs of
and Provision of Concessionary Public Transport
Fares for Persons with Disabilities;
Subcommittee to Study Issues Relating to the Air
Pollution Control (Volatile Organic Compounds)
Regulation;
Subcommittee on Legislative Amendments
Relating to the Proposed Re-organisation of
Policy Bureaux of the Government Secretariat;
and
Subcommittee to Study the Draft Subsidiary
Legislation Relating to the Rail Merger.
The memberships of the above subcommittees
are in Appendix 5.
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Bay Port Hong Kong Port Area Bill and relevant Panels
visit the Shenzhen Bay Port in Shekou to inspect the
facilities in the Hong Kong Port Area and the Shenzhen
Bay Bridge (also referred to as the Hong Kong-
Shenzhen Western Corridor).COMMITTEE ON RULES OF PROCEDURE
The Committee on Rules of Procedure is
responsible for reviewing the Rules of Procedure
of the Council and the committee system, and
for proposing to the Council such amendments
or changes as are considered necessary.
The committee consists of a chairman, a
deputy chairman and 10 members appointed
by the President in accordance with the
recommendations of the House Committee.
The membership of the committee is in
Appendix 5 .
During the 2006-2007 session, the committee
held a total of seven meetings to study a wide
range of issues relating to the procedural
arrangements of the Council, and the procedures
and working mechanism of the committees of
the Council.
The committee presented three papers to the
House Committee recommending changes
to current procedures. The
committee also presented a report
to the Council on 11 July 2007
summarizing its deliberations on
specific issues during the period
under report.BILLS COMMITTEES AND SUBCOMMITTEES
ON SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION
The House Committee may allocate bills, except
the Appropriation Bill and bills not referred
to the House Committee by the Council,
to bills committees for detailed scrutiny. All
Members, other than the President, may join
any bills committee. The chairman of each bills
committee is elected from among its members.
Government officials and members of the public
may be invited to attend its meetings.
A bills committee will consider the principles and
merits of the bill concerned as well as its detailed
provisions, and may propose amendments
relevant to the bill. It may also appoint
subcommittees for the purpose of assisting in
the performance of its functions. After a bills
committee has completed scrutiny of a bill, it
will notify the House Committee and advise
the committee in writing of its deliberations.
The bills committee will be dissolved on the
enactment of the bill concerned or as decided
by the House Committee.
40 Annual Report 2006-2007During the 2006-2007 session, a total of 25
bills were scrutinized by 25 bills committees.
Fourteen of these bills committees completed
their scrutiny work and reported to the House
Committee. Eleven bills committees are still in
action.
A total of 19 subcommittees were set up to
consider 28 items of subsidiary legislation and
one technical memorandum tabled in Council,
two items of subsidiary legislation not required
to be tabled in Council, and five proposed
resolutions presented by the Government for
the Council’s approval. The membership of
these bills committees and subcommittees are
in Appendix 5 .
Reports of these bills committees and
subcommittees are available on the LegCo
website at www.legco.gov.hk.
PANELS
Panels are committees of the Council tasked
to monitor and examine Government policies.
They provide a forum for Members to deliberate
on policy matters and study issues relating to the
policy areas of their corresponding bureaux,
which are of wide public concern. The items
for discussion can be brought up by members
of the panel, referred to it by the House
Committee or other committees, proposed by
the Government, or raised by other Members
following meetings with 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 into place
to ensure early consultation with the relevant
panel(s) on such proposals and to allow more
thorough discussion of the policy aspects of
the proposals.
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. Memberships of the 18
panels in the 2006-2007 session
and their subcommittees are shown
in Appendix 5 .
Members are briefed by officials on the progress of the Shenzhen Bay
Port project.
41 Chapter 3Panel on Administration of Justice and Legal
Services
In response to the request of the panel, the
Judiciary reviewed the fees for transcript and
record of proceedings and changed the basis
for charging transcript fee from “per page” to
“per English word and per Chinese character”,
while only photocopying fee would be payable
if the transcripts concerned had already been
produced. The fee for the record of proceedings
on audio tape was also reduced. The new
fees, which allowed litigants to benefit from a
more equitable fee charging basis and more
affordable fees, were implemented with effect
from 1 February 2007.
The panel was briefed on the phased
implementation plan of five-day week in the
Judiciary and noted that Phase III would cover
offices with a public interface. The panel
suggested that in deciding whether five-day
week should be implemented in court registries/
offices, the needs of court users should be
seriously considered.
The prevalence of recovery agents remained
a major concern of the panel. The panel
noted the actions taken or considered by the
Administration to enhance the public awareness
of the risks of the activities of recovery agents,
such as by putting up posters or notices at
Government offices where serious touting
activities had been carried out by recovery
agents, and broadcasting Announcements of
Public Interest on radio and television. However,
the panel considered that to safeguard the
public interest, the Administration should take
prosecution action against recovery agents and
introduce legislation if there were difficulties in
enforcement under the existing law. Regarding the comprehensive review of the
criminal legal aid fee system, the panel was
advised that while the Administration had
reached a broad consensus with the legal
professional bodies on the proposed structure
of the fee system, the review had reached
an impasse on the proposed rates. The Law
Society of Hong Kong considered the proposed
rates offered by the Administration totally
unacceptable, as there was no significant
improvement to the existing fee system, given
that many lawyers at present took up criminal
legal aid work on a charitable or pro bono
basis. The panel requested the Administration to
continue discussion with the legal professional
bodies with a view to reaching a mutually
acceptable solution.
The panel requested the Administration to
take into account the views and suggestions
of members and the relevant organizations in
conducting the 2007 five-yearly review of the
criteria for assessing financial eligibility limits
of legal aid applicants. The panel considered
that the two existing legal aid schemes did
not address the demand of the middle class
for legal aid services, and requested the
Administration to consider expanding the
scope and increasing the financial eligibility
limit of the Supplementary Legal Aid Scheme.
The Administration agreed to examine whether
there was scope for improving the scheme
without undermining or jeopardising its
financial viability.
One of the proposals in connection with the re-
organization of policy bureaux of the Government
Secretariat announced by the Chief Executive
on 3 May 2007 was to transfer the legal aid
portfolio from the Administration Wing of the
Chief Secretary for Administration’s Office to
42 Annual Report 2006-2007the Home Affairs Bureau. Some members
expressed grave concern as to whether the
proposal would undermine the independence
of the Legal Aid Department, and whether the
Department would be subject to tighter control
under the new set-up in respect of the provision
of legal aid in cases against the Government
or in respect of the allocation of resources. The
panel was informed by the Legal Aid Services
Council that it would step up its supervisory role
to ensure that the provision of legal aid services
was undertaken professionally and objectively
without interference after the proposed transfer.
Also, the Council would seek a review of its
recommendation for the establishment of an
independent statutory legal aid authority,
which was not accepted by the Administration
in 1998. The panel agreed to follow up the
matter in the next session.
Panel on Commerce and Industry
The panel continued to monitor the progress
of multilateral trade negotiations under the
Doha Development Agenda of the World
Trade Organization (WTO), and noted that
the negotiations had once been suspended
and later resumed in February 2007 in view of
the WTO membership’s general wish to restart
the negotiations. Members were pleased to
note that Hong Kong had played a constructive
role in pushing for the resumption of the talks.
Although the success or otherwise of the
negotiations lied in the key players making
compromise on agricultural market access and
domestic farm support, as well as developing
economies demonstrating a willingness to
open their markets further to imports of services
and industrial goods, members urged the
Administration to continue to participate actively in the negotiations with a view to achieving a
successful conclusion.
The panel was pleased to note that, according to
a recent study conducted by the Administration
on the impact of the Mainland and Hong Kong
Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement
(CEPA) on Hong Kong’s economy, CEPA had
brought about significant economic benefits to
Hong Kong. To help various local industries
seize the opportunities of and benefit fully from
CEPA, the panel urged the Administration to
liaise with the Mainland authorities regarding
any implementation problems under CEPA,
and to work out measures to provide greater
facilitation to local trades.
In view of the increasing regional competition
in the area of convention and exhibition
services and the rise in the number of exhibition
facilities in the neighbouring regions, the panel
supported the Administration’s measures to
strengthen and promote Hong Kong’s position
as an international convention and exhibition
centre. As the hosting of conventions and
exhibitions could bring about significant direct
economic benefits to the economy in relation
to tourism and retail, members were keen to
ensure that there was adequate provision of
convention and exhibition facilities to meet
the demand. To obtain first-hand information
on overseas successful experience in the
development of convention and exhibition
facilities, the panel conducted an overseas
duty visit in August 2007 to Dubai, Frankfurt
and Las Vegas, which were renowned for their
world-class exhibition facilities.
Copyright protection was another major areas
of concern. Members noted that further to the
introduction of an enhanced and more flexible
regime by way of the Copyright (Amendment)
43 Chapter 3Bill 2006, which was passed in the Legislative
Council on 27 June 2007, the Administration
launched a public consultation exercise on
issues relating to copyright protection in
the digital environment with the intention of
providing a robust copyright protection regime
in Hong Kong. Members exchanged views
with the Administration on the impact that
more stringent copyright protection in the
digital environment might have on the free
dissemination of information, protection of
personal privacy, as well as the daily activities
of members of the public. In response to
members’ concerns, the Administration assured
that adequate consultation would be made on
all the issues involved before coming up with
any implementation plan for consultation with
the panel again.
During the session, the panel was consulted
on a number of legislative and financial
proposals, such as the proposal to implement
an electronic customs clearance system for road
cargoes which aimed to allow cross-boundary
trucks to enjoy seamless customs clearance at
land boundary control points, and the funding
proposal of $100 million to support the
operation of Hong Kong Design Centre over
five years to promote the importance of design
and innovation.Panel on Constitutional Affairs
The panel was briefed on the key electoral
arrangements for the third term Chief Executive
(CE) election scheduled for 25 March 2007.
The panel discussed issues including the venue,
polling hours and election forums for the CE
election. In response to the panel’s concern, the
Electoral Affairs Commission agreed to extend
the time for the first round of voting in the case
of a contested election, and the polling hours
in the case of an uncontested election, from
one to two hours.
During the session, the panel discussed the
models, roadmap and timetable for electing
the CE and forming the Legislative Council
(LegCo) by universal suffrage. The panel was
informed that the Administration would present
the different proposals received as three types
of options in the Green Paper on Constitutional
Development to be published in mid-2007 for
a three-month consultation exercise. Some
members requested the Administration to extend
the consultation period, which coincided with
the summer recess of LegCo. Some members
considered that any proposals to be included
in the Green Paper should be presented in
its entirety, and the proposal which received
the majority support from the public should be
adopted as the mainstream proposal.
On the models for electing the CE by universal
suffrage, some members expressed grave
concern about suggestions that contenders were
required to go through a preliminary selection
process before they could become candidates,
as this implied that members of the nominating
committee could have a power of veto. On
the universal suffrage model for LegCo, some
members maintained that retaining functional
constituency seats was against the principle
44 Annual Report 2006-2007of equal and universal suffrage. Regarding
the timetable, some members considered that
universal suffrage for the CE should precede
that for LegCo, while some other members
considered that “dual universal suffrage” should
be implemented in 2012.
The Chief Executive announced on 3 May
2007 a proposal to re-organize the policy
bureaux of the Government Secretariat with
effect from 1 July 2007. During the five special
meetings held by the panel, members discussed
a number of issues pertaining to the proposed
re-organization, including the grading and
ranking of some individual posts, the titles of
some bureaux, and the distribution of some
policy portfolios among bureaux under the new
set-up. While a number of members supported
the proposed re-organization, some other
members considered that the Administration
should review the Accountability System for
Principal Officials before making any proposals
to re-organize the existing policy bureaux which
were established when the Accountability
System was implemented in 2002.
The panel was briefed on the key electoral
arrangements for the 2007 District Council
(DC) election and consulted on the proposals
regarding the printing of names, emblems and
photographs on ballot papers, the introduction
of a financial assistance scheme for candidates
of the DC election, and the election expense
limit. Noting that the size of the new ballot
papers would be about 70% larger than that
of the 2003 DC election, the panel requested
the Registration and Electoral Office to conduct
careful and thorough testing on the ballot boxes
for use in the 2007 DC election.
The panel raised a number of concerns on the
Consultation Document on Further Development of the Political Development System which
sought to create new political positions within the
Government to strengthen support for Principal
Officials. The panel was informed that the
actual timing and pace of implementation of the
proposals would be subject to, among others,
the availability of resources and individuals of
the right calibre to fill the new positions.
Panel on Economic Services
During the session, the panel continued to
monitor closely the operation of major tourism
infrastructure projects, in particular Ngong
Ping Skyrail and the Hong Kong Disneyland.
Members urged the Mass Transit Railway
Corporation Limited (MTRCL) and the Skyrail-
ITM (Hong Kong) Limited (Skyrail) to improve
reliability of service of the Ngong Ping
Skyrail, public notification and contingency
arrangements in case of suspension of the
cable car service. Following the incident
of the falling of a cabin in June 2007, the
panel immediately followed up the matter
with the Administration, MTRCL and Skyrail.
Members supported the immediate suspension
of the cable car service and welcomed the
appointment of an independent Expert Panel to
undertake a full investigation into the incident in
order to restore visitors’ confidence. Regarding
the performance of the Hong Kong Disneyland,
the panel regularly reviewed the theme park’s
marketing and promotion strategies. The
panel called on the theme park to increase
transparency in operation and provide more
information on its financial performance.
The panel welcomed the Administration’s plan
to develop a new cruise terminal at Kai Tak.
To help monitor the development project, the
panel conducted an overseas duty visit to
45 Chapter 3Dubai, Barcelona and Los Angeles in August
2007 to obtain first-hand information on how
major cruise ports overseas were developed
and on their latest developments.
In enhancing consumer protection for Mainland
visitors, the panel discussed with organizations
of the travel trade and the retail sector
measures for strengthening visitors’ confidence
in travelling in Hong Kong. The panel passed
a motion urging the relevant parties to take
concerted efforts in formulating measures and
taking enforcement actions in safeguarding
the interests of tourists, as well as in tackling
problems associated with “zero-/negative-
fare tours”. The panel also supported the
Administration’s decision to review consumer
protection laws with a view to strengthening
enforcement action against misleading and
undesirable sales practices.
On airport and aviation services, the panel
reviewed with the Administration and the Airport
Authority the development projects at the Hong
Kong International Airport and the provision of
aviation support services. The panel supported
the proposals to replace the existing air traffic
control system and develop a new integrated
Members of the Panel on Economic Services touring
the Ngong Ping Village enjoy “yum cha” (drinking
Chinese tea) inside a tea house.
Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung, Chairman of the Panel,
makes comments to the media on the operation of
Ngong Ping 360.
46 Annual Report 2006-2007headquarters for the Civil Aviation Department
on the Airport Island. Members also took
the opportunity to urge the Administration to
enhance airspace management and ensure the
adequate provision of professional personnel
for air traffic management service.
The panel was briefed on the annual tariff
revision plans by the two power companies.
Members called on the Administration to tighten
its regulatory control over the power companies
in meeting public expectations for reasonable
and stable tariffs. With a view to enhancing
market competition, the Administration was
urged to implement increased interconnection
between the two power companies and
expedite liberalization of the electricity market.
The panel attached great importance to the
promotion of fair competition and free market
discipline in Hong Kong and discussed with the
Administration issues related to the introduction
of a general cross-sector competition law.
Members considered it necessary for the
Administration to continue engaging small
and medium-sized enterprises to address their
concerns and ensure that the new law would
balance the interests of relevant stakeholders.
The panel also discussed with the Administration
and representatives from major auto-fuel
suppliers on measures to enhance competition
in the local auto-fuel market. Members took
the opportunity to urge auto-fuel suppliers to
reduce their pump prices once there was room
for downward adjustment. Panel on Education
Arising from the allegations made by the former
Vice President of the Hong Kong Institute of
Education concerning interference in the
Institute’s academic freedom and institutional
autonomy by senior Government official(s), the
panel held a series of meetings to examine the
issue from a wider perspective and received
views from academics, organizations and
student unions. The panel proposed the
appointment of a select committee by LegCo
to inquire into the matter. The proposal was
considered but voted down by the House
Committee. The panel thereafter followed up
the matter at its regular meetings, and identified
seven major areas for detailed examination.
The panel welcomed the Administration’s
initiative to subsidize early childhood education
by way of a voucher system beginning from the
2007-2008 school year. Members, however,
were concerned that the criteria for only local
non-profit-making kindergartens or kindergarten-
cum-child care centres which charged fees not
more than $24,000 per student per annum
to be eligible for redeeming the voucher
would limit parental choice of kindergartens.
The panel supported the Administration’s
subsequent proposal to provide a three-year
transitional period to all kindergartens which
satisfied the prescribed requirements to redeem
the vouchers.
The panel continued to monitor the preparatory
work for the new academic structure for senior
secondary education and higher education.
Members noted the various support measures
for the introduction of Liberal Studies as a core
subject, including the establishment by the Hong
Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority of
the level descriptors and sample examination
47 Chapter 3papers for Liberal Studies. The Authority
assured members that the Hong Kong Diploma
of Secondary Education would be comparable
to the Hong Kong Certificate of Education
Examination and the Hong Kong Advanced
Level Examination in terms of its recognition by
overseas institutions for admission purpose.
The panel supported the setting up of an
Academy for Gifted Education to provide
more structured and articulated programmes
for students aged 10 to 18 with exceptional
talent in specific areas. Members noted that
the Academy would specialize in providing
off-site programmes in collaboration with
tertiary institutions and professional bodies for
the exceptionally gifted. Members urged the
Administration to ensure that no gifted students
would be denied access to the programmes
due to financial reasons.
The panel was briefed by the consultant of the
Study on Small Class Teaching on his interim
findings. Members questioned the validity of
the observation about insufficient evidence to
demonstrate that students in small classes fared
better than their counterparts in regular classes,
as such an observation was at variance with
the experience of the schools participating in
the Study. As the Chief Executive had pledged
to implement small class teaching if he was
re-elected, the panel wrote to him to seek
information on the implementation timetable.
Members were advised that the Chief Executive
was fully committed to fulfilling his pledge,
and would ensure that the Administration, with
the benefit of the Study which was due for
completion in 2008, would promptly map out
the way forward.
Prof Bernard LUK Hung-kay attends a special meeting
of the Panel on Education on the alleged Government
interference in the academic freedom and autonomy of
the Hong Kong Institute of Education.
48 Annual Report 2006-2007Panel on Environmental Affairs
Air pollution was high on the agenda of the
panel in the 2006-2007 legislative session.
Given the deteriorating air quality, members
considered that there was an imminent need
to review Hong Kong’s Air Quality Objectives,
develop a long-term air quality management
strategy and, in particular, tackle the two major
emission sources within Hong Kong - power
plants and vehicles. Members supported the
Administration’s move to impose emission caps
on power plants in the renewal of the Specified
Process Licence and to link their permitted rate
of return to their achievement of the emission
caps. They also supported the Emissions
Trading Pilot Scheme for Thermal Power Plants
in the Pearl River Delta Region which aimed
to mitigate air pollution within the region.
There was however concern about the lack of
implementation details, including the emission
caps for individual power plants, liability of
the buyer should the seller fail to deliver the
contracted emission credits, etc. Moreover,
Members considered that the Emission Trading
Pilot Scheme should be extended to cover
also other industries. In respect of vehicular
emissions, the panel welcomed the proposals to
make it mandatory for long idling pre-Euro heavy
diesel vehicles to be retrofitted with emission
reduction devices and to introduce incentive
schemes to encourage early replacement of
more polluting vehicles, but stressed the need
for disincentives to deter the continued use of
polluting vehicles.
The panel noted that since the implementation
of the charging scheme for the disposal of
construction waste in December 2005, there
was a significant drop in the average quantity
of construction waste disposed of at the three landfills. On the other hand, there was a rise
in the number of complaint cases on fly-tipping
activities. To effectively monitor the disposal of
construction waste, members considered that
the Administration should establish a mechanism
whereby the amount of waste generated from
each construction project could be checked
against the actual waste delivered to landfills.
On enforcement, members generally welcomed
the pilot construction waste fly-tipping spotter
scheme to be launched by the Administration,
but stressed that the reporting procedures for
fly-tipping under the pilot scheme should not be
complicated, otherwise these might discourage
spotters from reporting such activities.
The introduction of an environmental levy on
plastic shopping bags was the first producer
responsibility scheme to be implemented by
the Administration. While there was general
support for the need to deter the indiscriminate
use of plastic shopping bags, members noted
that there were concerns about the effectiveness
of the scheme having regard to overseas
experiences. They urged the Administration
to take into account all the views before
introducing the relevant legislation.
The panel welcomed the improvement to water
quality of the Victoria Harbour made under
the Harbour Area Treatment Scheme (HATS) Stage 1, but stressed the need for proceeding
with HATS Stages 2A and 2B as soon as
possible. When consulted on the application
of the “polluter-pays” principle in the provision
of sewage services, members expressed
concern about setting out in law fee increments
for the Sewage Charge for the next 10 years
especially when the anticipated expenditure to
justify such increments had not been incurred.
They considered it a bad precedent as it would
49 Chapter 3premier capital formation centre for Mainland
enterprises.
The surfacing of counterfeit banknotes and
reliability of the smartcard payment system
attracted wide public concern. Following
the detection of counterfeit banknotes in early
2007, the panel examined the extent of the
problem and the effectiveness of remedial
action taken to maintain public confidence in the
security of the Hong Kong currency. Given the
widespread use of the Octopus Card, the panel
followed up with the Administration, HKMA
and the operators on the underlying causes for
reported failures in adding value to the Octopus
Card, the refund to affected customers and the
improvement measures adopted. In considering
the policy and regulatory framework for multi-
purpose stored value cards, members stressed
the importance of a level playing field and fair
market competition.
In monitoring the regulatory regime for listed
companies, the panel examined the transparency
of regulatory and enforcement actions taken by
the Securities and Futures Commission and the
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited.
The panel also exchanged views with them
on the cross-border enforcement mechanism
in relation to companies domiciled overseas
and listed in Hong Kong. Members also gave
views on the Administration’s proposal to give
statutory backing to major listing requirements.
Following the launch of Phase 1 of the Electronic
Disclosure Project under which the publication
of paid announcements in local newspapers
would be optional for companies listed on the
Main Board, members urged the Hong Kong
Exchanges and Clearing Limited to consider
additional measures to safeguard investors’
access to information, such as improving the set a bad example for other policy bureaux. The
proposed arrangement also lacked the needed
flexibility to cope with changes, particularly
when no review would be conducted during
the interim.
Panel on Financial Affairs
In addition to examining the Administration’s
policies on financial services, the panel
continued to provide a forum for Members
to exchange views periodically with the
Financial Secretary on macro economic issues.
Members were pleased to note the broad-
based expansion of Hong Kong’s economy and
the above-trend growth in GDP for consecutive
quarters. As unemployment in the construction
sector remained high despite the drop in overall
unemployment rate to its lowest in about nine
years, members urged the Administration to
fully utilize the annual provision of $29 billion
earmarked for public works projects and
expedite their implementation so as to create
more jobs in the industry.
Noting that inflation was forecast to remain
benign over the next five years, some members
were concerned that the depreciation of the
Hong Kong dollar along with the US dollar and
the gradual appreciation of the renminbi might
push up business operating costs and the cost
of living. On currency stability, the panel noted
the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA)’s
affirmation that the US dollar remained the
most appropriate anchor for the Hong Kong
dollar, and the Administration’s position that
the existing Linked Exchange Rate System had
served Hong Kong well and should not be
changed without sound justification. Members
also attached great importance to Hong Kong’s
role as an international financial centre and a
50 Annual Report 2006-2007user-friendliness of its website and requiring the
companies to publish summary announcements
in newspapers in parallel to posting full versions
on websites.
The panel continued to monitor the impact of
fee charging and reduction in bank branches
on disadvantaged users such as the elderly,
the disabled and low-income earners. It also
followed up with the Hong Kong Association
of Banks, the Consumer Council and the
Administration on various initiatives to enhance
the provision of basic banking services. Given
the importance of banking services to other
sectors, the panel examined the difficulties
reported by remittance agents and money
changers in obtaining such services since they
were regarded as high-risk customers in terms
of prevention of money laundering. While
encouraging the Hong Kong Association
of Banks and the trade to engage in direct
dialogue, members also urged the Administration
to expedite its review on the existing regulatory
framework on remittance agents and money
changers.
Panel on Food Safety and Environmental
Hygiene
Following the discovery of Sudan Red in hen
and duck eggs, the panel discussed with the
Administration the measures and plans to be
taken to prevent the recurrence of incidents.
The panel welcomed the measures taken by the
Mainland authorities to issue health certificates
for poultry eggs and egg products exported
to Hong Kong, as well as the Administration’s
legislative proposal of requiring all importers of
poultry eggs to register with the Centre for Food
Safety (CFS) and obtain permits for the import
of eggs. The panel was of the view that, to ensure food safety “from farm to table”, the
Administration should conduct more inspections
to registered poultry egg farms in the Mainland
and carry out more sample testing of poultry
eggs.
Following a series of food incidents related
to the consumption of raw oysters as well as
the discovery of malachite green in aquatic
products and the detection of veterinarian drug
residues in turbot in the Mainland, the panel
discussed with the Administration the ways to
enhance the food safety of fish and aquatic
products. The panel expressed dissatisfaction
at the slow progress in improving the regulatory
framework for aquatic food products. To
address members’ concern, the Administration
undertook to prepare the necessary legislation
to put in place a statutory notification scheme
for food importers and distributors. Before
the enactment of the new law, a pre-statutory
voluntary notification scheme would be
introduced.
As the Mainland authorities had implemented
enhanced inspection and quarantine measures
for leafy vegetables supplied to Hong Kong
on 1 April 2007, the panel discussed with the
Administration the measures for the regulation
of imported vegetables and fruits. Members
criticized the absence of complementary
measures to strengthen the control of the
importation of vegetables and fruits. They
pointed out that the facilities at the Man Kam
To Boundary Control Point could not cope
with the increasing volume of the Mainland
food supplied to Hong Kong. In response,
the Administration informed the panel that it
was exploring ways to expand the facilities
for inspecting imported food. Members also
expressed great disappointment that the new
51 Chapter 3Food Safety Bill which sought to regulate
gradually food items such as vegetables and
fruits which had a higher food safety risk or
were of wide public concern would not be
introduced into LegCo until the end of 2008.
In the interest of food safety and public health,
the panel urged the Administration to expedite
the drafting of the new Bill and submit it for
scrutiny as soon as possible.
The Administration consulted the panel on the
strategy for the food surveillance programme
to be adopted by CFS. At the panel’s request,
CFS also reported to members on its work
since its establishment in May 2006.
The panel held a joint meeting with the
Panel on Health Services to discuss with
the Administration its preparations for the
upcoming peak season of avian influenza
outbreak, including the development of a
poultry slaughtering and processing plant
in Sheung Shui. Members expressed grave
concern about the unemployment problem of
live poultry workers if the sale of live poultry
in retail outlets was prohibited after the plant
comes into operation in 2009-2010. They
held the strong view that the Administration
should fully consult the affected trades about
the proposals for ex-gratia payment/financial
assistance before introducing the legislative
proposal for setting up the plant.
Panel on Health Services
The Administration briefed the panel on the
introduction of new obstetric service charge
in all public hospitals for non-eligible persons
(NEPs) in order to better channel demand from
Mainland pregnant women to the private sector.
Some members urged the Administration to adopt a two-tier structure for the NEP Obstetric
Package Charge by applying its revised rate
of $39,000 (or $48,000 for those without
booking) for those NEPs with no marital ties
in Hong Kong, while allowing NEPs whose
spouses were Hong Kong residents to pay the
previous rate of $20,000, which was set on
a full-cost recovery basis. The Administration
advised that more time was needed to
monitor the effects of the new obstetric service
arrangements before consideration could be
given to making any changes or fine-tuning to
the arrangements.
In the wake of the mix-up in the collection
of deceased patients at the Prince of Wales
Hospital, the panel requested the Hospital
Authority (HA) to enhance the capacity of
mortuaries in public hospitals and improve the
procedures for body collection and identification.
Having reviewed the mortuary services in all
public hospitals, HA planned to add 550
compartments by 2008-2009, which should
be sufficient to cope with the demand for the
next 10 years, and expedite the development
of the Mortuary Information System to minimize
erroneous body identification. At the request
of some members, HA agreed to avoid storing
two deceased bodies of different genders in
the same compartment and to impose storage
charge where warranted.
To resolve the disputes about the eligibility
for undertaking the Licensing Examination
for Chinese Medicine practitioners, the
Administration was urged to expeditiously
convene a meeting between the Chinese
Medicine Council of Hong Kong and the
institutes which offered Chinese medicine
degree courses not recognized by the Chinese
Medicine Practitioners Board, and to invite
52 Annual Report 2006-2007panel members to attend the meeting.
In view of the increase in the number of complaints
about the practices of health maintenance
organizations, the panel invited representatives
of the medical and dental professional
associations, the trade and the Consumer
Council to give views on the Administration’s
proposal to request group practices to appoint
a medical director who would be held
accountable for the medical decisions in the
group. Most members and deputations from
the medical sector and the Consumer Council
considered the medical director concept far from
adequate in safeguarding patients’ welfare.
The Administration pointed out that the medical
director concept was an effective first step to
better safeguard patients’ interests. Given the
myriad relationship among different parties
involved in the delivery of healthcare services
provided by health maintenance organizations,
more time was needed to find out which party
in the chain should be held accountable and
which aspect of the whole operation should be
regulated before deciding how they should be
regulated.
Panel on Home Affairs
Members were dissatisfied with the slow
progress of the policy review of built heritage
conservation and the Administration’s lack of
concrete conservation proposals. The panel
expressed grave concern that buildings or sites
with unique heritage value would be damaged
or even destroyed amidst rapid redevelopment.
The panel set up a Subcommittee on Heritage
Conservation to review the planning for
redevelopment and/or preservation projects
relating to these buildings or sites. The panel received a briefing by the
Administration on the progress made to co-
host, with the Beijing Organizing Committee
for the Games of XXIX Olympiad, the 2008
Olympics and Paralympic Equestrian Events in
Hong Kong. A majority of members welcomed
the opportunity for Hong Kong to co-host the
Events and were pleased with the preparation
work.
The panel continued to monitor closely the
overall provision of leisure and cultural facilities.
The panel discussed the upgrading works for
venues for holding the 2009 East Asian Games
and the redevelopment of the Hong Kong
Sports Institute. The relevant subcommittee set
up under the panel also held discussion with
the Administration, District Councils (DCs) and
relevant professional bodies with a view to
expediting the implementation schedule of the
139 outstanding leisure and cultural services
projects of the former municipal councils.
The panel was of the view that, in parallel with
an increase in investment in sports venues,
the Administration should promote a sporting
culture in the community and enhance funding
support to elite athletes. At the panel’s request,
the Administration briefed members on its plans
to promote sports development, particularly
elite sports, and to enhance collaboration with
all sectors to promote wider participation in
sports.
The panel closely monitored the submission of
reports to the United Nations (UN) under various
international human treaties by the Hong Kong
Special Administrative Region Government and
its progress in following up the recommendations
made by the UN treaty monitoring bodies
concerned in respect of these reports. Some
members expressed disappointment at the
53 Chapter 3Administration’s repeated refusal of setting up
a human rights commission in Hong Kong. The
panel set up a Subcommittee on Human Rights
Protection Mechanisms to pursue the issue.
The Administration briefed the panel on its plan
for implementing recommendations arising
from the DC Review conducted in 2006 which
included a pilot scheme in four selected districts
for DCs to participate in the management of
district facilities. Some members requested
the Administration to provide clear guidelines
to assist the pilot DCs in discharging their
enhanced role.
Following the enactment of the Building
Management (Amendment) Ordinance 2007,
the panel discussed the Administration’s publicity
arrangements as well as various issues relating
to the implementation of the Ordinance.
Panel on Housing
During the session, the panel continued to monitor
issues relating to the provision and management
of retail and car-parking facilities divested by
Housing Authority (HA). The panel discussed
with The Link on concerns about substantial rent
increases on premises in the shopping centres
and the increasing trend of leasing premises
to chain stores, thus resulting in the closure
of small shops and monopolization by large
shops, thereby adversely affecting the interests
of nearby public rental housing (PRH) tenants in
terms of reduced choice of goods and services
and higher prices. The panel urged The Link to
look into these matters seriously, and improve
transparency and enhance communication with
commercial tenants in its daily operation. It
also called on the Administration to review the
divestment policy of HA’s facilities in the light Members of the Panel on Home Affairs conduct a one-
day visit to Macau to study the city’s experience in the
built heritage conservation. During the visit, they tour
around the A-Ma Temple (above) and the Mandarin’s
House.
54 Annual Report 2006-2007
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interesting.of experience of the divestment exercise of The
Link.
The panel discussed with the Administration
measures to improve utilization of Housing for
Senior Citizen (HSC) units. The panel considered
it necessary for the Administration to speed
up converting HSC units into normal PRH flats
and increase the annual target in this respect.
Members also reviewed measures for addressing
under-occupation in PRH. While members
agreed that under-occupied households with
elderly and disabled tenants should come last
on the list of households to be transferred, they
called on the Administration to adopt a more
flexible approach in handling cases involving
these tenants. The panel was briefed on the
enhanced measures in the allocation of PRH
flats for encouraging and facilitating the younger
generation to live with their elderly parents in
support of the Government’s policy of fostering
harmonious families. The panel stressed the
importance of ensuring consistency among the
various measures and urged the Administration
to increase the annual quota of flats in the
urban district to meet anticipated demand from
applicants.
The panel attached great importance to issues
relating to the management and maintenance of
PRH. The panel received progress updates on
the implementation of the Marking Scheme for
Environmental Hygiene in Public Housing Estates
(the Marking Scheme), the Total Maintenance
Scheme (TMS), and the Comprehensive Structural
Investigation programme for aged estates
(CSI). Members took the opportunity to urge
the Administration to implement improvement
measures for the Marking Scheme and work
out the arrangements for undertaking repair
and improvement works under TMS and CSI in consultation with the tenants concerned.
In monitoring the review of HA’s domestic rent
policy, the panel discussed with the Administration
the legislative proposal to put in place a new rent
adjustment mechanism allowing both upward
and downward adjustments in PRH rents. The
panel also reviewed with the Administration
the arrangements for selling the surplus Home
Ownership Scheme flats under Phase 1 of
2007.
During the session, the panel followed closely
issues relating to private housing. In reviewing
the measures for improving the sale arrangements
for first-hand residential units, the panel stressed
the need to put in place statutory measures for
governing the sale of residential properties in
protecting the interests of buyers and passed
a motion urging the Administration to reopen
the discussion on the Sales Descriptions of
Uncompleted Residential Properties White Bill.
The panel also exchanged views with relevant
parties on proposals to enhance transparency
in the disclosure of floor area information in
sales descriptions for residential properties. On
the supply of private housing and development
in property prices, the panel urged the
Administration to ensure sufficient supply and
stable prices in order to meet market demand
and affordability of the general public.
Panel on Information Technology and
Broadcasting
Subsequent to the earthquakes off Taiwan on 26
and 27 December 2006, which had resulted
in severe telecommunications disruptions in
Hong Kong, the panel exchanged views
with the Administration and deputations on
the restoration capabilities of local operators
55 Chapter 3as compared with those in the neighbouring
regions, as well as contingency measures.
The panel noted that the Administration had,
in the wake of the incident, promulgated new
guidelines for reporting relevant outages in future
with a view to strengthening communications
and co-ordination between the operators and
the Office of the Telecommunications Authority.
In response to members’ urge for proactive
assistance to small and medium-sized enterprises
(SMEs), which had suffered considerable losses
during the incident, the Administration devised
a series of measures to help SMEs better cope
with similar emergencies in future.
In view of the Government’s appointment of
the Committee on Review of Public Service
Broadcasting (the Review Committee) in January
2006 to undertake a fundamental and critical
review of public service broadcasting (PSB) and
its future development, the panel conducted an
overseas duty visit to Canada, the United States
and the United Kingdom, where there had been
marked developments in their PSB systems. The
panel published a report in October 2006 on its
observations and recommendations on the way
forward for PSB in Hong Kong, with a view to
providing useful reference on how PSB could be
taken forward in Hong Kong. Subsequent to the
submission of the report to the Chief Executive
by the Review Committee on 28 March 2007,
the panel exchanged views with the Review
Committee on its findings. Members noted
with grave concern that in its review, the Review
Committee had not examined in detail whether
the Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) could
be freed from its present government department
status and reconstituted into a statutory body
with a clear public service mission, but had
come to the view that RTHK should not be
transformed into a public broadcaster. Noting that the Administration would issue a public
consultation paper in the second half of 2007
on PSB, members urged the Administration to
include the option of RTHK’s transformation
into a public broadcaster in the consultation
paper.
On the progress of the implementation of
digital terrestrial television (DTT) in Hong Kong,
the panel noted that the two domestic free
television programme service licensees would
commence DTT broadcasting in the last quarter
of 2007, with the adoption of the national
standard of the Mainland as the technical
standard for transmission and reception of DTT
services in Hong Kong. As the Administration
planned to switch off analogue broadcasting in
2012, which might deprive certain households
from access to free television programme if they
could not afford to purchase DTT receivers,
members urged the Administration to make a
decision on the timing of the analogue switch-
off on the basis of objective criteria, including
the extent of DTT coverage, consumers’ DTT
readiness, and the degree of public acceptance
as indicated by the extent of DTT uptake.
The panel supported the Administration’s
proposal to provide Wi-Fi facilities free of
charge at major government premises with
high public patronage, including public
libraries, museums and large parks, as this
could offer convenient and affordable Internet
access to the public. The proposal could also
facilitate visitors in their business and leisure
activities during their stay in Hong Kong, and
thus help project a positive image of Hong
Kong and uphold its status as a leading digital
city. Having regard to the huge amount of
public fund to be involved in the proposed
Wi-Fi Programme, the Administration took on
56 Annual Report 2006-2007board members’ suggestion of putting in place
measures for assessing the cost-effectiveness of
the Wi-Fi Programme.
The panel welcomed the Administration’s
commitment to assist the local film industry
by injecting $300 million into the existing
Film Development Fund for financing small-
to-medium budget film productions, as such
an arrangement would be conducive to fair
competition and healthy development of the
film industry. Members considered that a strong
local film industry would benefit Hong Kong’s
tourism industry, hence contributing to the overall
economy of Hong Kong. During the session,
the panel conducted a total of nine public
hearings to receive public views on “Internet
disruptions caused by earthquake damage
to undersea cables”; “Public consultation
on proposed spectrum policy framework”;
“The editorial independence of RTHK and the
yardsticks of the Broadcasting Authority in
imposing sanctions”; “Support measures for the
film industry”; “Progress in the implementation
of DTT broadcasting in Hong Kong”; “Review
on public service broadcasting”; “Release
of spectrum for broadband wireless access
services”; “Review of regulatory framework for
universal service arrangements” and “Provision
of consumer information in relation to residential
broadband use in Hong Kong”.
Panel on Manpower
Some members of the panel were of the view
that the Wage Protection Movement (WPM)
for employees in the cleansing and guarding
services sectors, announced by the Chief
Executive in his Policy Address in October
2006, was ineffective to protect the interests
of the low-income groups. They considered that legislation on minimum wage should be
introduced without delay. These members
were also concerned about the criteria used
by the Labour Advisory Board for assessing the
effectiveness of WPM. Some other members,
however, considered that sufficient time should
be allowed for WPM to prove that the purpose
of providing wage protection for cleaning
workers and security guards could be achieved
without enactment of legislation. The panel
passed a motion requesting the Administration
to use, among other factors, the number of
workers who benefited from WPM and the
levels of wages offered comparing with the
requirement under WPM as the criteria for
conducting the mid-term review of WPM. The
panel also passed another motion urging early
introduction of minimum wage legislation.
Some members expressed concern about
the financial position of the 22 problematic
restaurants which had been put under Operation
COMBAT and were still in operation, and
asked the Administration to closely monitor
those restaurants identified as being at high
risk of closure to prevent them from evading
their wage liabilities. They also pointed out the
difficulties in controlling and monitoring wage
payments to construction workers, given that
the problem of multi-layered subcontracting had
continued to prevail in the construction industry.
They urged the Administration to adopt more
effective measures to tackle wage offences.
To enhance the deterrent effect on employers,
some members suggested that the Employment
Ordinance should be amended to the effect that
a director without reasonable excuse would be
liable for a wage offence committed by his
limited company. In addition, a fixed penalty
system should be established to the effect that
the fine to be imposed on convicted summonses
57 Chapter 3should correspond with the outstanding amount
of wages owed.
While welcoming the Employees’ Compensation
Insurance Residual Scheme to be launched by
the insurance industry, some members expressed
concern that the premium benchmark rates of
some of the 19 high-risk groups were too high.
These members pointed out that workers might
be forced to become self-employed if employers
intentionally evaded the statutory responsibility
to take out employees compensation insurance
because of high premium. They considered that
the premium rates should meet the basic criteria
of affordability. They also suggested that the
Administration should review the existing policy
so as to ensure that self-employed persons were
covered by the Employees’ Compensation
Ordinance.
Some members were doubtful about the
effectiveness of the measures taken by
the Labour Department to combat illegal
employment. They pointed out that despite the
increase in workplace inspections conducted
by the Labour Department and joint operations
with other enforcement authorities over the past
four years, the problem of illegal employment
continued to exist. They suggested that the
Administration should analyse the distribution
of illegal workers arrested, in terms of the types
of jobs undertaken by them, so as to formulate
more effective measures to combat illegal
employment at its source.
Panel on Planning, Lands and Works
Issues relating to the planning of the harbourfront
areas and preservation of old structures along
the Central harbourfront continued to draw a lot
of public attention during the year. The panel monitored vigilantly the development plans for
the Kai Tak area, the Wan Chai waterfront
and, in particular, the planned demolition of
the old Star Ferry Pier and the Queen’s Pier to
make way for the reclamation works and the
construction of the planned infrastructures under
the Central Reclamation Phase III project.
On the development of the Kai Tak area,
members noted the revised Preliminary Outline
Development Plan for Kai Tak and made
suggestions to enhance the planning for the
area. Members also urged the Administration
to adopt appropriate measures to address
concerns about possible environmental impacts
of the proposed developments in the area.
As regards Wan Chai Development Phase II,
the Administration presented to the panel a
Recommended Outline Development Plan and
proposed amendments to the relevant Outline
Zoning Plans. While members expressed
diverse views on the necessity of constructing
the Central-Wan Chai Bypass, they in general
supported the proposal for creating a vibrant
and attractive waterfront in Wan Chai
and called for early implementation of the
enhancement measures.
To follow up on the discussion on issues relating
to the reprovisioning of the old Central Star Ferry
Pier in the last session, the panel continued to
examine options to preserve the Pier and its
clock tower at the start of the session. The
panel invited views from various professional
bodies and interested parties on how the Pier
could be preserved. The old clock tower was
dismantled on 16 December 2006 and only
the faces and the mechanical parts of the old
clock had been preserved. The Administration
promised that it would reassemble the clock
and re-erect it on a new clock tower to be
58 Annual Report 2006-2007constructed at a suitable location. To address
the mounting public sentiments against the
Administration’s plan over the demolition of the
Queen’s Pier, the panel held a series of meetings
and invited public views. The panel noted the
views of professional bodies on the technical
aspects of preserving the Queen’s Pier and
urged the Administration to discuss with those
bodies. In March and April 2007, the panel
met with the Administration and professional
bodies to discuss the four proposals identified
for preserving the Queen’s Pier, including in-
situ preservation by realignment of planned
infrastructures and preservation of the above-
ground structure for reassembling at a suitable
location in future. The Administration concluded
that in-situ preservation was technically infeasible
and decided to go for preserving the above-
ground structure of the Pier for reassembling in
future. In July 2007, the Administration briefed
the panel on the implementation details.
According to the Administration, preservation,
storage and reassembly of Queen’s Pier would
be carried out with reference to the relevant
international charters and guidelines in respect
of heritage preservation. Suitable locations
for the reconstruction of the Star Ferry clock
tower and the reassembly of the Queen’s Pier
would be identified through the Urban Design
Study for the New Central Harbourfront which
was scheduled for completion by the end of
2007.
For the revised Concept Plan for Lantau,
members in general supported the overall
planning vision and broad development
concepts under the revised Concept Plan.
Members urged the Administration to take
forward projects to improve the vibrancy of Mui
Wo and Tai O swiftly. They also called for early
implementation of the proposed recreational facilities and conservation related facilities, as
these projects were not controversial and could
bring direct benefits to the general public.
The panel reviewed the work of the Urban
Renewal Authority and members in general
were dissatisfied with its slow progress in the
implementation of redevelopment projects.
Some members criticized that the Authority
had not put in adequate efforts in listening
to stakeholders and concern groups and in
reconciliating their conflicting interests, and
that it had not done enough to conserve
heritage buildings and local characteristics in
implementing redevelopment projects. Some
members called on the Administration to
conduct a comprehensive review of the Urban
Renewal Strategy.
During the session, the panel also discussed
other issues including the proposed Mandatory
Building Inspection Scheme, the proposed
Minor Works Control System, issues relating
to developments creating the “wall effect”,
development and implementation of Greening
Master Plans, progress of registration under the
Construction Workers Registration Ordinance
and the proposed phased commencement of
the prohibition provisions in the Ordinance,
designation of land lots in rural areas for
use as container back-up areas and open
storage space, amendments made by the
Town Planning Board to Outline Zoning Plans
to impose development restrictions, proposed
demolition of the Kwai Chung Incineration Plant,
and proposed retention of four supernumerary
directorate posts in the Land Registry.
59 Chapter 3Panel on Public Service
The development of an improved civil service
pay adjustment mechanism was high on
the agenda of the panel in the 2006-2007
legislative session. The panel reviewed the
progress and methodology in conducting the
pay level surveys, the starting salaries survey
and the annual pay trend surveys under the
pay adjustment mechanism.
Regarding pay level surveys (PLSs), which
compared civil service pay levels with those
in the private sector, the panel noted the
Administration’s decision to conduct PLSs
regularly at six-yearly intervals. It also noted
the results of the 2006 PLS, which indicated
that the difference between the civil service
and private sector pay indicators for all job
levels was within the acceptable range of
plus/minus 5%, and the Government’s decision
that all civil service pay scales should remain
unchanged.
The panel noted the findings of the starting
salaries survey conducted in 2006, which
showed that civil service starting pay had fallen
below the prevailing market entry pay in nine
out of the 12 qualification groups. This had
called for adjustments to the starting pay of those
civil service grades in these nine qualification
groups by one to five pay points. Some
members, however, expressed grave concern
about the adoption of the normal conversion
arrangement for adjusting the salaries of civil
servants and teachers in government aided
schools appointed to entry ranks on or after
1 April 2000. Upon conversion, the salaries
would be revised to a level equivalent to or
only one pay point higher than the revised
starting salaries for new appointees. Similarly,
serving civil servants in certain professional grades, such as Government Counsels and
Engineers, appointed on or after 1 April 2000
would not enjoy the same salaries as the new
appointees awarded with additional pay points
for comparable post-qualification experience.
Under the circumstances, there was concern
that the disparity in salaries so created would
seriously undermine staff morale and even the
stability of the civil service. The panel passed
a motion for the conversion arrangements to
be reviewed so that full regard would be given
to the length of service and experience of the
existing civil servants.
The panel monitored closely the Administration’s
work in the civil service pay adjustment
exercise, including the methodology adopted
in conducting the annual pay trend surveys.
When the 2007-2008 civil service pay
adjustment proposal was submitted to the panel
for discussion, members generally welcomed
the Administration’s proposal to offer a pay
increase of 4.96% for the directorate and
civil servants in the upper salary band and
4.62% for civil servants in the middle and
lower salary band with effect from 1 April
2007. Some members, however, relayed
the concern raised in the community that the
proposed rates of pay increase might be too
high when compared with the private sector,
and that the annual pay adjustment mechanism
for civil servants lacked the flexibility to allow
differential pay adjustment based on the
performance of individual civil servants. The
panel also reviewed the determination of the
pay or pay adjustment of staff working in
subvented organizations.
The panel exchanged views with the
Administration on other policy issues pertaining
to the management of the civil service,
including recruitment and training of civil
60 Annual Report 2006-2007servants, implementation of five-day week in
the Government, integrity management in the
civil service as well as disciplinary mechanism
and procedures for the civil service. The panel
continued to monitor the employment of non-
civil service contract (NCSC) staff. The panel
noted that as at 31 March 2006, there were
16,488 full-time NCSC staff employed in
68 Bureaux/Departments. Nevertheless, the
Administration only intended to convert some
4,000 NCSC positions to civil service posts.
The panel called on the Administration to review
the employment of NCSC staff and ensure the
conversion of the NCSC staff employed to fill
the posts created to meet long-term needs to
civil servants.
Panel on Security
Members expressed concern as to whether the
existing staffing establishment of the Immigration
Department (ImmD) was sufficient to cope
with the increased workload at control points
arising from the rise in the number of visitors
to Hong Kong. Members were also concerned
about the accumulated leave balance of
frontline immigration staff. According to ImmD,
as at September 2006, the average number
of accumulated leave of all immigration
staff at the rank of Chief Immigration Officer
and below amounted to 116 days, and the
average number of accumulated leave of
officers with longer years of service stood
at about 129 days. The accumulated leave
balances of about 45% of rank and file staff
and about 65% of staff of officer grade were
close to the upper limit. Members called upon
the Administration to recruit additional staff
when the circumstances warranted. Members
also urged the Administration to improve the
facilities at immigration control points. The panel examined the drug abuse problem
of an increasing number of Hong Kong
residents in the Mainland, and enquired
whether there was any mechanism to provide
rehabilitative service to Hong Kong residents
arrested for drug abuse in the Mainland. The
panel was informed that the Police had been
working closely with the Mainland authorities
to combat the problem. Apart from meetings at
the top management level, communication was
maintained at the operational level to discuss
specific cases and exchange intelligence. A
mechanism had been established whereby
the Police would liaise with social workers
to provide service to Hong Kong residents
arrested for drug abuse in the Mainland when
they returned to Hong Kong.
The panel noted with concern the serious
shortfall in penal places in maximum security
prisons, female institutions and remand facilities.
As at 16 March 2007, the occupancy rate
in male institutions was 95% and there was a
shortfall of 462 places in remand facilities and
maximum security prisons. In the case of female
institutions, the occupancy rate was 106%,
representing a shortfall of 114 places. The
panel was advised that besides minor works
and small scale projects which would provide
more places in existing penal institutions, the
Lo Wu Correctional Institution was being
redeveloped, and the feasibility of developing
the existing institutions at Chi Ma Wan was
being explored. The Administration envisaged
that these projects would help relieve the
overcrowding problem in penal institutions.
Some members pointed out that the proposal
of merging the Tseung Kwan O Division
and Sai Kung Division into a Police District
had been discussed many times at meetings
between Legislative Council Members and Sai
61 Chapter 3Kung District Council members. As the police-
to-population ratio of Tseung Kwan O Division
was particularly low, they considered that there
was a genuine need for the proposed merger.
They hoped that a plan for the merger could
be drawn up within the 2007-2008 financial
year. The panel was informed that in view of
Tseung Kwan O’s relatively large and growing
population in absolute terms, the Police saw
a prima facie case of eventually merging the
Tseung Kwan O Division with an adjoining
area and upgrading the combined area into
a Police District. The Police would draw up
the implementation plan by taking into account
the future developments in the Kowloon East
Region as a whole.
Panel on Transport
During the session, the panel reviewed the
effectiveness of the road safety legislation
implemented over the past few years, particularly
in relation to drink driving, dangerous driving,
and installations in vehicles to enhance safety,
such as reversing aids and safety belts. In this
respect, the panel was briefed by Hon Andrew CHENG Kar-foo on his intention to introduce
a Member’s Bill relating to road safety. Having
considered members’ views expressed at
the briefing, the Administration agreed to
implement a series of measures to combat
drink driving and further enhance road safety.
To cater for the increasing cross-boundary
traffic demand, two new boundary crossings,
namely, the Shenzhen Bay Port and the Sheung
Shui to Lok Ma Chau Spur Line (Spur Line) were
scheduled for commissioning in mid 2007.
In reviewing the progress of the projects, the
panel urged the Administration and Kowloon-
Canton Railway Corporation to put in place
measures to ensure the smooth operation of the
new boundary crossing facilities and the early
implementation of the connecting transport
infrastructure. Grave concern was expressed
about the traffic condition of the un-tolled Tuen
Mun Road and the need to direct traffic to
Route 3. The panel also reviewed the design
of the public transport interchanges at the new
boundary crossing points and the fare level of
the Spur Line.
In the light of a fire incident in the Tai Lam Tunnel,
members of the Subcommittee on Matters Relating
to Railways meet with the senior management of the
Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC) and
receive a briefing on the initial investigation report.Members of the Transport Panel and the Subcommittee
on Matters Relating to Railways pay a site visit to the
Lok Ma Chau Spur Line and are briefed on its progress
and operation at the platform.
62 Annual Report 2006-2007The panel was gravely concerned about the
conflicts within the taxi trade as well as between
the taxi trade and light goods vehicle trades at the
airport. The panel called on the Administration
to closely monitor the implementation of a series
of traffic management measures for light goods
vehicles and taxis at the airport, and step up
enforcement against illegal transport activities.
The panel also asked the Administration to
examine whether it was necessary to amend
the law to require taxi drivers to charge the
exact fare recorded on the taximeters to curb
fare bargaining.
The panel discussed the fare increase application
proposals from two ferry operators, and the
tendering arrangements for the operation of six
existing major licensed ferry services of the outlying
islands. The panel asked the Administration to
improve the viability of waterborne transport
services so as to maintain the essential public
transport services for the travelling public,
particularly those on the outlying islands.
The Subcommittee on Matters Relating to
Railways formed under the panel continued to
monitor the planning and implementation of
various railway projects, including the Hong
Kong section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong
Kong Express Rail Link and the Northern Link,
the Shatin to Central Link, the South Island Line,
the West Island Line and the Kowloon Southern
Link. It also reviewed the root causes of a number
of major railway incidents that happened in
the year, and called on the Administration and
the two railway corporations to put in place
adequate improvement measures to prevent the
recurrence of similar incidents in future. Panel on Welfare Services
The panel placed great emphasis on the
building of an inclusive society and the creation
of a barrier-free environment for people with
disabilities. While the panel recognized that
the Review Working Group of the 2007
Rehabilitation Programme Plan had taken
into account a wide spectrum of views and
suggestions from various groups of people with
disabilities, rehabilitation non-governmental
organizations and other individuals and
organizations concerned, members expressed
dissatisfaction at the lack of concrete
plan and timetable for taking forward the
recommendations in the 2007 Rehabilitation
Programme Plan.
The panel had extensive discussion with
the Administration on issues relating to the
Comprehensive Social Security Assistance
(CSSA) payments, including the proposed
changes to the Disregarded Earnings
arrangement and the findings of the evaluation
study on the New Dawn Project for single
parents and child carers on CSSA. The panel
continued to call for a comprehensive review
of the CSSA Scheme, given that the last review
of the Scheme was conducted in 1996 and
the basic items being considered in the review
were outdated.
The subcommittee formed under the panel
on review of the CSSA Scheme continued to
examine issues relating to the Scheme. During
the session, the subcommittee discussed the
levels of CSSA standard payment rates,
difficulties faced by CSSA applicants arising
from the seven-year and the one-year-continuous-
residence requirements, provision of special
grant to cover costs of dental treatment, and
medical needs of elderly CSSA recipients.
63 Chapter 3The panel discussed the system of processing
applications for Disability Allowance under the
Social Security Allowance Scheme. Members
were particularly concerned about the long
processing time for considering appeals on
the ground of disabilities. Following discussion
at three meetings, the panel passed a motion
urging the Administration to set performance
indicators for the appeal mechanism and
conduct an independent and transparent
review on the mechanism.
A majority of members expressed concern
about a lack of comprehensive child protection
policy. The panel passed a motion urging the
Administration to set up a statutory Commission
on Children expeditiously.
Some members were concerned that the funding
provisions for elderly services were inadequate
to meet the current and future needs, having
regard to the ageing population. The panel
passed a motion urging the Administration to
formulate a five-year plan on services for the
elderly.
During the session, the subcommittee set up under
the panel to review the strategy and measures
for tackling family violence discussed a number
of issues, including the development of a district
welfare co-ordination mechanism in Kwun Tong
and the outcome of the review of the District
Coordinating Committee/Local Committee
mechanism, progress of the implementation of
District Liaison Groups, housing assistance for
victims of domestic violence, risk assessment
tools for spouse battering and child abuse,
review of the improvement measures on
handling domestic violence by the Police, and
prosecution of abusers.
64 Annual Report 2006-2007C H A P T E R 4
Redress System
The 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 system,
Members provide assistance, where justified,
for members of the public who are aggrieved
by Government actions or policies. They
also deal with public representations on
Government policies and legislation as well
as other matters of public concern.
In groups of six, Members take turns to be
on duty each week to oversee the system
and to receive and handle representations
and complaints made by deputations. In
addition, they take turns to be on “ward duty”
during their duty week to meet individual
complainants and to give guidance to staff
in processing cases. Staff of the Secretariat
provide full-time support service for Members
in the operation of the system.
In the 2006-2007 session, 946 new cases
which required investigation and 1,223
telephone enquiries/views were received.
Of the new cases received, 194 were group
representations and 752 were cases brought up
by individual members of the public. Out of the
978 cases dealt with and concluded within the
period, Members directly handled 694 cases,
which constituted 71% of the caseload. Of the
remaining 284 cases, 278 were views which
were circulated to Members for consideration,
and six were simple cases handled by
Secretariat staff on behalf of Members. In order
to resolve cases expeditiously, Members held
54 case conferences with representatives of the
Administration.
The nature of the cases concluded during the
period under report is shown in Fig. 4.1, and the outcome of these cases is shown in Fig.
4.2. Of the 978 cases concluded, assistance
was provided to 830 cases (85%), while
the remaining 148 cases (15%) were not
pursued, as these were either outside the
scope of the redress system, groundless, or
incomprehensible.
Request for assistance 206 (21%)
Enquiry 9 (1%)
Proposal / view 363 (37%)
Matters outside scope 108 (11%)
Complaint 292 (30%)
Information given / referrals made 523 (53.5%)
Cases resolved / views accepted 126 (13%)
Not pursued because outside scope, 148 (15%)groundless, incomprehensible, etc.
Suitable assistance given 181 (18.5%)Fig. 4.1 Nature of concluded cases
Fig. 4.2 Outcome of concluded cases
65 Chapter 4At Fig. 4.3 and Fig. 4.4 respectively are statistical breakdowns of these concluded cases, by nature
and by outcome, by the 10 Government policy bureaux/departments which received the largest
number of complaints. A breakdown of all concluded cases by Government policy bureaux/
departments, independent organizations and others is in Appendix 6 .
180
160
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
180
160
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0Number of cases Number of casesNature :
Complaint Request for assistance Proposal / view Enquiry Matters outside scopeGovernment Policy Bureaux / Departments
Outcome :
C ases resolved/ views accepted Suitable assistance given Information given / Not pursued becasue outside scope,
referrals made groundless, incomprehensible, etc.Government Policy Bureaux / DepartmentsStatistical breakdown of concluded cases
by nature by the 10 Government policy bureaux/departments
which received the largest number of complaints
Statistical breakdown of concluded cases
by outcome by the 10 Government policy bureaux/departments
which received the largest number of complaintsHealth, Welfare
& Food Bureau
(up to 30.6.2007)Housing
DepartmentSocial Welfare
DepartmentLands
DepartmentTransport
DepartmentAgriculture,
Fisheries &
Conservation
DepartmentHome Affairs
DepartmentHong Kong
Police ForceFood &
Environmental
Hygiene
DepartmentHousing,
Planning &
Lands Bureau
(up to 30.6.2007)
Housing
DepartmentSocial Welfare
DepartmentLands
DepartmentTransport
DepartmentAgriculture,
Fisheries &
Conservation
DepartmentHome Affairs
DepartmentHong Kong
Police ForceFood &
Environmental
Hygiene
DepartmentHousing
Planning &
Lands Bureau
(up to 30.6.2007)
66 Annual Report 2006-2007Health, Welfare
& Food Bureau
(up to 30.6.2007)Fig. 4.3
Fig. 4.4ANALYSIS OF SIGNIFICANT CASES DEALT
WITH
Some of the more common and significant cases
dealt with under the redress system during the
session are as follows:
Health, Welfare and Food Related Issues
The Health, Welfare and Food Bureau attracted
the largest number of cases, totalling 163.
These consisted mainly of cases regarding the
fee-charging policy for expectant mothers from
the Mainland to give birth in Hong Kong, the
proposal of setting up community pharmacies
in public hospitals, requests for medical fee
waivers to the non-local wives of Hong Kong
residents and the reprovisioning of Yau Ma Tei
Fruit Market. Views were also received on the
enforcement of the smoking ban legislation, and
the need for old-age retirement benefits.
Housing Cases
The second largest number of cases, totalling
66, were on housing issues. These were mainly
requests for assistance from individuals regarding
their applications for public rental housing (PRH),
including compassionate rehousing and transfers.
Complaints and views were also received on
the management of PRH estates, such as water
seepage problems, drying of clothes in public
areas and keeping of dogs. Group cases were
mainly related to the rehousing arrangements
arising from the redevelopment of old PRH
estates, the building quality and facilities of PRH
estates, and also the delineation of maintenance
responsibilities between the Hong Kong Housing
Authority and owners’ corporations of housing
units sold under the Home Ownership Scheme
and Tenants Purchase Scheme.During the session, a group of some 90 tenants
of the Wong Chuk Hang Estate affected by
redevelopment approached Members for
assistance in matters arising from their relocation
to the new estate, such as requests for household
splitting and addition of family members to the
new units. Members held a number of case
conferences with the Administration to follow
up individual cases and also to review the
related policy issues, such as arrangements for
pre-redevelopment transfer, allocation of larger
or extra units to relieve overcrowding upon
redevelopment, the criteria for compassionate
rehousing, and the operation of the Marking
Scheme for Estate Management Enforcement in
PRH estates, etc. As at September 2007, all
individual cases except one were satisfactorily
resolved.
Social Welfare Cases
Cases related to the Social Welfare
Department, totalling 47, were the third largest
number of cases handled during the year.
These were complaints and views concerning
the administration of the Comprehensive
Members visit the proposed new venue and hostel
for the students of the Hong Kong Christian Service
Pui Oi School which serves handicapped children.
(From right) Hon CHEUNG Man-kwong and Dr Hon
Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hung.
67 Chapter 4Social Security Assistance and other financial
assistance schemes, as well as the handling of
applications for compassionate re-housing and
supervision of residential care centres for the
elderly. Members had met with the concerned
groups and referred the policy issues to the
relevant panels for follow up. Individual cases
were taken up with the Department and suitable
assistance rendered to the complainants.
Land Cases
The Lands Department ranked the fourth in the
number of cases received, totalling 40. Most of
the individual cases lodged by members of the
public were complaints about illegal occupation
of Government land, slope maintenance and
maladministration of district lands offices, and
requests for removal of obstruction on road or
public area. Cases lodged by groups were
concerned with applications for or extension
of short term tenancy and the issuance of the
“Letter of No Objection to Occupy”. The
Complaints Division took up the cases with the
Administration and advised the complainants
accordingly.
Transport Cases
Transport cases, totalling 37, were the fifth
largest category of cases handled during
the year. Most of the cases brought forth by
individuals were complaints against illegal
parking, traffic congestion, reduction of
bus service and relocation of bus terminus.
Other cases were views and suggestions
on Personalised Vehicle Registration Marks
Scheme, provision of additional parking
meters, reduction of bus fare and extension
of bus and green minibus service. Group
Members conduct a site visit to Tung Chung Road to
observe the progress of the improvement work. (From
left) Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yip; Hon CHEUNG
Hok-ming; Hon Daniel LAM Wai-keung; Hon WONG
Kwok-hing and Prof Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shing.
68 Annual Report 2006-2007cases were mainly about traffic management
issues, such as ways to improve the transport
network in local districts to alleviate traffic
congestion, and suggestions on transport
facilities and traffic arrangements when the
Hong Kong Shenzhen Western Corridor came
into operation. The issues were taken up with
the Administration in the form of written referrals
or case conferences.
OTHER SIGNIFICANT CASES
Provision of an alternative Chinese Language
curriculum for non-Chinese speaking students
A deputation approached Members to voice
concern about the need for formulating an
alternative Chinese language curriculum
for non-Chinese speaking (NCS) students.
Members noted that whilst NCS students
could attend mainstream schools, they
had difficulties with the Chinese language
curriculum which was designed for local
Chinese students. The deputation requested
the Education and Manpower Bureau (EMB) to
formulate a systematic and continuous Chinese
language alternative curriculum for primary and
secondary NCS students, and provide a widely
recognized examination for assessing NCS
students’ abilities in Chinese language. While
Members in general supported integrated
education for NCS students, they were gravely
concerned about the difficulties encountered by
these students in attending schools which used
Chinese as the medium of instruction. Members
raised the matter with the Administration and
noted that it was the Administration’s policy
to encourage schools to adapt the teaching
contents and materials to cater for the needs of
different students. To assist schools in adapting
the Chinese language curriculum for NCS students, EMB provided support to schools
designated for admitting NCS students and
established a network for these schools to share
their experience. As the subject matter touched
on wider policy issues such as qualification
recognition and admission policy of tertiary
institutions, the issues were referred to the Panel
on Education for further deliberation.
Sai Yee Street redevelopment project
Two separate groups, the shop owners/
operators of the “Sneaker Street” and the
residents affected by the Sai Yee Street
redevelopment project, approached Members
for assistance regarding the implementation
of the project by the Urban Renewal Authority
(URA). The shop owners/operators put
forward alternative proposals to preserve
the shops and buildings. These proposals
included (a) dismantling only the residential
floors of the old buildings of the project and
retaining the sneaker shops on the ground
floor, or (b) repairing and maintaining
the buildings concerned to enable the
shops to continue operation while offering
compensation to owners/tenants of residential
flats who opted to move out.
On the other hand, the residents requested URA
to expedite the redevelopment project, as they
had waited for ten years since the announcement
of the project by the former Land Development
Corporation (LDC) in 1998. The residents
opined that the buildings were dilapidated and
the environment was deteriorating. They wished
to receive compensation and seek alternative
accommodation as soon as possible.
Members held a case conference with the
Administration and URA to discuss the case.
Members urged URA to preserve the vibrancy
69 Chapter 4of the “Sneaker Street” during and after the
redevelopment, and expeditiously consult the
affected parties on feasible options to implement
the redevelopment project in a smooth and
efficient manner. URA undertook to work closely
with owners of shops and domestic properties,
residents and related parties for a proposal that
would fairly balance the different interests and
facilitate early implementation of the project.
Joint-user complex and wholesale fish market
in Area 44, Tuen Mun
Some residents in Tuen Mun were opposed
to the Administration’s proposal to construct a
joint-user complex in Area 44 to provide for
a community hall, a refuse collection point
and a wholesale fish market. They expressed
concern about the possible noise nuisance
and environmental impact, as the fish market
would start operation early in the morning,
and fishing vessels would enter and leave
Tuen Mun Typhoon Shelter throughout the day.
These residents also expressed concern that
the proposed site of the community hall was
inconvenient to users.
Members noted that the Tuen Mun District
Council had expressed support for the project.
Members requested the Administration to
consider mitigation measures to abate the noise
and environmental impacts, and also address
residents’ concerns about the location and
accessibility of community halls. The issues
were subsequently referred to the Panel on
Food Safety & Environmental Hygiene and the
Panel on Home Affairs for further discussion.
Members noted that to minimize the
environmental hygiene impact, the wholesale
fish market and the community hall would be
physically separated, with their main entrances
Duty Roster Members meet with the Hong Kong
Fishery Alliance to hear their grievance regarding the
laying of natural gas pipelines.
70 Annual Report 2006-2007facing different directions. A management
committee comprising representatives from the
market management, market users and nearby
residents would be formed to closely supervise
the operation of the fish market and to follow up
any environmental complaints. To reduce the
noise nuisance, fishermen would be requested
to enter the typhoon shelter through the eastern
entrance and leave the wholesale fish market in
early morning. The fishing vessels should not
use horns except during emergency.
The Administration also undertook to improve the
pedestrian crossing facilities to facilitate access
to the proposed community hall. The financial
proposal of the project was eventually approved
by the Finance Committee in July 2007.
Operation of pet cremation service in an
industrial building
Owners and tenants of an industrial building in
urban area complained against the operation
of pet cremation service in their building.
The deputation alleged that the use of the
premises for such operation was in breach of
the lease conditions of the building. Moreover,
Government departments lacked co-ordination in
dealing with the complaints concerning emission
of smoke and dust and improper handling of
animal carcasses in the premises. As there
was an increasing demand for pet cremation
service, the deputation urged the Administration
to regulate such operations to minimize health
and fire hazards to the public.
Members held a case conference with the
seven departments concerned to follow up the
complaint. The Administration advised that
numerous inspections of the premises had been
carried out by the Environmental Protection
Department (EPD), the Fire Services Department
Members receive a briefing by the Ombudsman.(FSD), the Food and Environmental Hygiene
Department, the Lands Department (LD) and the
Buildings Department according to their own
jurisdictions. EPD had issued an Air Pollution
Abatement Notice to the operator and FSD had
taken enforcement action against the operator
for storage of fuel oil in excess of the legal limit.
As there was a breach of the lease conditions,
LD had issued a letter advising the owner of
the premises to rectify the breach as soon as
possible. Separately, upon the advice of the
District Office, the Incorporated Owners’ of
the building had checked the deed of mutual
convenant and taken legal action against
the owner and the operator. The operator
subsequently demolished the incinerator and
ceased operation.
The policy issue of providing a regulatory
framework for pet cremation service was
referred to the relevant panels.
71 Chapter 4C H A P T E R 5
Liaison
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, and for considering proposals for setting
up friendship groups with such organizations.
It makes recommendations to the House
Committee on such matters. The membership
of the subcommittee is in Appendix 5 .
LUNCHEONS WITH CONSULS-GENERAL
To enhance contacts between Members and the
diplomatic community in Hong Kong, luncheons
were organized to provide opportunities
for Members to make acquaintance and
exchange views with consular officials on
the work of the Council as well as matters of
mutual concern. Between October 2006 and
September 2007, three such luncheons were
held, which were attended by a total of 41
consular officials.
Hon Mrs Rita FAN HSU Lai-tai, President of the
Legislative Council, addresses the Consuls-General
attending a luncheon with Members.
72 Annual Report 2006-2007
Members of Parliamentary Liaison Subcommittee
meet with a delegation for Relations with the People’s
Republic of China of the European Parliament.
Hon Howard YOUNG, Chairman of the Parliamentary
Liaison Subcommittee, exchanges souvenirs with a
delegation led by Senator Sergio De Gregorio of Italy.
Members of the Parliamentary Liaison Subcommittee
meet with a delegation of the Australia-Hong Kong
Parliamentary Friendship Group of the Australian
Federal Parliament. Hon Howard YOUNG, Chairman
of the Subcommittee, presents a souvenir to Mr David
JULL, a Member of the Parliament.
Hon Martin LEE Chu-ming chats amiably and
intensely with Mr Andrey N SMORODIN (left),
Consul-General of Russia, and Mr Tariq Shafi CHAK,
Consul-General of Pakistan.
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing chats with Mr YE Myint
Aung, Consul-General of Myanmar.CONTACT WITH DISTRICT COUNCILS
Members hold regular meetings on a roster
basis with the District Councils to exchange
views on matters or issues of mutual interest.
Members convene such meetings by turn. Each
meeting 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, while individual
cases are taken up by the Complaints Division
for follow-up with the Administration. During
the 2006-2007 session, 18 meetings were
held with District Councils.
73 Chapter 5
Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yip (centre of the chairman
table) chairs a meeting between the Legislative Council
and the Yuen Long District Council at which members
of both Councils exchange views on issues of mutual
interest.CONTACT WITH HEUNG YEE KUK
Members hold regular meetings with Councillors
of Heung Yee Kuk to exchange views on
matters or issues of mutual concern. During
the 2006-2007 session, a meeting between
Members and Heung Yee Kuk Councillors was
held on 30 October 2006. The Chairman of
the House Committee presided at the meeting.
Policy issues raised at the meeting were referred
to the relevant panels and the Administration for
follow-up.
VISITORS
On a regular basis, the President, Members and
senior staff of the Legislative Council Secretariat
receive visiting parliamentarians, dignitaries
and delegations referred by the Information
Services Department and other departments
of the Government and by consuls-general in
Hong Kong. During the 2006-2007 session,
a total of 121 meetings were held with visitors
to brief them on the work of the Council and
the latest developments in Hong Kong. These
visitors included members of legislatures,
political and business leaders, government
officials and prominent persons from various
countries and places.74 Annual Report 2006-2007Hon Mrs Rita FAN HSU Lai-tai meets with a
Tanzanian Parliament delegation, who later tours the
LegCo Chamber.
Hon Mrs Rita FAN HSU Lai-tai, receives a souvenir
from the First Deputy Speaker of the Hungarian
National Assembly, Mr Laszlo MANDUR.
Members hold meeting with a delegation from the
Special Committee of the Indonesian House of
Representatives on the draft Laws on State Ministries
and Presidential Advisory Institution.
Hon Mrs Rita FAN HSU Lai-tai, meets with a
delegation from the All Party Parliamentary China
Group, United Kingdom.75 Chapter 6C H A P T E R 6
Support Services For Members
THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
COMMISSION
The LegCo Commission is a statutory body
established under The Legislative Council
Commission Ordinance (Cap. 443). Chaired
by the President of the Council and comprising
ten other Members (as provided in the
Ordinance, the Commission can have not more
than 13 members, including the Chairman),
the Commission exercises managerial and
financial functions in providing, through the
LegCo Secretariat, administrative support and
facilities to the Council independent of the
Government. There are three committees under
the Commission to carry out specific delegated
functions. Membership of the Commission, its
committees, and their terms of reference are set
out in Appendix 7.THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SECRETARIAT
Headed by the Secretary General, the LegCo
Secretariat comprises nine divisions. Staff of
the Secretariat are directly appointed by the
Commission. As at 30 September 2007,
there was an establishment of 316 posts in the
Secretariat. The organization chart is shown in
Appendix 8 .
Photograph taken in the Government House after the President was awarded the Grand
Bauhinia Medal on 27 October 2007. From right to left: Mr Ricky C C FUNG, Secretary
General; Ms Pauline NG, Assistant Secretary General; Hon Mrs Rita FAN HSU Lai-tai,
President of the Legislative Council; Mr Donald TSANG Yam-kuen, the Chief Executive;
Mr Jimmy Y T MA, Legal Adviser.76 Annual Report 2006-2007Appendix 1
PRESIDENT
Hon Mrs Rita FAN HSU Lai-tai, GBM,
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 LUI Ming-wah, SBS, JP
(Industrial – Second)
Hon Margaret NG
(Legal)
Hon CHEUNG Man-kwong
(Education)
Hon Bernard CHAN, GBS, JP
(Insurance)
Hon Mrs Sophie LEUNG LAU Yau-fun, GBS, JP
(Textiles and Garment)
Hon SIN Chung-kai, SBS, JP
(Information Technology)
Dr Hon Philip WONG Yu-hong, GBS
(Commercial - Second)
Hon WONG Yung-kan, SBS, JP
(Agriculture and Fisheries)
Hon Howard YOUNG, SBS, JP
(Tourism)
Hon LAU Wong-fat, GBM, GBS, JP
(District Council)
Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yee, GBS, JP
(Transport)Hon Timothy FOK Tsun-ting, GBS, JP
(Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication)
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him, SBS, JP
(Real Estate and Construction)
Hon LI Fung-ying, BBS, JP
(Labour)
Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan, SBS, JP
(Catering)
Hon Vincent FANG Kang, JP
(Wholesale and Retail)
Hon WONG Kwok-hing, MH
(Labour)
Dr Hon Joseph LEE Kok-long, JP
(Health Services)
Hon Daniel LAM Wai-keung, SBS, JP
(Heung Yee Kuk)
Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung, SBS, JP
(Commercial - First)
Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen, SBS, JP
(Industrial - First)
Dr Hon KWOK Ka-ki
(Medical)
Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hung
(Social Welfare)
Hon WONG Ting-kwong, BBS
(Import and Export)
Hon CHIM Pui-chung
(Financial Services)
Prof Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shing, SBS, JP
(Architectural, Surveying and Planning)
Hon KWONG Chi-kin
(Labour)
Hon TAM Heung-man
(Accountancy)COMPOSITION OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL77 Appendix 1GEOGRAPHICAL CONSTITUENCIES
Hon James TIEN Pei-chun, GBS, JP
(New Territories East)
Hon Albert HO Chun-yan
(New Territories West)
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan
(New Territories West)
Hon Martin LEE Chu-ming, SC, JP
(Hong Kong Island)
Hon Fred LI Wah-ming, JP
(Kowloon East)
Hon Mrs Selina CHOW LIANG Shuk-yee, GBS, JP
(New Territories West)
Hon James TO Kun-sun
(Kowloon West)
Hon CHAN Yuen-han, SBS, JP
(Kowloon East)
Hon CHAN Kam-lam, SBS, JP
(Kowloon East)
Hon LEUNG Yiu-chung
(New Territories West)
Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing, GBS, JP
(Kowloon West)
Dr Hon YEUNG Sum, JP
(Hong Kong Island)
Hon LAU Chin-shek, JP
(Kowloon West)
Hon LAU Kong-wah, JP
(New Territories East)
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing, JP
(New Territories East)
Hon CHOY So-yuk, JP
(Hong Kong Island)Hon Andrew CHENG Kar-foo
(New Territories East)
Hon TAM Yiu-chung, GBS, JP
(New Territories West)
Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yip
(New Territories West)
Hon Frederick FUNG Kin-kee, SBS, JP
(Kowloon West)
Hon Audrey EU Yuet-mee, SC, JP
(Hong Kong Island)
Hon LEE Wing-tat
(New Territories West)
Hon LI Kwok-ying, MH, JP
(New Territories East)
Hon MA Lik, GBS, JP
(Hong Kong Island)
(up to 8.8.2007)
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit, SC
(Kowloon East)
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung
(New Territories East)
Hon CHEUNG Hok-ming, SBS, JP
(New Territories West)
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah, SC
(New Territories East)
Hon Albert Jinghan CHENG, JP
(Kowloon East)78 Annual Report 2006-2007Appendix 2
MEMBERS’ BIOGRAPHIES
Hon Mrs Rita FAN HSU Lai-tai, GBM,
GBS, JP
President of the Legislative Council
Constituency: Geographical Constituency
- Hong Kong Island
Education and Professional Qualifications :
• Honorary Doctor of Social Science, City
University of Hong Kong (2005)
• Honorary Doctor Degree, China University
of Political Science and Law, People’s
Republic of China (2003)
• Master of Social Science (in Psychology),
The University of Hong Kong (1970-
1973)
• Certificate in Personnel Management, The
University of Hong Kong (1969-1971)
• Bachelor of Science (in Chemistry and
Physics), The University of Hong Kong
(1964-1967)
• St. Stephen’s Girls’ College, Hong Kong
(1952-1964)
Occupation :
• Full-time Legislative Council Member
Political Affiliation : - Hon 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 79 Appendix 2Hon James TIEN Pei-chun, GBS, JP
Constituency : Geographical Constituency
- New Territories East
Education and Professional Qualifications :
• M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering, San Jose
State University, U.S.A. (1970)
• B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering, University
of Illinois, U.S.A. (1968)
• Diocesan Boys’ School, Hong Kong
(1964)
Occupation :
• Chairman, Manhattan Holdings Limited
• Chairman, Manhattan Garments (Int’l)
Limited
Political Affiliation :
• Liberal PartyHon 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 Kong
• Solicitor, Supreme Court of Hong Kong
• Notary Public
Occupation :
• Practising Solicitor and Notary Public
Political Affiliation :
• Democratic Party80 Annual Report 2006-2007Ir 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, U.K.
(1968-1971)
• P.D.S.E., University of Manchester, U.K.
(1963-1964)
• B.Sc. (Eng.), The University of Hong Kong
(1963)
• Honorary Doctor of Laws, Hon. LL.D.,
University of Manchester, U.K. (2001)
• Honorary Doctor of Business Administration,
Hon. DBA, City University of Hong Kong
(1999)
• Authorized Person (Building Ordinance)
• Registered Structural Engineer (Building
Ordinance)
• Registered Professional Engineer (Building,
Civil, Environmental, Geotechnical,
Structural)
• Honorary Fellow & Past President (1987-
1988), The Hong Kong Institution of
Engineers (Disciplines: - Building, Civil,
Environmental, Geotechnical, Structural,
Control, Automation & Instrumentation)
• Fellow, Institution of Civil Engineers, U.K.
• Fellow, Former Vice President (1989-1990)
& International Representative (Asia-Pacific
Region) (Since 21/4/1997), Institution of
Structural Engineers, U.K.
• Former 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 and Former Honorary
Advisor (2004-2006), The Chartered
Institute of Building
• Fellow & Past President (1989-1990),
The Hong Kong Association for the
Advancement of Science and Technology
• Fellow & Former Honorary Adviser (1999-
2002), The Hong Kong Institute of Real
Estate Administration
• Honorary Fellow, The Hong Kong Institute
of Facility Management
• Founder Member & Fellow, Hong Kong
Institution of Highways and Transportation
• Honorary Advisor & Honorary Fellow, The
Hong Kong Institute of Utility Surveyors
Occupation :
• Engineer
Political Affiliation :
• The Alliance81 Appendix 2Hon LEE Cheuk-yan
Constituency : Geographical Constituency
- New Territories West
Education and Professional Qualifications :
• B.Sc. (Eng.), Depar tment of Civil
Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
Occupation :
• General Secretary, Hong Kong
Confederation of Trade Unions
Political Affiliation :
• Hong Kong Confederation of Trade
UnionsHon Martin LEE Chu-ming, SC, JP
Constituency : Geographical Constituency
- Hong Kong Island
Education and Professional Qualifications :
• B.A., The University of Hong Kong
• Queen’s Counsel
• Senior Counsel
Occupation :
• Barrister-at-law
Political Affiliation :
• Democratic Party82 Annual Report 2006-2007Dr 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
• Fellow, British Computer Society
• Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators,
England
• Honorary Degree of Doctor of Law,
University of Cambridge
• Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws,
University of Warwick
• Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws, The
University of Hong Kong
• Honorary Degree of Doctor of Social
Sciences, Lingnan College
• Honorary Degree of Doctor of Humane
Letters, Trinity College, Hartford,
Connecticut
• Fellow, Hong Kong Institute of Certified
Public Accountants
• Fellow, The Hong Kong Institute of
Bankers
• Fellow, The Australian Society of Certified
Practising Accountants
Occupation :
• Banker (Chairman and Chief Executive, The
Bank of East Asia Limited)
Political Affiliation : -Hon Fred LI Wah-ming, 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 Party83 Appendix 2Dr Hon LUI Ming-wah, SBS, JP
Constituency : Functional Constituency
- Industrial (Second)
Education and Professional Qualifications :
• M.Sc., University of N.S.W., Sydney,
Australia
• Ph.D., University of Saskatchewan,
Canada
• P.Eng. / C.Eng.
Occupation :
• Businessman
Political Affiliation : -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 84 Annual Report 2006-2007Hon Mrs Selina CHOW LIANG Shuk-yee,
GBS, JP
Constituency : Geographical Constituency
- New Territories West
Education and Professional Qualifications :
• St. Paul’s Co-Educational College
(Primary and Secondary Levels)
• B.A. in English, The University of Hong
Kong
• Post Graduation Diploma, Rose Bruford
College of Speech and Drama, U.K.
• A.D.B., L.R.A.M. in Drama (Teacher and
Performer)
Occupation :
• Full-time Legislative Council Member
Political Affiliation :
• Liberal PartyHon 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 Party85 Appendix 2Hon 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 PartyHon CHAN Yuen-han, SBS, JP
Constituency : Geographical Constituency
- Kowloon East
Education and Professional Qualifications :
• Hoi Luk Fung School
• San Kiu Middle School
• Chack Kwan Middle School
• Higher Diploma, The Hong Kong
Polytechnic University and Hong Kong
Business Management Society
• B.A. in Philosophy, Guangdong Science
and Research University
• University of Warwick
Occupation :
• Trade Union Officer
Political Affiliation :
• Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions86 Annual Report 2006-2007Hon Bernard CHAN, GBS, JP
Constituency : Functional Constituency
- Insurance
Education and Professional Qualifications :
• Bachelor of Arts, Pomona College,
California, U.S.A.
Occupation :
• President, Asia Financial Group
• President, Asia Insurance Co. Ltd.
Political Affiliation : - 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 Kong87 Appendix 2Hon 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, U.S.A.
Occupation :
• Director, Bay Apparel Limited
• Director, Golden Emblem Investment
Company Limited
Political Affiliation :
• Liberal Party Hon LEUNG Yiu-chung
Constituency : Geographical Constituency
- New Territories West
Education and Professional Qualifications :
• B.A. (Hons.), University of Essex, U.K.
• Post-graduate Certificate in Education, The
University of Hong Kong
Occupation :
• Teacher
Political Affiliation :
• Neighbourhood and Workers Service
Centre
• The Frontier88 Annual Report 2006-2007Hon SIN Chung-kai, SBS, JP
Constituency : Functional Constituency
- Information Technology
Education and Professional Qualifications :
• M.B.A., The Chinese University of Hong
Kong
• Bachelor of Science, The University of Hong
Kong
• Member, Hong Kong Computer Society
• Life Member, Hong Kong Intellectual
Property Society
Occupation :
• Assistant Information Technology Project
Manager
Political Affiliation :
• Democratic Party
Dr Hon Philip WONG Yu-hong, GBS
Constituency : Functional Constituency
- Commercial (Second)
Education and Professional Qualifications :
• M.Sc. (Engineering), University of
California, U.S.A.
• J.D. (Law), Southland University, U.S.A.
• Ph.D. (Engineering), California Coast
University, U.S.A.
Occupation :
• Chairman and Chief Executive, Winco
Paper Products Company Limited
Political Affiliation : - 89 Appendix 2Hon 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 Kong Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing, GBS, JP
Constituency : Geographical Constituency
- Kowloon West
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 Kong 90 Annual Report 2006-2007Hon Howard YOUNG, SBS, JP
Constituency : Functional Constituency - Tourism
Education and Professional Qualifications :
• B.Sc. (Economics) Part I, London University
• British Diploma in Marketing
• Member, Chartered Institute of Marketing,
U.K.
Occupation :
• General Manager, Industry and Hong
Kong Affairs, Cathay Pacific Airways
Political Affiliation :
• Liberal PartyDr Hon YEUNG Sum, JP
Constituency : Geographical Constituency
- Hong Kong Island
Education and Professional Qualifications :
• B.Soc.Sc. (The University of Hong Kong)
• M.A. (University of York, U.K.)
• Ph.D. (The University of Hong Kong)
Occupation :
• Assistant Professor (Department of Social
Work and Social Administration, The
University of Hong Kong)
Political Affiliation :
• Democratic Party91 Appendix 2Hon LAU Chin-shek, JP
Constituency : Geographical Constituency
- Kowloon West
Education and Professional Qualifications :
• Senior Secondary Level
Occupation :
• Legislative Council Member
Political Affiliation :
• Hong Kong Confederation of Trade
UnionsHon 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.Phil., University of Exeter, U.K.
• M.Phil., City Polytechnic of Hong Kong
Occupation :
• Legislative Council Member
Political Affiliation :
• Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and
Progress of Hong Kong92 Annual Report 2006-2007Hon LAU Wong-fat, GBM, GBS, JP
Constituency : Functional Constituency
- District Council
Education and Professional Qualifications :
• Ling Shan College
Occupation :
• Chairman, Wing Tung Yick
(Holdings) Limited
Political Affiliation :
• Liberal PartyHon Emily LAU Wai-hing, JP
Constituency : Geographical Constituency
- New Territories East
Education and Professional Qualifications :
• B.A., Broadcast Journalism, University of
Southern California, U.S.A.
• M.Sc., International Relations, London
School of Economics and Political Science,
University of London, U.K.
Occupation :
• Legislative Council Member
Political Affiliation :
• The Frontier93 Appendix 2Hon CHOY So-yuk, JP
Constituency : Geographical Constituency
- Hong Kong Island
Education and Professional Qualifications :
• Master of Philosophy, The University of
Hong Kong (1978)
• Bachelor of Science (Hons.), The University
of Hong Kong (1974)
Occupation :
• Merchant
Political Affiliation :
• Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and
Progress of Hong KongHon 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 :
• Democratic Party94 Annual Report 2006-2007Hon Timothy FOK Tsun-ting, GBS, JP
Constituency : Functional Constituency - Sports,
Performing Arts, Culture and Publication
Education and Professional Qualifications :
• University of Southern California, U.S.A.
Occupation :
• Merchant
Political Affiliation : - 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, U.K.
• Honorary Life Fellow, Institute of Commercial
Management, U.K.
Occupation :
• Trade Union Officer
• Vice-President, Hong Kong Federation of
Trade Unions
Political Affiliation :
• Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and
Progress of Hong Kong95 Appendix 2Hon 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 : -Hon LI Fung-ying, BBS, JP
Constituency : Functional Constituency - Labour
Education and Professional Qualifications :
• Tertiary Education
Occupation :
• Trade Union Officer
Political Affiliation : -96 Annual Report 2006-2007Hon 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
• Director, Art Concept International Culture
Studies Foundation Ltd.
• Independent Non-Executive Director, Wah
Yuen Holdings Ltd.
Political Affiliation :
• Liberal PartyHon 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 :
• League of Social Democrats 97 Appendix 2Hon 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, U.K.
(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 :
• Barrister
Political Affiliation :
• Civic Party 98 Annual Report 2006-2007Hon Vincent FANG Kang, 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) Ltd.
• Managing Director, Fantastic Garments
Ltd.
Political Affiliation :
• Liberal PartyHon WONG Kwok-hing, MH
Constituency : Functional Constituency
- Labour
Education and Professional Qualifications :
• Diploma of Social Administration of
The Hong Kong University School of
Professional and Continuing Education
• B.A. in Sociology, Jinan University
• Outstanding Lifelong Learner Award,
The Hong Kong University School of
Professional and Continuing Education
(9/2001)
Occupation :
• Labour Service Executive Officer
• Writer
• Executive Officer, The Hong Kong Federation
of Trade Unions New Territories Office
Political Affiliation :
• Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions99 Appendix 2Hon 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 PartyHon LI Kwok-ying, MH, JP
Constituency : Geographical Constituency
- New Territories East
Education and Professional Qualifications :
• Tai Po Wong Shiu Chi Secondary School
• Liverpool John Moore University, England
Occupation :
• Solicitor
Political Affiliation :
• Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and
Progress of Hong Kong
100 Annual Report 2006-2007Dr Hon Joseph LEE Kok-long, JP
Constituency : Functional Constituency
- Health Services
Education and Professional Qualifications :
• Ph.D. (Social Science)
• Registered Nurse
Occupation :
• Associate Professor, The Open University of
Hong Kong
Political Affiliation : -Hon Daniel LAM Wai-keung, SBS, JP
Constituency : Functional Constituency
- Heung Yee Kuk
Education and Professional Qualifications :
• Bachelor of Business Administration
Occupation :
• Company Director
Political Affiliation : -101 Appendix 2Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung, SBS, JP
Constituency : Functional Constituency
- Commercial (First)
Education and Professional Qualifications :
• St. Joseph’s College, Hong Kong
• Tufts University, U.S.A. (BSME)
Occupation :
• Managing Director, Forward Winsome
Industries Limited
• Managing Director, Eltee Enterprise Limited
Political Affiliation :
• Liberal Party Hon MA Lik, GBS, JP (up to 8.8.2007)
Constituency : Geographical Constituency
- Hong Kong Island
Education and Professional Qualifications :
• B.A. (Hons), The Chinese University of
Hong Kong
Occupation :
• Deputy Publisher, Hong Kong Commercial
Daily
Political Affiliation :
• Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and
Progress of Hong Kong102 Annual Report 2006-2007Hon 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 PartyHon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen, SBS, JP
Constituency : Functional Constituency
- Industrial (First)
Education and Professional Qualifications :
• B.Sc. (Hon), Leeds University
• Textiles Institute Fellow
• Clothing and Footwear Institute Fellow
Occupation :
• Merchant
Political Affiliation :
• Liberal Party103 Appendix 2Hon 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 DemocratsDr Hon KWOK Ka-ki
Constituency : Functional Constituency
- Medical
Education and Professional Qualifications :
• M.B.B.S., The University of Hong Kong
(1985)
• Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons of
Edinburgh (1990)
• Fellow, College of Surgeons of Hong Kong
(1990)
• Fellow, Hong Kong Academy of Medicine
(1993)
• Master of Arts, The University of Hong
Kong (2003)
Occupation :
• Private Urologist
Political Affiliation : - 104 Annual Report 2006-2007Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hung
Constituency : Functional Constituency
- Social Welfare
Education and Professional Qualifications :
• Ph.D.
• Registered Social Worker
Occupation :
• Lecturer
Political Affiliation :
• Civic PartyHon CHEUNG Hok-ming, SBS, JP
Constituency : Geographical Constituency
- New Territories West
Education and Professional Qualifications :
• College
Occupation :
• Full-time Legislative Council Member
Political Affiliation :
• Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and
Progress of Hong Kong105 Appendix 2Hon WONG Ting-kwong, BBS
Constituency : Functional Constituency
- Import and Export
Education and Professional Qualifications :
• Heung To Middle School
Occupation :
• Merchant
Political Affiliation :
• Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and
Progress of Hong KongHon Ronny TONG Ka-wah, SC
Constituency : Geographical Constituency
- New Territories East
Education and Professional Qualifications :
• Queen’s College, Hong Kong
• LL.B. (1st Class Honours/1st 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/1st 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
England
• Member of the New York State Bar
Association of the United States of America
Occupation :
• Senior Counsel
Political Affiliation :
• Civic Party106 Annual Report 2006-2007Hon CHIM Pui-chung
Constituency : Functional Constituency
- Financial Services
Education and Professional Qualifications :
• Secondary School
Occupation :
• Director of a number of companies
Political Affiliation : - 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)
• 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 : - 107 Appendix 2Hon Albert Jinghan CHENG, JP
Constituency : Geographical Constituency -
Kowloon East
Education and Professional Qualifications :
• Aircraft Maintenance Engineer
• Attended aircraft type approval endorsement
courses :
CONVAIR 880
DC8 – 40/50/60
DC10 – 30
BOEING 737 – 200
BOEING 727 – 100/200
BOEING 747 – 200
Occupation :
• Legislative Council Member
Political Affiliation : - Hon KWONG Chi-kin
Constituency : Functional Constituency - Labour
Education and Professional Qualifications :
• Bachelor of Social Sciences, The Chinese
University of Hong Kong
• Bachelor of Laws, University of London
• Master of Laws, University of London
• Called to the Bar in England
• Called to the Bar in Hong Kong
• Called to the Bar in Australia
Occupation :
• Legal Adviser, The Hong Kong Federation of
Trade Unions
Political Affiliation :
• Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions108 Annual Report 2006-2007Hon TAM Heung-man
Constituency: Functional Constituency
- Accountancy
Education and Professional Qualifications:
• Fellow of The Association of Chartered
Certified Accountants
• The Chartered Institute of Taxation (Chartered
Tax Adviser)
• Fellow of Hong Kong Institute of Certified
Public Accountants
• Member of The Taxation Institute of Hong
Kong
• B.A. (Hons), Middlesex University, U.K.
Occupation:
• Tax Advisor
Political Affiliation:
• Civic Party 109 Appendix 3Appendix 3
BILLS PASSED
@+ 1 Building Management (Amendment) Bill 2005 1.4.2005 27.4.2005 25.4.2007
@+ 2 Smoking (Public Health) (Amendment) Bill 2005 29.4.2005 11.5.2005 19.10.2006
@+ 3 Accreditation of Academic and Vocational
Qualifications Bill 24.6.2005 6.7.2005 2.5.2007
@+ 4 Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2006 17.3.2006 29.3.2006 27.6.2007
@+ 5 Safety of United Nations and Associated
Personnel Bill 4.5.2006 17.5.2006 31.1.2007
@+ 6 Hazardous Chemicals Control Bill 12.5.2006 24.5.2006 11.7.2007
* 7 Hong Kong Society for the Protection of
Children Incorporation (Amendment) 19.5.2006 &
Bill 2006 26.5.2006 21.6.2006 19.10.2006
@+ 8 Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Amendment)
Bill 2006 23.6.2006 5.7.2006 6.12.2006
@+ 9 Rail Merger Bill 30.6.2006 5.7.2006 8.6.2007
@+ 10 Unsolicited Electronic Messages Bill 7.7.2006 12.7.2006 23.5.2007
#+* 11 City University of Hong Kong (Amendment)
Bill 2006 25.8.2006 19.10.2006 14.6.2007
12 District Councils (Amendment) Bill 2006 8.12.2006 20.12.2006 17.1.2007
@+ 13 Employment (Amendment) Bill 2006 8.12.2006 20.12.2006 2.5.2007
@+ 14 Housing (Amendment) Bill 2007 19.1.2007 31.1.2007 13.6.2007
@+ 15 Shenzhen Bay Port Hong Kong Port Area Bill 6.2.2007 7.2.2007 25.4.2007
16 Appropriation Bill 2007 28.2.2007 28.2.2007 18.4.2007
@+ 17 Tsing Sha Control Area Bill 30.3.2007 18.4.2007 27.6.2007
18 Import and Export (Amendment) Bill 2007 4.4.2007 18.4.2007 23.5.2007
+ 19 Revenue Bill 2007 20.4.2007 2.5.2007 13.6.2007
20 Revenue (No.2) Bill 2007 20.4.2007 2.5.2007 23.5.2007
21 Supplementary Appropriation (2006-2007) Bill 1.6.2007 13.6.2007 4.7.2007
* 22 The Chinese University of Hong Kong
(Declaration of Morningside College and
S.H. Ho College as Constituent Colleges) Bill 1.6.2007 &
8.6.2007 13.6.2007 4.7.2007
Bills
Gazette Date 1st Reading Passage
Date through
LegCo Date
+ Indicates that a Bills Committee was formed for the Bill
@ Bill passed with CSAs moved by Administration
# Bill passed with CSAs moved by Members
* Member’s Bill110 Annual Report 2006-2007Appendix 4
MOTION DEBATES HELD
Date of Council meeting,Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
I. MOTIONS PASSED
The original motion: “That this Council opposes
the introduction of a Goods and Services Tax.”
was passed.
The motion as amended by Hon Albert HO
Chun-yan: “That, as there are from time to time
complaints about serious invasion of personal
privacy by some media organizations and earlier
on, peep photos of a female artiste changing
her clothes had been taken and published by a
magazine which seriously invaded the privacy
of the artiste and trampled on women’s dignity,
thereby causing a great public outcry; this
Council urges the Government to expeditiously
take measures, including:
(a) reviewing the imposition of sentence under
the existing Control of Obscene and
Indecent Articles Ordinance and its overall
implementation so that penalty with deterrent
effect is imposed on the offenders;
(b) studying the proposals on criminalizing
the invasion of privacy, establishing a
self-regulating commission and enacting
additional civil tort law on privacy on the
basis of the recommendations made by the
Law Reform Commission on the protection
of personal privacy in March this year and
December 2004, and encouraging in-depth
discussion among the media, the performing
arts sector and the general public about the
contents of the bill concerned; and 18 October 2006
“Opposing the introduction of a Goods and Services Tax”
moved by
Dr Hon YEUNG Sum
amendment moved by
Dr Hon David LI Kwok-po
18 October 2006
“Introducing legislation to regulate clandestine photo-
taking” moved by
Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen
amendment moved by
Hon Albert HO Chun-yan
amendments to amendment moved by
Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung
Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yip111 Appendix 4(c) urging the media to exercise more self-
discipline,
so as to strike a proper balance between
protection of personal privacy and freedom of
the press.” was passed.
The motion: “That this Council notes the Report
on the Study of Public Service Broadcasting
for Hong Kong and urges the Government to
consider the findings therein.” was passed.
The motion as amended by Hon Alan LEONG
Kah-kit and Hon James TO Kun-sun: “That, in order
to enhance the existing building management
standard, avoid malpractices and effectively
deal with disputes involving the management of
private buildings (including those public housing
estates and Home Ownership Scheme courts
the management of which has been outsourced
to private management companies), this Council
urges the Government, apart from clearly
defining the powers and responsibilities of the
parties concerned in the Building Management
Ordinance and by establishing a mechanism
for amending extremely unreasonable
provisions in the deed of mutual covenants,
to expeditiously implement a licensing regime
for property management companies and,
through preventing conflict of interests and
enhancing financial transparency, to strengthen
their regulation and ensure fair competition in
the property management market and, at the
same time, establish a Building Affairs Tribunal
to streamline and speed up the handling of the
increasing disputes among owners, developers,
owners’ corporations and property management
companies; and conduct a study on establishing Date of Council meeting,Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
I. MOTIONS PASSED
1 November 2006
“Public service broadcasting for Hong Kong” moved by
Hon SIN Chung-kai
8 November 2006
“Implementing a licensing regime for property management
companies and establishing a Building Affairs Tribunal”
moved by
Hon CHOY So-yuk
amendments moved by
Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit
Hon James TO Kun-sun
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung
(amendment proposed by Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yip
was withdrawn)112 Annual Report 2006-2007 Date of Council meeting,Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
I. MOTIONS PASSED
a mechanism to assist small property owners in
resuming their management right in the situation
of the existence of a sub-deed of mutual
covenant so as to safeguard their interests.”
was passed.
The motion as amended by Hon Howard
YOUNG, Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah and Hon
CHAN Kam-lam: “That, as Pan-Pearl River Delta
(‘PPRD’) regional cooperation is an important
and integral part to the implementation of
the National Eleventh Five-Year Plan, and it
offers enormous business opportunities for the
development of Hong Kong, while at the same
time posing great difficulties and challenges to
the Hong Kong businessmen in the Pearl River
Delta (‘PRD’), this Council urges the Government
to take proactive measures to promote the
cooperation between Hong Kong and the
PPRD region, including:
(a) joining hands to improve the air quality in
the PPRD region;
(b) promoting the development of the financial
industries in both places for mutual
benefits;
(c) striving to reduce the operating costs of the
shipping industries in both places, with a
view to enhancing competitiveness and
promoting mutual development;
(d) strengthening the cooperation in tourism to
attract more tourists;
(e) stepping up the efforts of the Hong Kong
Trade Development Council in promoting
brands of Hong Kong to the PPRD region
and vice versa; 15 November 2006
“Cooperation between Hong Kong and the Pan-Pearl
River Delta region” moved by
Hon WONG Ting-kwong
amendments moved by
Hon Howard YOUNG
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah
amendment to amendment moved by
Hon CHAN Kam-lam113 Appendix 4 Date of Council meeting,Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
I. MOTIONS PASSED
(f) offering incentives to attract Mainland
enterprises to set up regional headquarters
and engage in various investment activities
in Hong Kong;
(g) assisting in the development of a set of
standardized commercial terms for the PPRD
region;
(h) stepping up negotiations to expedite
the construction of transport facilities
linking Guangdong, and expeditiously
implementing the plan to construct the Hong
Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge;
(i) increasing the Hong Kong SAR Government’s
expenditure on research and development
(‘R&D’);
(j) setting up a restructuring fund to assist
Hong Kong businessmen in upgrading and
transforming their businesses;
(k) promoting the setting up of an ‘applied
research, science and technology fund’
jointly by Hong Kong and Guangdong for
the Greater PRD;
(l) establishing an applied science and
technology research institute and a R&D
centre for the Greater PRD; and
(m) reflecting to the relevant Mainland
departments that, prior to the introduction
of major commercial laws and regulations
in the Mainland, Hong Kong businessmen
should be notified as early as possible and
given sufficient cushion periods; and
(n) strengthening the exchange and cooperation
between the two places in such areas as
the rule of law and corporate governance, 114 Annual Report 2006-2007 Date of Council meeting,Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
I. MOTIONS PASSED
with a view to raising the economic and
corporate governance levels in both places
and, by doing so, further optimizing the
business environment of Hong Kong and
nurturing more talents for the territory,
so as to assist Hong Kong in developing
new areas for economic growth, enhancing
its competitiveness, facilitating economic
restructuring and better complementing the
country’s economic development.” was
passed.
The motion as amended by Dr Hon Fernando
CHEUNG Chiu-hung: “That, as motions were
passed by this Council in the 2002-2003,
2003-2004 and 2005-2006 sessions calling
for improvement to transport facilities for people
with disabilities and the offer of concessionary
fares to them, this Council requests the
Administration to expeditiously adopt effective
measures to fulfil the following demands:
(a) examining the existing legislation and,
if necessary, introducing legislative
amendments or enacting laws to press
various public transport operators to offer
public transport half-fare concessions to
people with disabilities, or making reference
to overseas experience to provide transport
subsidy for them and considering extending
the concessions to their escorts;
(b) allocating additional resources to
expeditiously improve the Rehabus service,
including increasing the number of such
vehicles and strengthening the service;
(c) requesting various public transport operators 15 November 2006
“Assisting people with disabilities in integrating into
society” moved by
Hon LEUNG Yiu-chung
amendments moved by
Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan
Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hung115 Appendix 4 Date of Council meeting,Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
I. MOTIONS PASSED
to draw up specific plans and timetables
for improving their facilities to reduce the
barriers to people with disabilities, so that
they can have easy access to all major
public transport facilities;
(d) introducing rehabilitation taxis, which are
easy to board and alight for wheelchair-
bound persons; and
(e) implementing in all government departments
and public bodies a voluntary quota
system for employing people with
disabilities, requesting them to set indicators
for and report annually on the employment
of the disabled, as well as encouraging the
private sector to follow suit,
so as to enable more people with disabilities to
integrate into society, with a view to achieving
the objective of ‘A Society for All’ promoted by
the Government.” was passed.
The motion: “That, as the Government is
determined to implement central slaughtering
of live poultry, which will permanently damage
the live poultry trades, this Council urges the
Government to expeditiously discuss with the
trades to formulate a scheme that enables exit
from the trades with reasonable compensation,
having regard to the circumstances of live poultry
farmers, wholesalers, retailers, transporters and
workers; furthermore, prior to the implementation
of central slaughtering of live poultry, if there is
a need to suspend the import of live poultry
and birds from the Mainland in the event of an
outbreak of avian influenza there, in order to 29 November 2006
“Relief measures and compensation policies for the live
poultry trades” moved by
Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan116 Annual Report 2006-2007 Date of Council meeting,Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
I. MOTIONS PASSED
6 December 2006
“Strengthening Hong Kong’s capability in immediate
transhipment” moved by
Hon CHAN Kam-lam
amendments moved by
Hon SIN Chung-kai
Hon LEE Wing-tatprevent the trades from being severely hit, this
Council urges the Government to introduce the
following relief measures:
(a) setting up an emergency relief fund to
provide assistance or low interest loans to
the trades, so as to tide them over the
difficult times;
(b) granting a rent waiver to tenants of the
Government’s wholesale and retail markets;
and
(c) providing emergency financial assistance
to workers who are not employed on a
long-term basis.” was passed.
The motion as amended by Hon SIN Chung-kai:
“That, in order to tie in with the National Eleventh
Five-Year Plan and promote the continuous
development of the local logistics industry, this
Council urges the Government to take proactive
measures in the aspects of policy, transportation
network, infrastructure and information
system, with a view to strengthening Hong
Kong’s capability in immediate transhipment,
including:
(a) in the policy aspect, supporting the
development of immediate transhipment,
such as formulating a comprehensive
plan for logistics development, exploring,
with due security and legal consideration,
the implementation of the co-location of
immigration and customs facilities at the
Hong Kong airport and striving to reduce
various operating costs of the logistics
industry;
(b) in the aspect of transportation network,
enhancing the efficiency of immediate
transhipment, such as increasing the 117 Appendix 4 Date of Council meeting,Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
I. MOTIONS PASSED
number of flight movements at the airport,
formulating policies on the air traffic
management of the Pearl River Delta region
and perfecting the land transportation
network, as well as proactively developing
cross-boundary intelligent transport systems
with the relevant departments in the
Mainland;
(c) in the aspect of infrastructure, augmenting
the throughput of immediate transhipment,
such as expeditiously constructing the third
runway at the airport, Container Terminal
10, Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge,
logistics park, Regional Express Line and
the Liantang Control Point; and
(d) in the aspect of information system,
optimizing immediate transhipment
services, such as establishing a common
electronic platform for customs clearance
at the Pan-Pearl River Delta (‘PPRD’) region
and further encouraging the logistics
industry to adopt the radio frequency
identification technology,
so as to seize the opportunities brought about
by the economic development of the PPRD and
strengthen the position of Hong Kong’s logistics
industry.” was passed.
The motion as amended by Hon Howard
YOUNG: “That this Council urges the Hong
Kong Special Administrative Region Government
and other persons to make every effort to assist
CHING Cheong in obtaining medical parole
on humanitarian grounds.” was passed.13 December 2006
“Release of CHING Cheong” moved by
Hon James TO Kun-sun
amendment moved by
Hon Howard YOUNG118 Annual Report 2006-2007 Date of Council meeting,Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
I. MOTIONS PASSED
20 December 2006
“Increasing the Government’s share in the investment
income of the Exchange Fund” moved by
Hon Howard YOUNG
amendment moved by
Hon CHAN Kam-lamThe motion as amended by Hon CHAN Kam-
lam: “That this Council urges the Government
to revise the existing agreement between the
Government and the Hong Kong Monetary
Authority on the methodology for sharing the
investment income of the Exchange Fund, so
as to allocate more investment income of the
Exchange Fund to the Government, and ensure
that there is stable government revenue from the
investment income; in determining the level of
additional investment income of the Exchange
Fund to be allocated to the Government, the
principle of keeping expenditure within the limits
of revenues in drawing up the budget, striving
to achieve a fiscal balance, avoiding deficits
and keeping the budget commensurate with
the growth rate of the gross domestic product
must be strictly followed.” was passed.
The motion as amended by Hon Jeffrey LAM
Kin-fung: “That, as the Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region Government’s fiscal
surplus for this year is anticipated to substantially
exceed its expected target, this Council urges
that the Government, when drawing up the
2007-2008 Budget, apart from continuing
to uphold the principle of fiscal prudence
whereby expenditure and savings are effected
as necessary, striving to cut expenditure and
improve efficiency as well as enhancing
the efficacy of the management of public
finances, should also explicitly stipulate the
appropriate level of fiscal reserves, improve
the investment return rate of the Exchange
Fund and explore how the fiscal surplus in
2006-2007 can be properly returned to the
people through various feasible measures,
including reducing the tax rates, particularly 10 January 2007
“Enhancing the efficacy of the management of public
finances” moved by
Hon TAM Heung-man
amendments moved by
Hon SIN Chung-kai
Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung119 Appendix 4 Date of Council meeting,Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
I. MOTIONS PASSED
to relieve the difficulties encountered by the
middle class, striving to improve the business
environment, enhancing the competitiveness of
enterprises and strengthening support for small
and medium enterprises.” was passed.
The motion as amended by Dr Hon KWOK Ka-
ki and Hon Andrew CHENG Kar-foo: “That,
as the number of Mainland pregnant women
giving birth in Hong Kong has multiplied since
the CHONG Fung-yuen case in 2001, public
hospital services are so overloaded that local
pregnant women are unable to receive the
public health care services to which they are
entitled, and Hong Kong’s health care services,
population, education, housing, social welfare,
etc are also adversely affected, this Council
urges the Government to immediately:
(a) provide additional resources for the
Hospital Authority to tackle the problems
brought to Hong Kong’s entire public health
care system by the large number of
Mainland pregnant women flocking to
Hong Kong to give birth, as well as to
alleviate the tremendous work pressure on
frontline health care workers; and
(b) conduct a comprehensive study on the
implications of the large number of
Mainland pregnant women giving birth
in Hong Kong on the territory’s various
public services and financial commitments,
and formulate feasible and effective
policies and measures to re-allocate public
resources, so as to resolve the problems
brought about by Mainland pregnant
women giving birth in Hong Kong;10 January 2007
“Non-local pregnant women giving birth in Hong Kong”
moved by
Dr Hon Joseph LEE Kok-long
amendments moved by
Dr Hon KWOK Ka-ki
Hon Andrew CHENG Kar-foo120 Annual Report 2006-2007 Date of Council meeting,Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
I. MOTIONS PASSED
(c) collect information in order to understand
the future implications on the territory of
the large number of non-local pregnant
women giving birth in Hong Kong;
(d) crack down on the syndicates which
arrange for the Mainlanders to overstay
in Hong Kong to wait for childbirth, so as
to resolve the problems brought about by
non-local pregnant women giving birth in
Hong Kong; and
(e) provide additional public resources to
ensure that the health care services for local
pregnant women will not be affected.”
was passed.
The motion as amended by Hon WONG Kwok-
hing, Hon CHOY So-yuk and Hon Howard
YOUNG: “That, as the policies and laws on the
protection and conservation of antiquities and
monuments in Hong Kong are imperfect, and the
demolition of the Central Star Ferry Pier by the
Government has aroused wide concern in the
community, which reflects an increasing public
awareness of and participation in the conservation
of antiquities and monuments, preservation of
cultural environment and good town planning,
this Council urges the Government to:
(a) reform the policies and laws on the
protection and conservation of antiquities
a n d m o n u m e n t s o n t h e b a s i s o f
comprehensive consultation, and formulate
a timetable for legislative amendments;
(b) establish a fund on protection and
conservation of antiquities and monuments
to enhance the protection and conservation
of antiquities and monuments, as well as for
repair, education and promotion work;17 January 2007
“Policy on conservation of
monuments” moved by
Hon Audrey EU Yuet-mee
amendments moved by
Hon WONG Kwok-hing
Dr Hon KWOK Ka-ki
Hon CHOY So-yuk
Dr Hon YEUNG Sum
amendments to amendments moved by
Hon Howard YOUNG
Hon Albert HO Chun-yan121 Appendix 4 Date of Council meeting,Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
I. MOTIONS PASSED
(c) formulate codes for the evaluation of social
benefits and proper consultation procedures
setting out in detail the cost-effectiveness
of various options and their impact on
antiquities and monuments;
(d) formulate criteria for the preservation of
collective memories, community sights and
regional cultural characteristics;
(e) establish a mechanism for the participation
of such concern groups as District Councils,
professional bodies and resident groups
as well as the public in the decision-making
process of town planning and community
redevelopment;(f) consider providing economic incentives to
private property owners, including adopting
such means as acquisition, land exchange
and transfer of plot ratios, to preserve more
privately-owned monuments and prevent
them from being demolished;(g) make reference to the sponsorship policies
on antiquities and monuments, including
sponsorship by individuals, enterprises and
communities, etc, which have been
implemented for many years in such
countries as the UK, the USA and France,
so as to pave a new way for the protection
and conservation of antiquities and
monuments in Hong Kong; and
(h) draw from the successful experience in
revitalizing antique buildings, such as the
derelict industrial park on Vancouver’s
Granville Island, Japan’s Otaru warehouses
and the Taipei Story House, to promote
multi-faceted development in humanities,
history education, art, creative industries, 122 Annual Report 2006-2007 Date of Council meeting,Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
I. MOTIONS PASSED
tourism and community involvement,
etc, thereby creating more employment
opportunities; and
(i) conduct a comprehensive and extensive
consultation on the built heritage
conservation policy and expeditiously
formulate a proper built heritage
conservation policy, with the aim of
striking a balance between heritage
conservation and urban development, so
as to facilitate a sustainable and balanced
development of the community.”
was passed.The motion as amended by Dr Hon KWOK Ka-
ki, Dr Hon YEUNG Sum and Hon Albert HO
Chun-yan: “That, as a number of Hong Kong’s
commercial districts and bazaars with local
characteristics have been relocated or cleared
in recent years due to the redevelopment of old
areas and hence have fallen into decline, and
the existence and development of many other
similar commercial districts and bazaars are
also facing the same threats, this Council urges
the Government to:(a) retain the existing commercial districts and
bazaars with local characteristics at the
town planning stage, with their integrity
and in situ development as principles as
far as possible, and allow local residents
and affected traders to participate in the
development or renewal plans, so as
to facilitate sustainable development of
the economy of the community, and to
enhance public consultation to allow greater
public participation;17 January 2007
“Retaining and supporting the development of commercial
districts and bazaars with local characteristics” moved by
Hon Vincent FANG Kang
amendments moved by
Dr Hon KWOK Ka-ki
Dr Hon YEUNG Sumamendment to amendment moved by
Hon Albert HO Chun-yan123 Appendix 4 Date of Council meeting,Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
I. MOTIONS PASSED
(b) formulate special management rules and
regulations to balance the need to retain
such commercial districts and bazaars and
t h a t f o r u r b a n d e v e l o p m e n t a n d
environmental hygiene; and
(c) make reference to the practices of major
cities in the Mainland and overseas,
such as Singapore’s Chinatown, London’s
Covent Garden and Shunde’s Old Town
district, and provide support and assistance
through various policy bureaux for
the development of such distinctive
commercial districts and bazaars, so as to
enhance their vitality, promote the local
business economy and ensure that local
characteristics are passed on.” was passed.
The motion as amended by Hon WONG Yung-
kan, Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan, Dr Hon
KWOK Ka-ki and Hon WONG Ting-kwong:
“That, as the food safety incidents which
occurred successively in recent years have
revealed that the regulatory departments have
failed to effectively perform their gate-keeping
roles and the food regulatory laws in Hong
Kong are flawed with loopholes, and there is
a lack of a comprehensive food safety policy
and food safety standards, thereby subjecting
the public to food safety hazards, this Council
urges the Government to expeditiously adopt
measures to fully safeguard the safety of food
supply to Hong Kong, including:
(a) drawing up a legislative timetable for
prescribing standards for pesticide and
chemical residues in vegetables and fruits;24 January 2007
“Fully safeguarding the safety of food supply to Hong
Kong” moved by
Hon Fred LI Wah-ming
amendments moved by
Hon WONG Yung-kan
Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan
Dr Hon KWOK Ka-kiamendment to amendment moved by
Hon WONG Ting-kwong124 Annual Report 2006-2007 Date of Council meeting,Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
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(b) enacting legislation on a permission system
for imported foods, including setting up a
licensing system for food importers, setting
comprehensive food safety standards,
strictly regulating the use of drugs and
chemicals, their residue contents as well as
the microbe counts and heavy metal
contents in foods, etc, implementing
mandatory inspection and testing at border
control points, clearly specifying the
penalties for non-compliance, and
expeditiously bringing live fish, egg
products, vegetables and fruits into the
regulatory ambit;
(c) establishing a food supply chain tracking
mechanism, and introducing legislation
on withdrawal from sale and recall of
problematic foods to enable food
surveillance and control at source, so as
to achieve the objective of ensuring food
safety ‘from farm to fork’;
(d) reviewing the composition, functions and
operation of existing food safety
regulatory departments, with a view to
raising their professional standards
and enabling them to more effectively
perform the gate-keeping roles required of
them; and
(e) perfecting the food safety notification
mechanisms between Hong Kong and the
Mainland as well as other places of origin
of foods, and strengthening cooperation
with the Mainland in combating the import
of foods into Hong Kong through irregular
channels,
125 Appendix 4 Date of Council meeting,Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
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and comprehensively consult the
relevant trades; the Government should
also expeditiously adopt the following
measures:
(f) encouraging and allowing more local and
international experts as well as members
of the agriculture, fisheries and food
industries to participate in the work of the
Expert Committee on Food Safety in order
that the Centre for Food Safety can operate
in a more professional manner, and
drawing up reference benchmarks for
food safety policies and standards which
are suitable for Hong Kong and recognized
by the international community, so as
to ensure effective and comprehensive
food safety management ‘from farm to
fork’;
(g) enhancing the dissemination of information
on food safety so that consumers can grasp
such information expeditiously, and
providing educational and training
programmes run by officials responsible
for food safety management, so as to
promote the awareness of safeguarding
food safety; and
(h) organizing, supporting and encouraging
t h e t e c h n o l o g i c a l r e s e a r c h a n d
collaborative efforts of the food industry
and academic bodies in the area of
food safety.” was passed.126 Annual Report 2006-2007 Date of Council meeting,Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
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The motion as amended by Hon Frederick FUNG
Kin-kee and Hon WONG Kwok-hing: “That, as
the disparity between the rich and the poor in
Hong Kong continues to aggravate, whereas
the Government’s finance returned to the surplus
last year and the target fiscal surplus for this year
will be attained, and the Government further
anticipates a very robust financial position with
a fiscal reserve exceeding $400 billion by
2012, this Council urges that, having regard to
the existing improved economic and financial
situation, the Government should accord
priority to alleviating the disparity between the
rich and the poor and protecting the interests of
the grass-roots workers and the disadvantaged
groups before reducing salary tax to alleviate
the burden on the middle class, and target at
facilitating Hong Kong’s long term development
by making effective use of the surplus and
investing more resources in:
(a) setting up a children’s development fund
to provide opportunities for children from
low-income families to participate in
extra-curricular activities;
(b) granting travelling allowance to the low-
income groups residing in remote
areas to relieve the problem of working
poverty;
(c) promoting the development of social
enterprises by providing them with one-stop
support, training and consultancy services,
as well as offering them seed money, short-
term rent remission and tax concessions;
(d) shortening the waiting time for care places
for the elderly;24 January 2007
“Urging the Government to make effective use of the surplus
and plough it back into the community” moved by
Hon SIN Chung-kai
amendments moved by
Hon Frederick FUNG Kin-kee
Hon WONG Kwok-hing(amendments proposed by
Hon CHAN Kam-lam and Hon Mrs Sophie LEUNG LAU
Yau-fun were withdrawn)
(amendment to amendment proposed by
Prof Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shing was withdrawn)127 Appendix 4 Date of Council meeting,Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
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(e) allowing the elderly to use public medical
services at half price;
(f) implementing cross-boundary and large-
scale infrastructure projects to create jobs;
(g) implementing small class teaching to
improve the quality of education;
(h) offering loans to associate degree
graduates to study abroad, so as to
nurture talents; and
(i) implementing a green tax to encourage
environmental protection by the public
through economic incentives;
(j) relaxing the limit of absence from Hong
Kong to one year in respect of the Old
Age Allowance;(k) allowing tax deduction on loan repayment
to various student financial assistance
schemes;
(l) raising the allowance for the first two
children to $50,000 and creating an
allowance for unemployed dependent
parents or grandparents aged over 50;
(m) providing ever y household with a
deduction of $5,000 on rates; and(n) offering employees a tax concession of
up to $1,000 for voluntary contributions
to the Mandatory Provident Fund.”
was passed.128 Annual Report 2006-2007 Date of Council meeting,Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
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The motion: “That, as factories have been
relocated to the north in large numbers and
the economy of Hong Kong has totally shifted
towards being dominated by service industries,
which has resulted in a high vacancy rate of
local factory buildings and has turned some
traditional industrial districts into ‘stricken
areas’, which is a tremendous waste of social
resources, this Council urges the Government to
adopt in a timely and appropriate manner more
flexible policies to assist in the transformation
of traditional factory buildings, so as to adapt
to the present economic and commercial
development situation, which include:
(a) reviewing afresh and amending the
definitions of ‘industrial use’ and ‘factory’
in the relevant legislation and policies;
(b) on the premise of meeting building safety
requirements, enhancing the coordination
among relevant departments to provide
one-stop services, so as to streamline
and expedite the processing and approval
of applications by factory building owners
for changing the use of land or factory
buildings; and
(c) at town planning level, encouraging
overall planning for vacated factory
buildings in old industrial areas, such as
developing theme areas for creative
industries, electrical appliance cities and
merchandizing cities,
so that trades other than the traditional industries
can also make use of factory buildings for their
development, with a view to revitalizing old
industrial areas, reviving community economy
and creating more employment opportunities.”
was passed.31 January 2007
“Assisting in the transformation of factory buildings”
moved by
Hon Mrs Selina CHOW LIANG Shuk-yee129 Appendix 4 Date of Council meeting,Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
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The motion as amended by Dr Hon Joseph LEE
Kok-long: “That, as the number of consultations
by psychiatric patients in Hong Kong increases
significantly every year and the annual number
of consultations and first consultations at the
psychiatric specialist out-patient service of
public hospitals also rises drastically, but the
Government fails to provide adequate support
in this respect, resulting in a serious shortage
of resources and health care personnel in
psychiatric services at present and dire
challenges for prevention, diagnosis, treatment,
medication, hospitalization and rehabilitation
services, as well as patients being denied more
suitable medicines and better treatment, this
Council urges the Government to:
(a) expeditiously conduct a comprehensive
review on Hong Kong’s mental health
policy and regularly conduct studies and
reviews, as well as make appropriate
adjustments in the light of the relevant
results, so as to support and upgrade
mental health services;
(b) allocate more resources to psychiatric
services for recruiting more health care and
other specialist personnel, strengthening
relevant training for health care personnel
across the board, enhancing the ability of
family doctors to treat relevant illnesses and
improving the existing psychiatric services
in such areas as prevention, diagnosis,
treatment, medication, hospitalization and
rehabilitation;
(c) strengthen community psychiatric services,
enhance the functions of community
psychiatric health care teams and provide
primary mental health services in areas 31 January 2007
“A comprehensive review on mental health policy”
moved by
Dr Hon KWOK Ka-ki
amendments moved by
Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hung
Dr Hon Joseph LEE Kok-long130 Annual Report 2006-2007 Date of Council meeting,Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
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such as prevention, education and
assessment;
(d) integrate and coordinate the territory’s
medical and community rehabilitation
services in mental health, and explore a
new funding mechanism, so that the public
can enjoy more comprehensive mental
health services;
(e) invite people concerned across the
community, including frontline health care
personnel, patients and their family
members, social workers, social welfare
organizations, academics and other
people who are concerned about mental
health in Hong Kong, to jointly take part
in the formulation and review of the
overall mental health policy; and
(f) enhance public education on mental health,
so as to deepen the public’s understanding
of mental health, cause them to pay
proper attention to the importance of
mental health and reduce discrimination
of the community again st mental patients
and ex-mental patients.” was passed.
The motion as amended by Hon Albert HO Chun-
yan: “That, as the Government has announced
its Action Agenda to tie in with the National
Eleventh Five-Year Plan and fully affirmed the
importance of cross-boundary cooperation
between Hong Kong and the Mainland, this
Council urges the Government to expedite the
construction of various cross-boundary transport
infrastructures between Hong Kong and the
Mainland, such as the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-
Hong Kong Express Rail Link, Liantang Eastern
Corridor and Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge,
and to resume the ferry services between Shatin 7 February 2007
“Expeditiously implementing the construction of cross-
boundary transport infrastructures between Hong Kong
and the Mainland” moved by
Hon CHEUNG Hok-ming
amendments moved by
Hon Albert HO Chun-yan
Hon Andrew CHENG Kar-foo
Hon WONG Kwok-hing131 Appendix 4 Date of Council meeting,Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
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and Eastern Guangdong, etc; at the same time,
the Government should expeditiously review and
expedite the construction of ancillary facilities for
cross-boundary transport infrastructures within
Hong Kong’s territory, including:
(a) Route 10 (Northern Section), the Tuen Mun
Western Bypass, Tuen Mun-Chek Lap Kok
Link, Tuen Mun Eastern Bypass and the
easterly link road connecting Deep Bay
Link with Route 3, and taking proactive
measures to optimize the use of Route 3;
and
(b) expeditiously completing the extension
of Tuen Mun Road and widening part of
its expressway section to four-lane
carriageway;to comprehensively enhance the integration with
the Mainland’s transport infrastructures, so as to
promote sustainable and steady development of
Hong Kong’s economy.” was passed.
The motion: “That this Council notes the Air
Pollution Control (Volatile Organic Compounds)
Regulation which was published in the Gazette
as Legal Notice No. 20 of 2007 and laid
on the table of the Legislative Council on
28 February 2007.” was passed.14 March 2007
“Air Pollution Control (Volatile Organic Compounds)
Regulation” moved by
Hon Audrey EU Yuet-mee14 March 2007
“Legislating against the use of
artificial trans fats in food production” moved by
Hon Albert Jinghan CHENG
amendment moved by
Hon Fred LI Wah-ming(amendment proposed by
Hon Vincent FANG Kang was
withdrawn)
25 April 2007
“Overseas experience in air quality control, management
of municipal solid waste, renewable energy and total
water management” moved by
Hon CHOY So-yuk
132 Annual Report 2006-2007 Date of Council meeting,Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
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The motion as amended by Hon Fred LI Wah-
ming: “That, as the health problems caused by
trans fats in food have increasingly aroused
international concern, and cardiovascular
disease is the second leading cause of deaths
in Hong Kong, with medical research also
revealing that consumption of food containing
trans fats will increase the risk of contracting
coronary heart disease, and given that some
countries such as Denmark have legislated as
early as 2003 to prescribe the permissible
maximum level of trans fats in food, the use of
artificial trans fats in food production in restaurants
will also be gradually banned in places such
as New York, Chicago and Massachusetts
to safeguard public health, this Council urges
the Government to follow the practice of these
places to expeditiously legislate against the
use of artificial trans fats in food production in
local restaurants, to prescribe the permissible
maximum level of trans fats for all imported and
locally produced food, and to expeditiously
legislate for the Labelling Scheme on Nutrition
Information and, when implementing Phase I
of the Scheme, require the trans fats contents
in food to be listed on the package labels for
identification by consumers.” was passed.
The motion: “That this Council notes the
Report of the Delegation to Study Overseas
Experience in Air Quality Control, Management
of Municipal Solid Waste, Renewable Energy
and Total Water Management and urges the
Government to consider the findings therein.”
was passed.133 Appendix 4 Date of Council meeting,Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
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The motion: “That this Council strongly requests
that in interpreting the China-Japan Joint
Statement (1972) and the China-Japan Peace
and Friendship Treaty (1978), the Japanese
Government and the relevant authorities must
not unilaterally affirm that the two aforesaid
agreements have nullified the right of the
Chinese people to demand compensation from
the Japanese Government and corporations
in respect of personal losses and sufferings
arising from the war crimes committed during
the Second World War (‘WWII’), and that
the Chinese people have, under these two
agreements, given up their right to demand
such compensation, and demands the Japanese
Government to expeditiously legislate for the
making of righteous compensation to the victims
of the war crimes committed during the WWII;
this Council also urges the Central Government to
take measures to protect the right of the Chinese
people victimized by the war crimes committed
during the WWII to demand compensation from
Japan and provide them with humane care.”
was passed.
The motion as amended by Hon Andrew
LEUNG Kwan-yuen: “That this Council urges
the Government to increase university places
across the board, including those of publicly-
funded and private universities, so as to provide
more opportunities for local young people in the
appropriate age group to attend universities,
and in addition to opening up more channels
for outstanding graduates of sub-degree courses
to pursue further studies, provide opportunities
to more non-local students to attend universities
in Hong Kong, so as to facilitate Hong Kong’s
development into an education hub of the 25 April 2007
“Protecting the right of the Chinese victims to demand
compensation from Japan” moved by
Hon Albert HO Chun-yan
2 May 2007
“Increasing the number of local university places”
moved by
Hon CHEUNG Man-kwong
amendment moved by
Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen134 Annual Report 2006-2007 Date of Council meeting,Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
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region and cater for the social, education and
economic development needs of Hong Kong,
and to enable Hong Kong’s human resources
development to better tie in with the National
Eleventh Five-Year Plan and subsequent plans in
the Mainland, thereby training more talents in
various sectors such as finance, trade, logistics,
tourism and culture for Hong Kong.” was
passed.
The motion as amended by Hon Howard
YOUNG and Hon SIN Chung-kai: “That, in
view of the recent cases of Mainland tourists
being cheated while shopping in Hong Kong
which have aroused wide concern, this Council
urges the Government to adopt active measures
to rigorously combat unscrupulous shops ripping
off customers and to strengthen the regulation
of the tourism industry, in order to restore the
confidence of tourists coming to Hong Kong for
shopping, including:
On the cooperation with the relevant Mainland
authorities:(a) fully implementing the eight regulatory
measures promulgated earlier by the
China National Tourism Administration,
including conducting regular inspections
and imposing severe penalties on
non-compliant travel agents, so as
to thoroughly combat the problems arising
from zero-fare and negative-fare tours;
(b) prohibiting outbound travel agents in the
Mainland from imposing additional charges
on tour members for leaving the tour group
before completion of the itinerary;9 May 2007
“Combating unscrupulous shops” moved by
Hon LAU Kong-wah
amendments moved by
Hon Howard YOUNG
Hon Fred LI Wah-mingamendment to amendment moved by
Hon SIN Chung-kai
135 Appendix 4 Date of Council meeting,Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
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(c) vigorously publicizing to tourists the risks
involved in ‘arranged shopping’ tours and
the protection available to them;
(d) expeditiously allowing Hong Kong’s
reputable travel agents to operate Hong
Kong and Macao tours in Guangdong
Province, with a view to upgrading in the
long run the quality of tourism services in
the Mainland;
On the local front:
(e) studying whether there is a need for the
consolidation of the provisions relating to
protecting consumer rights and interests
in the existing legislation into a Protection
of Consumer Rights and Interests
Ordinance;(f) comprehensively reviewing the existing
legislation on protecting consumer rights
and interests, and tightening up regulation
to cover the marketing practices of
alluding to particular brands or misleading
the customers;
(g) enhancing the regular inspections and
‘undercover’ operations carried out by the
Police and the Customs and Excise
Department to crack down on shops
engaging in fraudulent practices and
selling fake products;
(h) requesting the Travel Industry Council of
Hong Kong (TIC) to set up a complaint
website, so that Mainland tourists may
lodge complaints through the website after 136 Annual Report 2006-2007 Date of Council meeting,Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
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their departure from Hong Kong, and
installing television facilities at border
crossing points to publicize tourism
information, as well as cooperating with
telecommunications companies to provide
inbound and outbound tourists with
information such as the complaint hotline
via mobile telephone short message
service;
(i) expeditiously discussing with the TIC the
introduction of a demerit point system to
regulate travel agents and tour guides;
(j) if the complaints are substantiated, fully
disclosing the parties involved in complaint
cases, including the names of shops, the
local and Mainland travel agents, as well
as the tour guides concerned; and
(k) discussing with the industry the introduction
of a tour guide fee system.” was passed.
The original motion: “That, in view of the United
Nations’ earlier warning that within this century,
global warming will cause hundreds of millions
of people to face disasters such as fresh water
shortage, famine, flooding, diseases, and the
rise in sea level will even pose a threat to the
coastal lands in Asia including the Pearl River
Delta region, from which Hong Kong can
hardly be immune; in order to alleviate the
greenhouse effect arising from imbalanced
urban development and to eliminate the
adverse effects of undesirable high-density
building developments on weather and the
environment, this Council urges the Government
to expeditiously formulate and implement 23 May 2007
“Policies on sustainable urban development and green
buildings” moved by
Prof Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shing
amendment moved by
Dr Hon KWOK Ka-ki137 Appendix 4 Date of Council meeting,Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
I. MOTIONS PASSED
policies on sustainable urban development and
green buildings, including:
(a) reviewing the existing legislation relating
to urban planning and buildings, and
introducing sustainable planning and green
building principles;
(b) studying the formulation of a Code of Practice
for introducing a ‘green building labelling’
system, and fully assessing the environmental
performance of buildings during the design
stage and after their being put to use on the
basis of energy efficiency, greening ratio,
air ventilation, renewable energy, household
waste treatment and design parameters
which are conducive to good weather and
urban environment; and
(c) the Government and public organizations
taking the lead in fully applying the relevant
policies to both new and existing public
buildings, educating the public, and offering
incentives to actively promote market
compliance,
so as to alleviate the impact of global warming
on Hong Kong and to build a pleasant city
which is sustainable through the implementation
of policies on urban development and green
buildings that are conducive to good weather
and environment.” was passed.138 Annual Report 2006-2007 Date of Council meeting,Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
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The motion as amended by Hon Vincent FANG
Kang and Hon Fred LI Wah-ming: “That, as the
Hong Kong SAR Government has indicated that
legislation will be enacted within the current
year to strengthen the control of imported poultry
eggs and cultured aquatic products, while the
Mainland Government has, with effect from 1
April this year, strengthened its inspection and
quarantine management system for vegetables
supplied to Hong Kong, including designating
supply farms, implementing label identification
and lead-seal control, and regularizing
certification and voucher management, etc,
and such requirements will be extended to
fruits and melons on 1 July and 1 October
respectively; furthermore, quarantine and seal
identification measures for vessels carrying fresh
water fish from Guangdong Province to Hong
Kong have also been enforced since 1 May,
so as to eradicate the smuggling of fish into
Hong Kong; however, so far the Hong Kong
SAR Government has not yet made any import
quarantine arrangements and complementary
management measures, nor has it publicized
the Mainland Government’s new regulations
to the public, hence making it possible for
unscrupulous traders to exploit Hong Kong’s
import quarantine and market management
loopholes and bring unquarantined live and
fresh food into the territory for sale in the market,
thereby endangering the public’s health, this
Council urges the Government to expeditiously
adopt measures to complement the Mainland’s
new management regulations for food supplied
to Hong Kong, and fully safeguard the safety
standards of live and fresh food in the territory,
including: 23 May 2007
“Safeguarding the safety of live and fresh food” moved by
Hon TAM Yiu-chung
amendments moved by
Hon Vincent FANG Kang
Hon Fred LI Wah-ming(amendment to amendment proposed by
Hon Tommy
CHEUNG Yu-yan was withdrawn)139 Appendix 4 Date of Council meeting,Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
I. MOTIONS PASSED
(a) enacting a set of comprehensive live and
fresh food safety law to bring live and fresh
food such as vegetables and fruits, aquatic
products and poultry eggs, etc, into the
regulatory ambit, prescribing relevant food
safety standards according to international
practices and local needs, and enforcing
import quarantine at border control points,
as well as implementing the arrangement for
all live and fresh food to be distributed in
the Government’s wholesale food markets,
so as to ensure the safety of imported live
and fresh food; while enacting the above
legislation, setting up at the same time
an emergency relief fund for the live and
fresh food industry to provide, in the event
of adversity in the industry, emergency
assistance to the affected trades, so as to
tide them over the difficult times;
(b) implementing a food importer registration
scheme and requiring food importers to
keep their import and sales records, so as to
enhance the enforcement authorities’ ability
to trace the sources and destinations of
food;
(c) disseminating information about the new
regulations promulgated by the Mainland
Government and the list of designated food
supply bases to the trade, and uploading
such information onto the Government’s
website, so as to enhance the awareness of
the trade and the public; and
(d) strengthening liaison with the local trade
to assess the impact of the new regulatory
measures implemented by the Mainland
and Hong Kong on the operations of the 140 Annual Report 2006-2007 Date of Council meeting,Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
I. MOTIONS PASSED
trade, and assisting the trade in making
adaptation;
besides, the Government should also assist
in improving the mode of operation of local
agricultural and breeding farms, so as to
increase the supplies of safe and high quality
local agricultural and fishery products, and
assist Hong Kong businesses which invest in
agriculture and fishery industries in the Mainland
in obtaining priority for reverse export of their
standards-compliant products to Hong Kong
for sale in the market; and study the expansion
of the Man Kam To Food Control Office, step
up random inspection of vehicles carrying
vegetables and fruits to reduce the chance of
vegetables and fruits from unknown sources
being brought into Hong Kong, and further
promote organic farming, including rendering
more technical support to farmers and assisting
the trade in expanding the market.” was
passed.
The motion as amended by Hon CHAN Kam-lam
and Hon Howard YOUNG: “That, Hong Kong
is a cosmopolitan city popular among tourists
all over the world, and the SAR Government
has all along supported the development of the
local tourism industry, which being one of the
four pillars of the local economy, should have
had immense room for development; however,
as most travel agencies in Hong Kong are
small and medium enterprises operating on
narrow profit margins and have recently been
affected by some negative factors, coupled
with the internal conflicts in the industry, the
tourism industry is encountering difficulties in
business operation; as such, this Council urges 30 May 2007
“Fostering the development of the tourism industry”
moved by
Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung
amendments moved by
Hon WONG Kwok-hing
Hon Fred LI Wah-ming
Hon TAM Heung-man
Hon CHAN Kam-lam
amendments to amendments moved by
Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen
Hon Howard YOUNG141 Appendix 4 Date of Council meeting,Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
I. MOTIONS PASSED
the Government to face up to the problems and
discuss with the industry measures to enhance
the level of professional services and promote
the long-term development of the industry, which
include:
(a) providing more training courses by the
Government to upgrade the quality of
professional services of the employees in
the tourism industry, in particular that of the
tourist guides;
(b) consolidating the level playing field and
free business environment for the tourism
industry;
(c) urging the Travel Industry Council of
Hong Kong to expeditiously introduce an
indemnity insurance system for the tourism
industry in order to strengthen the protection
for the industry and tourists and considering
extending the function of the Travel Industry
Compensation Fund for such purpose;
(d) communicating with the representatives of
travel agencies and tourist guides to study
the feasibility of introducing a basic salary
system for tourist guides; and
(e) rigorously combating unscrupulous shops and
penalizing the non-compliant travel agencies
so as to enhance the service standard of the
tourism industry.” was passed.142 Annual Report 2006-2007 Date of Council meeting,Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
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The motion: “That this Council urges the
Government to set up a Commission on
Children to fulfill the obligations under the
United Nations Convention on the Rights of the
Child, safeguard the well-being of children,
and ensure that children’s perspectives are fully
taken into account in the process of formulating
government policies.” was passed.
The motion: “That, as integrated education
in Hong Kong is currently implemented by a
whole-school approach, and as some schools
do not have sufficient complementary facilities
and adequate training for frontline teachers,
and they have to take care of too many types of
students with special needs, the result achieved
is not proportionate to the efforts made; for
example, although some autistic students have
excellent learning abilities, not only do they fail
to exploit their strengths in class, their social
adjustment and communication difficulties also
make it difficult for teachers to deal with their
behaviour, emotions and discipline in class, this
Council urges the Government to deploy more
resources to mainstream schools which admit
students with special educational needs, so as
to consolidate the foundation of such students
for learning and help them integrate into
mainstream education as soon as possible.”
was passed.6 June 2007
“Commission on Children” moved by
Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hung
6 June 2007
“Concern about students with special educational needs”
moved by
Hon Bernard CHAN143 Appendix 4 Date of Council meeting,Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
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The motion as amended by Hon Tommy
CHEUNG Yu-yan, Hon Fred LI Wah-ming and
Hon Vincent FANG Kang: “That, as recently
laboratory tests on food in Hong Kong have
successively detected the presence of harmful
substances, and furthermore, Hong Kong people
are showing increasing enthusiasm for nature in
their living and dietary habits, and have become
more concerned about the safety and supply
of food, which should have brought about
opportunities for developing modern agriculture
and fisheries industries in Hong Kong, yet in
recent years the Government’s policies have
adversely affected the local agriculture and
fisheries industries, particularly the development
of livestock farms, thereby posing a threat to
the industries’ development, this Council urges
that the Government should have regard to the
prevailing circumstances and formulate a policy
for promoting the sustainable development
of the agriculture and fisheries industries, with
measures targeted at various sectors of the
industries to upgrade their quality, assist in their
transformation and perfect the regulatory system,
including:
(a) in collaboration with the Mainland, actively
promoting an ‘agricultural test base’
scheme to be modelled on the ‘accredited
farm’ system, and allowing farmers who
have voluntarily surrendered their livestock
farming licences to continue their operations
in the Mainland, and export their produce
to Hong Kong under the Hong Kong quota
at a quantity determined according to their
previous farming capacity in Hong Kong, so
as to maintain a stable supply of live and
fresh food to the territory;13 June 2007
“Promoting the sustainable development of the local
agriculture and fisheries industries” moved by
Hon WONG Yung-kan
amendments moved by
Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan
Hon Fred LI Wah-ming(amendment proposed by
Hon WONG Kwok-hing was
withdrawn)amendment to amendment moved by
Hon Vincent FANG Kang144 Annual Report 2006-2007 Date of Council meeting,Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
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(b) actively promoting the development of
off-shore capture fishery through financial
and policy support, conserving in-shore
ecological resources, and assisting in-shore
fishermen in transforming their operations,
so as to improve their livelihood;
(c) further developing the local quality
aquaculture industry, and studying the
development of Hong Kong into a distribution
centre for aquatic products, so as to keep
in tune with the global development trend of
the aquaculture industry;
(d) further promoting the concept of organic
food, expediting the implementation of
the Organic Farming Conversion Scheme,
establishing a regulatory labelling system for
organic produce and opening up sales and
marketing channels, so as to promote the
development of organic farming in Hong
Kong;
(e) perfecting the regulatory system for the local
agriculture and fisheries industries to ensure
that local agricultural and fishery products
are of high quality and safe;
(f) stepping up efforts to promote the
development of the agriculture and fisheries
industries in the direction of integrating with
leisure and recreation, so as to meet the
needs of the public; and
(g) studying whether a monopoly currently exists
in the supply of livestock imported from the
Mainland, after comprehensively consulting
the relevant industries, discussing with the
Mainland authorities how to safeguard 145 Appendix 4 Date of Council meeting,Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
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the interests of consumers in Hong Kong by
opening up the market.” was passed.
The motion as amended by Dr Hon Fernando
CHEUNG Chiu-hung: “That, despite the
increasing demand for health care services
in Hong Kong in recent years because of
the continuous ageing of the population, the
Government has failed to work out a long-term
plan for nursing human resources, resulting in
a significant shortage of nurses over the years,
and the lack of promotion prospects in public
hospitals has led to low morale and persistent
wastage of nurses; moreover, the Hospital
Authority has recently projected that the number
of nurses would still fall short of the demand in
the coming years; and it is even more difficult
for the social welfare sector to recruit nursing
staff due to the implementation of the Lump Sum
Grant (LSG) subvention system, thus seriously
affecting the quality of elderly and rehabilitation
services; in view of the above factors, this
Council is worried that the quality of nursing
services in public hospitals and in the social
welfare sector will decline and therefore urges
the Government to expeditiously implement the
following measures to maintain the quality of
nursing services in Hong Kong:
(a) devising a comprehensive and long-term plan
for nursing human resources for general and
psychiatric services as well as for the social
welfare sector, including a comprehensive
survey on the manpower demand for
nurses;20 June 2007
“Policy on nursing manpower”
moved by
Dr Hon Joseph LEE Kok-long
amendment moved by
Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hung146 Annual Report 2006-2007 Date of Council meeting,Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
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(b) immediately conducting a comprehensive
review of the LSG subvention system
implemented in the social welfare sector,
and ensuring that sufficient nursing staff can
be recruited in the market by organizations
providing elderly and rehabilitation services
with a view to enhancing service quality;
(c) formulating an appropriate manpower ratio
between nurses and clients of nursing care
for public hospitals as well as for elderly
and rehabilitation services;
(d) allocating more resources to the training of
nurses and increasing the places for degree
programmes on nursing;
(e) improving the pay and promotion prospects
of nurses in public hospitals and in the
social welfare sector to curb the wastage of
nurses; and
(f) facing up to the problem of ‘de-nursing’, in
particular the common practice of assigning
health workers to undertake certain nursing
duties in the social welfare sector, and
ensuring that nursing services are provided
by nurses to clients of nursing care.” was
passed.
The original motion: “That this Council
endorses the Report on Elderly in Poverty by
the Subcommittee to Study the Subject of
Combating Poverty and urges the Government
to implement the recommendations therein.”
was passed.27 June 2007
“Elderly in poverty” moved by
Hon Frederick FUNG Kin-kee
amendment moved by
Hon Mrs Selina CHOW LIANG Shuk-yee147 Appendix 4 Date of Council meeting,Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
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The motion as amended by Hon SIN Chung-kai
and Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen: “That, in
view of the current relatively high management
fees charged under the Mandatory Provident
Fund (MPF) schemes and their less than
satisfactory investment returns, this Council urges
the Government to immediately adopt relevant
measures and create favourable conditions,
including changing the practice of employers
selecting the MPF trustees to allowing employees
to choose their own MPF trustees for their own
contributions, and adding new provisions to the
Code on Disclosure for MPF Investment Funds
to require MPF trustees to further disclose the
levels of fees and charges for various constituent
funds, so as to promote competition in the MPF
management market and facilitate comparison
by employees participating in the MPF schemes,
thereby effectively lowering the management
fees of the MPF schemes, and appropriately
increase the variety and flexibility of their
investments as well as strengthen the monitoring
of their investment performance, with a view to
preventing the erosion of the hard-earned money
contributed to the MPF by both employees and
employers, and enhancing the effectiveness of
the MPF in providing protection to employees’
retirement life.” was passed.
The motion as amended by Hon Jasper
TSANG Yok-sing: “That, as the complaints
about unscrupulous business practices in pay
television, telecommunications and internet
services have been on the rise in recent years,
this Council urges the Government to review the
existing mechanism, strengthen the regulation
of the business practices of providers of such
services, examine the extension of section 7M 27 June 2007
“Lowering the Mandatory Provident Fund management
fees” moved by
Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yee
amendments moved by
Hon SIN Chung-kai
Hon WONG Kwok-hing(amendment proposed by
Hon CHAN Kam-lam was
withdrawn)amendment to amendment moved by
Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen(amendment to amendment proposed by
Hon Jeffrey LAM
Kin-fung was withdrawn)
4 July 2007
“Strengthening the regulation of unscrupulous business
practices in pay television, telecommunications and
internet services” moved by
Dr Hon YEUNG Sumamendments moved by
Hon WONG Kwok-hing
Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing148 Annual Report 2006-2007 Date of Council meeting,Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
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of the Telecommunications Ordinance, which
regulates misleading or deceptive conduct
of telecommunications operators, to cover
pay television, and introduce a cooling-off
period, a procedure for contract verification
and standard terms in the contracts, so as to
safeguard the rights and interests of consumers.”
was passed.
The motion as amended by Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-
fung: “That, as the increasing amount of waste
in Hong Kong in recent years has exerted heavy
pressure on landfills and the over-exploitation
of global resources has led to tight supply of
certain resources, such objective conditions
have created opportunities for the development
of environmental industries; in this connection,
this Council urges the Government to formulate
a comprehensive policy on environmental
industries, which includes:
(a) expeditiously implementing the Producer
Responsibility Scheme to develop the work
processes and economic activities relating to
the recovery, disassembling, and recycling
and reuse of resources;
(b) strengthening publicity and education
to enhance public awareness of waste
separation, so as to increase the types and
amount of recovered waste;
(c) comprehensively implementing separation
and recovery of wet and dry waste so as
to pave the way for the recycling and reuse
of commercial and domestic food waste;
for example, the Government procures
fertilizers converted from locally recovered 4 July 2007
“Developing environmental industries to create job
opportunities” moved by
Hon KWONG Chi-kin
amendments moved by
Hon CHOY So-yuk
Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung
Hon Audrey EU Yuet-mee149 Appendix 4 Date of Council meeting,Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
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food waste for use on plants grown in
gardens and on roadsides;
(d) retaining and setting up recovery stations
and complementary facilities for wet and
dry waste in various districts to facilitate the
waste collectors’ midway collection, sorting
and transportation of waste;
(e) expediting the vetting and approval work
of the tendering of the EcoPark to facilitate
the development of recycling industries and
expeditiously taking forward Phase II of the
EcoPark development plan;
(f) establishing a high-level inter-departmental
industries facilitation council to formulate
more effective strategies to support
environmental recovery industries;
(g) implementing a green procurement policy
and requiring all departments and contractors
to comply with it, so as to provide a steady
outlet for green products and services; and
implementing a green certification system
for such products and services to facilitate
the Government, private organizations and
the public to identify those green products
and services that meet the certification
requirements when making procurement;
(h) subsidizing the research and development
of environmental industries, upgrading
the technology, as well as improving the
production environment of such industries,
and building up a professional image for
the industries, so as to attract more people
to take up the related work; and 150 Annual Report 2006-2007 Date of Council meeting,Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
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(i) assisting small and medium enterprises to
participate in those environmental industries
with prospects, and allowing social
enterprises to join in, on the premise that
they do not compete with the private sector
for profits,
thereby promoting the economic development
of environmental industries and creating related
job opportunities.” was passed.
The motion as amended by Hon CHOY So-
yuk: “That, as the Administration has failed to
provide the necessary support and protection
for some 300,000 ethnic minorities in Hong
Kong, and many of them have encountered
difficulties on various fronts, creating barriers
to their development and integration into the
Hong Kong community, this Council urges the
Administration to adopt measures to protect
the rights and interests of ethnic minorities,
including:
(a) on the education front, allocating additional
resources to increase the number of
designated schools in various districts
which admit more non-Chinese speaking
primary and secondary students and to
provide appropriate support to the schools
concerned and, at the same time, offering
a curriculum and public examination for the
subject of Chinese Language which are
suitable for students of ethnic minorities, so
that such students who are not proficient in
Chinese can have equal opportunities to
further their studies in schools, especially
universities, and in employment;
(b) in respect of young people of ethnic
minorities, allocating additional resources to 11 July 2007
“Rights and interests of ethnic minorities” moved by
Hon Fred LI Wah-ming
amendment moved by
Hon CHOY So-yuk151 Appendix 4 Date of Council meeting,Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
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strengthen social services for young people
of ethnic minorities, and assisting those
who are beyond school age to complete
secondary and vocational education;
(c) on the employment front, conducting
vocational training courses and trade tests in
English or the languages of ethnic minorities
according to their needs, relaxing the entry
requirement in respect of Chinese proficiency
in the recruitment of staff by the Government
and public sector organizations, and
arranging for suitable posts to be filled by
ethnic minorities as far as practicable, and
also providing information on job vacancies
in both Chinese and English and setting up a
dedicated employment counter by the Labour
Department to assist ethnic minorities visiting
the Department in seeking employment and
making enquiries about labour laws as well
as workers’ rights and interests;
(d) on the public services front, providing free
interpretation service for ethnic minorities
using public services, such as public
healthcare, social and employment services,
etc;
(e) on the religion and culture fronts, providing
venues and other facilities in the districts in
which a larger number of ethnic minorities
resided in for conducting religious and
cultural activities and, at the same time,
enhancing civic education to promote public
understanding of and respect for the cultures
of ethnic minorities;
(f) appointing ethnic minorities with ability to
public organizations or advisory bodies, such 152 Annual Report 2006-2007 Date of Council meeting,Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
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as the Equal Opportunities Commission,
so as to reflect the aspirations of ethnic
minorities;
(g) ensuring, by means of comprehensive
legislation and complementary measures,
that ethnic minorities are not discriminated
against; and
(h) setting up a comprehensive database
to collect, in a systematic and focused
manner, data relating to ethnic minorities
in such areas as employment, education,
use of public services, religion and culture,
with a view to understanding their needs
and thereby formulating a well-thought out
policy to facilitate the integration of ethnic
minorities into the Hong Kong community.”
was passed.
The motion as amended by Hon Audrey EU
Yuet-mee: “That, as Hong Kong’s relationship
with the Mainland is increasingly close since
its reunification with the motherland, and
experience has proved that enhancing co-
operation between the two places can bring
about a mutually beneficial and win-win effect,
this Council urges the Government to continue
to develop its co-operative relationship with
the Mainland on all fronts, especially on issues
concerning immigration policies, environment,
air quality and food safety, and to set up a
co-operation mechanism which is permanent
and efficient, covering more areas and levels,
to undertake overall planning, co-ordination
and policy formulation on important issues
concerning co-operative development.” was
passed.11 July 2007
“Developing co-operative relationship with the Mainland”
moved by
Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing
amendments moved by
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing
Hon Audrey EU Yuet-mee
Hon Albert HO Chun-yan153 Appendix 4 Date of Council meeting,Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
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25, 26 and 27 October 2006
“Motion of Thanks” moved by
Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yee
amendments moved by
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan
Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yipThe original motion: “That this Council thanks
the Chief Executive for his address.” and the
proposed amendments to the motion were
negatived.
The original motion: “That, as the 2006-2007
Policy Address proposes to launch a Wage
Protection Movement for employees in the
cleansing and guarding services sectors, but
participation in the movement is entirely voluntary
and employers who do not participate are not
bound by it, this Council urges the Government
to expeditiously:
(a) apply the Trade Boards Ordinance to
specify a minimum wage level and the rates
of overtime pay, starting with the cleansing
and guarding services sectors; and
(b) regulate the number of working hours,
reasonable rest breaks during working hours
and the rates of overtime pay, so as to ensure
that employees have sufficient time for rest
and studies.” and the proposed amendments
to the motion were negatived.
The motion: “That, while the airwaves should
be the common asset of all people, only two
sound broadcasting licences have so far been
issued by the Government, subjecting the
public’s speech to unreasonable restrictions and
rendering many organizations and individuals
unable to disseminate their messages through the 1 November 2006
“Minimum wage, standard working hours” moved by
Hon WONG Kwok-hing
amendments moved by
Hon LEUNG Yiu-chung
Hon Andrew CHENG Kar-foo
8 November 2006
“Opening up the airwaves” moved by
Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yip154 Annual Report 2006-2007 Date of Council meeting,Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
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airwaves; with the forum for speech diminishing,
some members of the public have even set up
community radio stations on their own in recent
years, but these radio stations have been
shut down by the Administration; furthermore,
many members of the community have over
the years requested the early establishment of
public access radio and television channels, so
that the public’s right to access the airwaves
will not be deprived; in view of the above,
this Council urges the Government to amend
the Broadcasting Ordinance expeditiously to
implement the following measures:
(a) opening up the airwaves to allow the public
to operate radio stations on their own, so as
to make available diversified broadcasting
services;
(b) opening up public access television channels
at an early date; and
(c) fully implementing digital broadcasting at
an early date to increase the number of
broadcasting channels.” was negatived.
The original motion: “That this Council urges the
Government to actively study the feasibility of
establishing a leisure, gaming and entertainment
complex on Lantau, and to conduct extensive
consultation in this regard.” and the proposed
amendments to the motion were negatived.22 November 2006
“Leisure, gaming and entertainment complex” moved by
Hon James TIEN Pei-chun
amendment moved by
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit
amendment to amendment moved by
Hon Mrs Selina CHOW LIANG Shuk-yee155 Appendix 4 Date of Council meeting,Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
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The original motion: “That this Council considers
the year 2012 appropriate for electing the
Chief Executive by universal suffrage.” and
the proposed amendment to the motion were
negatived.
The original motion: “That this Council considers
the year 2012 or before appropriate for
electing all Members of the Legislative Council
by universal suffrage.” and the proposed
amendment to the motion were negatived.
The original motion: “That this Council urges the
Government to expeditiously initiate studies and
public consultation with a view to promoting law
reforms, public policies and measures that are
conducive to the development of party politics.”
and the proposed amendment to the motion
were negatived.22 November 2006
“Electing the Chief Executive by universal suffrage”
moved by
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah
amendment moved by
Hon Howard YOUNG
29 November 2006
“Electing the Legislative Council by universal suffrage”
moved by
Hon LEE Cheuk-yanamendment moved by
Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yip
6 December 2006
“Promoting the development of party politics” moved by
Hon Margaret NG
amendment moved by
Dr Hon Philip WONG Yu-hong156 Annual Report 2006-2007 Date of Council meeting,Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
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20 December 2006
“Urging the Central Government not to interfere in the
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region’s internal
affairs” moved by
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing
amendment moved by
Hon Howard YOUNGThe original motion: “That this Council urges
the Central Government not to interfere in the
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region’s
internal affairs, including the Chief Executive
election, and urges the Administration to
make every effort to defend the Hong Kong
Special Administrative Region’s high degree of
autonomy and Hong Kong people ruling Hong
Kong under ‘one country, two systems’.” and
the proposed amendment to the motion were
negatived.
The original motion: “That, as the income
of public rental housing (‘PRH’) tenants has
dropped as a result of the economic downturn
in earlier years, but the Housing Authority (‘HA’)
has not reduced the rent of PRH, and during the
period from 1998, when rent increases began
to be suspended, to 2005, the income index
of PRH households has dropped by about 15%
while their median household monthly income
has fallen by more than 20%, this Council
urges the HA to expeditiously reduce the rent
by 15% to 20% in accordance with the level
of reduction in the income of PRH tenants, and
grant a two-month rent remission to compensate
for the extra amount of rent that PRH tenants
have paid over the years.” and the proposed
amendment to the motion were negatived.
The original motion: “That, despite the
revival of Hong Kong’s economy for a
considerable period of time, the job market
still suffers from serious structural imbalance
and, without minimum wage protection, the
income of workers is polarized, which has
led to the widening of the disparity between
the rich and the poor and the worsening of
inter-generational poverty, this Council urges 7 February 2007
“Urging the Housing Authority to grant rent remission to
public rental housing tenants and expeditiously reduce the
rent” moved by
Hon Frederick FUNG Kin-kee
amendment moved by
Hon CHAN Yuen-han
7 March 2007
“Creating job opportunities and improving the income of
elementary workers” moved by
Hon CHAN Yuen-hanamendments moved by
Hon Andrew CHENG Kar-foo
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit
Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen157 Appendix 4 Date of Council meeting,Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
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7 March 2007
“Strengthening the supervision of railway safety”
moved by
Hon Andrew CHENG Kar-foo
amendments moved by
Hon WONG Kwok-hing
Hon LI Kwok-yingthe Government to develop a diversified
economy, such as promoting local community
culture and creative industries, etc; at the
same time, the Government should make
changes to the relevant policies to facilitate
the promotion of social enterprises, thereby
increasing job opportunities and easing the
oversupply of workers in the elementary labour
market; in addition, the Government should
provide more training opportunities to working
youths and middle-aged people to enhance
their competitiveness.” and the proposed
amendments to the motion were negatived.
The original motion: “That, as the railway network
in Hong Kong is continuously expanding with
part of the railway systems starting to age, and
in view of the recent serious West Rail incident
as well as the incidents and delays involving the
railway systems that occurred from time to time in
the past few years, which have aroused public
concern about the safety of railway operations,
this Council urges the Government to strengthen
its supervision of the Kowloon-Canton Railway
Corporation and the MTR Corporation Limited
(“railway corporations”) and to adopt the
following measures, in order to safeguard the
safety of the public and ensure that the railway
systems are capable of providing efficient,
effective and safe services:
(a) creating the post of Commissioner for
Railway Safety with the responsibilities to
advise, conduct studies, make assessments
and propose improvement measures on the
various safety issues of the railway systems 158 Annual Report 2006-2007 Date of Council meeting,Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
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(including daily maintenance, system safety,
train operations, etc), as well as to lead the
work of the Railway Inspectorate;
(b) expanding the current staff establishment
and powers of the Railway Inspectorate to
assist the Commissioner for Railway Safety
in discharging his duties;
(c) introducing a demerit points system for
situations such as disruptions, delays and
system failures in train services, and setting
objective and clear standards for the service
performance of the railway corporations;
(d) including the number of hours of service
disruptions or delays resulting from railway
incidents, the number of affected passengers
and the number of the resultant casualties
as factors to be considered when assessing
annually whether the services of the railway
corporations have attained the required
standards;
(e) reviewing and improving the existing
maintenance work of the railway systems,
and requesting the railway corporations
to allocate additional resources to their
maintenance departments;
(f) reviewing and improving the current feeder
service arrangements and the contingency
procedures in the event of train service
disruptions or delays owing to incidents, so
as to strengthen the capability of the railway
corporations to cope with emergencies;159 Appendix 4 Date of Council meeting,Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
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2 May 2007
“Conserving the Queen’s Pier”
moved by
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit
amendments moved by
Hon Mrs Selina CHOW LIANG Shuk-yee
Hon CHEUNG Hok-ming(g) reviewing and upgrading the fire service
equipment and means of escape provided
along all the railways and inside the train
cars;
(h) requesting the railway corporations to give
more training and support to the frontline
maintenance staff, and requiring them to
provide sufficient rest breaks for the staff,
so as to enhance their morale and service
quality;
(i) requiring the railway corporations to
provide radio reception services along all
the railways (including the tunnels), so as to
ensure that the public can obtain information
on railway incidents and emergency
arrangements more promptly; and
(j) requesting the railway corporations to
install screen doors or automated gates at
the platforms of all railway stations so as to
ensure the safety of passengers.” and the
proposed amendments to the motion were
negatived.
The original motion: “That, given the grave
concerns expressed by various sectors of
the community about the preservation of the
Queen’s Pier in Central, and for the effective
conservation of the Queen’s Pier, this Council
urges the Government to immediately adopt
the Principles for the Conservation of Heritage
Sites in China approved by the Central People’s
Government in 2000 and to undertake to adopt
‘conservation in-situ, minimal interference,
preservation of the original condition and
protection of the heritage environment’ as the 160 Annual Report 2006-2007 Date of Council meeting,Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
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9 May 2007
“Improving the planning for Hong Kong and reducing
screen-like buildings” moved by
Hon WONG Kwok-hing
amendments moved by
Hon Frederick FUNG Kin-kee
Hon Audrey EU Yuet-mee
Prof Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shing
Hon LEE Wing-tatprinciples for formulating and expeditiously
implementing the most effective proposal for
preserving the Queen’s Pier in-situ, including
proper adjustments to the current works
projects and designs of future projects to avoid
damaging the existing structure of the Queen’s
Pier, so as to minimize the impact of works
projects on the present site of the Queen’s Pier.”
and the proposed amendments to the motion
were negatived.
The original motion: “That, despite the planning
guidelines provided in the existing Hong Kong
Planning Standards and Guidelines on building
density, layout, urban design and air ventilation
etc, such guidelines are not legally binding,
resulting in the recent emergence of a large
number of screen-like buildings, which not only
affect the air ventilation and lighting, etc of
the neighbouring areas but also bring adverse
impact on the planning of ancillary facilities,
such as transport and public realm, for the
entire community; in view of the above, this
Council urges the Government to thoroughly
review the Hong Kong Planning Standards and
Guidelines, consider introducing legislative
measures to regulate the density and height of
buildings, air ventilation and lighting, etc, and,
at the same time, protect the ridgelines and
harbour view, so as to ensure better planning for
Hong Kong.” and the proposed amendments
to the motion were negatived.161 Appendix 4 Date of Council meeting,Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
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The original motion: “That this Council urges
the Government to develop and promote
entrepreneurship, and nurture on all fronts the
public’s understanding and development of
entrepreneurial qualities, so that Hong Kong
can become a city with the spirit and culture of
entrepreneurship to meet the challenges of the
21st century, and the proposals include:
(a) establishing the impor tance of
entrepreneurship to the development of an
individual and the society;
(b) developing education on entrepreneurship
by incorporating the elements of
entrepreneurship into the curriculum of all
levels of basic education and university
education, thereby making entrepreneurship
an integral part of whole-person
development;
(c) enhancing the business sector’s recognition
and awareness of their corporate social
responsibilities, promoting and establishing
a platform of cooperation between the
business and education sectors, as well
as examining the provision of incentives
to encourage the business sector to jointly
participate in promoting entrepreneurship;
and
(d) laying a solid foundation for the development
of a society with entrepreneurship, which
includes providing favourable social
conditions for promoting the development
of creativity and innovative thinking, and
taking forward the direction and modes
of life-long learning to promote self-
enhancement in a systematic manner.” and 16 May 2007
“Promoting entrepreneurship”moved by
Hon Mrs Sophie LEUNG LAU Yau-fun
amendments moved by
Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hung
Hon Albert HO Chun-yan162 Annual Report 2006-2007 Date of Council meeting,Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
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the proposed amendments to the motion
were negatived.
The motion: “That this Council urges that: the
4 June incident be not forgotten, the 1989
pro-democracy movement be vindicated, the
civil rights movement be supported, and a
constitutional democracy be established.” was
negatived.
The original motion: “That, as the review report
published by the Committee on Review of
Public Service Broadcasting recommends the
formation of a public broadcaster independent
of the government structure, this Council urges the
Government to expeditiously review the future
role, positioning and development direction of
Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK), actively
study the feasibility of transforming RTHK to
become the Hong Kong Public Broadcasting
Corporation, and conduct public consultation
on the results of the review and the study.” and
the proposed amendment to the motion were
negatived.The original motion: “That this Council appeals
to all the people of Hong Kong to demonstrate
the people’s power once again on 1 July this
year to fight for the building of a society of
democracy, prosperity and social justice for
Hong Kong.” and the proposed amendment to
the motion were negatived.30 May 2007
“The 4 June incident” moved by
Hon Martin LEE Chu-ming
13 June 2007
“Transforming Radio Television Hong Kong to become the
Hong Kong Public Broadcasting Corporation” moved by
Hon LEE Wing-tat
amendment moved by
Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing
20 June 2007
“Demonstrating the people’s power on 1 July” moved by
Hon James TO Kun-sun
amendment moved by
Hon Martin LEE Chu-ming 163 Appendix 4 Date of Council meeting,Subject and Mover Wording of Motion and Result
I I I. MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT
13 December 2006
Motion for adjournment moved by
Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hungThe motion: “That this Council do now adjourn
for the purpose of debating the following issue:
Demolition of the clock tower at the Star Ferry
Pier.” was negatived.164 Annual Report 2006-2007Appendix 5
SUBCOMMITTEES OF
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Establishment Subcommittee
Hon LI Fung-ying (Chairman)
Hon WONG Kwok-hing (Deputy Chairman)
Hon James TIEN Pei-chun
Ir Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-tai Dr Hon David LI Kwok-po
Hon Margaret NG
Hon CHEUNG Man-kwong
Hon SIN Chung-kai
Hon WONG Yung-kan Hon Howard YOUNG
Dr Hon YEUNG Sum
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him Hon MA Lik (up to 8.8.2007)
Dr Hon KWOK Ka-ki
Hon WONG Ting-kwong Prof Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shing
Hon KWONG Chi-kin
Public Works Subcommittee
Ir Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-tai (Chairman)
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit (Deputy Chairman)
Hon Fred LI Wah-ming
Hon Mrs Selina CHOW LIANG Shuk-yee Hon James TO Kun-sun
Hon CHEUNG Man-kwong
Hon CHAN Yuen-han
Hon CHAN Kam-lam
Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing Hon LAU Kong-wah
Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yee
Hon CHOY So-yuk Hon Andrew CHENG Kar-foo
Hon TAM Yiu-chung
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yip
Hon LEE Wing-tat
Hon LI Kwok-ying
Hon Daniel LAM Wai-keungMEMBERSHIP OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
COMMITTEES (BY COMMITTEES)
Hon CHEUNG Hok-ming
Prof Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shing
Hon TAM Heung-man
COMMITTEE ON MEMBERS’ INTERESTS
Hon Mrs Sophie LEUNG LAU Yau-fun (Chairman)
Hon SIN Chung-kai (Deputy Chairman) Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him Hon LI Kwok-ying
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit
Hon Albert Jinghan CHENG
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE
Dr Hon Philip WONG Yu-hong (Chairman)
Hon TAM Heung-man (Deputy Chairman) Hon LAU Kong-wah
Hon Andrew CHENG Kar-foo
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him
Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung
Hon Albert Jinghan CHENG
COMMITTEE ON RULES OF PROCEDURE
Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing (Chairman) Hon Margaret NG (Deputy Chairman)
Hon James TIEN Pei-chun
Hon Martin LEE Chu-ming Hon Mrs Selina CHOW LIANG Shuk-yee
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing
Hon LI Fung-ying
Hon Daniel LAM Wai-keung
Hon MA Lik (up to 8.8.2007) Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah
Prof Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shing
Hon KWONG Chi-kin165 Appendix 5BILLS COMMITTEES
Bills Committee on Accreditation of Academic
and Vocational Qualifications Bill
Hon TAM Yiu-chung (Chairman)
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan
Hon Margaret NG
Hon CHAN Yuen-han Hon LEUNG Yiu-chung
Hon SIN Chung-kai
Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing
Hon Andrew CHENG Kar-foo
Hon LI Fung-ying Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan
Hon Vincent FANG Kang
Dr Hon Joseph LEE Kok-long Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung
Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hung
Hon WONG Ting-kwong
Bills Committee on Attachment of Income
Order (Application to Government and
Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2007
Hon CHOY So-yuk (Chairman) Hon Albert HO Chun-yan
Hon Margaret NG
Hon James TO Kun-sun Hon CHAN Yuen-han
Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yee
(since 23.7.2007)
Bills Committee on Building Management
(Amendment) Bill 2005
Hon James TO Kun-sun (Chairman) Hon Albert HO Chun-yan
Hon Margaret NG
Hon Mrs Selina CHOW LIANG Shuk-yee Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing
Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yee
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing
Hon CHOY So-yuk Hon Andrew CHENG Kar-foo Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him
Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yip
Hon Audrey EU Yuet-mee
Hon WONG Kwok-hing Hon LI Kwok-ying
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung Prof Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shing
Hon TAM Heung-man
Bills Committee on City University of Hong
Kong (Amendment) Bill 2006
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing (Chairman)
Ir Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-tai
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan
Hon CHEUNG Man-kwong
Dr Hon YEUNG Sum
Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan (since 10.11.2006)
Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hung
Prof Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shing
Bills Committee on Civil Justice (Miscellaneous
Amendments) Bill 2007
Hon Margaret NG (Chairman) Hon James TO Kun-sun
Hon LI Kwok-ying
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah
Bills Committee on Copyright (Amendment) Bill
2006
Hon SIN Chung-kai (Chairman) Hon Margaret NG
Hon Mrs Selina CHOW LIANG Shuk-yee
Hon Bernard CHAN Hon CHAN Kam-lam
Dr Hon Philip WONG Yu-hong
Dr Hon YEUNG Sum
Hon Timothy FOK Tsun-ting
Hon Audrey EU Yuet-mee Hon Vincent FANG Kang166 Annual Report 2006-2007 Hon LI Kwok-ying
Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung
Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen
Hon WONG Ting-kwong Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah
Hon CHIM Pui-chung
Prof Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shing
Hon Albert Jinghan CHENG
Bills Committee on Domestic Violence
(Amendment) Bill 2007
Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hung
(Chairman)
Hon Albert HO Chun-yan
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan
Hon Margaret NG Hon James TO Kun-sun
Hon CHAN Yuen-han
Hon Bernard CHAN
Dr Hon YEUNG Sum
Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yee
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing
Hon CHOY So-yuk Hon TAM Yiu-chung
Hon LI Fung-ying
Hon Audrey EU Yuet-mee Hon WONG Kwok-hing
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah
Hon KWONG Chi-kin
Hon TAM Heung-man
Bills Committee on Domicile Bill
Hon James TO Kun-sun (Chairman)Hon Martin LEE Chu-ming (since 30.4.2007)
Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing
Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yeeHon Audrey EU Yuet-meeBills Committee on Employment (Amendment)
Bill 2006
Hon KWONG Chi-kin (Chairman)Hon LEE Cheuk-yan
Hon Martin LEE Chu-ming
Hon Margaret NGHon Mrs Selina CHOW LIANG Shuk-yee
Hon CHAN Yuen-han
Hon LEUNG Yiu-chung
Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing
Hon Andrew CHENG Kar-fooHon LI Fung-ying
Hon Audrey EU Yuet-mee
Hon Vincent FANG KangHon WONG Kwok-hing
Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung
Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hungDr Hon Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hung
Hon WONG Ting-kwong
Bills Committee on Energy Efficiency
(Labelling of Products) Bill
Hon Audrey EU Yuet-mee (Chairman)
Hon Fred LI Wah-ming
Dr Hon LUI Ming-wah
Hon SIN Chung-kaiHon Emily LAU Wai-hing
Hon CHOY So-yuk
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him
Hon Vincent FANG Kang
Hon WONG Ting-kwong
Bills Committee on The English Schools
Foundation (Amendment) Bill 2007
Dr Hon YEUNG Sum (Chairman)Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-himHon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan
Hon Audrey EU Yuet-mee167 Appendix 5Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hung
Hon Albert Jinghan CHENG
Hon TAM Heung-man
Bills Committee on Hazardous Chemicals
Control Bill
Hon CHOY So-yuk (Chairman)
Hon SIN Chung-kai
Hon Audrey EU Yuet-mee
Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen
Bills Committee on Housing (Amendment)
Bill 2007
Hon Mrs Selina CHOW LIANG Shuk-yee
(Chairman)Hon Albert HO Chun-yanHon LEE Cheuk-yan
Hon Fred LI Wah-ming
Hon CHAN Yuen-han
Hon CHAN Kam-lam
Hon LEUNG Yiu-chungHon WONG Yung-kan
Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yee
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hingHon Abraham SHEK Lai-him
Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan
Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yipHon Frederick FUNG Kin-kee
Hon WONG Kwok-hing
Hon LEE Wing-tat
Hon LI Kwok-ying
Dr Hon Joseph LEE Kok-longHon Daniel LAM Wai-keung
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung
Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hung
Hon CHEUNG Hok-mingHon WONG Ting-kwong
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah
Prof Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shingBills Committee on Mainland Judgments
(Reciprocal Enforcement) Bill
Hon Margaret NG (Chairman)Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yee (Deputy Chairman)
Hon Martin LEE Chu-mingHon James TO Kun-sunHon Audrey EU Yuet-mee
Hon LI Kwok-ying
Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah
Bills Committee on Mandatory Provident
Fund Schemes (Amendment) Bill 2007
Hon CHAN Kam-lam (Chairman)
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan
Dr Hon LUI Ming-wah
Hon CHAN Yuen-hanHon LEUNG Yiu-chung
Hon SIN Chung-kai
Hon TAM Yiu-chungHon LI Fung-ying
Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan
Hon Audrey EU Yuet-meeHon WONG Kwok-hing
Hon LI Kwok-ying
Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuenHon Alan LEONG Kah-kit
Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hung
Hon WONG Ting-kwong
Hon TAM Heung-man
Bills Committee on Patents (Amendment) Bill
2007
Hon SIN Chung-kai (Chairman)
Hon Margaret NG
Hon LI Kwok-ying
Hon WONG Ting-kwong168 Annual Report 2006-2007Bills Committee on Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals (Amendment) Bill 2006
Hon James TIEN Pei-chun (Chairman)
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan
Hon Fred LI Wah-ming
Hon Margaret NG (up to 4.10.2006)Hon CHOY So-yuk
Hon Audrey EU Yuet-mee
Hon WONG Kwok-hing
Hon Daniel LAM Wai-keung
Bills Committee on Race Discrimination Bill
Hon Margaret NG (Chairman)
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him (Deputy Chairman)
Hon LEE Cheuk-yanHon Martin LEE Chu-mingDr Hon LUI Ming-wah
Hon James TO Kun-sun
Hon CHEUNG Man-kwongHon CHAN Yuen-han
Hon Bernard CHAN
Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-singHon Howard YOUNG
Dr Hon YEUNG Sum
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hingHon CHOY So-yuk
Hon LI Fung-ying
Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yip
Hon Audrey EU Yuet-mee
Hon Daniel LAM Wai-keungHon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit
Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hung
Hon WONG Ting-kwong
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wahHon TAM Heung-man
Bills Committee on Rail Merger Bill
Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yee (Chairman)Hon TAM Yiu-chung (Deputy Chairman)
Hon Albert HO Chun-yan
Ir Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-taiHon LEE Cheuk-yanDr Hon LUI Ming-wah
Hon Mrs Selina CHOW LIANG Shuk-yee
Hon CHAN Kam-lam
Hon LEUNG Yiu-chung
Hon SIN Chung-kai
Hon LAU Kong-wah
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing
Hon Andrew CHENG Kar-fooHon Abraham SHEK Lai-him
Hon LI Fung-ying
Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yanHon Albert CHAN Wai-yip
Hon WONG Kwok-hing
Hon LEE Wing-tatHon LI Kwok-ying
Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung
Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hung
Hon CHEUNG Hok-mingHon Ronny TONG Ka-wah
Hon CHIM Pui-chung
Prof Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shingHon KWONG Chi-kin
Hon TAM Heung-man
Bills Committee on Revenue Bill 2007
Hon CHAN Kam-lam (Chairman)
Hon James TIEN Pei-chun
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan
Hon CHAN Yuen-hanHon SIN Chung-kai
Hon Howard YOUNG
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-himHon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan
Hon Vincent FANG Kang
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kitHon WONG Ting-kwong
Hon TAM Heung-man169 Appendix 5Bills Committee on Safety of United Nations
and Associated Personnel Bill
Hon Margaret NG (Chairman)
Hon James TO Kun-sun
Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing
Bills Committee on Shenzhen Bay Port
Hong Kong Port Area Bill
Hon LAU Kong-wah (Chairman)
Hon KWONG Chi-kin (Deputy Chairman)
Hon Margaret NG
Hon James TO Kun-sunHon Bernard CHAN
Dr Hon Philip WONG Yu-hong
Hon WONG Yung-kan
Hon Howard YOUNG
Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yeeHon Emily LAU Wai-hingHon Andrew CHENG Kar-foo
Hon TAM Yiu-chung
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-himHon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen
Hon CHEUNG Hok-ming
Hon CHIM Pui-chung
Bills Committee on Statute Law
(Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007
Hon Margaret NG (Chairman)
Hon James TO Kun-sun
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing
Hon LI Kwok-ying
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wahBills Committee on Tsing Sha Control Area Bill
Hon LAU Kong-wah (Chairman)Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yee
Hon Andrew CHENG Kar-foo
Hon WONG Kwok-hingHon LEE Wing-tat
Hon CHEUNG Hok-ming
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah
Bills Committee on Unsolicited Electronic
Messages Bill
Hon Howard YOUNG (Chairman)Hon James TO Kun-sun
Hon SIN Chung-kai
Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-singHon Emily LAU Wai-hing
Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen
Hon WONG Ting-kwongHon Ronny TONG Ka-wah170 Annual Report 2006-2007PANELS
I. Panels
Panel on Administration of Justice and Legal
Services
Hon Margaret NG (Chairman)
Hon MA Lik (Deputy Chairman)
(up to 8.8.2007)
Hon Martin LEE Chu-mingHon James TO Kun-sun
Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing
Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yee
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing
Hon Audrey EU Yuet-mee
Hon LI Kwok-ying
Panel on Commerce and Industry
Hon Vincent FANG Kang (Chairman)Hon WONG Ting-kwong
(Deputy Chairman)
Dr Hon LUI Ming-wahHon CHAN Kam-lam
Hon Mrs Sophie LEUNG LAU Yau-fun
Hon SIN Chung-kai
Hon Timothy FOK Tsun-ting
Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fungHon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah
Hon CHIM Pui-chung
Panel on Constitutional Affairs
Dr Hon LUI Ming-wah (Chairman)Hon TAM Yiu-chung (Deputy Chairman)
Hon James TIEN Pei-chun
Hon Albert HO Chun-yanIr Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-tai
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan
Hon Martin LEE Chu-ming
Hon Margaret NGHon Mrs Selina CHOW LIANG Shuk-yee
Hon CHEUNG Man-kwongHon CHAN Yuen-han
Hon Bernard CHAN
Hon Mrs Sophie LEUNG LAU Yau-funHon LEUNG Yiu-chung
Dr Hon Philip WONG Yu-hong
Hon WONG Yung-kanHon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing
Hon Howard YOUNG
Dr Hon YEUNG Sum
Hon LAU Kong-wah
Hon LAU Wong-fatHon Emily LAU Wai-hing
Hon CHOY So-yuk
Hon Timothy FOK Tsun-tingHon Abraham SHEK Lai-him
Hon LI Fung-ying
Hon Audrey EU Yuet-meeHon WONG Kwok-hing
Hon LEE Wing-tat
Hon Daniel LAM Wai-keung
Hon MA Lik (up to 8.8.2007)
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kitHon LEUNG Kwok-hung
Dr Hon KWOK Ka-ki
Hon CHEUNG Hok-mingHon WONG Ting-kwong
Hon TONG Ka-wah
Hon CHIM Pui-chungProf Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shing
Hon KWONG Chi-kin
Panel on Economic Services
Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung (Chairman)
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him
(Deputy Chairman)
Hon James TIEN Pei-chunIr Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-tai
Dr Hon David LI Kwok-po
Hon Fred LI Wah-ming
Dr Hon LUI Ming-wah
Hon CHAN Kam-lam171 Appendix 5Hon SIN Chung-kai
Hon Howard YOUNGHon LAU Chin-shek
Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yeeHon Vincent FANG Kang
Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen
Hon WONG Ting-kwongHon Ronny TONG Ka-wah
Hon CHIM Pui-chung
Hon KWONG Chi-kin
Hon TAM Heung-man
Panel on Education
Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing (Chairman)
Dr Hon YEUNG Sum (Deputy Chairman)
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan
Hon Mrs Selina CHOW LIANG Shuk-yee
Hon CHEUNG Man-kwong
Hon LEUNG Yiu-chungHon SIN Chung-kai
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing
Hon TAM Yiu-chung
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him
Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yanHon Audrey EU Yuet-mee
Hon MA Lik (up to 8.8.2007)
Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hung
Prof Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shing
Panel on Environmental Affairs
Hon Audrey EU Yuet-mee (Chairman)
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing (Deputy Chairman)Hon Martin LEE Chu-ming
Hon SIN Chung-kai
Hon WONG Yung-kan
Hon LAU Kong-wahHon Miriam LAU Kin-yee
Hon CHOY So-yuk
Hon LEE Wing-tat
Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung
Hon TAM Heung-manPanel on Financial Affairs
Hon CHAN Kam-lam (Chairman)Hon Bernard CHAN (Deputy Chairman)
Hon James TIEN Pei-chun
Hon Albert HO Chun-yanIr Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-tai
Dr Hon David LI Kwok-po
Hon James TO Kun-sun
Hon SIN Chung-kai
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hingHon Abraham SHEK Lai-him
Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung
Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuenHon WONG Ting-kwong
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah
Hon CHIM Pui-chungHon TAM Heung-man
Panel on Food Safety and Environmental
Hygiene
Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan (Chairman)Hon Fred LI Wah-ming (Deputy Chairman)
Hon WONG Yung-kan
Hon Andrew CHENG Kar-fooHon TAM Yiu-chung
Hon Vincent FANG Kang
Hon WONG Kwok-hing
Dr Hon Joseph LEE Kok-long
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kitDr Hon KWOK Ka-ki
Panel on Health Services
Dr Hon Joseph LEE Kok-long (Chairman)
Dr Hon KWOK Ka-ki (Deputy Chairman)
Hon Fred LI Wah-mingHon Mrs Selina CHOW LIANG Shuk-yeeHon CHAN Yuen-han
Hon Bernard CHAN
Hon Mrs Sophie LEUNG LAU Yau-fun
Dr Hon YEUNG Sum172 Annual Report 2006-2007Hon Andrew CHENG Kar-foo
Hon LI Fung-ying
Hon Audrey EU Yuet-mee
Hon Vincent FANG KangHon LI Kwok-ying
Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hung
Panel on Home Affairs
Hon CHOY So-yuk (Chairman)
Hon Albert HO Chun-yan (Deputy Chairman)
Hon James TIEN Pei-chun
Hon James TO Kun-sunHon CHEUNG Man-kwong
Dr Hon Philip WONG Yu-hong
Hon LAU Wong-fat
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing
Hon Andrew CHENG Kar-foo
Hon Timothy FOK Tsun-ting
Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yipHon LI Kwok-ying
Dr Hon Joseph LEE Kok-long
Hon Daniel LAM Wai-keungDr Hon Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hung
Hon CHEUNG Hok-ming
Hon WONG Ting-kwongProf Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shing
Hon TAM Heung-man
Panel on Housing
Hon LEE Wing-tat (Chairman)
Hon LI Kwok-ying (Deputy Chairman)
Hon Albert HO Chun-yan
Hon Fred LI Wah-ming
Hon Mrs Selina CHOW LIANG Shuk-yee
Hon James TO Kun-sunHon CHAN Yuen-han
Hon CHAN Kam-lam
Hon LEUNG Yiu-chung
Dr Hon YEUNG Sum
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-himHon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan
Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yipHon Frederick FUNG Kin-kee
Hon WONG Kwok-hing
Dr Hon Joseph LEE Kok-long
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung
Prof Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shing
Panel on Information Technology and
Broadcasting
Hon Albert Jinghan CHENG (Chairman)Hon SIN Chung-kai (Deputy Chairman)
Hon Fred LI Wah-ming
Dr Hon LUI Ming-wahHon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing
Hon Howard YOUNG
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing
Hon Timothy FOK Tsun-ting
Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yip
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah
Panel on Manpower
Hon LAU Chin-shek (Chairman)
Hon KWONG Chi-kin (Deputy Chairman)
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan
Hon CHAN Yuen-hanHon LEUNG Yiu-chung
Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing
Hon Andrew CHENG Kar-foo
Hon LI Fung-ying
Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yanHon Frederick FUNG Kin-kee
Hon WONG Kwok-hing
Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung
Panel on Planning, Lands and Works
Hon LAU Wong-fat (Chairman)Prof Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shing
(Deputy Chairman)
Hon James TIEN Pei-chunHon Albert HO Chun-yan173 Appendix 5Ir Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-tai
Dr Hon LUI Ming-wah
Hon James TO Kun-sun
Hon Bernard CHANHon CHAN Kam-lam
Hon Mrs Sophie LEUNG LAU Yau-fun
Hon WONG Yung-kan
Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yee
Hon CHOY So-yukHon Timothy FOK Tsun-ting
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him
Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yipHon Vincent FANG Kang
Hon LEE Wing-tat
Hon LI Kwok-yingHon Daniel LAM Wai-keung
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit
Dr Hon KWOK Ka-ki
Hon CHEUNG Hok-ming
Panel on Public Service
Hon Howard YOUNG (Chairman)
Hon LI Fung-ying (Deputy Chairman)
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan
Hon Margaret NGHon James TO Kun-sun
Hon CHEUNG Man-kwong
Hon Mrs Sophie LEUNG LAU Yau-fun
Hon TAM Yiu-chung
Hon WONG Kwok-hingHon KWONG Chi-kin
Panel on Security
Hon LAU Kong-wah (Chairman)Hon James TO Kun-sun (Deputy Chairman)
Hon Albert HO Chun-yan
Dr Hon LUI Ming-wahHon Margaret NG
Hon CHEUNG Man-kwong
Dr Hon Philip WONG Yu-hong
Hon WONG Yung-kan
Hon Howard YOUNGHon Emily LAU Wai-hingHon CHOY So-yuk
Hon Audrey EU Yuet-mee
Hon Daniel LAM Wai-keungHon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung
Hon CHIM Pui-chung
Panel on Transport
Hon Andrew CHENG Kar-foo (Chairman)Hon CHEUNG Hok-ming (Deputy Chairman)
Ir Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-tai
Hon Mrs Selina CHOW LIANG Shuk-yeeHon LAU Chin-shek
Hon LAU Kong-wah
Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yee
Hon LI Fung-ying
Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan
Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yip
Hon WONG Kwok-hingHon LEE Wing-tat
Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hungHon Ronny TONG Ka-wah
Panel on Welfare Services
Hon CHAN Yuen-han (Chairman)Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hung
(Deputy Chairman)
Hon Albert HO Chun-yan Hon LEE Cheuk-yan
Hon Bernard CHAN
Hon Mrs Sophie LEUNG LAU Yau-fun
Dr Hon YEUNG Sum
Hon TAM Yiu-chung
Hon LI Fung-ying
Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yanHon Frederick FUNG Kin-kee
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hungDr Hon KWOK Ka-ki 174 Annual Report 2006-2007II. Subcommittees of Panels
Panel on Home Affairs
Subcommittee on Heritage Conservation
Hon CHOY So-yuk (Chairman)
Hon James TO Kun-sun
Hon LAU Wong-fat
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hingHon Timothy FOK Tsun-ting
Hon LI Kwok-ying
Hon Daniel LAM Wai-keung
Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hung
Hon CHEUNG Hok-mingProf Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shing
Hon TAM Heung-man
Panel on Home Affairs
Subcommittee on Human Rights Protection
Mechanisms
Hon Albert HO Chun-yan (Chairman)
Hon James TO Kun-sun
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing
Hon CHOY So-yukDr Hon Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hung
Panel on Home Affairs
Subcommittee to Follow Up the Outstanding
Leisure and Cultural Services Projects of the
Former Municipal Councils
Hon LI Kwok-ying (Chairman)Hon LAU Wong-fat
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing
Hon CHOY So-yukHon Timothy FOK Tsun-ting
Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yip
Hon Daniel LAM Wai-keungHon CHEUNG Hok-ming
Hon WONG Ting-kwong
Prof Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shingPanel on Planning, Lands and Works
Subcommittee to Review the Planning for the
Central Waterfront (including the Tamar Site)
Hon LAU Wong-fat (Chairman)Hon Albert HO Chun-yan
Hon CHAN Kam-lam
Hon WONG Yung-kanHon CHOY So-yuk
Hon Timothy FOK Tsun-ting
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him
Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yip
Hon LEE Wing-tatHon Daniel LAM Wai-keung
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit
Dr Hon KWOK Ka-kiHon CHEUNG Hok-ming
Panel on Security
Subcommittee on Review of Existing Statutory
Provisions on Search and Seizure of Journalistic
Materia l
Hon James TO Kun-sun (Chairman)Hon Albert HO Chun-yanDr Hon LUI Ming-wah
Hon Margaret NG
Dr Hon Philip WONG Yu-hongHon WONG Yung-kan
Hon Howard YOUNG
Hon Audrey EU Yuet-meeHon Daniel LAM Wai-keung
Panel on Transport
Subcommittee on Matters Relating to Railways
Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yee (Chairman)Ir Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-tai
Hon Mrs Selina CHOW LIANG Shuk-yee
Hon LAU Kong-wahHon Andrew CHENG Kar-foo
Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan
Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yip
Hon WONG Kwok-hing175 Appendix 5Hon LEE Wing-tat
Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung
Hon CHEUNG Hok-ming
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah
Panel on Welfare Services
Subcommittee on Review of the
Comprehensive Social Security Assistance
Scheme
Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hung
(Chairman)Hon Albert HO Chun-yan
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan
Hon CHAN Yuen-han Hon TAM Yiu-chung
Hon Frederick FUNG Kin-kee
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung
Panel on Welfare Services
Subcommittee on Strategy and Measures to
Tackle Family Violence
Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hung
(Chairman)
Hon Albert HO Chun-yan
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan
Hon CHAN Yuen-hanHon Mrs Sophie LEUNG LAU Yau-fun
Hon TAM Yiu-chung
Hon LI Fung-ying
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung
SUBCOMMITTEES ON SUBSIDIARY
LEGISLATION
Subcommittee on Air Pollution Control (Volatile
Organic Compounds) Regulation
Hon Audrey EU Yuet-mee (Chairman)Hon Martin LEE Chu-ming
Hon CHAN Yuen-hanHon SIN Chung-kai
Hon Howard YOUNGHon Emily LAU Wai-hing
Hon CHOY So-yuk
Hon Vincent FANG Kang
Subcommittee on Building Management (Fee
Revision) Regulation 2007
Hon Mrs Selina CHOW LIANG Shuk-yee
(Chairman)Hon CHOY So-yuk
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him
Hon Audrey EU Yuet-meeHon WONG Kwok-hing
Hon LEE Wing-tat
Hon WONG Ting-kwong
Prof Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shing
Hon TAM Heung-man
Subcommittee on Construction Workers
Registration Ordinance (Amendment of
Schedule 1) Notice 2007 and Construction
Workers Registration Ordinance
(Commencement) Notice 2007
Hon KWONG Chi-kin (Chairman)Ir Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-tai
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan
Hon TAM Yiu-chungHon Abraham SHEK Lai-him
Hon LI Fung-ying
Hon WONG Kwok-hing
Prof Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shing
Subcommittee on Food Business (Amendment)
Regulation 2006
Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan (Chairman)
Hon Fred LI Wah-ming
Hon WONG Yung-kan
Hon TAM Yiu-chungHon Vincent FANG Kang
Hon WONG Kwok-hing
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit176 Annual Report 2006-2007Subcommittee on Fugitive Offenders (Germany)
Order and Fugitive Offenders (Republic of
Korea) Order
Hon James TO Kun-sun (Chairman)
Hon Margaret NG
Hon LAU Kong-wahHon Miriam LAU Kin-yee
Subcommittee on Fugitive Offenders (Malaysia)
(Amendment) Order 2007 and Fugitive
Offenders (Suppression of the Financing of
Terrorism) Order
Hon James TO Kun-sun (Chairman)Hon Margaret NG
Hon LAU Kong-wah
Subcommittee on Hotel and Guesthouse
Accommodation (Revision of Licence Fees)
Regulation 2007
Hon SIN Chung-kai (Chairman)
Hon CHAN Kam-lam
Hon Howard YOUNGHon CHOY So-yuk
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him
Hon Audrey EU Yuet-mee
Hon WONG Ting-kwong
Prof Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shing
Subcommittee on Mutual Legal Assistance in
Criminal Matters (Germany) Order
Hon James TO Kun-sun (Chairman)Hon Margaret NG
Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing
Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yee
Subcommittee on Mutual Legal Assistance in
Criminal Matters (Malaysia) Order
Hon James TO Kun-sun (Chairman)
Hon Margaret NG
Hon LAU Kong-wahHon Miriam LAU Kin-yee
Hon Audrey EU Yuet-meeSubcommittee on Official Languages (Alteration
of Text under Section 4D) (Miscellaneous)
Order 2007
Hon Margaret NG (Chairman)Hon LI Fung-ying
Hon Audrey EU Yuet-meeHon LI Kwok-ying
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung
Subcommittee to Study the Proposed Resolution
on Increase of Fines in Waterworks Ordinance
and Waterworks Regulations
Hon Fred LI Wah-ming (Chairman)
Hon SIN Chung-kai
Hon Audrey EU Yuet-meeHon LEE Wing-tat
Hon CHEUNG Hok-ming
Subcommittee on Public Health (Animals and
Birds) (Exhibitions) (Amendment) Regulation
2006
Hon Fred LI Wah-ming (Chairman)Hon LEUNG Yiu-chung
Hon WONG Yung-kan
Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan
Hon WONG Kwok-hingHon Alan LEONG Kah-kit
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung
Hon CHEUNG Hok-ming
Subcommittee on Road Traffic (Traffic Control)
(Amendment) Regulation 2007
Hon WONG Kwok-hing (Chairman)Hon James TO Kun-sun
Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yee
Hon Andrew CHENG Kar-fooHon LI Fung-ying
Hon CHEUNG Hok-ming 177 Appendix 5Subcommittee on Sewage Services
(Sewage Charge) (Amendment) Regulation
2007, Sewage Services (Trade Effluent
Surcharge) (Amendment) Regulation 2007
and Technical Memorandum on Procedures
and Methods for Sampling and Analysis of
Trade Effluents
Hon Audrey EU Yuet-mee (Chairman)
Ir Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-tai
Hon SIN Chung-kai
Hon WONG Yung-kan
Hon Howard YOUNG
Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yee
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing
Hon CHOY So-yuk
Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan
Hon WONG Kwok-hing
Hon LEE Wing-tat
Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen
Hon WONG Ting-kwong
Hon TAM Heung-man
Subcommittee to Study Shipping and Port
Control (Ferry Terminals) (Amendment)
Regulation 2004 (Commencement) Notice
Hon Albert HO Chun-yan (Chairman)Hon SIN Chung-kai
Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yee
Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yip
Hon CHEUNG Hok-ming
Subcommittee on Subsidiary Legislation to
Implement the Obligations under the United
Nations Convention Against Corruption
Hon Margaret NG (Chairman)
Hon James TO Kun-sun
Hon Howard YOUNG
Hon LAU Kong-wahSubcommittee on Six Items of Subsidiary
Legislation Relating to the Relocation of
Juveniles to the Tuen Mun Children and Juvenile
Home
Hon Albert HO Chun-yan (Chairman)
Hon TAM Yiu-chung
Hon Audrey EU Yuet-meeDr Hon Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hung
Hon CHEUNG Hok-ming
Subcommittee on Subsidiary Legislation
Relating to the Shenzhen Bay Port Hong Kong
Port Area
Hon LAU Kong-wah (Chairman)
Hon Margaret NG
Hon James TO Kun-sun
Hon Bernard CHAN
Hon WONG Yung-kan
Hon Howard YOUNG
Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yeeHon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen
Hon WONG Ting-kwong
Hon KWONG Chi-kin
Subcommittee to Study Western Harbour
Crossing Ordinance (Replacement of Schedule
1) Notice 2006 and Tai Lam Tunnel and Yuen
Long Approach Road Ordinance (Toll Increase)
Notice 2006
Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yee (Chairman)
Hon Albert HO Chun-yan
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan
Hon Mrs Selina CHOW LIANG Shuk-yeeHon Abraham SHEK Lai-him
Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan
Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yipHon WONG Kwok-hing
Hon CHEUNG Hok-ming
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah178 Annual Report 2006-2007SUBCOMMITTEES OF
HOUSE COMMITTEE
Parliamentary Liaison Subcommittee
Hon Howard YOUNG (Chairman)
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing (Deputy Chairman)
Hon Fred LI Wah-ming
Dr Hon LUI Ming-wah
Hon CHOY So-yukHon LI Kwok-ying
Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hung
Prof Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shing
Subcommittee to Examine the Implementation
in Hong Kong of Resolutions of the United
Nations Security Council in Relation to
Sanctions
Hon Margaret NG (Chairman)Hon Martin LEE Chu-ming
Dr Hon LUI Ming-wah
Hon LAU Kong-wah
Subcommittee on Members’ Remuneration and
Operating Expenses Reimbursement
Prof Hon Patrick Lau Sau-shing (Chairman)
Dr Hon Lui Ming-wah
Hon Mrs Selina Chow Liang Shuk-yee
Hon Cheung Man-kwong
Hon Howard Young
Hon Emily Lau Wai-hing
Hon Abraham Shek Lai-him
Hon Wong Ting-kwong
Hon Tam Heung-manSubcommittee to Study the Subject of
Combating Poverty
Hon Frederick FUNG Kin-kee (Chairman)
Hon James TIEN Pei-chun (Deputy Chairman)
Hon Albert HO Chun-yanHon LEE Cheuk-yan
Hon Margaret NGHon Mrs Selina CHOW LIANG Shuk-yee
Hon CHAN Yuen-han
Hon LEUNG Yiu-chung
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing
Hon TAM Yiu-chung
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him
Hon LI Fung-ying Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung
Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hung
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah
Hon Albert Jinghan CHENG
Subcommittee to Study Issues Relating to
the Provision of Boarding Places, Senior
Secondary Education and Employment
Opportunities for Children with Special
Educational Needs
Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hung
(Chairman)
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan
Hon Mrs Selina CHOW LIANG Shuk-yeeHon CHEUNG Man-kwong
Hon CHAN Yuen-han
Hon LEUNG Yiu-chung
Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing
Hon Audrey EU Yuet-mee179 Appendix 5Subcommittee on West Kowloon Cultural
District Development
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit (Chairman)
Hon James TO Kun-sun (Deputy Chairman)
Hon James TIEN Pei-chun
Hon Albert HO Chun-yanIr Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-tai
Dr Hon LUI Ming-wah
Hon Margaret NGHon Selina CHOW LIANG Shuk-yee
Hon CHAN Yuen-hanHon CHAN Kam-lam
Hon SIN Chung-kaiHon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing
Hon LAU Wong-fat
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing
Hon CHOY So-yuk
Hon Timothy FOK Tsun-ting
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him
Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yip
Hon Audrey EU Yuet-mee
Hon LEE Wing-tat
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung
Dr Hon KWOK Ka-ki
Hon CHEUNG Hok-ming
Hon CHIM Pui-chungProf Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shing
Hon Albert Jinghan CHENG
Subcommittee to Study the Transport Needs
of and Provision of Concessionary Public
Transport Fares for Persons with Disabilities
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan (Chairman)Hon LEUNG Yiu-chung
Hon LAU Kong-wahHon Miriam LAU Kin-yee
Hon Andrew CHENG Kar-fooHon TAM Yiu-chung
Hon WONG Kwok-hingHon LEUNG Kwok-hung
Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hungSubcommittee to Study Issues Relating to the Air
Pollution Control (Volatile Organic Compounds)
Regulation
Hon Audrey EU Yuet-mee (Chairman)
Hon Martin LEE Chu-ming
Hon CHAN Yuen-hanHon SIN Chung-kai
Hon Howard YOUNGHon Emily LAU Wai-hing
Hon CHOY So-yuk
Hon Vincent FANG Kang180 Annual Report 2006-2007Subcommittee on Legislative Amendments
Relating to the Proposed Re-organisation of
Policy Bureaux of the Government Secretariat
Hon TAM Yiu-chung (Chairman)
Hon Howard YOUNG (Deputy Chairman)
Hon James TIEN Pei-chun
Ir Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-taiDr Hon LUI Ming-wah
Hon Margaret NG
Hon Mrs Selina CHOW LIANG Shuk-yeeHon CHAN Yuen-han
Hon Bernard CHANHon Mrs Sophie LEUNG LAU Yau-fun
Hon SIN Chung-kaiDr Hon Philip WONG Yu-hong
Hon WONG Yung-kan
Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing
Dr Hon YEUNG Sum
Hon LAU Kong-wah
Hon LAU Wong-fat
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing
Hon CHOY So-yuk
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him
Hon Frederick FUNG Kin-kee
Hon Audrey EU Yuet-mee
Hon WONG Kwok-hing
Hon Daniel LAM Wai-keung Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung
Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hung
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah
Hon CHIM Pui-chung Prof Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shing
Hon KWONG Chi-kin
Hon TAM Heung-manSubcommittee to Study the Draft Subsidiary
Legislation Relating to the Rail Merger
Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yee (Chairman)Hon TAM Yiu-chung (Deputy Chairman)
Ir Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-tai
Hon LEE Cheuk-yanDr Hon LUI Ming-wah
Hon Mrs Selina CHOW LIANG Shuk-yee
Hon CHAN Kam-lamHon LAU Kong-wah
Hon Andrew CHENG Kar-fooHon Abraham SHEK Lai-him
Hon LI Fung-yingHon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan
Hon WONG Kwok-hing
Hon LI Kwok-ying
Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung
Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hung
Hon CHEUNG Hok-ming
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah
Prof Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shing
Hon KWONG Chi-kin
Hon TAM Heung-man181 Appendix 5Appendix 5182 Annual Report 2006-2007183 Appendix 5184 Annual Report 2006-2007185 Appendix 5186 Annual Report 2006-2007187 Appendix 5188 Annual Report 2006-2007189 Appendix 5 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
HEALTH, WELFARE & FOOD BUREAU (up to 30.6.2007) 4 48 1 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 100 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 163
HOUSING DEPARTMENT 5 3 14 2 14 7 15 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 66
SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT 3 2 15 0 9 4 5 0 1 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47
LANDS DEPARTMENT 8 5 11 2 6 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 40
TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT 4 5 6 0 3 3 6 1 0 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 37
AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES & CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT 1 1 27 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35
HOME AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT 2 3 5 2 5 1 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 30
HONG KONG POLICE FORCE 0 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 26
FOOD & ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE DEPARTMENT 6 3 8 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 25
HOUSING, PLANNING & LANDS BUREAU (up to 30.6.2007) 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 25
ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT & WORKS BUREAU (up to 30.6.2007) 0 0 2 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22
CHIEF EXECUTIVE ’S OFFICE 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19
EDUCATION & MANPOWER BUREAU (up to 30.6.2007) 0 0 2 0 3 1 6 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19
IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT 0 0 3 0 2 2 5 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19
LEISURE & CULTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT 3 1 3 0 1 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15
HOME AFFAIRS BUREAU 2 1 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
SECURITY BUREAU 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & LABOUR BUREAU (up to 30.6.2007) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
BUILDINGS DEPARTMENT 2 2 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
CHIEF SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATION ’S OFFICE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
FINANCIAL SECRETARY ’S OFFICE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT 3 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7
FOOD & HEALTH BUREAU (as from 1.7.2007) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
CIVIL SERVICE BUREAU 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
COMMERCE, INDUSTRY & TECHNOLOGY BUREAU (up to 30.6.2007) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
CONSTITUTIONAL & MAINLAND AFFAIRS BUREAU (as from 1.7.2007) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
DEVELOPMENT BUREAU (as from 1.7.2007) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
LABOUR DEPARTMENT 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
CIVIL ENGINEERING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
FINANCIAL SERVICES & THE TREASURY BUREAU 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
LABOUR & WELFARE BUREAU (as from 1.7.2007) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
PLANNING DEPARTMENT 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS BUREAU (up to 30.6.2007) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
CUSTOMS & EXCISE DEPARTMENT 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
ELECTORAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
LEGAL AID DEPARTMENT 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
MARINE DEPARTMENT 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
OFFICE OF THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
POST OFFICE 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
REGISTRATION & ELECTORAL OFFICE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
ENVIRONMENT BUREAU (as from 1.7.2007) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
INLAND REVENUE DEPARTMENT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNMENT CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
RATING & VALUATION DEPARTMENT 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
SECRETARIAT, COMR ON INTERCEPTION OF COMMUNICATIONS & SURVEILLANCE 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AGENCY 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
TRANSPORT & HOUSING BUREAU (as from 1.7.2007) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
CIVIL AID SERVICE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
COMMERCE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BUREAU (as from 1.7.2007) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
DRAINAGE SERVICES DEPARTMENT 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
EDUCATION BUREAU (as from 1.7.2007) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
EFFICIENCY UNIT 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
ELECTRICAL & MECHANICAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
GOVERNMENT PROPERTY AGENCY 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 0 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
TELEVISION & ENTERTAINMENT LICENSING AUTHORITY 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
TRADE & INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Sub-total 53 86 117 14 53 59 52 4 7 10 281 13 0 0 8 0 0 0 5 30 792
Independent organizations
HONG KONG HOUSING SOCIETY 0 0 0 0 10 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24
HOSPITAL AUTHORITY 0 1 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16
JUDICIARY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 16
URBAN RENEWAL AUTHORITY 0 0 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 7
CONSUMER COUNCIL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6
CHINESE MEDICINE COUNCIL OF HONG KONG 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
COMPLAINTS AGAINST POLICE OFFICE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
HONG KONG EXAMINATIONS & ASSESSMENT AUTHORITY 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
OFFICE OF THE PRIVACY COMMISSIONER FOR PERSONAL DATA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
THE MEDICAL COUNCIL OF HONG KONG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
BROADCASTING AUTHORITY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
COMMISSION ON POVERTY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
EMPLOYEES RETRAINING BOARD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
HONG KONG TOURISM BOARD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
INDEPENDENT POLICE COMPLAINTS COUNCIL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
KOWLOON -CANTON RAILWAY CORPORATION 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
LIQUOR LICENSING BOARD 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
SECURITIES & FUTURES COMMISSION 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
TOWN PLANNING BOARD SECRETARIAT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Sub-total 2 3 6 5 10 19 5 3 1 1 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19 100
Non-government organizations
NON-GOVERNMENT 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 18 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 48 84
PCCW 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
TOWNGAS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Sub-total 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 18 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 50 86
Total 55 91 125 21 63 79 57 7 8 11 323 21 0 0 9 0 0 0 9 99 978
191 Appendix 6 190 Annual Report 2006-2007Appendix 6
STATISTICAL BREAKDOWN OF ALL CONCLUDED CASES
UNDER THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL REDRESS SYSTEM IN THE 2006-2007 SESSION
Statistical breakdown, by Government policy bureaux/departments,
independent organizations and non-government organizations, of concluded cases
From 01-Oct-2006 to 30-Sep-2007Outcome A : Cases resolved/views accepted
B : Suitable assistance given
C : Information given/referrals made
D : Not pursued because outside scope, groundless, incomprehensible, etc.192 Annual Report 2006-2007Appendix 7
THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL COMMISSION
AND ITS COMMITTEES
THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
COMMISSION
Terms of Reference
1. To provide through the Secretariat administrative
support and services to the 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 Mrs Rita FAN HSU Lai-tai (Chairman)
Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yee (Deputy Chairman)
Hon James TIEN Pei-chun
Hon Fred LI Wah-ming
Hon Margaret NG
Hon CHEUNG Man-kwong
Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing
Hon WONG Ting-kwong
Prof Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shing
Hon Albert Jinghan CHENGCommittee 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 Mrs Rita FAN HSU Lai-tai (Chairman)
Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yee
Hon Margaret NG
Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing193 Appendix 7Committee 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.
Membership
Hon Mrs Rita FAN HSU Lai-tai (Chairman)
Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yee
Hon Fred LI Wah-mingCommittee on Facilities and
Services
Terms of Reference
1. To consider the accommodation requirements of
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 formulate solutions for meeting needs identified
at (1) and (2);
4. To consider financial matters relating to (1) to (3)
above, and approve procurement of fixed assets
costing above $500,000 but not exceeding
$2,000,000; and
5. To monitor the progress and developments relating
to the above items.
Membership
Hon Mrs Rita FAN HSU Lai-tai (Chairman)
Hon Fred LI Wah-ming
Hon Margaret NG
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing
Hon WONG Ting-kwong
Prof Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shing195 Appendix 8 194 Annual Report 2006-2007Appendix 8
ORGANIZATION CHART OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SECRETARIAT
(as at 30 September 2007)
The Legislative Council Commission
Council Business
Division 1Council Business
Division 2Council Business
Division 3Research and
Library Services
DivisionPublic Information
DivisionComplaints
DivisionAdministration
DivisionLegal Service
DivisionTranslation and
Interpretation
DivisionLegal Adviser
Mr Jimmy MASecretary General
Mr Ricky FUNG
Senior Assistant Legal
Advisers
Mr LEE Yu-sung
Mr Arthur CHEUNG
Assistant Legal
Advisers
Mr Stephen LAM
Ms Connie FUNG
Mr KAU Kin-wah
Miss Kitty CHENG
Miss Monna LAI
Mr Kelvin LEE
Mr Timothy TSOAssistant Secretary
General 1
Ms Pauline NGAssistant Secretary
General 2
Mrs Vivian KAMAssistant Secretary
General 3
Mrs Justina LAM
Head (Research and
Library Services)
Mr Watson CHANChief Public
Information Officer
Mr Simon WONGPrincipal Council
Secretary
(Administration)
Mrs Anna LOPrincipal Council
Secretary (Complaints)
Mrs Constance LI
Accountant
Mr Joseph KWONG
Information
Technology Manager
Mr CHAN Wai-kwong
Senior Council
Secretaries
Mr Matthew LOO
Ms Betty FONGSenior Council
Secretaries
Mrs Pandora CHAN
Miss Erica WONG
Mrs Queenie YU
Ms Shirley CHAN
Ms Yvonne YU #
Ms Jessica CHAN #Senior Council
Secretaries
Mr Stanley MA
Mrs Eleanor CHOW
Ms Joanne MAK
Mr Raymond LAM
Ms Amy YU
Mr Chris LAI
Ms Alice LEUNG
Ms Janet SHUMSenior Council
Secretaries
Mrs Mary TANG
Ms Sarah YUEN
Ms YUE Tin-po
Ms Debbie YAU
Ms Rosalind MA
Mr WONG Siu-yee
Mr SUNG Pui-yin
Ms Annette LAMChief Council
Secretaries
Mrs Percy MA
Mrs Sharon TONG
Miss Odelia LEUNG
Miss Flora TAI
Miss Mary SO
Miss Betty MA Chief Council
Secretaries
Miss Polly YEUNG
Mr Andy LAU
Miss Becky YU
Ms Connie SZETO
Ms Anita SIT
Miss Erin TSANG *Chief Council
Secretaries
Ms Miranda HON
Mr Colin CHUI
Senior Council
Secretaries
Mr Arthur LEUNG
Miss Lolita SHEK
Ms Dora WAIDeputy Head (Research
and Library Services)
Ms Elyssa WONG
Research Officers
Ms Vicky LEE
Mr Jackie WU
Mr CHAU Pak-kwan
Mr Michael YU
Ms Diana WONG
Mr Thomas WONG Senior Translation
Officers
Miss Lucie CHAU
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
Ms Tamus HON
Miss Vivian LEE
Miss Iris TSUI
Ms Gloria MA
Mr George LO
Miss Tammy LEUNG
Ms Winnie CHAN
Miss Rebecca LOUIE
Miss Anita CHAN
Miss Christabel CHIU
Mr Thomas YEUNGHead (Translation and
Interpretation)
Mr Kenneth WONG
Chief Translation
Officers
Mrs Angelica CHUNG
Mr CHAN Wing-hong
Mr Peter CHUNG
Senior Public
Information Officers
Ms Emily PANG
Mr Jimmy YUEN
* Acting up the full duties of a Chief Council Secretary post
# Each doubling up 50% of the duties of a Senior Council Secretary post
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