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2012-2013
Legislative Council Annual Report ͭجึϋజ
PRESIDENT’S FOREWORD 4
GROUP PHOTO OF MEMBERS 6
COUNCIL AT WORK 8
CHAPTER 1 38
The Legislative Council
Powers and Functions
Composition
CHAPTER 2 39
Legislative Council Meetings
Tabling of Subsidiary Legislation, Papers and Reports
Questions
Petitions
Bills
Motions
Policy Address Debate
Budget Debate
Other Debates
Address by the Chief ExecutiveChief Executive’s Question and Answer Sessions
CHAPTER 3 45
Committees
Finance Committee
Public Accounts Committee
Committee on Members’ Interests
House Committee
–Subcommittees of the House Committee
Committee on Rules of Procedure
Bills Committees and Subcommittees on
Subsidiary Legislation
Panels
Select Committee to Inquire into Matters Relating to
Mr Timothy TONG’s Duty Visits, Entertainment, and Bestowing and Receipt of Gifts during his
Tenure as Commissioner of the Independent
Commission against CorruptionCHAPTER 4 68
Redress System
Common Types of Cases Handled
Analysis of Significant Cases Handled
CHAPTER 5 72
Corporate Liaison Parliamentary Liaison Subcommittee
Luncheons with Consuls-General
Meetings with Members of District Councils
Meetings with Councillors of Heung Yee Kuk
Visitors
CHAPTER 6 76
Education and Visitor Services
CHAPTER 7 78
Support Services for Members The Legislative Council Commission
The Legislative Council SecretariatCONTENTS
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APPENDIX 1 80
Composition of the Legislative Council
APPENDIX 2 82
Biographies of Members
APPENDIX 3 117
Bills
APPENDIX 4 118
Motions
APPENDIX 5 187
Membership of Legislative Council Committees
(By Committee and By Member)
APPENDIX 6 213
Nature and Outcome of Concluded Cases under the
Legislative Council Redress System
APPENDIX 7 214
Statistical Breakdown of Concluded Cases by Nature and
Outcome by the 10 Policy Bureaux/Government
Departments which Received the Largest Number
of Cases
APPENDIX 8 216
Statistical Breakdown of all Concluded Cases under the
Legislative Council Redress System in the
2012-2013 Session
APPENDIX 9 224
The Legislative Council Commission and its Committees
APPENDIX 10 226
Organizational Chart of the Legislative Council Secretariat
(as at 30 September 2013)APPENDICES
3 2 Legislative Council Annual Report 2012-2013The Fifth Legislative Council (“LegCo”) returned in September
2012 marks a significant milestone for the Legislature of
Hong Kong. For the first time since reunification there has
been an increase in the number of LegCo seats. The number
of LegCo Members returned by geographical constituencies
and by functional constituencies was each increased by five
to 35, making a total of 70 Members. With a substantial change in the composition of the Council and the joining of
28 complete newcomers, we are able to draw upon a wide
range of experiences and insights to reflect wider social
changes and views and concerns from various sectors in
the community.
Over the past year, both incumbent and new Members
have settled in well. As representatives of their respective
constituencies, Members worked tirelessly and faithfully to
perform their duties through active participation in Council proceedings and committee work to advance the public
good for the community . In this first legislative session,
the Council passed 14 bills, five with amendments, and
completed the scrutiny of 117 items of subsidiary legislation through the negative vetting procedure, among which seven
were amended by Council resolutions. Eighteen motions
moved by public officers to either make or amend subsidiary
legislation through the positive vetting procedure were supported by Members.
The Council also passed a motion to endorse the appointment
of a permanent judge and three non-permanent judges to the
Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal. Furthermore, Members
moved four separate motions to invoke the powers under
the Legislative Council (Powers and Privileges) Ordinance
(Cap. 382) (“P&P”) to inquire respectively into issues relating
to the discontinuation of sound broadcasting service by
Digital Broadcasting Corporation Hong Kong Limited; the
unauthorized building works in houses of the Chief Executive, Mr LEUNG Chun-ying, on the Peak and related issues;
whether the Chief Executive’s claim that three professionals
had provided advice on the unauthorized building works in
his houses involves false statement or misrepresentation and
whether he had given any improper undertaking in exchange for the support of members of the Election Committee when
he stood for the 2012 Chief Executive Election; and the
surrender by the Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange Limited
of its authorization to provide automated trading services
and related issues. All four motions were negatived.
The Council debated on a motion under Article 73(9) of
the Basic Law which was jointly initiated by 27 Members to charge the Chief Executive with serious breaches of law and/or dereliction of duty, and to seek the Council’s
mandate for the Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal
to form and chair an independent investigation committee
to investigate the alleged serious breaches of law and/or
dereliction of duty. The motion was negatived.
A select committee was formed pursuant to the referral
by the Council of a petition presented at the Council
meeting under Rule 20(6) of the Rules of Procedure. Unlike
the previous select committees formed by the Council,
this particular select committee is not authorized by the
Council to exercise the powers under section 9(1) of P&P.
Its terms of reference, which reflect the substance of the
petition, are to inquire into whether the official duty visits,
entertainment, and the bestowing and receipt of gifts by Mr
Timothy TONG during his tenure as Commissioner of the
Independent Commission Against Corruption (“ICAC”) are commensurate with his official capacity and the values of
probity and integrity advocated by ICAC, and how ICAC provided information related to the above matters to the
Council’s Finance Committee (“FC”). The select committee
will continue its work in the next session.Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing, President of the Legislative CouncilPRESIDENT’S FOREWORD
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To monitor the performance of the Government, Members
asked a total of 145 oral questions on a wide range of
subjects at Council meetings, and followed up with 907
supplementary questions. Another 473 written questions
were asked.
Of the 51 motions moved by Members for debate on issues
of public concerns or interests, 28 were passed with or without amendments and the remaining 23 were negatived.
Although these motions were not intended to have
legislative effect, they provided an opportunity for Members
to express their views and call on the Administration to take
actions or enhance its policies to better serve the public.
Members also moved three motions for the adjournment
of the Council for the purpose of discussing three specific
issues of urgent public importance which included the vessel collision incident near Lamma Island occurred on 1 October 2012, the arrangement for leave of absence of Mr
Franklin LAM Fan-keung, Member of the Executive Council,
and cyber security.
During the session, the FC examined and approved a total of
86 financial proposals amounting to $151 billion, including
the introduction of the Old Age Living Allowance and an additional injection of $15 billion into the Community Care
Fund. These funding proposals aimed at alleviating poverty of the needy and underprivileged in our community.
Filibuster was again deployed by a few Members to pursue
their demands for the introduction of a universal retirement
protection scheme and the handing out of $10 000 to every
local resident. These few Members proposed over 700 Committee stage amendments (“CSAs”) to the Appropriation
Bill 2013 (“the Bill”) with the express purpose to filibuster the
Bill in order to force the Administration to accede to their demands. The Bill, which sought appropriation of $356
billion for the services of the Government in the financial
year ending on 31 March 2014, was presented to the Council on 27 February 2013.
After the committee of the whole Council had spent 55
hours debating on the CSAs, with most of the debating time being taken up by those few Members, I decided on 13
May 2013 to set a timetable for the rest of the proceedings
on the Bill to be completed, taking into account the time
spent at Committee stage on appropriation bills in the past and the need to allow sufficient time for the filibustering
Members as well as other Members to speak on the CSAs if they wished. In the end, about 14 additional hours were
allocated for Members to speak on the CSAs on top of the
55 hours already spent on the debate before the CSAs were
put to vote. The CSAs moved by the filibustering Members
were all negatived, and the Bill was passed on 21 May 2013.
Apart from Council meetings, a member also launched a
filibuster when considering a funding proposal relating
to the Old Age Living Allowance at meetings of the FC in late 2012. The FC dealt with about 500 motions proposed
under paragraph 37A of the FC Procedure at meetings held in November last year. These motions were all negatived. With the withdrawal of the original funding proposal and
the submission of a revised one by the Administration,
the member’s remaining motions in respect of the original
funding proposal were removed from the proceedings of
the FC. The revised funding proposal was subsequently
approved by the FC at its meeting on 7 December 2012.
Turning to the relationship between the Executive and
the Legislature, I have always held the view that under
the existing political system, the relationship can neither
be very good nor very bad. On the one hand, the system
does not provide the Administration with a strong and
reliable majority support in the Council, while on the other
hand, both the legislative and executive branches have to
respect and consider public sentiment. So unless there
are fundamental changes to the system, the Executive-Legislature relationship will likely remain as it is today.
During the session, I hosted regular luncheons in the Dining
Hall of the Legislative Council Complex for Members to
meet with the Chief Executive, senior Government officials,
Executive Council Members and Consuls-General in Hong K o n g . A l u n c h e o n w a s a l s o h e l d f o r t h e fi r s t t i m e f o r
Members and the Director and other officials of the Liaison
Office of the Central People’s Government in the Hong Kong
Special Administrative Region (“the Liaison Office”). I am
pleased that the luncheon created a friendly and pleasant environment for Members and officials of the Liaison Office
to facilitate their communication and interaction.
At the invitation of the Speaker of the House of Commons of
the Parliament of the United Kingdom (“UK”), Rt Hon John
BERCOW MP, I visited London from 10 to 14 June 2013,
my first official overseas duty visit in my capacity as the
President of the Fifth Legislative Council. The visit was very useful. It offered me an opportunity to acquire the latest information on the practices and procedures of the
UK Parliament and meet with Speaker BERCOW and other
key parliamentary leaders to exchange views on issues of
mutual interest.
In closing, I would like to thank all Members for their
contributions and hard work during the past year. I
would also wish to record my appreciation to all staff of
the Secretariat for giving their professional services and support to the Council.
Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing, GBS, JP
President
Legislative Council
5 4 Legislative Council Annual Report 2012-2013GROUP PHOTO OF MEMBERS
1. Hon IP Kwok-him
2. Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him
3. Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan
4. Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen (President’s Deputy)
5. Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing
(President)6. Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah
7. Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing
8. Hon Paul TSE Wai-chun9. Hon TAM Yiu-chung
10. Hon Claudia MO
11. Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan12. Hon Gary FAN Kwok-wai
13. Hon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yee
14. Hon Michael TIEN Puk-sun15. Dr Hon Kenneth CHAN Ka-lok
16. Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung
17. Hon SIN Chung-kai18. Hon Starry LEE Wai-king
19. Hon CHAN Kin-por
20. Hon POON Siu-ping21. Dr Hon Helena WONG Pik-wan
22. Hon TANG Ka-piu
23. Hon James TO Kun-sun24. Hon CHAN Hak-kan
25. Dr Hon CHIANG Lai-wan
26. Hon James TIEN Pei-chun27. Hon Christopher CHUNG Shu-kun
28. Hon MA Fung-kwok
29. Ir Dr Hon LO Wai-kwok30. Dr Hon Elizabeth QUAT
31. Hon YIU Si-wing
32. Hon CHAN Kam-lam33. Hon Frederick FUNG Kin-kee
34. Hon WONG Kwok-hing
35. Hon Steven HO Chun-yin 36. Hon IP Kin-yuen
37. Hon KWOK Wai-keung
38. Hon NG Leung-sing39. Hon Christopher CHEUNG Wah-fung
40. Prof Hon Joseph LEE Kok-long
41. Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit42. Dr Hon KWOK Ka-ki
43. Hon Kenneth LEUNG
44. Hon Charles Peter MOK45. Hon Frankie YICK Chi-ming
46. Hon Alice MAK Mei-kuen
47. Hon CHAN Yuen-han48. Hon Tony TSE Wai-chuen
49. Hon LEUNG Che-cheung
50. Hon WONG Ting-kwong51. Hon CHEUNG Kwok-che
52. Hon LEE Cheuk-yan
53. Hon WONG Kwok-kin54. Hon CHUNG Kwok-pan
55. Hon Dennis KWOK
56. Hon WU Chi-wai57. Hon CHAN Han-pan
58. Hon Albert HO Chun-yan
59. Hon Martin LIAO Cheung-kong
Absent:
1. Hon LEUNG Yiu-chung2. Dr Hon LAU Wong-fat
3. Hon Vincent FANG Kang
4. Dr Hon LAM Tai-fai5. Dr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun
6. Dr Hon LEUNG Ka-lau
7. Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung8. Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yip
9. Hon WONG Yuk-man
10. Hon CHAN Chi-chuen11.
Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hung
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COUNCIL AT WORK
Members-elect observe a demonstration of
the electronic voting system and information display system in the Chamber.
Members-elect tour Conference Room 1.Members-elect Orientation Seminar
The Legislative Council Secretariat organized a five-day orientation seminar for Members-elect of the
Fifth Legislative Council to let them familiarize with the facilities in the Legislative Council Complex, the
services provided by the Secretariat, and the role and functions of the Legislative Council.
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Members-elect being briefed on the role and functions of the Legislative Council.
Members-elect and senior staff of the Legislative Council Secretariat take a group photo in Conference Room 3.
9 8 Legislative Council Annual Report 2012-2013Election of the President
According to the House Rules of the Legislative Council, prior to the Council meeting for the election of
the President, a candidate for the office of President shall present his/her platform and answer questions
from Members at a special forum.
The two Members being nominated for
the office of President of the Legislative Council, Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing (second from left on the podium) and Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit (second from right on the podium), attend the special forum chaired by Hon Albert HO Chun-yan (centre) and answer questions from other Members.
Votes being counted.
Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing received a total of 43 votes and was elected President of the Fifth Legislative Council.Members cast their votes to elect the
President at the first Council meeting
held on 10 October 2012.
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Duty Visits
Local Visits
Members of the Panel on Food Safety and Environmental Hygiene visit the Tang Lung Chau Market in Causeway Bay to better understand
the difficulties faced by public market stall tenants.
Members of the Subcommittee on Integrated Education observe students using computers during a visit to the Buddhist Tai Kwong Chi
Hong College to obtain first-hand information on the implementation of integration education in a mainstream school.
11 10 Legislative Council Annual Report 2012-2013Members of the Subcommittee on Matters Relating
to Railways pose with the representatives of the Administration and the MTR Corporation Limited after visiting the construction site of the West Kowloon Terminus of the Hong Kong section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Link (“XRL”).
Subcommittee members also take a group photo in front of the main tunnel of the XRL.
Members of the Panel on Information Technology and Broadcasting observe the model of the Cyberport during a site visit to the Cyberport.
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Members of the Panel on Economic
Development tour the cruise terminal under construction at Kai Tak.
Members of the Panel on Environmental Affairs pose at the entrance of the Tuen Mun and Yuen Long Recycle Centre.
Panel members also visit a tenant running a plant for transforming waste cooking oil into biodiesel in the EcoPark in Tuen Mun.
13 12 Legislative Council Annual Report 2012-2013During a visti to the Fire Services West Kowloon
Rescue Training Centre, members of the Panel on Security being briefed on the procedure of fire-fighting and rescue under the simulated smoke locked situation.
Some Panel members try out the firefighter uniforms to feel the weight of the uniforms and equipment.
Members of the Panel on Transport pose in the MTR’s Operations Control Centre at Tsing Yi after being briefed on the operations of the Control Centre.
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Members of the Panel on Security listen to an introduction of the operations of the Marine Police.
Members pose with the representatives of the Marine Police at the police launch after the visit.
15 14 Legislative Council Annual Report 2012-2013Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing (left) presents a souvenir, the crystal model of the Legislative Council Complex, to the Rt Hon John BERCOW
MP, Speaker of the House of Commons.Overseas Duty Visits
Duty visit of the President of the Legislative Council to the
United Kingdom
At the invitation of Rt Hon John BERCOW MP, Speaker of the House of Commons of the Parliament of
the United Kingdom, Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing conducted his first overseas duty visit in his capacity as
the President of the Fifth Legislative Council to London in June 2013.
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Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing (right) meets with
the Rt Hon Andrew LANSLEY MP, Leader of the House of Commons.
Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing (centre, standing) speaks at the luncheon held by the Hong Kong Association in London.
Mr TSANG (eighth from left) poses with British prominent political and business leaders at the luncheon.
17 16 Legislative Council Annual Report 2012-2013Members of the delegation meet with the representatives
of the Korea Zero Waste Movement Network, a non-governmental organization established in 1997 to address waste problems caused by rapid urbanization in South Korea, to understand more about the experience and future missions of waste recycling movement in the Republic of Korea.
Members of the delegation exchange
views on food waste recycling with
the representatives of the privately-run Songpa Recycling Centre.Duty visit of the Panel on Environmental Affairs to the
Republic of Korea
The Panel on Environmental Affairs conducted an overseas duty visit to the Republic of Korea from 1 to 5
April 2013 to study the country’s experience in waste management.
The delegation takes a group photo outside the Mapo Waste Incinerator.
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Staff of Samsung C&T introduces to the
delegation the company’s construction waste management strategy.
Members of the delegation being briefed on the operation of the Gangbuk Waste Recycle Treatment Plant.
The delegation observes a model of the Cheonggyecheon restoration project.
Members of the delegation observe the operation of the volume based waste fee system and food waste recycling in the residential and commercial areas in Geumcheon-gu.
19 18 Legislative Council Annual Report 2012-2013Duty Visit of the Subcommittee on Poverty to Taiwan and Japan
The Subcommittee on Poverty conducted an overseas duty visit to Taiwan and Japan from 20 to 29 August
2013 to study the experience of these two places in alleviating poverty, particularly elderly in poverty and
working poverty.
The delegation takes a group photo after visiting the Bureau of Employment and Vocational Training of the Council of Labour
Affairs under the Executive Yuan of Taiwan.
The delegation leader and Chairman of the Subcommittee on Poverty, Hon Frederick FUNG (centre), presents a souvenir to Dr CHIANG Yi-wen (fourth from right), Commissioner of the Department of Social Welfare, Taipei City Government, after a meeting.
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Members of the delegation visit a community centre
of the low-cost housing in Daan District, Taipei City.
The delegation also meets with the officials of the
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare on the Pension System.The delegation being briefed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government on the assistance it provides for the low-income group and jobless.
The delegation presents a souvenir to Professor Masahiro YAMADA (fifth
from right) of Chuo University after
receiving a briefing on poverty and employment problem in Japan.
21 20 Legislative Council Annual Report 2012-2013Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung (first from left), Dr Hon Fernando
CHEUNG Chiu-hung (second from left) and Hon Gary FAN Kwok-wai (third from left) talk to one of the affected tenants in Nga Tsin Wai Village in Wong Tai Sin to understand his rehousing needs.
Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hung (first from right) and Dr Hon KWOK Ka-ki (second from left) observe the proposed improvement works on construction defects and facilities for physically handicapped students during a site visit to Pui Oi School
in Tuen Mun.
Redress System
The Legislative Council operates a Redress System to receive and handle complaints from members of the
public who are aggrieved by Government action or policies.
Representatives from Kwu Tung North Development
Concern Group, Alliance of Fanling North Farming Villages and Residents, Ping Che and Ta Kwu Ling Alliance for Homeland Protection and Land Justice League voice their concerns and grievances on the North East New Territories Development Plan to Duty Roster Members.
Eight Legislative Council Members being briefed by the Administration on the North East New Territories Development Plan.
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Corporate Liaison
For Charity
Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing (centre) poses with the new chairmen of the six local charitable organizations during a tea reception held on 7
January 2013. (From left) Mr Edwin CHENG Shing-lung, Chairman of Yan Chai Hospital; Mr Antonio KWONG Cho-shing, Chairman of Lok Sin Tong; Mrs Viola CHAN MAN Yee-wai, Chairman of the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals; Mr TSANG; Ms Jacqueline P C LEUNG, Chairman of Po Leung Kuk; Mr POON Tak-ming, Chairman of Pok Oi Hospital; and Mr Dennis WONG Tat-tung, Chairman of Yan Oi Tong.
23 22 Legislative Council Annual Report 2012-2013Cookie Campaign
Hon CHAN Chi-chuen (right in the photo above), Dr Hon Kenneth CHAN Ka-lok (centre in the photo above) and Hon Jasper
TSANG Yok-sing (right in the photo below) call on people to support the Cookie Campaign organized by Helping Hand to raise funds for the services provided to the elderly.
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Blood Donation
(From top, from the left column) : Hon WONG Kwok-hing, Hon Gary FAN
Kwok-wai, Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan, Hon CHEUNG Kwok-che, Hon Charles Peter MOK, Hon CHAN Han-pan, Hon SIN Chung-kai and Hon Paul TSE Wai-chun are among the 65 blood donors of the Blood Donation Event held in the Legislative Council Complex.
25 24 Legislative Council Annual Report 2012-2013Meeting with local organizations
Members meet with Heung Yee Kuk Councillors to
exchange views on issues of mutual interest.
The Chairmen and Vice Chairmen of the 18 District Councils attending a luncheon in the Legislative Council
Complex to foster closer relationship
with Members.
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Meeting with overseas organizations
Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing (seventh from right) poses with a delegation of the Supreme People’s Court, People’s Republic of China, after
meetion with the delegation.
Legislative Council Members take a photo with the Rt Hon Hugo SWIRE MP (centre), Minister of State at the Foreign &
Commonwealth Office, United Kingdom and Ms Caroline WILSON (second from left), British Consul General to Hong Kong and Macao, after meeting with the Minister and Consul General.
27 26 Legislative Council Annual Report 2012-2013Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing (fifth from left), Chairman of the Parliamentary Liaison Subcommittee, together with other members
of the Subcommittee, presents a souvenir to the representatives of the European Parliament Inter-Parliamentary delegation for relations with the People’s Republic of China.
Legislative Council Members meet with members of All Party Parliamentary China Group, United Kingdom.
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Luncheons
Lunch with the Chief Executive, Executive Council Members and
Senior Government Officials
Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing regularly hosted luncheons for the Chief Executive, Executive Council
Members, senior Government officials and Legislative Council Members to strengthen communication
between the Legislature and the Administration.
Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing (right) and the Chief Executive Mr C Y LEUNG.
Hon WU Chi-wai (left) expresses
his views to Mr C Y LEUNG (right) while Hon Paul TSE Wai-chun (centre) looks on.
29 28 Legislative Council Annual Report 2012-2013Hon Gary FAN Kwok-wai (left) chats with Mr C Y LEUNG.
Legislative Council Members share a light
moment with Mr LAM Woon-kwong (left), Convenor of the Non-official Members of the Executive Council.Dr Hon Elizabeth QUAT (left) chats with Dr KO Wing-man (right), Secretary for Food and Health.
(From left) Hon LEUNG Che-cheung, Hon Steven HO Chun-yin, Mr CHEUNG Chi-
kong, Member of the Executive Council,
and Hon KWOK Wai-keung engage in a conversation.
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Spring Luncheon
To celebrate the coming of the Year of Snake, Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing hosted a spring luncheon
for the Chief Executive Mr C Y LEUNG, Executive Council Members, senior Government officials and
Legislative Council Members.
(From left) Hon NG Leung-sing, Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah and Hon LEUNG Che-cheung represent the
Members’ team to participate in a game called “Guess Who?”.
31 30 Legislative Council Annual Report 2012-2013(From left) Mrs Laura CHA SHIH May-lung, Executive Council Member, Mr Gregory SO Kam-leung, Secretary for
Commerce and Economic Development and Dr KO Wing-man, Secretary for Food and Health represent the public officers’ team to compete against the Members’ team.
Mr C Y LEUNG (second from left), presents prizes to the winner: Members’ team.
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Consuls-General
To enhance contact between Members and the diplomatic community in Hong Kong, consular officials are
regularly invited for luncheons in the Legislative Council Complex.
Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing, President of
the Legislative Council, briefs the Consuls-General on the work of the Legislative Council.
Hon TAM Yiu-chung (right) chats with Mr Mario Ignacio
ARTAZA LOYOLA, Consul-in-Charge, Chile.
Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing poses with Mr Andrew MA, Honorary
Consul, Cote d’lvoire (centre), and Mr Ramesh I MAHTANI, Honorary Consul, Samoa (right), at a meeting with members of the Association of Honorary Consuls in Hong Kong & Macau.
33 32 Legislative Council Annual Report 2012-2013Liaison Office of the Central People’ s Government
Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing hosted a luncheon on 16 July 2013 for Members and the Director and senior
officials of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region (“the Liaison Office”).
Hon CHAN Kam-lam (left), Hon WONG Kwok-hing (second from left) and Hon WONG Ting-kwong (right) pose with Mr YANG
Mao (second from right), Division Chief, Social Work Department of the Liaison Office at the pre-lunch reception.
Hon CHAN Chi-chuen (left, standing) and Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yip (second from left, standing) present a book to Mr ZHANG Xiao-ming, Director of the Liaison Office.
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Mr ZHANG Xiao-ming speaks at the luncheon.
Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing (right), Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing (left) and
Hon TAM Yiu-chung (second from left) exchange views with Mr ZHANG Xiao-ming.
Members take a group photo with officials of the Liaison Office in the Chamber.
35 34 Legislative Council Annual Report 2012-2013On the Football Field
The Legislative Council football team took part in three matches during the session, with the results of 5-2
win against the Hong Kong Bar Association, a 4-2 win against the Consuls-General and a 2-2 draw with
senior Government officials.
Some of the members of the Legislative Council football
team in action: (this page, from top) Hon CHAN Hak-kan, convenor of the team; Hon LEUNG Che-cheung and Hon Steven HO Chun-yin; (next page, from top) Hon KWOK Wai-keung, Hon Gary FAN Kwok-wai and Hon WU Chi-wai.
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Legislative Council and senior Government officials football teams take a group photo after the match.
37 36 Legislative Council Annual Report 2012-2013CHAPTER 1
THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
The Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (“HKSAR”) stipulates that the HKSAR
shall be vested with legislative power and the Legislative Council shall be the legislature of the Region.
POWERS AND FUNCTIONS
As provided for in Article 73 of the Basic Law, the Legislative
Council of the HKSAR shall exercise the following powers
and functions:
• To enact, amend or repeal laws in accordance with the
provisions of the Basic Law and legal procedures;
• To examine and approve budgets introduced by the Government;
• To approve taxation and public expenditure;
• To receive and debate the policy addresses of the
Chief Executive;
• To raise questions on the work of the Government;
• To debate any issue concerning public interests;
• To endorse the appointment and removal of the judges of the Court of Final Appeal and the Chief Judge of the
High Court;
• To receive and handle complaints from Hong Kong residents;
• If a motion initiated jointly by one-fourth of all the Members of the Legislative Council charges the Chief
Executive with serious breach of law or dereliction of
duty and if he or she refuses to resign, the Council
may, after passing a motion for investigation, give
a mandate to the Chief Justice of the Court of Final
Appeal to form and chair an independent investigation committee. The committee shall be responsible
for carrying out the investigation and reporting its
findings to the Council. If the committee considers the
evidence sufficient to substantiate such charges, the
Council may pass a motion of impeachment by a two-
thirds majority of all its Members and report it to the
Central People’s Government for decision; and
• To summon, as required when exercising the above-mentioned powers and functions, persons concerned to testify or give evidence.COMPOSITION
According to the Basic Law, the Legislative Council of the HKSAR shall be constituted by election. The Fifth
Legislative Council (2012-2016) comprises 70 Members,
of whom 35 were returned by geographical constituencies through direct elections and 35 were returned by functional
constituencies. The election for the Fifth Legislative Council
was held on 9 September 2012, and the term of office is
four years from 1 October 2012 to 30 September 2016.
The President of the Legislative Council is elected by and
from among the Council’s Members.
Details on the composition of the Legislative Council and
biographies of Members who served on it in the 2012-2013
session are provided in Appendices 1 and 2 respectively.
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CHAPTER 2
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEETINGS
Meetings of the Legislative Council are open to the public and may be conducted in Cantonese, English or
Putonghua, with simultaneous interpretation. At the beginning of the session, simultaneous sign language
interpretation was provided for Question Time. The service was extended to the whole meetings of the
Council from January 2013. The proceedings of Council meetings are broadcast live and reported by the mass media, and are also recorded verbatim in the Official Records of Proceedings of the Meetings of the
Legislative Council, which are accessible through the Council’s website.
Business transacted at regular Council meetings mainly
comprises the tabling of subsidiary legislation, papers
and reports; the asking of questions for replies from the
Government; the consideration of bills; and debates on
motions. During the period from October 2012 to July 2013,
the Council held 37 meetings and sat for more than 531
hours.
TABLING OF SUBSIDIARY
LEGISLATION, PAPERS AND REPORTS
Subsidiary legislation refers to any proclamation, rule,
regulation, order, resolution, notice, rule of court, bylaw or
other instrument made by the designated authorities under
or by virtue of relevant ordinances and having legislative
effect. Such legislation is subject to Council’s scrutiny
through either a negative or a positive vetting procedure.
Subsidiary legislation scrutinized through the negative
vetting procedure is first published in the Gazette before
being laid on the table of the Council. The Council’s House Committee may set up a subcommittee to study such legislation in greater detail when considered necessary. A
Member or public officer may, within a prescribed period,
move a motion in Council to amend a tabled item of subsidiary legislation.
During the 2012-2013 session, 124 items of subsidiary
legislation scrutinized through the negative vetting procedure were tabled in Council. The scrutiny process
was completed for 117 items, among which seven were
amended by Council resolutions. As the scrutiny period
for the remaining seven items had not expired by the end of
this session, these items will continue to be scrutinized by
the Council in the next session. During the period under
report, the Council also completed scrutinizing another five
items of subsidiary legislation tabled in the last session of the Fourth Legislative Council.
The Council’s scrutiny of subsidiary legislation through the positive vetting procedure is described in the MOTIONS
subsection of this chapter.
In addition, one Technical Memorandum was tabled in
Council for scrutiny. Other papers tabled in Council include
the annual reports of Government departments and public
bodies, as well as the reports of the Council’s committees.
Members and public officers presenting these reports may
address the Council.
QUESTIONS
Any Member may address questions to the Government concerning its work, either to seek information on a
particular matter or to ask for official action with regard to
that matter. The Member must specify whether an oral or written reply is required. In addition, under Rule 24(4) of the
Rules of Procedure, any Member may, with the permission
of the President, ask an urgent question on the ground that
it is of an urgent character and relates to a matter of public importance.Members observing one minute’s silence to mourn the victims of
the earthquake in Ya’an City of Sichuan Province at the Council meeting on 24 April 2013.
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During the 2012-2013 session, Members asked 145
questions requiring oral replies about a wide range of
subjects at Council meetings, which were then followed up
with 907 supplementary questions. The Government was
also asked 473 questions for which written replies were
sought.
PETITIONS
Petitions may be presented to the Council by Members. The Member presenting a petition may make a speech
giving a summary statement of the number and description
of the petitioners and the substance of the petition. During
the period under report, one petition was presented at the
Council meeting of 8 May 2013 and the petition was referred
to a select committee in accordance with Rule 20(6) of the
Rules of Procedure.
BILLS
The Government is primarily responsible for proposing new legislation or amendments to existing legislation in the form
of bills, which are then considered for enactment by the
Council. Subject to certain conditions, Members may also
introduce bills into the Council.
A bill is first published in the Gazette before being
introduced to the Council and must then undergo three
readings before its passage by the Council. The First
Reading is a formality, with the Clerk reading out the bill’s
short title at a Council meeting. The Second Reading
begins with the public officer or Member in charge of the
bill moving a motion “That the bill be read the second time” and explaining the purpose of the bill. After this motion has
been moved, the debate on it is usually adjourned and the
bill is referred to the House Committee to allow Members
more time to study it by setting up a bills committee under the House Committee for this purpose.
After the study of a bill has been concluded, the debate
on its Second Reading resumes at a subsequent Council meeting. During this debate, Members present their views
on the general merits and principles of the bill and may
indicate their support or opposition. Members then vote
on the motion “That the bill be read the second time”. The
bill cannot proceed any further if this motion is not passed.
If it is passed, then the bill is given a Second Reading, and
a committee of the whole Council goes through its clauses
and makes any amendments agreed to by the committee.
After the bill has passed through the committee of the whole Council with or without amendments, it is reported
back to the Council, which considers whether to support its
passage by giving it the Third Reading.
Once a bill has been given three readings, it becomes an
enacted law. Unless a later date has been specified, it
takes effect after being signed by the Chief Executive and
promulgated in the Gazette. If the Council considers a bill’s passage to be sufficiently urgent, it may proceed with the
Second Reading debate at the meeting at which the bill is
introduced. After the bill has received the Second Reading,
the Council may proceed to the remaining stages at the same meeting.
During the 2012-2013 session, 23 bills were introduced to the
Council (including 22 Government bills and one Member’s
bill), and the Council completed the proceedings on 14 of
them. All the 14 bills were passed, five with amendments.
Appendix 3 provides a list of the bills passed in the session.
MOTIONS
Motions are the mechanism through which most Council
business is transacted. The processing of a bill takes
place by way of a series of motions moved, debated and
voted upon by Members of the Council at various stages
of proceedings on the bill. Amendments to bills and the
approval of or amendments to subsidiary legislation are
also effected through motions.
The process for the aforementioned scrutiny of subsidiary
legislation through the positive vetting procedure begins
with a public officer giving notice of a motion to be moved
at a Council meeting. The proposed motion is then studied
by the House Committee, which may decide to set up a
subcommittee to study it in further detail. Where Members
deem it necessary, they may propose amendments to the
motion when it is moved and debated in Council. During
the 2012-2013 session, public officers moved a total of 18
motions to seek the Council’s approval to either make or amend subsidiary legislation through the positive vetting
procedure, and all of these motions were passed. In addition, the Council passed a motion moved by the Chief
Secretary for Administration under Article 73(7) of the Basic
Law and section 7A of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal
Ordinance to endorse the appointment of a permanent
judge, a non-permanent Hong Kong judge and two judges
from another common law jurisdiction to the Hong Kong
Court of Final Appeal. Members may move motions under Rule 49E of the Rules of Procedure on reports of the House
Committee on consideration of subsidiary legislation and
other instruments for debate in Council. During the 2012-
2013 session, 12 such motions were debated.
Members may also move motions to exercise the Council’s
powers under the Basic Law to amend the Council’s Rules
of Procedure, or to invoke its powers under the Legislative
Council (Powers and Privileges) Ordinance (Cap. 382).
During the 2012-2013 session, the Council passed a motion
to amend Rule 23(1) and (2) of the Rules of Procedure to
respectively reflect the long standing practice of the
Council of not asking the Government questions at certain
Council meetings and to increase the number of questions
that might be asked at Council meetings. In addition, four
Members’ motions moved in relation to the invocation of
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powers under Cap. 382 were negatived. Initiated jointly
by 27 Members, one motion moved under Article 73(9) of
the Basic Law to charge the Chief Executive with serious
breaches of law and/or dereliction of duty was negatived.
POLICY ADDRESS DEBATE
The Chief Executive addresses the Council in every session on his policies for administering the HKSAR. The Chairman
of the House Committee moves a motion to thank the Chief
Executive for his Policy Address (“Motion of Thanks”) at
a Council meeting held after the address. A debate then
follows, with Members offering their comments on the
Policy Address and public officers responding to such
comments. In the 2012-2013 session, the Chief Executive delivered his Policy Address on 16 January 2013. The
debate on the Motion of Thanks was held from 30 January to 1 February 2013 and was divided into five sessions, each
of which covered several policy areas.
The Chief Executive Mr C Y LEUNG delivering his Policy Address,
entitled “Seek Change, Maintain Stability, Serve the People with Pragmatism” at the Council meeting on 16 January 2013.
Members with different political affiliations hold press conferences to give their views on the first Policy Address of Mr C Y LEUNG.
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BUDGET DEBATE
Before the end of a financial year on 31 March, the Financial
Secretary presents to the Council with his Budget for the
next financial year commencing on 1 April in the form of
an Appropriation Bill and the Estimates of Expenditure. The Estimates of Expenditure will then be referred to the
Finance Committee for examination before the debate on
the Appropriation Bill resumes. The Budget presentation is
followed closely by legislative measures to implement the
Government’s annual revenue and expenditure proposals
f o r t h e f o l l o w i n g fi n a n c i a l y e a r . T h e s e m e a s u r e s a r e
presented in the form of bills or subsidiary legislation.
After the Finance Committee has examined the proposed
Estimates of Expenditure at its special meetings, the
Appropriation Bill is brought back to the Council for
consideration and decision. For the 2013-2014 Budget, the Financial Secretary introduced the Appropriation Bill 2013
to the Council on 27 February 2013. The Budget debate
began on 17 April 2013 and lasted for 16 meeting days, and
the Appropriation Bill 2013 was passed on 21 May 2013.
OTHER DEBATES
In addition to debating motions with legislative or binding
effect as described in the MOTIONS subsection of this
chapter, Members debate motions not intended to have
such effect. These debates provide opportunities for
Members to express their views on issues of public interest
and for public officers to respond to such views. During the 2012-2013 session, the Council debated 51 such motions moved by Members, of which 28 were passed with or without amendments and 23 were negatived.
If a Member wishes to raise an issue of urgent public
importance for debate in Council but does not wish to
formulate a motion in express terms, an adjournment
debate may be proposed between two items of business
on the Council’s Agenda to allow Members to express their
opinions on the issue (Rule 16(2) of the Rules of Procedure).
In addition, if a Member wishes to raise an issue concerning
public interest for debate in Council with a view to eliciting a
reply from the Government, but does not wish to formulate
a motion in express terms, then an adjournment debate
may be proposed at the conclusion of all business on the
Council’s Agenda (Rule 16(4) of the Rules of Procedure). Three adjournment debates under Rule 16(4) were held
during the 2012-2013 session.
All motions moved at Council meetings are debated and
voted upon, except those moved under Rule 49E of the
Rules of Procedure. All motions put on the Agenda of
Council meetings held in the 2012-2013 session and the
Council’s decisions on the motions debated are listed in
Appendix 4 .Financial Secretary Mr John TSANG Chun-wah delivering his 2013 Budget Speech at the Council meeting on 27 February 2013.
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ADDRESS BY THE
CHIEF EXECUTIVE
The Chief Executive addressed the Council under Rule 8(a)
of the Rules of Procedure at the meeting of 17 October
2012 to elaborate on his concept of governance, review
progress made in the first three months of the Fourth Term
Government, and outline his policy direction and work priorities in 2013.
CHIEF EXECUTIVE’S QUESTION
AND ANSWER SESSIONS
During the 2012-2013 session, five Council meetings were
held during which the Chief Executive addressed the
Council and answered questions put to him by Members.
These meetings were held in November and December
2012, and January, May and July 2013 respectively.The Chief Executive Mr C Y LEUNG attends a Chief Executive’s Question and Answer Session to answer Members’ questions.
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CHAPTER 3
45 public works items proposed by the Administration
and recommended by the Public Works Subcommittee,
i n v o l v i n g a n e x p e n d i t u r e o f a b o u t $ 1 5 1 . 3 b i l l i o n . T h e
Committee also approved 20 items relating to requests for variations in the establishment of the civil service
proposed by the Administration and recommended by the
Establishment Subcommittee. FINANCE COMMITTEE
The Finance Committee is one of
the three standing committees
of the Council. It comprises all
Council Members other than the
President, and its Chairman and
Deputy Chairman are elected by
and from among the Committee’s
members.
The Finance Committee is
vested with the responsibility of scrutinizing and approving public
expenditure proposals submitted
by the Financial Secretary.
Each year, upon presentation
of the Appropriation Bill to the
Council, the President refers
the Estimates of Expenditure
to the Finance Committee
for examination in its special
meetings held for this purpose.
After the Appropriation Bill has been passed, any changes
to the approved Estimates are put to the Finance Committee
for its approval. The Finance Committee normally meets
on Fridays to consider these proposals or to discuss the
financial implications of new policies.
During the 2012-2013 session, the Finance Committee
held 46 meetings, including eight special meetings
held to examine the Estimates of Expenditure. The
Committee approved a total of 41 financial proposals and
COMMITTEES
Members perform the critical roles of scrutinizing bills, controlling public expenditure and monitoring the
work of the Government through a committee system. There are three standing committees: the Finance
Committee, the Public Accounts Committee and the Committee on Members’ Interests. In addition,
the House Committee coordinates matters relating to business to be considered at Council meetings and monitors progress made in studying bills and subsidiary legislation. Bills that require more in-depth study
are scrutinized by bills committees, which report on their deliberations to the House Committee. The
committees that monitor and examine policy issues are called panels. There are currently 18 panels, the
formation and terms of reference of which were approved by the Council on the recommendation of the
House Committee.
45 44 Legislative Council Annual Report 2012-2013Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan, Chairman of the Finance Committee, presides over a meeting of
the Committee.CHAPTER 3
The Finance Committee deliberated on a number of
controversial funding proposals during the 2012-2013
session, such as the proposals for the Old Age Living
Allowance, injection into the Disaster Relief Fund for
providing relief to the Sichuan earthquake victims, as well
as the extension of the Northeast New Territories Landfill
and the West New Territories Landfill. These items were
all approved by the end of the session except the landfill
extension proposals as the Committee adjourned the discussion on the relevant funding proposals in order for the Administration to implement mitigation measures and
conduct further public consultation to fully address the
concerns of local residents and the respective District
Councils.
Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan (right) and Hon Emily LAU
Wai-hing (left), Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Finance Committee, speak at the end-of-session media briefing.
The Establishment Subcommittee examines and makes
recommendations to the Finance Committee concerning
Government 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
held nine meetings and examined 20 proposals put forward
by the Government. The members of the Establishment
Subcommittee are listed in Appendix 5 .
The Public Works Subcommittee examines and makes recommendations to the Finance Committee concerning
Government proposals to upgrade projects to or downgrade
them from Category A of the Public Works Programme, or
concerning changes to the scope of and approved estimates for Category A projects. During the session, the Subcommittee
held 14 meetings and examined 47 proposals put forward
by the Government, of which 45 were recommended to the
Finance Committee for approval. The members of the Public
Works Subcommittee are listed in Appendix 5 .
To examine the 2013-2014 Estimates of Expenditure, the Finance Committee held a series of eight special meetings
consisting of 20 sessions between 8 and 12 April 2013.
Prior to these special meetings, a Finance Committee
meeting was held at which the Financial Secretary briefed
members on the financial implications of the 2013-2014
Budget and the Secretary for Financial Services and the
Treasury provided further information on the Estimates of
Expenditure. To facilitate the smooth conduct of business during the special meetings, members of the Committee were invited
to submit written questions on the Estimates of Expenditure.
As a new initiative to streamline the submission and
management of questions by members, a new web-based
application system was introduced this year. Before the
special meetings, members raised a total of 5 471 written
questions seeking written replies from the Government on
the Estimates of Expenditure. A total of 208 supplementary
questions and requests for additional information were referred to the Administration for reply after the special
Finance Committee meetings. The Legislative Council
passed the Appropriation Bill 2013 at the Council meeting
of 21 May 2013.
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE
The Public Accounts Committee is another standing
committee of the Council. It is responsible for considering
the Director of Audit’s reports on the Government’s
accounts, as well as the results of value for money audits
carried out on the Government and other organizations
within the purview of public audits. The Committee may
call for explanations and obtain evidence from public
officers, the managerial staff of public organizations
and other relevant persons if deemed necessary. The Committee consists of a Chairman, a Deputy Chairman and five members, all of whom are elected by Members
and appointed by the President. Its members are listed in Appendix 5 .
During the 2012-2013 session, the Committee examined the Director of Audit’s Report on the Accounts of the
Government for the year ended 31 March 2012 and the
Reports on the Results of Value for Money Audits (Reports
Nos. 59 and 60). The Committee’s conclusions and
recommendations are contained in the Public Accounts Committee Reports Nos. 59 and 60, which were tabled in
Council on 6 February 2013 and 10 July 2013 respectively.
To allow itself more time to consider the issues raised
in Chapter 7 of the Director of Audit’s Report No. 60 on “Preventive education and enlisting public support against
corruption” and in view of the voluminous information provided by the witnesses, the Committee has decided to
defer a full report on this subject to October 2013 in the
2013-2014 legislative session.
Mr Timothy TONG Hin-ming, former
Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption, takes oath before giving evidence at a public hearing of the Public Accounts Committee on the subject of “preventive education and enlisting
public support against corruption”.
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Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him
(centre), Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, joins other Committee members at a press conference to answer reporters’ questions on the Committee’s report.
Hon IP Kwok-him, Chairman of the Committee on Members’ Interest, presides over a meeting of the Committee.COMMITTEE ON MEMBERS’
INTERESTS
The third standing committee of the Council is the Committee
on Members’ Interests, which considers complaints made
in relation to Members’ registration and declaration of
interests and their conduct concerning claims for the
reimbursement of operating expenses or applications for an
advance of operating funds. It also examines arrangements for the compilation, maintenance and accessibility of the
Register of Members’ Interests, considers matters of ethics
in relation to the conduct of Members in their capacity as
such, and provides advice and issues guidelines on such
matters. The Committee comprises a Chairman, a Deputy Chairman and five members, all of whom are elected by
Members and appointed by the President. The members of the Committee on Members’ Interests are listed in
Appendix 5 .
During the period under report, the Committee held three
open meetings to review the Committee’s complaints handling procedure; to examine the issues relating to
Members’ disclosure of pecuniary interests under Rule 83A
of the Rules of Procedure; and to follow up the proposal of
the Committee of the last term to appoint a commissioner to
receive and investigate complaints under the Committee’s
remit. The Committee consulted all Members on the
proposal to appoint a commissioner. As the majority of
Members did not support the proposal, the Committee
agreed not to pursue it further.
The Committee also held five closed meetings to consider
a complaint against a Member in relation to allegations
of his failure to register certain interests with the Clerk to
the Legislative Council pursuant to Rule 83 of the Rules
of Procedure. The Committee presented its report on its
consideration of the complaint at the Council meeting of
10 July 2013.
Hon IP Kwok-him (second from right) and Hon Emily LAU
Wai-hing (third from right), Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Members’ Interests, joins other Committee members at a press conference to answer reporters’ questions on the Committee’s report.
The Public Accounts Committee hears evidence from Mr WONG Kam-sing, Secretary for the Environment, at a public hearing on the subject of “monitoring and report of air quality”.
Dr KO Wing-man, Secretary for Food and Health, attends a public hearing of the Public Accounts Committee and gives evidence on the subject “land grants for private hospital development”.
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HOUSE COMMITTEE
The House Committee comprises all Members, except the
President, who elect the Chairman and Deputy Chairman
from among themselves. The House Committee normally
meets weekly on Fridays while the Legislative Council is in
session.
The House Committee prepares for meetings of the Council
and considers matters relating to the Council’s business. An
important function of the House Committee is to decide the manner of consideration of bills introduced to 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. It co-ordinates the operation, oversees the progress and studies
the reports of the bills committees and subcommittees
concerned.
The House Committee may refer to relevant panels for
consideration any policy matters relating to the Council’s
business. The House Committee may also consider, in such manner as it thinks fit, any other matters 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 the Deputy Chairman
of the House Committee meet the Chief Secretary for
Administration on a regular basis to discuss matters of
mutual concern.The House Committee held 34 regular meetings during the 2012-2013 session. It also held three special meetings
to discuss with the Chief Secretary for Administration the
subjects of the collision of vessels near Lamma Island
on 1 October 2012, the establishment of a Policy and Project Co-ordination Unit under the Chief Secretary for
Administration’s Office and the work of the Commission on
Poverty and the Steering Committee on Population Policy.
Subcommittees of the House Committee
The House Committee may appoint subcommittees to
assist it in considering issues of public concerns that fall
outside the purview of panels or any other matter relating to
the business of the Council. The following subcommittees
were in operation during the 2012-2013 session:
• Parliamentary Liaison Subcommittee;
• Subcommittee on Members’ Remuneration and
Operating Expenses Reimbursement;
• Subcommittee on Poverty;
• Subcommittee on Proposed Senior Judicial
Appointments; and
• Subcommittee to Prepare for the Operation of the Select Committee on the Petition Presented at the
Council Meeting of 8 May 2013.
The members of these subcommittees are listed in Appendix 5 .
COMMITTEE ON RULES OF
PROCEDURE
The Committee on Rules of Procedure is responsible
for reviewing the Council’s Rules of Procedure and
the committee system, as well as for proposing any
amendments or changes it considers necessary to the
Council.
The Committee consists of a Chairman, a Deputy Chairman
and 10 members, all 12 of whom are elected by Members
and appointed by the President. Its members are listed in
Appendix 5 .
During the 2012-13 session, the Committee held four meetings to study a number of issues related to the
procedural arrangements for Council meetings and Council
committee procedures. In view of the increase in the number
of Members from 60 to 70 in the Fifth Legislative Council,
the Committee recommended, and the House Committee
supported, to increase the number of written questions asked at a Council meeting from 14 to 16. The relevant
proposed amendment to the Rules of Procedure was
passed by the Council on 20 March 2013. The Committee
also recommended that the number of slots for moving
motions not intended to have legislative effect at each
regular Council meeting should be maintained at two, and Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen (right) and Hon Ronny TONG
Ka-wah (left), Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the House Committee.
Mrs Carrie LAM CHENG
Yuet-ngor, Chief Secretary for Administration, attends a special House Committee meeting to answer Members’ questions on the establishment of a Policy and Project Co-
ordination Unit under the Chief
Secretary for Administration’s Office.
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the allocation of these slots to Members should be counted
on a term basis. The relevant proposed amendments to the
House Rules were endorsed by the House Committee on
23 November 2012.
The Committee continued the study on whether and how
the Rules of Procedure should be amended to deal with
fi l i b u s t e r i n g . T h e C o m m i t t e e a g r e e d t h a t M e m b e r s o f
various political parties and groupings would discuss
among themselves with a view to arriving at a substantive
proposal acceptable to the majority of both groups of
Members returned from the geographical and functional
constituencies. The Committee would further deliberate
the subject in due course.
The Committee also studied the problem of Members’
motions on subsidiary legislation subject to the negative
vetting procedure not being able to be dealt with at the
relevant Council meeting(s) before the expiry of the vetting
period. The Committee considered that the problem might
be addressed by way of amendment(s) to section 34 of the
Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance (Cap. 1),
and agreed that this option should be further explored in
consultation with the Administration.
The Committee’s proposal to amend Rule 24(h) of the
House Rules to clarify that during a committee meeting,
only members of the committee may draw the attention of the chairman to the absence of a quorum, thereby triggering
the quorum procedure under the rule, was endorsed by the
House Committee on 12 July 2013.
BILLS COMMITTEES AND
SUBCOMMITTEES ON SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION
The House Committee may allocate bills, other than
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 representatives from relevant organizations may be
invited to attend its meetings, as may members of the
public.
A bills committee will consider the principles and merits
of the bill concerned and its detailed provisions, and may
propose amendments to the bill. It may also appoint
subcommittees to assist it in the performance of its
functions. After a bills committee has completed scrutiny
of a bill, it notifies the House Committee and advises the
Committee in writing of its deliberations. Bills committees are dissolved upon enactment of the bills concerned or as
decided by the House Committee.
During the 2012-2013 session, 20 bills committees were
formed, 11 of which completed their scrutiny work and reported to the House Committee. By the end of the
session, nine bills committees were still in action.
Thirty-one subcommittees were set up to consider 51
items of subsidiary legislation and an instrument tabled
in Council as well as 13 proposed resolutions presented
by the Government for the Council’s approval. In addition,
15 items of subsidiary legislation made under the United
Nations Sanctions Ordinance (Cap. 537) which were
not required to be tabled in Council were referred by the
House Committee to the Subcommittee to Examine the Implementation in Hong Kong of Resolutions of the United
Nations Security Council in relation to Sanctions, which
was set up under the House Committee in October 2012,
for consideration.
A list of the members of these bills committees and
subcommittees is given in Appendix 5 . Their reports are
available on the Legislative Council website at www.legco.gov.hk.
PANELS
Panels are committees of the Council. 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 public concerns. 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. 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 panel(s) on such proposals and
to allow more thorough discussion of the policy aspects.
A panel may appoint subcommittees to study specific
issues and present reports to the Council as it considers
appropriate. A panel or its subcommittee may meet jointly
with another panel or its subcommittee to consider any
matter of common interest to the two panels.
Each panel is headed by a chairman elected from among
its members. The members of the 18 panels and their
subcommittees operating in the 2012-2013 session are shown in Appendix 5 .
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Panel on Administration of Justice and
Legal Services
During the session, the Panel continued to follow up
the issue of setting up an independent legal aid body to
administer legal aid in place of the Legal Aid Department
(“LAD”). In June 2013, the Legal Aid Services Council
(“LASC”) briefed the Panel on the conclusion of the
consultant’s review conducted in 2011 that there was no
immediate need to establish an independent legal aid
authority. A total of five deputations attended the meeting
to give views. The Panel noted that while the LASC agreed with the consultant’s conclusion, it would re-visit the issue from time to time.
In March 2013, the Panel was briefed on the existing review
mechanism within The Ombudsman. The Panel was
generally of the view that there was no need to establish
another independent body to review the decisions of
The Ombudsman, but it raised concerns about the appropriateness of The Ombudsman assigning the original
case officer to process a Request for Review initially. The
Panel noted that a fresh case officer would be assigned to
process a Request for Review if the original case officer
was under a staff complaint lodged by the complainant.
On the issues of promoting Hong Kong as a legal and
arbitration services hub in the Asia Pacific region, including
one of the pilot measures of allowing law firms of the
Mainland and Hong Kong to establish associations in Qianhai, the Panel noted that the Mainland authorities were
in the process of drawing up detailed proposals on the
implementation of association in the form of partnership,
and both the Hong Kong Bar Association and The Law
Society Hong Kong were making preparations to facilitate
their members to take part in the pilot measures. With the coming into effect of the Mediation
Ordinance (Cap. 620) on 1 January 2013, the
Panel received views from 38 deputations on
the provision and development of mediation
services in Hong Kong. Concern was raised
that the Hong Kong Mediation Accreditation
Association Ltd. (“HKMAAL”) would formulate
accreditation standards targeting at legal
and other professionals. The Panel noted
that the HKMAAL would adopt an inclusive approach towards those pioneer programmes
and/or organizations on mediation services
in formulating accreditation standards.
The Administration would monitor the
implementation of this and report to the Panel
from time to time.
Following the conclusion of the Vallejos Evangeline
Banao & Another v The Commissioner of Registration & Another (“the Vallejos case”) by the Court of Final Appeal (“CFA”) on 25 March 2013, the Panel discussed with the
Administration the request made by the Government to the
CFA for seeking an interpretation of the Basic Law from
the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress
(“NPCSC”) of the People’s Republic of China as a means to
resolve the right of abode issue of foreign domestic helpers
in the Vallejos case. During the discussion, the Secretary
for Justice (“SJ”) emphasized that the decision of whether
to make a reference to the NPCSC to interpret Article 158(3) of the Basic Law was vested solely in the CFA.
As regards whether seeking an interpretation of the Basic
Law from the NPCSC was one of the legal options of the
Administration to tackle the issues arising from the situation
of children born in Hong Kong whose mothers are Mainland
women and whose fathers are not Hong Kong permanent
residents, SJ emphasized that the Administration would
strive to tackle the issues within the Hong Kong legal system. Seeking an interpretation of the Basic Law from
the NPCSC would only be considered as the very last
resort by the Administration.
During the session, the Panel was consulted on the Law
Reform Commission’s (“LRC”) Consultation Papers
on Rape and Other Non-consensual Sexual Offences
and Adverse Possession published in September and
December 2012 respectively. In view of the complexity of
the issues involved in the Consultation Paper on Rape and Other Non-consensual Sexual Offences, the LRC agreed to
the Panel’s request to extend the consultation period from
31 December 2012 to 28 February 2013. Two subsequent
meetings were held by the Panel to receive views from
deputations on the handling of sexual offences cases by the
Police and other Government departments concerned. The
Panel requested that measures be stepped up to protect
the victims of sexual offence cases, including placing
screens around the victims during court proceedings. Dr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun (left), Chairman of the Panel on
Administration of Justice and Legal Services.
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The Panel proposed SJ to come to the Panel to report on
the progress of different issues to be followed up in the LRC.
SJ accepted this idea and came on 25 June 2013 to brief
Panel members on the progress of various issues in the LRC
including class actions, privacy, double jeopardy, etc.
The Panel was also consulted on a number of financial
proposals and a legislative proposal to implement the
Arrangement Concerning Reciprocal Recognition and
Enforcement of Arbitral Awards between the Hong Kong
Special Administrative Region and the Macao Special
Administrative Region.
Panel on Commerce and Industry
The Panel continued to monitor closely the implementation of
various funding schemes to strengthen the support for local
small and medium enterprises (“SMEs”). At the suggestion
of the trade and the Panel, enhanced support measures
were implemented to promote the sustained development
of the SMEs. Members urged the Administration to further
enhance the initiatives and streamline the application
procedures to ensure appropriate and timely assistance to
SMEs in light of industry feedback and market needs.
Hon Vincent FANG Kang (left), Chairman of the Panel on
Commerce and Industry.
On building the Hong Kong brand and promoting domestic
sales in the Mainland, members called for more Design
Galleries and “shops-in shop” to be set up in different
Mainland cities to showcase Hong Kong products. Some
members suggested that the Administration should
establish long-term sales and promotion venues in major
Mainland provinces/cities through quasi-Government
organizations and to provide one-stop services to help
the SMEs liaize with the Mainland authorities to resolve
commerce-related problems. The Panel supported the initiatives to enhance the functions of the offices of the HKSAR in the Mainland to
further strengthen Government to Government cooperation and better support Hong Kong enterprises and residents
in the Mainland. Members called on the Administration
to strive for further liberalization under the Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement
to improve Hong Kong service industries’ access to the
Mainland market and to provide targeted assistance to
sectors that encountered relatively more entry barriers in
individual provinces and cities.
Members welcomed the new initiatives to further the
development of innovation and technology (“I&T”) in Hong
Kong and called for closer I&T collaboration with the
Mainland. The Administration was urged to strengthen
collaboration among the Government, industry, academia,
and research institutes to facilitate commercialization of
research output and technology transfer. On promoting
research and development (“R&D”), members called for effective measures to stimulate R&D investment
and encourage commercialization of R&D results in the
private sector. At the Panel’s request, the Administration
undertook to review the funding scope of the Innovation
and Technology Fund to cover the SMEs’ in-house
research projects. Some members urged the
Administration to set out a clear timeline for
fulfilling the Chief Executive’s election promise
of increasing Hong Kong’s R&D investment to 0.8% of the Gross Domestic Product.
The Panel was consulted on the way forward
for the development of a patent system in
Hong Kong. Members supported the early implementation of the Original Grant Patent
(“OGP”) system and urged the Administration
to progressively develop its own substantive
examination capability for patents and build
up local patent expertise in the long run. The
Administration undertook to work out a detailed
implementation plan in consultation with stakeholders. The
Administration was urged to foster mutual recognition of
patents and to negotiate facilitation of patent applications
with the Mainland and other jurisdictions.
The Panel received views from deputations of the propriety
Chinese Medicine (“pCm”) industry on difficulties in
complying with the proposed Good Manufacturing Practice (“GMP”) for manufacturing pCm. Members cautioned
against a hasty introduction of a mandatory GMP regime
and called for more Government support in terms of
funding, manpower resources, research and technology,
land and infrastructural facilities to facilitate the industry’s compliance with the GMP.
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Panel on Constitutional Affairs
The Panel was very concerned about the methods for
forming the Legislative Council in 2016 and for electing the
Chief Executive through universal suffrage in 2017. Some
members repeatedly urged the Administration to conduct
public consultation on the two electoral methods as soon
as possible and provide a roadmap and timetable for
implementing the constitutional reform. Members would
deliberate further the relevant issues upon completion
of a research study commissioned by the Panel on the
nomination and voting procedures governing presidential elections in selected places.
Hon TAM Yiu-chung,
Chairman of the Panel on Constitutional Affairs.
Dr Hon LAU Wong-fat (right) and Hon Tony TSE Wai-chuen (left), Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Panel on Development.The Panel supported the Administration’s proposal to
abolish all the appointed seats of District Councils (“DCs”)
with effect from 1 January 2016, i.e. the commencement
date of the fifth term DCs. On the review of the number
of elected seats for the fifth term DCs, some members
requested the Administration to duly consider the impacts
of the abolition of the appointed seats on the operation of
the DCs, and to review the demarcation of the constituency
boundaries for the fifth term DCs as early as possible.
The Administration briefed the Panel on the work undertaken
by the Registration and Electoral Office (“REO”) for the
2013 voter registration (“VR”) cycle and the related publicity work. At the request of the Panel, the Administration
undertook to strengthen publicity efforts in the 2013 VR cycle to encourage timely updating of registered
particulars so that the REO could update and keep
the relevant registers of electors most accurate.
The Panel received a briefing by the Privacy
Commissioner for Personal Data (“PCPD”) on an
update of the work of his Office. The Panel urged
the Administration to provide adequate resources to the Office of PCPD so as to strengthen protection
of personal data privacy. The Administration undertook to monitor the situation and suitably
increase the subvention for the Office of PCPD in
2013-2014.The Panel also received a briefing by the new Chairperson
of the Equal Opportunities Commission (“EOC”) on the work of the EOC. The Panel was briefed on the EOC’s proposal to expand the scope of protection against sexual
harassment under the Sex Discrimination Ordinance to
cover customers harassing service providers. At the
request of the Panel, the Administration undertook to
introduce the relevant legislative amendments as early as
possible in the next legislative session.
The Panel also received public views on several human
rights reports, including the initial report of HKSAR under
the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons
with Disabilities, and the HKSAR’s third report under the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Panel on Development
The Panel has been monitoring the Administration’s work on supply of land to meet the pressing demand for housing
and other purposes. In November 2012, the Panel held
a joint meeting with the Panel on Housing to discuss the
short- to medium-term housing and land supply measures
announced by the Chief Executive in August 2012 and the
“Hong Kong Properties for Hong Kong People” measure.
In January 2013 after the Chief Executive had delivered
his Policy Address which introduced more initiatives to
increase land supply in the short, medium and long terms, the Panel held another discussion with the Administration
on land supply issues. The short- to medium-term housing
and land supply measures included the conversion of
36 “Government, Institution or Community” and other
Government sites, 13 devegetated, deserted or formed
Green Belt sites, and 16 industrial sites to residential
use; continuation of Government-initiated land sale;
appropriately increasing the development density of
unleased or unallocated residential sites; expediting four development projects, etc. Panel members generally
welcomed those initiatives.
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The Administration briefed the Panel in April 2013 on the
Stage 2 Public Engagement of “Enhancing Land Supply
Strategy: Reclamation outside Victoria Harbour and
Rock Cavern Development”, during which the public was
consulted on five proposed near-shore reclamation sites,
namely Lung Kwu Tan, Ma Liu Shui, Tsing Yi Southwest, Siu Ho Wan and Sunny Bay at Lantau North, and the proposed
studies of constructing artificial islands in the central
waters and the proposed relocation of three Government facilities (Diamond Hill Fresh Water and Salt Water Service Reservoirs, Sai Kung Sewage Treatment Works and Sham
Tseng Sewage Treatment Works) to rock caverns. Taking
into account public controversies over reclamation, the
Panel held a special meeting in June 2013 to receive public
views on these proposed initiatives. Members urged
the Administration to consider public concerns about
the adverse impacts that reclamation would have on the
environment and marine ecology and to make use of under-
developed land in the New Territories instead of destroying the shorelines by reclamation.
In October 2012, the Administration briefed the Panel on
the public comments received from the Stage 3 Public
Engagement of the Planning and Engineering Study on the
North East New Territories New Development Areas which,
according to the Administration, were a major source of
land supply and would play an important role in addressing
Hong Kong’s long-term housing needs. In view of the
great controversies arising from the project, the Panel held two special meetings in December 2012 to receive public
views from 197 deputations/individuals on the project.
Members requested the Administration to address public
concerns about the need and positioning of the project,
the implementation approach, the public-private housing
ratio of the residential units to be provided in the proposed
New Development Areas, the loss of agricultural land as
a result of the proposed development, the impacts on the
residents and farmers living in the areas, compensation and rehousing, etc., in formulating the development plans. In
July 2013, the Administration discussed with the Panel the revised development proposals for the project. The Panel
conducted another round of public hearings to receive
public views.
In January 2013, the Administration briefed the Panel on
the progress of the “Energizing Kowloon East” initiative
to transform Kowloon East (comprising the Kai Tak
Development, Kwun Tong and Kowloon Bay) into an alternative core business district. While welcoming this
project, Panel members urged the Administration to identify
and approach each of the 500 establishments operating
cultural and creative workshops in Kowloon East to assess
the impacts of the transformation of the area on them,
understand their concerns and assist them in continuing
their operation in Kowloon East.During the session, the subject of construction of unauthorized buildings works (“UBWs”) sparked heated
public debates. The Panel discussed with the Administration
in January 2013 its enforcement strategy in relation to the
handling of such cases. In particular, members enquired
if the Administration had adopted different approaches
to the enforcement actions against the UBWs at the
Chief Executive’s properties at the Peak and those at the
residence of Mr Henry TANG, a candidate in the last Chief
Executive Election (2012), at Kowloon Tong.
The Administration updated the Panel regularly on the
progress of its key heritage conservation initiatives.
Members in general supported the Administration’s
proposed review of the present policy on the conservation
of privately-owned historic buildings. In November 2012,
the Administration briefed the Panel on the discovery of possible historical remains at the works site of the MTR
Corporation Limited at Harcourt Garden in Admiralty and
the existing administrative and statutory measures for the preservation of archaeological heritage in Hong Kong.
The Panel continued to monitor the progress of the
construction of the Liantang/Heung Yuen Wai Boundary
Control Point and associated works, the infrastructure
works at Kai Tak Development, the planning studies on
future land uses at the Anderson Road Quarry and the ex-Lamma Quarry Area at Sok Kwu Wan, and the Tung Chung
New Town Extension Study, etc.
During the session, the Panel also discussed regulatory
control over lift and escalator safety, the annual work plan
of the Urban Renewal Authority, the policy relating to a case
of sale of hotel rooms by a developer, issues related to the
provision of a military dock at the New Central Harbourfront
and the redevelopment of civil servants’ quarters developed
under the Civil Servants Co-operative Building Society Scheme.
Panel on Economic Development
Members of the Panel expressed dissatisfaction with the increases of electricity tariff for 2013 by the two power
companies and opined that the increases were driven by
the motive to earn the maximum permitted rate of return.
Members called on the Government to perform its gate-
keeping role to control the tariff increase and urged the
Administration to consider various ways to mitigate the
rate of increase in future. Members considered CLP
Power Hong Kong Limited’s (“CLP”) higher-than-inflation
electricity tariff increase unacceptable. The Panel passed
a motion urging the Administration to press the CLP to take
up its social responsibility as a public utility company and
to suppress the level of tariff adjustment in 2013 so as to
ease the financial burden of the general public.
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Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung
(right) and Hon CHUNG Kwok-pan (left), Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Panel on Economic Development.
Members of the Panel on Economic Development tour the immigration hall during a site visit to the new cruise terminal at Kai Tak.In respect of the Administration’s review of the Scheme
of Control Agreements with the two power companies,
members made a wide range of proposals for its
consideration. These included opening up the electricity
market, reducing the permitted rate of return, delinking
the power companies’ rate of return from their assets,
interconnecting the two power companies’ transmission
networks, stepping up measures to address environmental
concerns as well as conducting extensive consultation with
the public on the Government’s electricity supply policy.
In deliberating the follow-up actions arising from the report
of the Commission of Inquiry (“CoI”) appointed to inquire
into the vessel collision incident near Lamma Island on 1
October 2012, members expressed grave concerns about
the errors committed by the Marine Department as identified
in the CoI’s report. Regarding the internal investigation
undertaken by the Transport and Housing Bureau to look
into the collision incident, members raised concerns
about its impartiality and opined that an independent
investigation should be conducted to find out ascertain the
responsibilities of individual Government officers involved
and recommend measures to prevent the recurrence of
similar collision incidents. The Panel passed a motion
expressing its great disappointment and regret towards
the belated apologies from the Secretary for Transport and Housing, and the Director of Marine. It also urged that
public officers who were found to have contravened any
regulations should be held fully accountable. On tourism, members noted with concern that the number
of visitors from the Mainland had increased considerably
in recent years. They opined that the Government should
expedite its review of the capability of Hong Kong in
handling an increasing number of visitors bearing in mind
the need to enable Hong Kong to receive more visitors while
at the same time the need of local people could be met.
Regarding the various major tourism infrastructure projects,
members expressed concerns about the connectivity of
the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal with other parts of Hong Kong,
the Government’s efforts in developing Hong Kong as a
home port for cruise tourism as well as the impacts of the
emission from cruise liners on the air quality in the vicinity
of the cruise terminal. Members expressed support for
the development plans of the Ocean Park and Hong Kong
Disney and called on the Government to work out the arrangements for implementing these plans with the two
companies respectively.
Panel on Education
The Panel examined the basket of targeted measures implemented by the Administration to address the impacts
of the decline in secondary student population on the stability of the education sector and the teaching force. The
Administration was urged to seriously consider the school
sector’s proposal to progressively reduce the number of
students allocated to each Secondary 1 class over three
years starting from the 2013-2014 school year. Some
members also considered that the opportunity should
be taken to extend small class teaching to secondary
schools. In late November 2012, the Administration
announced a district- and school-based mechanism of
progressively reducing the number of students allocated
to each Secondary 1 class over the next three school years, underpinned by the principle of reverting to the
prevailing class size upon the future rebound in secondary
student population. The Panel would continue to monitor
developments.
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Dr Hon LAM Tai-fai (right) and Hon IP Kin-yuen (left), Chairman
and Deputy Chairman of the Panel on Education.
Members of the Panel on Education observe the onscreen marking system during a visit to
the Hong Kong Examinations
and Assessment Authority Assessment Centre.The Panel was deeply concerned about the shortfall
in Primary 1 places in the North District arising from
the upsurge of cross-boundary students choosing to
attend schools in the district. Members called on the
Administration to render appropriate assistance to those
children residing and wishing to study in the North District
but who were not allocated places in their home district.
To address these concerns, the Administration announced
in May 2013 certain special arrangements to assist these
children to be allocated school places in the North District under a “re-allocation mechanism”. Members also asked
the Administration to explore the feasibility of designating a
school net for cross-boundary students.
The provision of three years’ free kindergarten
education was a major focus of the Panel. Members
strongly supported many deputations’ call for early implementation of free kindergarten education, and noted
the Administration’s assurance that providing practicable
15-year free education and better quality kindergarten education was one of its priorities. They urged the
Administration to examine suggestions including the
formulation of a salary scale for kindergarten teachers, an
appropriate level of subsidy for attendance at whole-day
kindergartens, reducing the current teacher-to-student
ratio etc. The Administration confirmed that the Committee
on Free Kindergarten Education and its five subcommittees
would examine relevant issues and where appropriate,
would propose short-term measures to the Administration for implementation.
The Panel continued to follow up closely the development
and regulation of the self-financing post-secondary sector.
In view of the proliferation of self-financing programmes
and incidents of over-
enrolment, members urged for the establishment of an
independent oversight body
comparable to the University
Grants Committee (“UGC”)
for the self-financing sector.
Regarding members’ concerns
about high tuition fees and
the use of surpluses by
institutions, the Administration
advised that the Committee on Self-financing Post-secondary Education had been invited
to discuss possible measures to promote transparency in financial management and good practice in the sector.
Members also reiterated their call for the establishment of a single quality assurance body for the entire post-secondary
system as recommended by the UGC in 2010.
Regarding measures to enhance support for non-
Chinese speaking (“NCS”) students, the Panel noted
the Administration’s decision to revise the current mode
of support by providing an additional grant to schools
admitting 10 or more NCS students. To facilitate NCS
students’ learning of Chinese Language in a more
systematic manner with a view to achieving articulation to
multiple pathways for academic and career advancement,
the Administration was considering the development of a more systematic Chinese Language curriculum framework.
Members nevertheless reiterated their call for an alternative
Chinese curriculum for NCS students and passed a motion
urging for the development of a “Chinese as a Second
Language” curriculum and assessment criteria for early implementation in primary and secondary schools.
Panel on Environmental Affairs
The Panel was consulted on the Government’s proposal to set aside $10 billion to phase out heavily polluting diesel
commercial vehicles (“DCVs”). While members supported the phasing out of pre-Euro IV DCVs, they were dissatisfied
that under the present proposal, the retirement of the newer Euro III DCVs would be entitled to a higher level of
ex-gratia payment than the older and more polluting pre-
Euro II vehicles. Members were gravely concerned about
the impacts of the programme on the transport trades,
in particular the livelihood of owners of “single vehicles” who were also drivers and relied on the use of DCVs to
earn their living. They urged the Administration to consider
providing additional financial assistance to the affected
owners and prevent vehicle suppliers from profiteering
under the phasing-out programme. Some members also
suggested that a phased approach should be adopted
whereby the more polluting pre-Euro II models would be
phased out first, to be followed by Euro III models. Some
other members considered that the 15-year service life limit
for newly registered DCVs might be too short.
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To improve air quality at roadsides, the Panel generally
supported the Government’s proposal to fully fund the
franchised bus companies for the capital costs of retrofitting
selective catalytic reduction (“SCR”) devices for some 1 400 Euro II and III franchised buses at a total budget of
about $400 million. Some members expressed concerns
about the upkeeping of the satisfactory functioning of SCRs. They requested the Administration to monitor the
maintenance and performance of retrofitted franchised
buses, and impose penalties for the improper use and
maintenance of SCRs. Some other members demanded
the Administration to ensure that the franchised bus
companies would not transfer the additional operating cost
arising from the retrofit programme to passengers through
increases in bus fares.
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan (right) and Hon Christopher CHUNG
Shu-kun (left), Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Panel on Environmental Affairs.
Members doubted the effectiveness of the incentive
scheme launched by the Administration in September
2012 to reduce by half the port facilities and light dues of
those ocean-going vessels that switched to cleaner fuels
while at berth in Hong Kong waters and supported the
introduction of legislation to mandate the fuel switch. Some
members stressed that mandatory fuel switch at berth,
if implemented, should be applicable to all other ports
within the Pearl River Delta, otherwise the
competitiveness of the local logistics industry would be undermined. Members were also
concerned about the emissions from vessels
berthing at the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal and
their impacts on the surrounding environment.
They urged the Administration to expeditiously
install on-shore power supply facilities at
the Cruise Terminal to enable cruise vessels
to switch to electric power while berthing,
thereby minimizing their impacts on air quality.
Members were supportive of the general
principles of the proposal to upgrade the quality
of local marine light diesel by reducing the
limit on sulphur content from 0.5% to 0.05%,
which were meant to protect the environment. However, they held different views on the implementation details. Some members expressed concerns about the
possible increase in fuel prices if low sulphur diesel (“LSD”)
became the only kind of vessel fuel that could be used in
Hong Kong. The Administration was also urged to consider
providing subsidies for ferry operators when implementing
the proposal lest the increase in their operating cost would
be transferred to passengers. Some other members supported that more feasibility studies be conducted on
the efficiency of LSD as well as other engine models.
The Panel passed three motions on municipal solid
waste charging which respectively demanded that, if
the Government was to introduce quantity-based waste
charging, the rates be lowered concurrently to avoid double levy; a phased and progressive charging approach
be adopted and a “free of charge” policy be adopted in
the first phase; and on the basis of the “revenue-neutral”
principle, the charges so collected be rebated to those users who had succeeded in reducing waste.
The Panel was concerned about the lack of adequate
support for the local recycling trade. Members urged the
Administration to make greater efforts, such as by providing
funds, land and recycling facilities, as well as creating outlets for recyclable materials, to promote the trade.
In discussing the proposal to extend the three existing
landfills at Northeast New Territories (“NENT”), West
New Territories (“WENT”) and Southeast New Territories (“SENT”), members expressed gravely concerns about
the environmental and health impacts associated with the
landfill extensions, particularly the SENT Landfill Extension.
Members who did not support the extension pointed out that the odour nuisances arising from the SENT Landfill
had been affecting Tseung Kwan O (“TKO”) residents for
a long time. They considered that the landfill extension
problem had stemmed from the poor urban planning of
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Members of the Panel on Environmental Affairs observe the
process of separation of waste plastic during a visit to a recycling waste plastic plant in the EcoPark in Tuen Mun.TKO which allowed residential developments to be located
in the vicinity of the SENT Landfill and the unsatisfactory
progress in implementing the Government’s waste management strategy. It was also unfair to require TKO
residents to continue to bear the consequences. A member
was dissatisfied that while measures were implemented to
reduce the environmental nuisances at the SENT Landfill,
no such measures were taken at the NENT and WENT
Landfills for the benefit of residents of Ta Kwu Ling and
Tuen Mun, where the scale of landfill extension was much
larger than that of the SENT Landfill. The Panel passed
a motion objecting to the SENT Landfill extension project.
A delegation of the Panel comprising 12 Panel members
and five non-Panel members visited Seoul, Republic of
Korea, from 1 to 5 April 2013 to study the city’s experience in various aspects of waste management, including waste reduction, waste recycling and waste treatment
infrastructure.
In view of the wide public concerns about the problems of
air pollution and noise pollution and the increased public
awareness of the impacts of external lighting, the Panel
set up a subcommittee to study issues relating to air, noise
and light pollution for better protection of public health.
Academics had been invited to share their expert views on
the various issues studied by the Subcommittee.
Panel on Financial Affairs
The Financial Secretary (“FS”) briefed Members on Hong Kong’s latest economic situation at the Panel meetings in
December 2012 and June 2013. In view of the escalating
residential prices, members expressed grave concerns
about further worsening of the home purchase affordability
of the general public and urged FS to carefully monitor the
risk of a property bubble. FS advised that prospective
home-buyers should be cautious to look beyond the present
economic conditions and personal circumstances, and give
due regard to the eventual reversal of the low interest rate and their job and income stability over a longer time span
when deciding to purchase residential properties. On the
two rounds of demand management measures introduced by the Government in late October 2012 and late February 2013, while members generally recognized the need for
the measures to cool down exuberance in the property
market, there were concerns about the adverse affect on
the operation of a free market economy in Hong Kong and
the difficulties for genuine home-buyers in purchasing
flats. Members called on the Government to set targets for
evaluating the effectiveness of the measures and accord
priority in meeting the housing need of local buyers.
In order to maintain a robust banking system, members
continued to monitor measures taken by the Hong Kong
Monetary Authority (“HKMA”) in addressing risks in the
property mortgage lending market on banks. Members
noted that the HKMA had implemented measures to
strengthen banks’ risk management on mortgage lending
through several rounds of countercyclical macro-prudential
measures in the past few years and had alert mortgage
borrowers about the associated risks arising from a possible rise in interest rate. The Panel also exchanged views with the HKMA on the prospect of growth of Renminbi (“RMB”)
business in Hong Kong. Members urged the HKMA to
increase its involvement in the financial development of
Qianhai to provide new opportunities for banks in Hong Kong to expand their RMB cross-border lending business.
The Panel continued to monitor the Government’s measures
to improve market quality and investor protection. During
the session, the Panel examined the legislative proposals for regulating the over-the-counter derivatives market,
discussed with the Securities and Futures Commission on
the regulation of automated trading services, and met with
deputations and market practitioners on the proposal to
introduce the after-hours futures trading.
The Panel noted that the Financial Services Development
Council (“FSDC”) was intended to be a high-level, cross-
sector advisor to the Government on measures to
complement the internationalization of the financial market
of the Mainland and further development of the financial
services industry of Hong Kong. The Panel stressed the need for the FSDC to set concrete targets for its work
and ensure transparency in its operation and appraise the
public of its work.
The Panel also studied the Administration’s plan to make subsidiary legislation under
the new Companies Ordinance (“CO”)
in batches for bringing the new CO into
operation in the first quarter of 2014. On the
Administration’s proposal to suspend the inspection arrangement under the new CO of
restricting public access to company directors’
full identification numbers and residential
addresses available in the Companies
Register, members urged the Administration
Hon Starry LEE Wai-king (centre) and Hon CHAN Kin-por (left), Chairman and
Deputy Chairman of the Panel on Financial Affairs.
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to strike a reasonable balance between privacy protection
and enhancing transparency of company operation,
and to engage the relevant stakeholders in working out
improvements to the arrangement as soon as possible.
Regarding the Mandatory Provident Fund (“MPF”) System,
the Panel discussed with the Administration and Mandatory
Provident Fund Schemes Authority (“MPFA”) measures to address the issue of high MPF fees. On the long-term
approaches to bring fundamental improvements to the MPF
System, Members called on the Administration to study
proposals put forward by the MPFA, including capping
the fees of MPF funds; mandating the provision of low-fee
funds in MPF schemes; providing a basic, low-fee, default
fund arrangement; and introducing a not-for-profit operator
to operate a simple and low-fee MPF scheme.
Panel on Food Safety and Environmental
Hygiene
The Panel monitored regularly the Administration’s progress
in developing proposals to improve of the business
environment of public markets, the rental adjustment
mechanism and the air-conditioning charging policy. It also made two visits with the Secretary for Food and Health
to six selected public markets to better understand the
difficulties faced by the stall tenants.
There was a broad consensus among members that improving the business
environment of the public markets, including
the provision of air-conditioning facilities to
all public markets, was of utmost importance.
The Panel arrived at a consensual view that
unless the business environment of public
markets had been substantially improved,
there would not be any ready support for
any proposals to adjust the rentals of public market stalls. In this regard, the Panel
requested the Administration to conduct a comprehensive
review of public markets including the policy, positioning,
functions and usage of public markets. The Panel also stressed the need for the Administration to put forward
concrete proposals for improving the business environment
of public markets. The Administration undertook to conduct
a comprehensive review of public markets and to keep the
Panel informed of the review being undertaken.
Issues relating to hawkers and hawking were also of grave
concerns to the Panel. Members were generally of the view that hawking activities could foster district economic
development, and hawker areas were places where the
grassroots could make their living and consumers could
buy inexpensive merchandises. They expressed deep
disappointment at the Administration’s failure to map out a
comprehensive and long-term hawker policy. They urged
the Administration to conduct a comprehensive review of
the hawker policy with the objectives of facilitating the long-
term development of the hawking trade and improvement of the management and operating environment of the hawker
areas. The Administration should also explore the feasibility
of establishing hawker bazaars on a district basis.
The Panel was deeply concerned about the measures to
stabilize the supply of powdered formula for local babies
and young children. Some members considered that
there was the need to step up enforcement efforts against
parallel trading activities in order to ensure adequate
supply of powdered formula for local babies and young children. Some other members, however, questioned the
need to combat parallel trading activities as parallel trading
activities per se was not an offence. These members
expressed strong objection to the Administration’s proposal
to impose export restrictions on powdered formula. They
considered that it should be the suppliers’ responsibility to
ensure a stable supply to meet both the local needs and the
demand from the Mainland.
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit (right) and Hon
Steven HO Chun-yin (left), Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Panel on Food Safety and Environmental Hygiene.
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Members of the Panel on Food Safety and Environmental Hygiene talk to one of the wet stall tenants in Java Road Market and Cooked Food Centre.The Panel also followed up the implementation of the
Import and Export (General) (Amendment) Regulation
2013 (“Amendment Regulation”) which imposed export
restrictions on powdered formula. Some members were
of the view that the export restrictions on powdered
formula should not be made permanent and called on the
Administration to set a timeline to review the effectiveness
and necessity to continue with the export control. Some
other members, however, objected to adding a sunset
clause to the Amendment Regulation for fear it might bring about a revival of parallel activities.
Members also followed up issues relating to animal welfare.
Some members strongly criticized the Administration for its
handling of pet carcasses as solid waste. They stressed
the need for the Government to provide cremation service
for pet animals. There was also a suggestion that the Administration should consider extending the cremains
scattering services in the Gardens of Remembrance and
at sea to the cremains of pet animals. Noting the divergent views on some of the proposed regulatory measures for pet
breeding and trading, members urged the Administration to
consult extensively the views of all the stakeholders and the
public, with a view to finding a balanced way forward and
protecting the welfare of animals in Hong Kong.
Panel on Health Services
The Panel was deeply concerned about the regulation
of medical beauty treatments/procedures. Members in
general were of the view that the existing legislation in
regulating the conduct of advanced therapies was far
from effective in protecting public health. They urged the
Administration to expeditiously review and introduce a
comprehensive regulatory framework for high-risk medical
treatments/procedures performed outside the hospital
setting. Some members also stressed the need for a clear
definition of “medical treatment/procedure”. They also took
the view that in hammering out the regulatory framework
for medical treatments/procedures, due regard should be
Dr Hon LEUNG Ka-lau (left), Chairman of the Panel
on Health Services.given to ensuring the enforceability and practicability of the
legislative provisions.
The Panel continued to follow up on the subject of regulation
of private hospitals. Noting that some tax-exempt private
hospitals had derived hefty profits from their hospital
operations and hence, deviated from their charitable objects, some members questioned if the tax exemption status of those private hospitals should be revoked. There
was also a view that different sets of land grant conditions
should be imposed on profit-marking and non-profit-
making private hospitals. Members also called on the Administration to make public information on those private
hospitals which were required to provide free or low-charge
beds under their land grants for reference by the public and
patients. Consideration should also be given to putting in
place a mechanism to ensure the provision of reasonably priced private hospital services to enable more people to
use private hospitals services on a sustained basis, so as
to address the imbalance between the public and private healthcare services.
As regards the future development of private hospitals, some
members were of the view that any effort to boost non-local
demand for medical services without a concurrent increase
in the overall capacity of the healthcare system would only
make the private services less affordable to the middle class. In their view, the Administration should first address
the local demand for private healthcare services. Some other members considered that the Administration should
increase the number of private hospital beds and the supply
of land for private hospital development. This would in turn
lower the hospital charges to a more reasonable level as
well as reduce the waiting time for surgeries.
The Panel also examined in detail the services and
development of public hospitals. Members urged the Administration to implement effective measures to reduce
the waiting time of the accident and emergency (“A&E”)
services as well as the specialist outpatient services of
public hospitals. They also called on the Hospital Authority
to improve the remuneration package of doctors and
nurses so as to attract and retain doctors and nurses to
work in public hospitals to ease the manpower shortage.
There was also a suggestion of extending the service hours
of the General Outpatient Clinics to handle semi-urgent and non-urgent cases.
The Panel appointed a Subcommittee on Health Protection
Scheme to assist its monitoring work of the implementation
progress of the Health Protection Scheme. The Panel
and the Panel on Welfare Services also formed a Joint
Subcommittee on Long-term Care Policy to assist both
Panels in monitoring the Government’s long-term care
policies and services for the elderly, persons with disabilities and persons with chronic diseases. Both the
Subcommittee and the Joint Subcommittee would continue
their work in the 2013-2014 session.
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Panel on Home Affairs
The Panel continued to follow up on the development of arts
and culture in Hong Kong. Members generally considered
that a dedicated policy bureau should be established to
take charge of the arts and cultural development in Hong
Kong and the new-term Government should formulate
more concrete measures to facilitate the long-term and sustainable development of small and medium arts
groups and the nurturing of budding artists. Members also welcomed the Administration’s proposal to relax
the eligibility criteria for “individual arts worker” to allow more members of the arts community to take part in the
nomination of representatives of arts interests for the Hong
Kong Arts Development Council.
Sports development was another area of concerns of the
Panel. While welcoming the Administration’s decision not to
shelve the development of Multi-purpose Sports Complex
at Kai Tak, members urged the Administration to speed
up the planning and development process for the early
completion of the Complex. The Administration was also
called on to ensure that the facilities in the Complex would
meet the needs and aspirations of the sports sector and
the community. Members stressed that the Administration
should facilitate the nurturing of junior athletes with potential
to ensure the succession of elite athletes. Members also
considered that the incentive awards for disabled elite
athletes should be on par with those for the able-bodied
elite athletes.
The Panel continued to follow up the monitoring of private
recreational leases (“PRLs”). Some members were
dissatisfied with the Administration’s decision to renew
those PRLs that had expired for another term of 15 years as a comprehensive review of the policy of PRLs had
not been conducted. The Panel passed a motion urging
the Government to establish a monitoring and vetting
mechanism for the approval and renewal of lands leased
under PRLs, and further open up such lands for use by the
public, so as to safeguard public interests.
Members expressed diverse views on the Administration’s
proposal for earmarking a one-off grant of $100 million for each DC to implement the Signature Projects Scheme. Some members expressed their support as they considered
that the Administration’s proposal would strengthen
district administration. Some other members, however,
considered that some of the powers formerly exercised
by the two Municipal Councils should be delegated to the DCs. These members urged the Administration to conduct
a comprehensive review of the District Councils Ordinance
to enhance the roles and functions of the DCs.
The Panel examined the Administration’s proposals to
introduce improvement measures for Village Representative
election and regulate Kaifong Representative election by statute. While supporting the proposals, the Panel passed
a motion urging the Administration to step up publicity and
encourage women as well as young people to participate in
various levels of rural elections.
Panel on Housing
There had been notable increase in both property rents and
prices and more and more people had found it difficult to
find suitable flats in the market at prices which they could
afford. The Panel discussed the 10 measures announced
by the Chief Executive on 30 August 2012 to expedite the
supply of subsidized and private housing units. Members
requested that the Administration should apprise the Hon MA Fung-kwok (right) and Dr Hon
Kenneth CHAN Ka-lok (left), Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Panel on Home Affairs.
Hon WONG Kwok-hing (left), Chairman of the Panel on Housing.
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Members of the Panel on Housing observe the operations of the
photovoltaic panels at Yau Lai Estate Phase 5, Yau Tong, with Ms Ada FUNG (second from right), Deputy Director (Development and Construction) of the Housing Department.
public of the land supply in the next few years, introduce
measures against developers’ hoarding land and deferring
development, use more Government sites for public housing
production, redevelop aged public rental housing (“PRH”)
estates, expedite the development of potential sites into
disposed sites and the conversion of industrial buildings/
land for residential use, and increase PRH production.
While some members supported the reinstatement of rent
control, others had reservations about the implementation
of drastic measures to address the overheated property market or the reinstatement of rent control on account of
their implications on the free market economy.
In response to the Long Term Housing Strategy (“LTHS”)
review launched by the Administration, the Panel set up a
subcommittee to study ways to increase housing supply to
meet the needs of various groups in the community, and to
make recommendations on the LTHS.
The Panel was gravely concerned about the adverse
impacts of the scheme to allow White Form (“WF”) buyers
to purchase Home Ownership Scheme (“HOS”) flats with
premium not yet paid under the Secondary Market Scheme (“the Scheme”) on the HOS market. Members held the
view that the Scheme would give rise to increased demand
which was not met by a corresponding increase in supply,
thus encouraging speculative activities. The Panel passed
a motion urging the Administration to temporarily suspend
the extension of the HOS Secondary Market to WF buyers
and conduct a review afresh, so as to avoid pushing up the HOS Secondary Market.
The Administration pledged to produce some 75 000 PRH
flats in the five-year period from 2012-2013 to 2016-2017, and advance the completion
of 3 400 flats from the second
five-year period by one year.
As such, a total of 79 000 PRH
flats would be produced during
the coming five-year period.
Besides, the Administration would fast track the completion
schedule for public housing
construction by shortening the
planning and design process.
While members welcomed the
expedited production of PRH
flats, they were also concerned
whether sufficient land had
been identified to meet the
production targets. Members
also emphasized that the compressed schedule must not compromise construction safety and quality and the public
consultation process.
Some members criticized the Administration for choosing
to tolerate the existence of subdivided flats on grounds of
their value of existence and did not take actions to eradicate them. These members were particularly dissatisfied about
the absence of statistics on subdivided flats. The Panel
passed a motion strongly requesting the relevant authorities to expeditiously provide the number of households living in
subdivided flats in the territory, their family sizes as well
as the number of such flats, so as to review afresh the
public housing production to assist low-income families
with flat accommodation as soon as possible; and at the
same time, the authorities should eradicate subdivided flats in the long run to protect the interests of flat owners.
At the Panel’s request, the Administration engaged an
independent research organization to conduct a survey
to assess the condition and project the number of people
living in subdivided flats.
Panel on Information Technology and
Broadcasting
The Panel followed up issues relating to the
discontinuation of broadcasting service by Digital
Broadcasting Corporation Hong Kong Limited (“DBC”).
Judging from the alleged recordings of DBC meetings
circulating on the Internet, some Panel members considered
that there was prima facie evidence to suggest that the
decision of some of the major shareholders against making
further investments into the DBC was a result of political
interference from the Liaison Office of the Central People’s
Government in the HKSAR, leading to the discontinuation
of broadcasting service by the DBC. Some other members
considered the rumour of political interference as pure
speculation. The motion passed by the Panel for the
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appointment of a select
committee by the
Legislative Council to
inquire into issues relating
to the discontinuation
of broadcasting service
by the DBC was not supported by the House Committee. After receiving views from members of the public at a
special meeting, the Panel urged the Administration to
facilitate the resumption of broadcasting service by the DBC. The Administration subsequently advised that DBC
had sought the approval of the Communications Authority
(“CA”) for the transfer of DBC shareholdings and resumed
its broadcasting service in January 2013.
On the progress of the three applications for domestic free
television programme service licences, the Administration advised that it was unable to provide the Panel with details
as the Chief Executive in Council was considering the
matter. The Panel considered that the delay in processing the applications by the Administration was unreasonable,
both from the perspectives of the public and the commercial
operators. The Panel strongly condemned the Government
for ignoring the public’s right to know and their interests
by unreasonably delaying the issuance of such licences,
and passed a motion to this effect. Members urged the
Chief Executive in Council to make a final decision on the
applications as soon as possible.
Regarding the arrangements for the frequency spectrum in
the 1.9 – 2.2 GHz Band upon expiry of the existing frequency
assignments for 3G mobile services, the Panel noted that
a hybrid between administratively-assigned and market-
based approach (i.e. right of first refusal to the incumbent
3G operators for them to retain part of the spectrum in the 1.9 – 2.2 GHz Band, while part of the spectrum would be returned to CA for re-auction) had been proposed for the
second consultation with the telecommunications industry
and interested parties. The Panel met with representatives
of relevant stakeholders to gauge their views on the subject.
In view of the possible degradation of customer service quality in adopting the proposed approach as pointed
out by some deputations and in response to the request
of the Panel, the Administration undertook to appoint an
independent consultant to conduct a detailed technical
assessment on the impacts on the quality of service
provided by incumbent 3G operators. The Administration
would announce the assessment outcome by October 2013 together with the decision on the arrangement for the 3G
spectrum upon expiry of the current assignment.
Hon WONG Yuk-man, Chairman of the
Panel on Information Technology and Broadcasting.
Members of the Panel on Information Technology and Broadcasting pose with the management staff of Cyberport during a site visit.As regards the progress of the implementation of the
Internet Learning Support Programme (“ILSP”), Panel
members noted that Internet adoption of students from
low-income families had increased significantly from 87%
in 2010 to 96% in 2012. Some members requested the Administration to arrange for district-oriented promotion
to identify the needy families for the ILSP. Some other
members urged the Administration to continue to source
discounted offers of computers and Internet services for
the target beneficiaries, explore whether there were more
cost-effective means of providing these services and
consider how they would evolve. As the Administration
would conduct another review in early 2015 to consider
the way forward, including the sustainability of the ILSP,
the Panel requested the Administration to provide views,
comments, feedbacks and relevant statistics received from
the two implementers during the mid-term review of the
ILSP, so as to assess their performance and to find out the
Internet learning needs among students from low-income
families.
Panel on Manpower
The Panel continued to monitor closely the implementation
of the statutory minimum wage (“SMW”). The Panel
discussed with the Administration and received public views on the revised SMW rate. Members expressed
diverse views on the revised SMW rate. Many members
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Hon LEE Cheuk-yan,
Chairman of the Panel on Manpower.
Hon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yee (right) and Hon POON Siu-ping (left), Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Panel on Public Service.also expressed concerns about the time lag between
data collection/analyses by the Census and Statistic
Department, deliberations of the SMW rate by the Minimum
Wage Commission and the coming into effect of the revised
SMW rate. Members called on the Administration to
review and adjust the SMW rate annually so as to address
the problem of time lag between data collection and the
implementation of the revised SMW rate as well as to
maintain the purchasing power of low-income employees.
The majority of members expressed disappointment at the Administration’s lack of stance on legislating for standard
working hours (“SWH”). At the Panel’s request, the
Administration agreed to keep the Panel posted of the work
plan and work progress of the SWH Committee which was
set up to follow up the policy study on SWH.
The Panel also followed up with the Administration on the progress to review the definition of continuous contract
under the Employment Ordinance (“EO”). Members expressed concerns about an increasing trend of employers
adopting odd pattern of hours of work or reducing the
working hours of their part-time employees to less than
18 hours per week in order to evade their responsibilities
to provide employment benefits to part-time employees.
The Administration was urged to expedite the review so that employees engaged under employment contracts with short duration or working hours would also enjoy the rights
and benefits of continuous contract employees under the
EO.
Members welcomed the Administration’s decision to
implement a “dual-track” approach for means test under
the Work Incentive Transport Subsidy Scheme in response
to the strong call from the Panel. Members also supported
the Administration’s upward adjustments to the income and
asset limits for applying the Scheme. Some members were concerned about the low take-up rate of the Scheme and
called on the Administration to streamline the application
procedures and simplify the application forms.
The Panel raised no objection to the Administration’s
proposal to reduce the rate of the Business Registration
Certificate levy for the Protection of Wages on Insolvency
Fund (“PWIF”). Some members, however, called on the Administration to review and expand the coverage of PWIF with a view to better safeguarding employees’ rights under
the EO.
The Administration also briefed the Panel on its latest
proposal to legislate for the provision of three days’ paternity
leave paid at four-fifths of the employee’s daily wage.
Some members considered that male employees should be entitled to full pay during the paternity leave period and
queried about the disparity between the proposed three-
day statutory paternity leave and the current entitlements of Government employees of five days’ paternity leave.
Panel on Public Service
The Panel was updated on the civil service establishment, strength, retirement, resignation and age profile. The Panel
noted with grave concerns that the projected number of retiring civil servants would significantly increase in the
next 10 years and nearly 70% of the serving directorate civil servants were in the age group of 50-59. The Panel
discussed with the Administration measures to tackle the
succession problems in the civil service. In response
to some Panel members’ suggestion of extending the
retirement age of civil servants, the Administration advised that it was conducting a study to assess the retirement
situation in the civil service and would explore possible
options to address any operational needs identified.
The Panel followed up the employment of Non-Civil Service
Contract (“NCSC”) staff and the use of agency workers by
bureaux and departments. The Panel welcomed the trend of reduced use of agency workers, but considered that the
pace of replacing NCSC positions by civil service posts
too slow. The Panel urged the Administration to review the
terms and conditions of service of NCSC staff so that their
remuneration packages could be aligned with those of civil
servants.
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In considering the Administration’s proposal for the 2013-
2014 civil service pay adjustment, the Panel received views
from civil service staff unions/associations on the subject.
The Panel noted that the staff unions/associations were
disappointed with the Administration’s pay offers, and
considered the Administration had not given sufficient
consideration to factors other than the net pay trend indicators, especially changes in the cost of living and
staff morale. They were also concerned that the 2013
Pay Trend Survey might not have fully reflected the year-
on-year pay adjustments in the private sector. The Panel
urged the Administration to review the existing pay trend
adjustment mechanism as early as possible and maintain
close communication with various civil service staff unions/
associations in the course of the review.
The Administration briefed the Panel on the updated
position of the provision of medical and dental benefits
for civil service eligible persons. While the Panel welcomed measures to enhance the dental and medical consultation services, the Panel was disappointed to
note that the Administration maintained its position not
to include Chinese medicine in the scope of civil service
medical benefits. The Panel passed a motion urging the
Administration to immediately review the arrangement.
The Panel reviewed the employment of ethnic minorities
and persons with disabilities (“PwDs”) in the civil service.
Members in general considered that the Administration
should adopt a more proactive approach to promote
and facilitate the employment of such persons within the
civil service. For ethnic minorities, the Panel asked the
Administration to review whether the Chinese language
proficiency requirements for some civil service grades could
be relaxed to some extent without affecting the work and operational needs of the grades. As regards persons with disabilities, the Panel shared the concerns of PwDs about
the difficulties they encountered in securing employment
in the civil service and public service organizations. Some members requested the Administration to consider setting
a benchmark target for employing PWDs for bureaux and departments to follow.
Panel on Security
Members of the Panel expressed concerns about the enforcement actions taken by the Administration to
address the problems arising from the prevalence of
parallel trading activities and nuisance caused by such activities to local residents. Given that parallel trading
activities per se was not an offence, members called on
the Administration to convey to the Central authorities the
request for the cooperation of the Mainland authorities to step up enforcement actions against these activities.
The Panel continued to monitor the Police’s handling of
public meetings and public processions. Some members
were concerned about the recent rise in serious road traffic
congestion arising from public meetings and processions.
They supported the Police’s decision to consult the relevant
DC on the road closure and traffic diversion arrangements
in relation to public order events such that members of the public so affected would be given the opportunity to
express their views. Some other members, however,
expressed concerns that the Police would use it as an
excuse not to issue the “letter of no objection” or to divert
the public procession route. The Police was requested to
facilitate all lawful and peaceful public order events and
minimize the impacts of such activities on other members
of the public.
The Panel also continued to follow up investigation by
the Independent Police Complaints Council (“IPCC”)
on complaint cases arising from the visit by the Vice-
Premier Mr LI Keqiang. The Administration reported to the Panel on its response to the IPCC’s observations and
recommendations as stated in the IPCC’s Final Report.
Members generally welcomed the improvement measures
taken by the Police in relation to the security arrangements
in respect of the subsequent visit by the State President,
as well as the policy on the setting up of designated
press areas and designated public activity areas. The
Administration was urged to facilitate media reporting work
and keep inconvenience to members of the public to a minimum while maintaining public order.Hon IP Kwok-him, Chairman of the Panel on Security.
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Hon CHAN Kam-lam (right) and Hon Gary FAN Kwok-wai (left),
Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Panel on Transport.Members of the Panel on Transport being briefed on the operations of the MTR’s Operations Control Centre at Tsing Yi. Members welcomed the Administration’s proposal to amend
the Interception of Communications and Surveillance
Ordinance to empower the Commissioner on Interception
of Communications and Surveillance to examine intercept
and covert surveillance products. Members generally
considered that such provision of power would enable the
Commissioner to effectively monitor the compliance of law
enforcement agencies with the statutory requirements.
In view of the wide public concerns over the expenses
on duty visits, official entertainment and souvenirs
incurred by the former Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption (“ICAC”), the Panel
examined the approving mechanism of the ICAC in this
regard. While generally welcoming the introduction of
further guidelines on incurring expenditure, most members
expressed concerns that the arrangements of authorizing a subordinate to approve official entertainment expenses
incurred by the ICAC Commissioner and his deputy was undesirable.
Panel on Transport
On the provision of public transport services, the Panel continued to monitor closely the fares of MTR Corporation
Limited (“MTRCL”). During the session, the Administration
completed the five-yearly review of the fare adjustment
mechanism (“FAM”) with the MTRCL and consulted the Panel on the outcome of the review. Members had divided
views over the results of the review of FAM, which included
an enhanced FAM formula, with the calculation of the
Productivity Factor value subject to a new, objective and
transparent methodology, and other proposed measures. Most members welcomed the new FAM because it had
taken into consideration factors like the public’s affordability
by limiting the increase to below the corresponding change
in Median Monthly Household Income (“MMHI”). However,
regarding the introduction of a penalty system to ensure
service performance, some members considered the
magnitude of the new measures too mild. Members also
urged the Administration and the MTRCL to offer greater
discount to frequent commuters and to increase the size of the profit sharing scheme to respond to the public’s call for
profit sharing. Members in general were against the fare
increase of the MTRCL considering its huge profits gained
and social responsibility.
Furthermore, the Panel also opposed to the fare increase
application from the Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933)
Limited (“KMB”) when consulted. The Panel also provided
views on the toll adjustments of the Tate’s Cairn Tunnel,
Western Harbour Crossing and Route 3 (“Country Park Section”).
Noting that the taxi fare had last been adjusted about two
years ago, the Panel expressed concerns over the taxi fare adjustment application made by the urban, NT and Lantau
taxi trades. The majority of the Panel members supported
in principle the proposal to increase the taxi fare in view of
the drop of the real income of drivers and owners owing to
various increased costs, and urged the Administration to
ensure that the increase in taxi fare would bring about a
higher income for the drivers. It was also suggested that
the Administration should introduce tiered taxi service and
that better-equiped taxis could be allowed to charge a
higher fare.
When consulted on the mid-term review of the six major
outlying island ferry route, the Panel supported the
Administration’s proposal to provide special helping
measures to maintain the financial viability of ferry services.
The Panel was consulted on the measures to improve
the traffic distribution among the road harbour crossings
(“RHCs”). Having considered the Administration’s intent to rationalize the traffic distribution among the three RHCs
by means of reducing tolls at Eastern Harbour Crossing and increasing tolls at Cross Harbour Tunnel, the Panel
expressed support. Some members, however, had
reservation about the sustained effect of the proposed
measures.
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As regards transport infrastructure, the Panel was
consulted on the Administration’s funding applications to
take forward works in respect of the construction of Tuen
Mun - Chek Lap Kok Link, bus-bus interchanges on Tuen
Mun Road, detailed design and site investigation of Tseung
Kwan O–Lam Tin Tunnel and stage two of the widening
works of Tolo Highway/Fanling Highway.
Subsequent to a serious traffic accident involving a runaway
bus, another bus and a taxi on Chai Wan Road on Hong
Kong Island causing three dead and many injuries, the
Panel held a special meeting to discuss the occupational
health of drivers, road traffic congestion and the existing
Guidelines on Bus Captain’s Working Hours, Rest Times and Meal Breaks.
During the session, the Subcommittee on Matters Relating
to Railways, which was formed under the Panel, took note
of the progress of the South Island Line (East) and the Hong
Kong section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong
Express Rail Link, as well as the service performance of
the MTRCL. The Subcommittee was also briefed on an
incident of the derailment of a Light Rail train in Tin Shui
Wai, Yuen Long. Besides, the Subcommittee offered views
to the Administration on the seven local enhancement
schemes for the existing railway lines including the North
Island Line, Siu Sai Wan Line, South Island Line (West), Tuen Mun South Extension, Hung Shui Kiu Station, Tung
Chung West Extension and Kwu Tung Station, as part of the
long-term railway development blueprint for Hong Kong.
Panel on Welfare Services
Members of the Panel considered that the enhanced mechanism for social welfare planning, which provided
an annual platform for consultation and planning for the
future development and delivery of welfare services at
district level, central level, and advisory committees level,
failed to allow members to review social welfare plans on
a regular basis and was not flexible as far as planning was
concerned. They were also gravely concerned that the Administration’s current work on sites planning could not
meet the demand in this respect.
Hon CHAN Yuen-han (right) and Hon CHEUNG Kwok-che (left),
Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Panel on Welfare Services.The Panel was strongly dissatisfied that members were
consulted on the proposed Old Age Living Allowance
just about a week before the relevant funding proposal
was considered by the Finance Committee. The Panel
Chairman, on behalf of the Panel, moved a motion to
adjourn discussion on the funding proposal at the relevant
Finance Committee meeting. After the passage of the
motion, the Panel held two more meetings to receive views
of deputations and meet with the Administration to discuss
issues relating to the effective date of Old Age Living Allowance as well as income and asset assessment.
The Panel was advised that a special one-off arrangement
would be made in the first year of implementing the
Guangdong Scheme (“the Scheme”) whereby the one-year-continuous-residence rule in Hong Kong would be
waived for eligible applicants of the Scheme. Members called on the Administration to grant the same waiver to
applicants for Old Age Allowance who were holders of
Hong Kong permanent identity card and had resided in places outside Hong Kong but chose to return to and live
in Hong Kong. The Administration was also requested to
extend the Scheme to Old Age Living Allowance.
The Panel was advised that the inter-departmental working
group to review Disability Allowance would follow up
the subject of allowing people with loss of one limb to apply for the Allowance and related issues. Members
were dissatisfied with the slow progress of the review
which was expected to be completed before the end of 2014. Members also urged the Administration to remove
the reference “100% loss of earning capacity” from the
eligibility criteria for the Allowance as they considered the
reference to be misleading. The Administration was also
requested to extend the coverage of the Public Transport
Fare Concession Scheme for the Elderly and Eligible Persons with Disabilities to holders of Registration Card for
persons with disabilities.
The Panel discussed the support services for street
sleepers, particularly those who were not on Comprehensive
Social Security Allowance. Members expressed concerns
about the lack of collaboration among various Government
departments to offer support to address their housing,
employment and emergency needs. Members urged the
Administration to enhance the provision of public rental housing and singleton urban hostels, raise the maximum
level of rent allowance, as well as formulate a comprehensive
policy on street sleeping. Members also appealed to the
Administration to provide immediate accommodation for
the street sleepers in the area under the Ferry Street flyover.
The Panel appointed two subcommittees to study issues
relating to retirement protection as well as the strategy
and measures to tackle domestic violence respectively. The subcommittees will commence their work upon the
availability of vacant slots for subcommittees on policy
issues.
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Hon IP Kwok-him (right), Chairman of the Select Committee to
Inquire into Matters Relating to Mr Timothy TONG’s Duty Visits, Entertainment, and Bestowing and Receipt of Gifts during his Tenure as Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption.SELECT COMMITTEE
The Select Committee to Inquire into Matters Relating to Mr
Timothy TONG’s Duty Visits, Entertainment, and Bestowing
and Receipt of Gifts during his Tenure as Commissioner
of the Independent Commission Against Corruption (“the
Select Committee”) was formed pursuant to the referral,
under Rule 20(6) of the Rules of Procedure, by the Council
of the petition jointly presented by Hon Cyd HO and Hon
Dennis KWOK at the Council meeting of 8 May 2013. The
terms of reference of the Select Committee, which reflect
the substance of the petition, are “To inquire into whether
the official duty visits, entertainment, and the bestowing
and receipt of gifts by Mr Timothy TONG during his tenure as Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against
Corruption are commensurate with his official capacity
and the values of probity and integrity advocated by the Independent Commission Against Corruption, and how
the Independent Commission Against Corruption provided
information related to the above matters to the Finance
Committee of the Legislative Council.”
The Select Committee endorsed its practice and procedure,
major areas of study and work plan at its first meeting on 16
July 2013. In conducting its inquiry, the Select Committee will request the relevant parties to provide relevant
information and invite relevant bodies/persons concerned
to attend meetings to give evidence orally. The Select
Committee plans to complete its work in the 2013-2014 session.
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REDRESS SYSTEM
The Legislative Council operates a redress system under which the public can make representations on
or seek solutions to problems arising from Government policies, decisions and procedures. Under the
auspices of the system, Members provide assistance, where justified, to members of the public 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.
Members take turns, in groups of seven, to be on duty each
week to oversee the system and to receive and handle
representations and complaints made by deputations.
During their duty week, they also take turns for “ward
duty” during which they meet with individual complainants
and provide guidance to staff in the processing of cases.
Secretariat staff provide Members with full-time support
services in operating the system.
In the 2012-2013 session, there were 2 548 new cases
requiring investigation and 1 544 telephone enquiries/
views were received. Of the new cases received, 236
were group representations and 2 312 were submitted by
individual members of the public. There were 2 304 cases
dealt with and concluded during the session. In handling these cases, Members conducted 11 site visits and 56 case
conferences with representatives of the Government and
public organizations.
Appendix 6 illustrates the nature and outcomes of the cases
concluded during the period under review. Of the 2 304 cases
concluded, assistance was provided in 2 108 cases (91.5%),
while the remaining 196 cases (8.5%) were not pursued as
they were either outside the scope of the redress system,
groundless or incomprehensible. Appendix 7 shows a
Duty Roster Members meet with the
Parents’ Association of Pre-School Handicapped Children calling for more resources for handicapped children.
The representatives of the Follow-up Group Against St. Stephen’s Girls’ College and Primary School to switch to the Direct Subsidy Scheme voices their concerns to Duty Roster Members.breakdown of the concluded cases involving the 10 policy
bureaux/Government departments which received the
largest number of cases. Appendix 8 shows a breakdown
of all concluded cases by policy bureaux/Government departments and public organizations.
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REDRESS SYSTEM
Legislative Council Members being briefed on
the route of the future Central Kowloon Route during a site visit to Yau Ma Tei to follow up a complaint case relating to the air and noise pollution caused by road traffic.Legislative Council Members visit Yau Tam
Mei Tsuen in Yuen Long to better understand the impact of the construction works of the Hong Kong Section of Guangzhou-Shenzhen-
Hong Kong Express Link on the villagers. COMMON TYPES OF CASES
HANDLED
The following highlights some of the more common types
of cases dealt with under the redress system.
Transport Cases
Cases within the purview of the Transport Department, totalling 160, ranked the first in the number of cases handled
during the session. There was a significant increase in
the number of cases concerning cycling activities. These
included requests for more bicycle parking sites, as well as
views on the Administration’s promotional video on cycling
safety and the design of cycling tracks. There were also a
large number of complaints from cyclists raising objection
to the installation of “no cyclists no pedestrians” traffic
signs at Tai Po Road northbound flyover. Group cases were
mainly related to the road transport network, pedestrian crossing facilities, parking facilities, construction of lifts, and measures to address the traffic congestion problem
along Cape Collinson Road during the Ching Ming and Chung Yeung Festivals and various districts in Hong Kong.
Members took up these cases with the Administration in the form of written referrals, case conferences and site visits.
Chief Executive’s Office-related Cases
Cases related to the Chief Executive’s Office, totalling 109,
ranked the second in the number of cases handled during
the session. They were mainly views from members of the
public regarding the unauthorized building works in the
properties owned by the Chief Executive, and speeches
made by the Chief Executive during his Question and
Answer Sessions in the Legislative Council. There were
also requests for impeachment of the Chief Executive.
Such views and concerns were circulated to Members for information and referred to the Administration for reference
as appropriate.
Security Bureau-related Cases
Cases within the purview of the Security Bureau, totalling 90, ranked the third in the number of cases processed
during the session. These consisted mainly of individual
cases brought forth by deputations requesting assistance
for Mainland single mothers who were either widows
or deserted wives of Hong Kong residents. There were
also requests for review of the ex-gratia payment scheme
for prisoners injured at work, increase in the supply of infant formula in the local market and stepping up of
enforcement actions against parallel traders. Besides,
views were received on death penalty, penalty on abortion
and infanticide, and the screening mechanism for torture
claims. These issues were taken up with the Administration
in the form of written referrals or case conferences.
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Labour and Welfare Bureau-related Cases
Cases within the purview of the Labour and Welfare
Bureau, totalling 85, ranked the fourth in the number of
cases dealt with during the session. Most of them were
individual cases related to the Old Age Living Allowance, the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme,
welfare needs of persons with disabilities and retirement
protection. Group cases were mainly related to request for
establishment of residential care homes for the elderly with disabilities, review of the provisions concerning continuous
contract under the Employment Ordinance (Cap. 57), and provision of assistance to owners of Tenants Purchase
Scheme flats who had financial difficulties. These issues
were taken up with the Administration in the form of written referrals or case conferences while policy issues were
referred to the relevant Legislative Council panels for
consideration.
Transport and Housing Bureau-related Cases
Cases within the purview of the Transport and Housing
Bureau, totalling 76, ranked the fifth in the number of cases
processed during the session. These consisted mainly of individual cases relating to “subdivided units” in factory
buildings, the rehousing policy for affected occupants
residing in “subdivided units”, and the policy on prohibition
of access to and from Ma Wan by private cars. Views were
received on the proposal of building temporary housing
units under flyovers, the Buyer’s Stamp Duty, the Railway
Development Strategy, the fare adjustment mechanism of
bus companies, and the penalty on illegal cycling. Group
cases were related to the policy on suspension of driving
instructors’ licences and the fare adjustment mechanism
of the Mass Transit Railway Corporation Limited. These
issues were taken up with the Administration in the form
of written referrals or case conferences while policy issues
were referred to the relevant Legislative Council panels for
further follow-up where appropriate.
ANALYSIS OF SIGNIFICANT CASES
HANDLED
Financial assistance for leukaemia patients
A group of patients suffering from leukaemia sought
assistance from Members for inclusion of Glivec, an
expensive drug with average spending of $20 000 to
$29 600 per month by a patient, in the Drug Formulary of
the Hospital Authority. They also urged for relaxation of the
criteria for applying the Samaritan Fund by patients with
financial difficulties. Members held a case conference with
the Food and Health Bureau and the Hospital Authority to follow up the concerns of the deputation. While noting
that there were expert committees to decide on the drugs to be included in the Drug Formulary, Members urged for
enhanced transparency of the drug selection process.
Members also urged for review of the calculation method
of applicants’ disposable capital under the Samaritan Fund
so as to allow patients applying for the Fund to retain more
savings to help maintain their living standard.
On the policy issues relating to the inclusion of Glivec in
the Drug Formulary and the mechanism for processing
applications under the Samaritan Fund, Members referred
them to the Legislative Council Panel on Health Services
for further follow-up.
Enhancement of protection for prisoners injured
at work
A deputation sought Members’ assistance to enhance
protection for prisoners injured at work. They were
aggrieved that prisoners suffering from work injuries
could only be eligible for ex-gratia payment if the injuries
were not entirely due to the prisoners’ own negligence.
Subsequent to the case conference held with Members,
the Administration agreed to relax the eligibility criteria to
allow injured prisoners to be eligible for ex-gratia payment
even if the injuries sustained involved the prisoners’ own
negligence.Dr Hon KWOK Ka-ki (left) and Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG
Chiu-hung point to the staircase in the main entrance of the Hong Kong Christian Service Pui Oi School, suggesting that part of the staircase should be replaced with a ramp to facilitate the movements of physically handicapped students.
Legislative Council Members receive a petition letter from local residents expressing their views on the North East New Territories Development Plan.
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Legislative Council Members visit Tai Pak Terrace and Sands Street in the Western District to follow up a complaint
case relating to the construction of a barrier-free access to connect Tai Pak Terrace with the lift at Sands Street.Illegal occupation of Government land in
Sham Tseng
A deputation met with Members to complain against the
illegal occupation of government land behind the Pai Lau in
Sham Tseng (“the lot”) for parking and the installation of an
iron gate near the Pai Lau which denied public access to the
lot, as well as the Administration’s ineffective handling of
their complaint on the above issues since 2008. Members
held two case conferences with the Administration to
press for its expeditious resolution of the problem. The
Administration liaised with the villagers concerned and
allowed them sufficient time to find alternative parking
spaces. Clearance action was subsequently conducted
smoothly in May 2013 with iron bollards planted to prevent
further illegal occupation of the lot for parking.
Proposal for establishing residential care homes
for the elderly with hearing impairment
A deputation sought Members’ assistance on the
establishment of residential care homes for the elderly
with hearing impairment and the promotion of the use of
sign language by health care personnel and care workers
so as to provide better health care services to the elderly
with hearing impairment. At the case conference held
with the Administration, Members noted that subvented
and contract homes providing subsidized residential care
services for the elderly could apply for subsidies from the
Lotteries Fund for purchase of equipments to cater for the need of their residing elderly with hearing impairment.
On the proposal of setting up residential care homes
designated for elderly persons with hearing impairment,
the Administration undertook to explore the feasibility with the relevant sectors. Members also noted that a Working
Group including persons with hearing impairment had been formed under the Rehabilitation Advisory Committee
to advise the Administration on ways to promote sign
language, and it was currently exploring with the Hospital
Authority on the feasibility of providing video relay service
for sign language interpretation for patients with hearing
impairment in hospitals.
Request for assistance to Mainland single
mothers
Several deputations comprising Mainland single mothers
who were either widows or deserted wives of Hong Kong
residents sought Members’ assistance for permission to
stay in Hong Kong in order to take care of their children
during their formative years. Case conferences were held
with the Administration. Although the application for, as
well as the approval and issue of, One-Way Permits, Exit-
Entry Permits and “One-year multiple exit endorsements
for visiting relatives” fell outside the remit of the
Government, the Administration undertook to reflect the
special circumstances of these Mainland single mothers
to the Mainland Exit and Entry Administration Offices for
consideration. Members also urged the Administration to provide welfare assistance, where possible, to these
Mainland single mothers and their children to address their
needs. For the policy issues involved, Members referred
them to the Panel on Security for follow-up.
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CORPORATE LIAISON
PARLIAMENTARY LIAISON
SUBCOMMITTEE
The Parliamentary Liaison Subcommittee of the House
Committee is responsible for the overall coordination of
all parliamentary liaison activities between the Legislative
Council and other parliamentary organizations outside
Hong Kong, consideration of proposals to establish
friendship groups with such organizations, and the making
of recommendations to the House Committee on these
matters. The members of the Subcommittee are listed in
Appendix 5 .
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing (fifth from right), Chairman of the Parliamentary Liaison Subcommittee, presents a souvenir to the representatives
of the European People’s Party of the European Parliament.
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LUNCHEONS WITH
CONSULS-GENERAL
To enhance contact between Members and the diplomatic
community in Hong Kong, luncheons were organized
quarterly during the session to provide opportunities for
Members to make the acquaintance of consular officials
and exchange views with them on the Council’s work and matters of mutual concern. Three such luncheons were
held between October 2012 and September 2013 with a
combined attendance of 49 consular officials. During the
same period, a luncheon was also held with 19 Honorary
Consuls in Hong Kong and Macao.
Members of the Legislative Council pose with a group of consular officials in Hong Kong.
Members of the Legislative Council take a group photo with members of the Association of Honorary Consuls in Hong Kong & Macau SAR,
China.
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Members of the Legislative Council and the Eastern District Council take a group photo after a meeting to discuss and exchange views on
matters of mutual interest.
Members of the Legislative Council meet with members of the North District Council to discuss and exchange
views on issues of mutual concern.MEETINGS WITH MEMBERS OF
DISTRICT COUNCILS
Members hold regular meetings on a roster basis with
members of District Councils to exchange views on issues
of mutual interest. Members take turns to convene such
meetings, each of which is followed by a luncheon attended
by members of the District Council concerned, the President
and Members. Policy issues raised at these meetings are
referred to the relevant panels for more in-depth study, while individual cases are taken up by the Complaints Division for follow-up with the Administration. During the
2012-2013 session, 10 meetings were held with members
of District Councils. To further enhance communication
between the legislature and District Councils, the President
and Members also held a luncheon with the Chairmen and
Vice Chairmen of the 18 District Councils.
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MEETINGS WITH COUNCILLORS
OF HEUNG YEE KUK
Members also hold regular meetings with Heung Yee
Kuk Councillors to exchange views on matters of mutual
concern. During the 2012-2013 session, a meeting between
Members and Heung Yee Kuk Councillors was held on 21
February 2013, which was presided over by the Chairman
of the House Committee. Policy issues raised and
relevant views expressed by Heung Yee Kuk Councillors
at the meeting were referred to the relevant panels for
consideration and follow-up.
VISITORS
Members and senior staff of the Legislative Council
Secretariat regularly receive visiting dignitaries and
delegations referred by the Information Services
Department, other Government departments and consuls-
general in Hong Kong. During the 2012-2013 session, 67
such meetings were held with overseas visitors to brief them
on the work of the Council and the latest developments in
Hong Kong. These visitors included members of overseas
legislatures, political and business leaders, Government
officials, as well as prominent people from international
organizations and renowned institutions. Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing (centre) poses with the Rt Hon Hugo SWIRE MP (left), Minister of State at the
Foreign & Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom, and Ms Caroline WILSON (right), British Consul General to Hong Kong and Macao.
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An Assistant Visitor Services Officer briefs visitors on the
transaction of business at Council meetings at the Public/Press Gallery of the Chamber.EDUCATION AND VISITOR SERVICES
To enhance the public’s understanding of the work of the
Legislative Council, guided educational tours of the Complex
are offered to the public throughout the year. Members
of the public may book their visits online through the
Legislative Council website. To enrich visitors’ knowledge
of the work of the Council, apart from a wide range of
To promote public awareness of the work of the Council and its Members, the Legislative Council Secretariat
provides a wide range of education and visitor services for schools, non-profit-making organizations and
members of the public. These services include arranging visits to the Legislative Council Complex (“the
Complex”), producing learning and teaching resources, and organizing educational activities such as mock Council debates, story-telling sessions and “Meeting with Members” Pr ogramme.
education facilities including a Video Corner, a Visitors’
Sharing Area, a Viewing Gallery, a Photo Gallery, a Memory
Lane, two Education Galleries, an Education Activities Room
and a Children’s Corner, an exhibition themed on the Fifth
Legislative Council was also staged in the Main Lobby of the
Complex and was incorporated into the route of the tour.
During the 2012-2013 session, 2 534 guided educational
tours were conducted for 66 738 visitors including members
of the public, charitable organizations and schools. For
visits by schools, tailor-made activity sessions such as role-plays on the work of the Council and story-telling
were arranged for students after the tour. Members were
also invited to conduct tours and participate in the activity
sessions for visits for schools and charitable organizations.
During the period under report, Members led 134 tours and
joined 220 activity sessions. For the interactive learning
and story-telling activities at the Children’s Corner available
for public booking, 253 such sessions were conducted for
11 905 children and parents.
The Souvenir Shop continued its operations in the Complex,
with over 80 Legislative Council-branded souvenirs
available for sale to visitors, Members and staff. A total of
21 942 visitors were serviced during the reporting period.
Hon TANG Ka-piu (right) takes a group photo with students after guiding them on a
tour of the Legislative Council Complex. Hon CHAN Han-pan (standing) conducts a tour of the Legislative Council Complex for the public and briefs them on the facilities in the Complex and the functions of the Council.
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EDUCATION AND VISITOR SERVICES The Legislative Council Secretariat continued to host mock
Council debates, in the form of a debate on the passage
of a bill, a motion debate on a specific topic or a question
time, to provide young people with learning opportunities to enhance their understanding of the Council’s work
and the roles of Members. T en mock debates and five
training workshops on the legislative process to prepare participants for such debates were held during the session.
A “Meeting with Members” Programme was introduced in the 2012-2013 session as a regular educational activity
in addition to the “Meeting with LegCo President”
Programme. These two Programmes jointly provided 25
meeting sessions to 484 students and were attended by
19 Members.
To provide up-to-date teaching resources to assist
teachers in introducing the Legislative Council and its work to students, a teaching kit featuring the Fifth Legislative
Council was developed. The teaching kit comprised of a variety of items, including posters, lesson plans, leaflets
and board games on the work of the Council. In addition, a guidebook on conducting mock Council debates with
a DVD was published to promote the activity to schools.
By making use of the reference resources on legislative
procedures and the scripts of mock bills/Members’ motions compiled in the guidebook, teachers would be able to
conduct mock Council debates at schools as classroom
activities.
Participants actively present their views
during a mock Council debate held in the Legislative Council Complex.
Students participate in the “Meeting
with the President” Programme and enthusiastically discuss various topics with the President, Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing.
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit (centre) meets with students in the Children’s Corner in the Legislative Council Complex.
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SUPPORT SERVICES FOR MEMBERS
THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
COMMISSION
The Legislative Council Commission (“the Commission”)
is a statutory body established under The Legislative
Council Commission Ordinance (Cap. 443). Chaired by the
President of the Council and comprising 12 other Members
(the Ordinance provides that the Commission may have
no more than 13 members including the Chairman), the
Commission exercises managerial and financial functions
in providing, through the Legislative Council Secretariat, administrative support and services to the Council
independent of the Government. Five committees under the Commission carry out specific delegated functions:
the Committee on Personnel Matters, the Committee on Members’ Operating Expenses, the Committee on
Facilities and Services, the Committee on the Use of
Legislative Council Square and the Appeals Committee on
the Use of Legislative Council Square. The members of the
Commission and its committees, as well as their terms of
reference, are set out in Appendix 9 .
Following the election of the Fifth Legislative Council held
in September 2012, the Commission handled the first
change of term since the commissioning of the Legislative Council Complex. As nearly half of the 70 Members were
new Members, the Legislative Council Secretariat had put
extra efforts in assisting them to set up new offices in the
Complex and get prepared for the commencement of the new term.
During the session, various information technology systems
were developed and enhanced to support Members and Council business users for facilitating information sharing
and exchange, supporting paperless meeting and green
business initiatives, and reducing environmental and
social impacts. In addition, to further enhance information
accessibility for the disabled, Legislative Council Website
was also fine-tuned through the Web Accessibility
Programme based on the recommendations from the Office of Government Chief Information Officer.
Under the direction of the Commission, the Secretariat undertook active measures to protect the environment. In
terms of energy consumption, air-conditioning and lighting
requirements were put under constant review. Special
arrangements were also made to save energy of escalators
and lifts as well as equipment in the Dining Hall kitchen.
Apart from reduction in energy consumption, various measures were taken to reduce paper consumption, and
the amount of paper used was reduced from 15 656 reams
in a six-month period between October 2011 and March
2012 to 13 276 reams for the same period in 2012-2013,
representing a 15% drop. Leftover food from Council
meeting meals and Guest Day Luncheons was either sent
to the food waste decomposer for processing into fertilizers or donated to a charity organization sharing the mission
to minimize hunger and fight poverty while reducing food
wastage.
THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
SECRETARIAT
Headed by the Secretary General, the Legislative
Council Secretariat comprises 10 divisions to provide
various services for the Council and its committees.
The Commission directly appoints Secretariat staff. As
at 30 September 2013, there were 574 posts on the
establishedment of the Secretariat. An organization chart
of the Secretariat is shown in Appendix 10 .
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APPENDICES
79 78 Legislative Council Annual Report 2012-2013APPENDIX 1
COMPOSITION OF THE
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT
Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing, GBS, JP
(Hong Kong Island)
MEMBERS
FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES
Hon Albert HO Chun-yan
(District Council – Second)
Hon James TO Kun-sun
(District Council – Second)
Dr Hon LAU Wong-fat, GBM, GBS, JP
(Heung Yee Kuk)
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him, GBS, JP
(Real Estate and Construction)
Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan, SBS, JP
(Catering)
Hon Frederick FUNG Kin-kee, SBS, JP
(District Council – Second)
Hon Vincent FANG Kang, SBS, JP
(Wholesale & Retail)
Prof Hon Joseph LEE Kok-long, SBS, JP , PhD, RN
(Health Services)
Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung, GBS, JP
(Commercial – First)
Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen, GBS, JP
(Industrial – First)
Hon WONG Ting-kwong, SBS, JP
(Import and Export)
Hon Starry LEE Wai-king, JP
(District Council – Second)
Dr Hon LAM Tai-fai, SBS, JP
(Industrial – Second)
Hon CHAN Kin-por, BBS, JP
(Insurance)
Dr Hon LEUNG Ka-lau
(Medical)
Hon CHEUNG Kwok-che
(Social Welfare)Hon IP Kwok-him, GBS, JP
(District Council – First)
Hon NG Leung-sing, SBS, JP
(Finance)
Hon Steven HO Chun-yin
(Agriculture and Fisheries)
Hon Frankie YICK Chi-ming
(Transport)
Hon YIU Si-wing
(Tourism)
Hon MA Fung-kwok, SBS, JP
(Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication)
Hon Charles Peter MOK
(Information Technology)
Hon CHAN Yuen-han, SBS, JP
(District Council – Second)
Hon Kenneth LEUNG
(Accountancy)
Hon KWOK Wai-keung
(Labour)
Hon Dennis KWOK
(Legal)
Hon Christopher CHEUNG Wah-fung, JP
(Financial Services)
Hon IP Kin-yuen
(Education)
Hon Martin LIAO Cheung-kong, JP
(Commercial – Second)
Hon POON Siu-ping, BBS, MH
(Labour)
Hon TANG Ka-piu
(Labour)
Ir Dr Hon LO Wai-kwok, BBS, MH, JP
(Engineering)
Hon CHUNG Kwok-pan
(Textiles and Garment)
Hon Tony TSE Wai-chuen
(Architectural, Surveying and Planning)
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GEOGRAPHICAL
CONSTITUENCIES
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan
(New Territories West)
Hon CHAN Kam-lam, SBS, JP
(Kowloon East)
Hon LEUNG Yiu-chung
(New Territories West)
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing, JP
(New Territories East)
Hon TAM Yiu-chung, GBS, JP
(New Territories West)
Hon WONG Kwok-hing, BBS, MH
(Hong Kong Island)
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah, SC
(New Territories East)
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan
(Hong Kong Island)
Hon CHAN Hak-kan, JP
(New Territories East)
Dr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun, SBS, JP
(Kowloon West)
Hon WONG Kwok-kin, BBS
(Kowloon East)
Hon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yee, GBS, JP
(Hong Kong Island)
Hon Paul TSE Wai-chun, JP
(Kowloon East)
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit, SC
(Kowloon East)
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung
(New Territories East)
Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yip
(New Territories West)
Hon WONG Yuk-man
(Kowloon West)Hon Claudia MO
(Kowloon West)
Hon Michael TIEN Puk-sun, BBS, JP
(New Territories West)
Hon James TIEN Pei-chun, GBS, JP
(New Territories East)
Hon WU Chi-wai, MH
(Kowloon East)
Hon Gary FAN Kwok-wai
(New Territories East)
Hon CHAN Chi-chuen
(New Territories East)
Hon CHAN Han-pan
(New Territories West)
Dr Hon Kenneth CHAN Ka-lok
(Hong Kong Island)
Hon LEUNG Che-cheung, BBS, MH, JP
(New Territories West)
Hon Alice MAK Mei-kuen, JP
(New Territories West)
Dr Hon KWOK Ka-ki
(New Territories West)
Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hung
(New Territories East)
Hon SIN Chung-kai, SBS, JP
(Hong Kong Island)
Dr Hon Helena WONG Pik-wan
(Kowloon West)
Dr Hon Elizabeth QUAT, JP
(New Territories East)
Dr Hon CHIANG Lai-wan, JP
(Kowloon West)
Hon Christopher CHUNG Shu-kun, BBS, MH, JP
(Hong Kong Island)

81 80 Legislative Council Annual Report 2012-2013APPENDIX 2
MEMBERS’ BIOGRAPHIES
Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing, GBS, JP
President of the Legislative Council
Constituency :
Geographical Constituency - Hong Kong Island
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• B.A., The University of Hong Kong (1968)
• Cert. Ed., The University of Hong Kong (1981)
• M. Ed., The University of Hong Kong (1983)
Occupation :
• Full-time Legislative Council Member
Political Affiliation :
• Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of
Hong KongHon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen, GBS, JP
President’s Deputy
Constituency :
Functional Constituency - Industrial (First)
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• BSc (Hon), Leeds University
• Fellow, Textiles Institute
• Fellow, Clothing and Footwear Institute
• Honorary Doctor of Business Administration, Coventry
University, UK
Occupation :
• Merchant
Political Affiliation :
• Economic Synergy
• Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong
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Hon Albert HO Chun-yan
Constituency :
Functional Constituency - District Council (Second)
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
• Legislative Council Member
Political Affiliation :
• Democratic PartyHon LEE Cheuk-yan
Constituency :
Geographical Constituency - New Territories West
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• B. Sc. (Eng.), Department of Civil Engineering, The
University of Hong Kong
Occupation :
• Legislative Council Member
Political Affiliation :
• Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions
• Labour Party
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Hon James TO Kun-sun
Constituency :
Functional Constituency - District Council (Second)
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• LL. B., The University of Hong Kong
• Solicitor of Hong Kong Court
Occupation :
• Solicitor
Political Affiliation :
• Democratic PartyHon 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 Kong
85 84 Legislative Council Annual Report 2012-2013
Hon LEUNG Yiu-chung
Constituency :
Geographical Constituency - New Territories West
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• B.A. (Hons.), University of Essex, UK
• Post-graduate Certificate in Education, The University
of Hong Kong
Occupation :
• Teacher (up to 31 August 2013)
• Full-time Legislative Council Member
(since 1 September 2013)
Political Affiliation :
• Neighbourhood and Worker’s Service CentreDr Hon LAU Wong-fat, GBM, GBS, JP
Constituency :
Functional Constituency - Heung Yee Kuk
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• Honorary Doctor Degree, China University of Political
Science and Law (2012)
Occupation :
• Chairman, Wing Tung Yick (Holdings) Limited
Political Affiliation :
• Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong
• Economic Synergy
85 84 Legislative Council Annual Report 2012-2013APPENDIX 2
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing, JP
Constituency :
Geographical Constituency - New Territories East
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• B.A., Broadcast Journalism, University of Southern
California, USA
• M. Sc., International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London,
UK
Occupation :
• Legislative Council Member
Political Affiliation :
• Democratic PartyHon TAM Yiu-chung, GBS, JP
Constituency :
Geographical Constituency - New Territories West
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• “Adult Education”, Australian National University,
Centre for Continuing Education
• “Trade Union Studies”, London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London, UK
• Honorary Life Fellow, Institute of Commercial Management, UK
Occupation :
• Legislative Council Member
Political Affiliation :
• Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong
87 86 Legislative Council Annual Report 2012-2013
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him, GBS, 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 :
• Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong KongHon 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.
• Director, United Development Group Ltd.
• Non-Executive Member of the Board of Director, First
Vanguard Aged Care Ltd.
• Independent Non-Executive Director, Cypress Jade Agricultural Holdings Ltd.
• Chairman, TC Marketing Company Ltd.
• Chairman, Royal Bakery Holdings Inc.
• Chairman, Eco Oil Company Ltd.
Political Affiliation :
• Liberal Party
87 86 Legislative Council Annual Report 2012-2013APPENDIX 2
Hon Frederick FUNG Kin-kee, SBS, JP
Constituency :
Functional Constituency - District Council (Second)
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• B.A. (Hons.) in Social Policy and Public Administration,
Bradford University, UK (1982)
Occupation :
• Legislative Council Member
Political Affiliation :
• Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People’s LivelihoodHon Vincent FANG Kang, SBS, JP
Constituency :
Functional Constituency - Wholesale & Retail
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• M.Sc of Textiles Engineering, North Carolina State University (1969)
• B.Sc of Textiles Engineering, North Carolina State University (1967)
• Wah Yan College (1962)
Occupation :
• Chief Executive Officer, Toppy Co (Hong Kong) Ltd
• Managing Director, Fantastic Garments Ltd
Political Affiliation :
• Liberal Party
89 88 Legislative Council Annual Report 2012-2013
Hon WONG Kwok-hing, BBS, MH
Constituency :
Geographical Constituency - Hong Kong Island
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• BA of Sociology of Jinan University
• Diploma of Social Administration of HKU School of
Professional and Continuing Education
• Outstanding Lifelong Learner Award of HKU School of Professional and Continuing Education (9/2001)
• HKU School of Professional and Continuing Education Alumni, The University of Hong Kong School of
Professional and Continuing Education Distinguished
Alumni (11/2009)
Occupation :
• Writer
• Director, Hong Kong Island Office, The Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions
Political Affiliation :
• The Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions Prof Hon Joseph LEE Kok-long, SBS, JP,
PhD, RN
Constituency :
Functional Constituency - Health Services
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• Ph.D. (Social Science)
• Registered Nurse
Occupation :
• Professor and Head, Division of Nursing and Health
Studies, The Open University of Hong Kong
Political Affiliation : -
89 88 Legislative Council Annual Report 2012-2013APPENDIX 2
Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung, GBS, JP
Constituency :
Functional Constituency - Commercial (First)
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• St. Joseph’s College, Hong Kong
• Tufts University, USA (BSME)
Occupation :
• Managing Director, Forward Winsome Industries
Limited
Political Affiliation :
• Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong
• Economic SynergyHon WONG Ting-kwong, SBS, JP
Constituency :
Functional Constituency - Import and Export
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• Heung To Middle School
• Guangzhou No.6 High School
Occupation :
• Merchant
Political Affiliation :
• Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong
91 90 Legislative Council Annual Report 2012-2013
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah, SC
Constituency :
Geographical Constituency - New Territories East
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• Queen’s College, Hong Kong
• LL. B. (First Class Honours/First of Class), The
University of Hong Kong (1972)
• B.C.L. (Honours), Oxford University (1974)
• Holder of Simon Lee Medal in Laws, The University of
Hong Kong (1972)
• Graduate Awardee, Rotary International (1973-1974)
• Winter-Williams Scholar of St. Edmund Hall, Oxford
University (1972-1974)
• Certificate of Honour, London Bar Final Examination
(First Class Honours/First of Candidates) (1974)
• The Lloyd Stott Memorial Prize (1974)
• J.B. Montagu Pupillage Prize (1974)
• The Middle Temple Certificate of Honour Prize (1974)
• Member of Hong Kong Bar Association
• Member of The General Council of the Bar of England
• Member of the New York State Bar Association of the
United States of America
• Chairman of the Hong Kong Bar Association (1999-
2001)
Occupation :
• Senior Counsel
Political Affiliation :
• Civic PartyHon Cyd HO Sau-lan
Constituency :
Geographical Constituency - Hong Kong Island
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• University of Waterloo
Occupation :
• Full-time Legislative Council Member
Political Affiliation :
• Civic Act-up
• Labour Party
91 90 Legislative Council Annual Report 2012-2013APPENDIX 2
Hon Starry LEE Wai-king, JP
Constituency :
Functional Constituency - District Council (Second)
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• MBA, The University of Manchester
• BBA, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
• HKICPA
• ACA
• ACS
• ACIS
Occupation :
• Certified Public Accountant
Political Affiliation :
• Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of
Hong KongDr Hon LAM Tai-fai, SBS, JP
Constituency :
Functional Constituency - Industrial (Second)
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• Higher Diploma in Textile Technology, Hong Kong Polytechnic (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
• Honorary Doctor of Business Administration,
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Occupation :
• Legislative Council Member
Political Affiliation : -
93 92 Legislative Council Annual Report 2012-2013
Hon CHAN Hak-kan, JP
Constituency :
Geographical Constituency - New Territories East
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• Bachelor of Social Science (Hons) (CUHK)
• Master of Social Science (CUHK)
Occupation :
• Legislative Council Member
Political Affiliation :
• Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of
Hong KongHon CHAN Kin-por, BBS, JP
Constituency :
Functional Constituency - Insurance
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• Ng Wah College
• Associate of The Chartered Insurance Institute
• Chartered Insurer of The Chartered Insurance Institute
Occupation :
• Legislative Council Member
• Member of the Munich Re China Advisory Board
Political Affiliation : -
93 92 Legislative Council Annual Report 2012-2013APPENDIX 2
Dr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun, SBS, JP
Constituency :
Geographical Constituency - Kowloon West
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• Barrister-at-law (Hong Kong)
• Arbitrator, China International Economic and Trade
Arbitration Commission
• Domain Name Specialist
• PCLL (The University of Hong Kong)
• CPE (Manchester Metropolitan University)
• BSSc (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
• JSD & LLM (Renmin University of People’s Republic of China)
Occupation :
• Associate Professor, Law School, City University of
Hong Kong
• Barrister-at-law (Hong Kong)
Political Affiliation :
• Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong
• The Professionals ForumDr Hon LEUNG Ka-lau
Constituency :
Functional Constituency - Medical
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• MBChB (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
• FRCS (Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh)
• FCSHK
• FHKAM (Surgery)
• MD (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Occupation :
• Doctor
Political Affiliation : -
95 94 Legislative Council Annual Report 2012-2013
Hon CHEUNG Kwok-che
Constituency :
Functional Constituency - Social Welfare
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• Certificate of Social Work
Occupation :
• Social Worker
Political Affiliation :
• Hong Kong Social Workers’ General Union
• Labour Party
Hon WONG Kwok-kin, BBS
Constituency :
Geographical Constituency - Kowloon East
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• Post Experience Diploma in International Shipping
Management, Shanghai Maritime University (1/1994 -
11/1996)
• • Certificate of Trade Unions Relative, China Institute of
Industrial Relations (3/2000 - 1/2003)
Occupation :
• Trade Union Worker
Political Affiliation :
• The Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions 廣東行政學院現代管理專業課程証書 (1998)
95 94 Legislative Council Annual Report 2012-2013APPENDIX 2
Hon IP Kwok-him, GBS, JP
Constituency :
Functional Constituency - District Council (First)
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• Bachelor of Arts, South China Normal University
Occupation :
• Legislative Council Member
Political Affiliation :
• Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of
Hong KongHon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yee, GBS, JP
Constituency :
Geographical Constituency - Hong Kong Island
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• BA. (First Class Honors), The University of Hong Kong
• Master of Letters, University of Glasgow
• M.Sc (Management), Stanford University
• M.A. (East Asian Studies), Stanford University
Occupation :
• Chairperson of the Board of Governors, Savantas Policy Institute
Political Affiliation :
• New People’s Party
97 96 Legislative Council Annual Report 2012-2013
Hon Paul TSE Wai-chun, JP
Constituency :
Geographical Constituency - Kowloon East
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• University of New South Wales - Bachelor of Laws
• University of New South Wales - Bachelor of
Commerce (major in Accounting and Financial
Management)
• City University of Hong Kong - Master of Laws (Chinese law and Comparative Law)
• People’s University of Beijing (LL.M coursework completed)
• Barrister of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
• Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore
• Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
• Associate Member of the Australian Society of Certified Professional Accountants
• Barrister of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong (1984-1991)
• Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong
Occupation :
• Solicitor
Political Affiliation : - Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit, SC
Constituency :
Geographical Constituency - Kowloon East
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• LL.B., The University of Hong Kong (1982)
• LL.M., University of Cambridge (1984)
• Called to the Hong Kong Bar (1983)
• Called to the Inner Bar (1998)
Occupation :
• Senior Counsel
Political Affiliation :
• Civic Party
97 96 Legislative Council Annual Report 2012-2013APPENDIX 2
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung
Constituency :
Geographical Constituency - New Territories East
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• Form Six
Occupation :
• Legislative Council Member
Political Affiliation :
• April Fifth Action
• League of Social DemocratsHon Albert CHAN Wai-yip
Constituency :
Geographical Constituency - New Territories West
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Social Work
• Master of Social Work
Occupation :
• Full-time Legislative Council Member
Political Affiliation :
• People Power
99 98 Legislative Council Annual Report 2012-2013
Hon WONG Yuk-man
Constituency :
Geographical Constituency - Kowloon West
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• Master of Arts in Chinese History, Chu Hai College
• Dean and Professor of Journalism & Communication
Department, Chu Hai College (1988-1992)
Occupation :
• Chairman, Proletariat Political Institute Company
Limited
Political Affiliation : - Hon Claudia MO
Constituency :
Geographical Constituency - Kowloon West
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• Bachelor of Journalism
Occupation :
• Media Freelancer
• Part-time Lecturer
Political Affiliation :
• Civic Party
99 98 Legislative Council Annual Report 2012-2013APPENDIX 2
Hon Michael TIEN Puk-sun, BBS, JP
Constituency :
Geographical Constituency - New Territories West
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• Master of Business Administration, Harvard Business
School
• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Cornell University
Occupation :
• Chairman, The G2000 Group
Political Affiliation :
• New People’s PartyHon 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, USA
• B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois, USA
Occupation :
• Company Chairman
Political Affiliation :
• Liberal Party
101 100 Legislative Council Annual Report 2012-2013
Hon NG Leung-sing, SBS, JP
Constituency :
Functional Constituency - Finance
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• Heung To Middle School
• Graduate College, University of East Asia, Macau
• Specialist of the Hong Kong Council for Accreditation
of Academic & Vocational Qualifications (Banking)
• Chairperson of Banking Industry Training Advisory Committee
• Honorary President of Chinese Bankers Club, Hong Kong
• Honorary Advisor of The Hong Kong Chi Tung Association Ltd
Occupation :
• Banker (Chairman, Bank of China (Hong Kong) Trustees Limited and Vice-Chairman, Chiyu Banking Corporation
Limited)
Political Affiliation : - Hon Steven HO Chun-yin
Constituency :
Functional Constituency - Agriculture and Fisheries
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• B.Eng., Communication and Computer System
Engineering, University of Birmingham, UK
Occupation :
• Legislative Council Member
Political Affiliation :
• Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong
101 100 Legislative Council Annual Report 2012-2013APPENDIX 2
Hon Frankie YICK Chi-ming
Constituency :
Functional Constituency - Transport
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• M.Sc. in Industrial Management
• B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering
• Higher Diploma in Production and Industrial
Engineering
• Certificate in Executive Management Programme
• Chartered Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Logistics
and Transport - UK
• Chartered Engineer of The Engineering Council - UK
• Corporate Member of the Institution of Engineering and
Technology - UK
• Corporate Member of The Chartered Institute of
Purchasing and Supply - UK
Occupation :
• Director, Wharf Limited
• Director, Harbour Centre Development Limited
• Director, Modern Terminals Limited
• Director, Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited
• Director, The “Star” Ferry Company Limited
Political Affiliation :
• Liberal PartyHon WU Chi-wai, MH
Constituency :
Geographical Constituency - Kowloon East
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• Master of Economics
Occupation :
• Legislative Council Member
• Wong Tai Sin District Council member
Political Affiliation :
• Democratic Party
103 102 Legislative Council Annual Report 2012-2013
Hon YIU Si-wing
Constituency :
Functional Constituency - Tourism
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• Matriculated
Occupation :
• Travel Agency Vice-Chairman
Political Affiliation : - Hon Gary FAN Kwok-wai
Constituency :
Geographical Constituency - New Territories East
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• Master of Arts (Political Science), San Francisco State
University, USA
• Bachelor of Visual Arts, Academy of Art University, USA
Occupation :
• Legislative Council Member
• Sai Kung District Council member
• Part-time University Tutor
Political Affiliation :
• Neo Democrats
103 102 Legislative Council Annual Report 2012-2013APPENDIX 2
Hon MA Fung-kwok, SBS, JP
Constituency :
Functional Constituency - Sports, Performing Arts, Culture
and Publication
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• Post-secondary
Occupation :
• Managing Director
Political Affiliation :
• New ForumHon Charles Peter MOK
Constituency :
Functional Constituency - Information Technology
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• M.S. Electrical Engineering, Purdue University, USA
• B.S. Computer and Electrical Engineering, Purdue
University, USA
• Fellow, Hong Kong Computer Society
• Member, Association for Computing Machinery
• Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Member, Institution of Engineering and Technology
Occupation :
• Information Technology Executive
Political Affiliation :
• The Professional Commons
105 104 Legislative Council Annual Report 2012-2013
Hon CHAN Chi-chuen
Constituency :
Geographical Constituency - New Territories East
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• Bachelor of Sociology (Hons), Chinese University of
Hong Kong
Occupation :
• Full-time Legislative Council Member
Political Affiliation :
• People Power
• The FrontierHon CHAN Han-pan
Constituency :
Geographical Constituency - New Territories West
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• Master degree holder
Occupation :
• Legislative Council Member
• Tsuen Wan District Council member
Political Affiliation :
• Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong
• New Territories Association of Societies
105 104 Legislative Council Annual Report 2012-2013APPENDIX 2
Dr Hon Kenneth CHAN Ka-lok
Constituency :
Geographical Constituency - Hong Kong Island
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• B. Soc. Sc. (Hons) in Government and Public
Administration, Chinese University of Hong Kong
• M. Phil & D. Phil in Politics, University of Oxford
Occupation :
• Associate Professor, Department of Government and International Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University
Political Affiliation :
• Civic PartyHon CHAN Yuen-han, SBS, JP
Constituency :
Functional Constituency - District Council (Second)
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• Hoi Luk Fung School
• San Kiu Middle School
• Chack Kwan Middle School
• High Diploma, Hong Kong Polytechnic University and
Hong Kong Business Management Society
• B.A. in Philosophy, Guangdong Science and Research University
• University of Warwick
Occupation :
• Labour service
Political Affiliation :
• The Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions
107 106 Legislative Council Annual Report 2012-2013
Hon LEUNG Che-cheung, BBS, MH, JP
Constituency :
Geographical Constituency - New Territories West
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• Post-secondary
Occupation :
• Yuen Long District Council Chairman
• Legislative Council Member
Political Affiliation :
• Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of
Hong KongHon Kenneth LEUNG
Constituency :
Functional Constituency - Accountancy
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• Professional Diploma in Accountancy, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• B.Sc. (Econ), London School of Economics and Political Science
• LL.M., London School of Economics and Political Science
• FCPA
• FCA
• Certified Tax Adviser
• Chartered Tax Adviser (UK)
• Solicitor admitted in Hong Kong and in England and
Wales
Occupation :
• Senior Tax Consultant
• Non-practicing Accountant
Political Affiliation :
• The Professional Commons
107 106 Legislative Council Annual Report 2012-2013APPENDIX 2
Hon Alice MAK Mei-kuen, JP
Constituency :
Geographical Constituency - New Territories West
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• Bachelor of Arts
Occupation :
• Legislative Council Member
• Kwai Tsing District Council member
Political Affiliation :
• The Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions Dr Hon KWOK Ka-ki
Constituency :
Geographical Constituency - New Territories West
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• M.B. & B.S., 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, University of Hong Kong (2003)
Occupation :
• Private Urologist
Political Affiliation :
• Civic Party
109 108 Legislative Council Annual Report 2012-2013
Hon KWOK Wai-keung
Constituency :
Functional Constituency - Labour
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• University Diploma
• Registered Social Worker
Occupation :
• Legislative Council Member
Political Affiliation :
• The Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions Hon Dennis KWOK
Constituency :
Functional Constituency - Legal
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• LL.B (Upper Class Hons.), King’s College, University of
London
• PCLL, The University of Hong Kong
Occupation :
• Barrister
Political Affiliation :
• Civic Party
109 108 Legislative Council Annual Report 2012-2013APPENDIX 2
Hon Christopher CHEUNG Wah-fung, JP
Constituency :
Functional Constituency - Financial Services
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• EMBA, City University of Hong Kong
Occupation :
• Securities Dealer
Political Affiliation :
• Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong KongDr Hon Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hung
Constituency :
Geographical Constituency - New Territories East
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• Ph.D.
• Registered Social Worker
Occupation :
• Lecturer
Political Affiliation :
• Labour Party
111 110 Legislative Council Annual Report 2012-2013
Hon SIN Chung-kai, SBS, JP
Constituency :
Geographical Constituency - Hong Kong Island
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• B.Sc., The University of Hong Kong (1982)
• MBA, Chinese University of Hong Kong (1997)
• Fellow, The Hong Kong Computer Society
Occupation :
• Full-time Legislative Council Member
Political Affiliation :
• Democratic PartyDr Hon Helena WONG Pik-wan
Constituency :
Geographical Constituency - Kowloon West
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• B.A. (Religious Studies), Chinese University of Hong
Kong
• M.Phil. (Government and Public Administration), Chinese University of Hong Kong
• M.A. (Political Science), University of California at Los Angeles, USA
• Ph.D. (Political Science), University of California at Los Angeles, USA
Occupation :
• Lecturer, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Political Affiliation :
• Democratic Party
111 110 Legislative Council Annual Report 2012-2013APPENDIX 2
Hon IP Kin-yuen
Constituency :
Functional Constituency - Education
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• B.A., The University of Hong Kong
• P .C.Ed., The University of Hong Kong
• M.Ed., The University of Hong Kong
Occupation :
• Legislative Council Member
• Voluntary Chief Executive (Development), Hong Kong
Professional Teachers’ Union
Political Affiliation : - Dr Hon Elizabeth QUAT, JP
Constituency :
Geographical Constituency - New Territories East
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• Doctor of Philosophy (Management)
• Master of Social Science (Marriage and Family Therapy)
Occupation :
• Legislative Council Member
• Sha Tin District Council member
• IT Management
Political Affiliation :
• Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of
Hong Kong
113 112 Legislative Council Annual Report 2012-2013
Hon Martin LIAO Cheung-kong, JP
Constituency :
Functional Constituency - Commercial (Second)
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• B.Sc. (Econ) (Hon.)
• LL.M
• Barrister, England and Wales
• Barrister, Hong Kong
• Advocate and Solicitor, Singapore
Occupation :
• Barrister-at-law
Political Affiliation : - Hon POON Siu-ping, BBS, MH
Constituency :
Functional Constituency - Labour
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• Secondary education
Occupation :
• Trade Union Worker
Political Affiliation :
• The Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour
Unions
113 112 Legislative Council Annual Report 2012-2013APPENDIX 2
Hon TANG Ka-piu
Constituency :
Functional Constituency - Labour
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• Master of Social Science, Chinese University of Hong
Kong
• Bachelor of Social Science, Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Registered Social Worker
Occupation :
• Social Worker
Political Affiliation :
• The Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions Dr Hon CHIANG Lai-wan, JP
Constituency :
Geographical Constituency - Kowloon West
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• Bachelor of Arts, Concordia University, Canada
• Master of Arts, Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Doctor of Law, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China
• Honorary Fellow, Professional Validation Council of Hong Kong Industries
• Honorary Fellow, City University of Hong Kong
Occupation :
• Legislative Council Member
Political Affiliation :
• Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong
115 114 Legislative Council Annual Report 2012-2013
Ir Dr Hon LO Wai-kwok, BBS, MH, JP
Constituency :
Functional Constituency - Engineering
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• BSc (Eng) in Mechanical Engineering, The University of
Hong Kong
• MSc (Eng) in Industrial Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
• MBA, Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Doctor of Engineering, University of Warwick, UK
• Fellow of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers
• Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology
• Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
• Chartered Engineer
• Registered Professional Engineer (Manufacturing &
Industrial)
• Honorary Fellow and Visiting Professor of Vocational Training Council
• Adjunct Professor of the City University of Hong Kong
• Honorary Fellow of the Hong Kong University of
Science and Technology
Occupation :
• Engineer
Political Affiliation :
• Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong KongHon CHUNG Kwok-pan
Constituency :
Functional Constituency - Textiles and Garment
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• B.Sc., Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK
• MBA, Stirling University, UK
Occupation :
• Merchant
Political Affiliation :
• Liberal Party
115 114 Legislative Council Annual Report 2012-2013APPENDIX 2
Hon Christopher CHUNG Shu-kun, BBS,
MH, JP
Constituency :
Geographical Constituency – Hong Kong Island
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• M.Sc., Glasgow Caledonian University, UK
• MBA, University of Wales, Newport, UK
Occupation :
• Full-time Legislative Council Member
Political Affiliation :
• Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of
Hong KongHon Tony TSE Wai-chuen
Constituency :
Functional Constituency – Architectural, Surveying and Planning
Education and Professional
Qualifications :
• Registered Professional Surveyor
Occupation :
• Surveyor
Political Affiliation : -
117 116 Legislative Council Annual Report 2012-2013
APPENDIX 3
BILLS
BillsDate of
Gazette Date of 1st
Reading Date of
passage
through
LegCo
@+ 1Inland Revenue and Stamp Duty Legislation
(Alternative Bond Schemes) (Amendment) Bill 201228.12.2012 9.1.2013 10.7.2013
@+ 2 Pesticides (Amendment) Bill 2013 25.1.2013 6.2.2013 17.7.2013
@+ 3 Trust Law (Amendment) Bill 2013 8.2.2013 20.2.2013 17.7.2013
+ 4 District Councils (Amendment) Bill 2013 8.2.2013 20.2.2013 22.5.2013
5 Appropriation Bill 2013 27.2.2013 27.2.2013 21.5.2013
+ 6 Air Pollution Control (Amendment) Bill 2013 15.2.2013 20.3.2013 10.7.2013
7 Pilotage (Amendment) Bill 2013 8.3.2013 20.3.2013 22.5.2013
+ 8 Education (Amendment) Bill 2013 22.3.2013 27.3.2013 19.6.2013
@+ 9 Arbitration (Amendment) Bill 2013 28.3.2013 24.4.2013 10.7.2013
+ 10 Betting Duty (Amendment) Bill 2013 12.4.2013 24.4.2013 3.7.2013
+ 11 Inland Revenue (Amendment) Bill 2013 12.4.2013 24.4.2013 10.7.2013
@+ 12 Inland Revenue (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2013 26.4.2013 8.5.2013 26.6.2013
+ 13Hong Kong Arts Development Council (Amendment) Bill 20133.5.2013 8.5.2013 10.7.2013
14 Supplementary Appropriation (2012-2013) Bill 14.6.2013 19.6.2013 10.7.2013
+ Indicates that a Bills Committee has been formed for the Bill
@ Bill passed with Committee stage amendments moved by Administration
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MOTIONS
7 November 2012
“Perfecting housing policy and resolving public housing
need”
moved by
Hon WONG Kwok-hing
amendments moved by
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan (negatived)
Hon LEUNG Che-cheung (negatived)Hon Gary FAN (negatived)
Hon Michael TIEN (negatived)
Ir Dr Hon LO Wai-kwok (negatived)
Hon James TIEN (passed)
Dr Hon KWOK Ka-ki (withdrawn)The following motion as amended by Hon James TIEN was passed:
“That in recent years, the society has been increasingly
vocal in requesting the Government to show concern over
soaring property prices, and the Chief Executive pointed
out during his election campaign that ‘housing tops the
list of livelihood issues that are of public concern; it is also
the bedrock of a stable society’; yet, since the new-term
Government has taken office, property prices and rents in
Hong Kong have been rising rather than declining, making
it more difficult for people to acquire homes; besides,
as the quantitative easing measures implemented by many countries have led to a huge influx of hot money,
property prices in Hong Kong may become further out of tune with people’s incomes, making the housing problem
more severe; notwithstanding the Government’s recent
introduction of two measures in an attempt to cool down
the property market, the fundamental factor of insufficient
land supply is not touched upon, and therefore the
measures can at most treat the symptoms only, and in the
long run will not be conducive to the healthy development
of the property market; in this connection, this Council
urges the Government to expeditiously put forward
effective measures focusing on planning and actions for
immediate, medium-term and long-term land supply and
demands, so as to address people’s housing needs; the
relevant measures should include:
(a) to properly build an overall land reserve and launch
long-term land supply planning, so as to meet Hong
Kong’s short-, medium- and long-term demand
for land; in the short term, to further streamline
land grant procedures, promptly release idle land
lots and allow the direct conversion of industrial
buildings into residential buildings after paying
land premiums, etc.; and in the medium term and long term, to expedite the identification of land
lots for building new development areas, optimize the use of rock caverns to vacate more land for
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residential development, and carry out reclamation
on an appropriate scale at suitable sites outside the
Victoria Harbour, etc.;
(b) to expeditiously formulate and announce Hong Kong’s long-term housing development strategy
and the implementation timetable, so as to let
members of the public know the future supply of
public and private residential units and put their
minds at ease;
(c) to examine the Government’s existing land reserve,
including the overall reserve of potential sites and
disposed sites, and to expeditiously undertake
planning for the construction of various types of
residential units, including public and subsidized
housing on lands suitable for residential purposes,
with a view to increasing housing supply;
(d) to explain to members of the public the land use status of the idle residential land lots in the land
reserve, including those of the MTR Corporation Limited, the Urban Renewal Authority and the
Government, and the relevant reasons, and to
immediately launch long-term planning for the
supply of residential land;
(e) to expeditiously inform members of the public of the policy details, implementation particulars,
arrangements and implementation timetable
relating to ‘Hong Kong property for Hong Kong
residents’; and to make an annual allocation of land for constructing 12 000 flats with limited floor
areas for Hong Kong residents who are first-time
home buyers, so as to meet people’s demand for
‘boarding the train’;
(f) to increase the annual public rental housing (‘PRH’) production to 30 000 units or more for accelerating
the time for allocating units to the existing applicants
on the Waiting List to two years, so as to meet
grass-root people’s demand for PRH;
(g) to expedite the construction of youth hostel units
for diverting the large number of young people
currently waiting for PRH, and at the same time to
review the Quota and Points System for non-elderly
one-person applicants, so as to assist singletons
with genuine housing difficulties in getting PRH
allocation;
(h) to introduce sandwich-class PRH units to enable
those households and persons with incomes slightly above the PRH eligibility criteria but without
the ability to enter the private market to apply for
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renting such units subject to certain conditions and
time limits, so as to alleviate their rental pressure;
(i) to review the allocation and eligibility criteria of PRH to encourage young family members to live with
their elderly family members and to provide care for
them;
(j) to conduct studies on offering rent allowance to low-income persons, including expeditiously
reviewing and increasing the rent allowance under
the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme, and providing rent allowance to eligible
households waiting for PRH; and to offer a tax
allowance to eligible households with no property
for renting private residential units;
(k) to study and introduce more measures to assist people in acquiring their homes, including
enhancing the former Home Starter Loan Scheme
and the Tenants Purchase Scheme, so as to enable
more members of the public to acquire their own homes; and
(l) to closely monitor the impacts of the economic environment and external factors, and introduce
more adjustment measures whenever the hot
money flows in and the property prices continue to
rise, including increasing the effectiveness of the special stamp duty and revising the loan-to-value
ratio for non-owner-occupied units, so as to avoid
the formation of a property bubble.”
The following motion as amended by Hon Frederick
FUNG, Hon TAM Yiu-chung and Hon Albert HO was
passed:
“That, the seriously lopsided social and economic policies
in the past have led to the worsening of the disparity
between the rich and the poor, continuous increase in the
population in poverty and aggravation of class conflicts
in society; since the 1970s, the Census and Statistics Department has computed the Gini Coefficient based
on household incomes, and the latest Gini Coefficient
announced in June this year reached 0.537, which hit a new record high in 40 years, indicating a worsening
trend in the disparity between the rich and the poor,
and reflecting the failure of the Government’s poverty
alleviation measures to achieve their effectiveness in the past; while the current-term Government has decided 14 November 2012
“Alleviating poverty” moved by
Hon CHAN Yuen-han
amendments moved by
Hon Frederick FUNG (passed)
Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG (negatived)
Hon CHEUNG Kwok-che (negatived)
Hon TAM Yiu-chung (passed)
Hon Michael TIEN (withdrawn)
Hon Albert HO (passed)Hon Frankie YICK (withdrawn)
Hon Christopher CHEUNG (withdrawn)
Hon Alan LEONG (negatived)
Hon Albert CHAN (negatived)
Hon Kenneth LEUNG (withdrawn)
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I. MOTIONS PASSEDto establish the Commission on Poverty, demonstrating
its intention of alleviating the poverty situation in Hong
Kong, the authorities must formulate comprehensive and
long-term policies to allocate social resources and wealth
effectively and narrow the gap between the rich and the
poor, and must also conduct studies on opening up new
resources for poverty alleviation; in this connection, this
Council urges the Government to:
(a) request the Commission on Poverty to commence
work as early as possible and report regularly to the
Legislative Council on its work progress;
(b) expeditiously establish a poverty line, so that the Government and the society may compile statistics
on the number of people in poverty and assess
the effectiveness of poverty alleviation measures
by means of objective and open criteria, and
set up an evaluation mechanism to examine the
possible impact of all policies and measures of the Government on the disparity between the rich and
the poor before their introduction;
(c) introduce new poverty alleviation measures, including the provision of employment living
allowance, to assist the working poor;
(d) comprehensively review the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (‘CSSA’) system, including the
Social Security Assistance Index of Prices and the
amount of rent allowance, etc., and introduce the concept of a second safety net on top of the CSSA
system; and
(e) improve the economic structure, develop a diversified economy, and improve the tax regime
by, for example, exploring the introduction of a capital gains tax, and implementing a progressive
profits tax system under which higher rates of tax
apply to organizations reaping huge profits, with a
view to increasing tax revenue and meeting new expenditure for poverty alleviation;
Employment assistance -
(f) through the promotion of the local community
economy and active support for social enterprises,
etc., create more jobs suitable for grassroot workers;
(g) comprehensively strengthen the in-service training for the middle-aged and the employment training for young people, increase the number of retraining
places, and raise the amounts of subsidies for
continuing education;
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(h) strengthen the assistance for ethnic minorities in
securing employment and resolving their livelihood
difficulties, including establishing additional
community support service centres for ethnic minorities, reviewing the entry requirement in
respect of Chinese language proficiency for civil
service posts, and employing more ethnic minorities as civil servants;
(i) comprehensively strengthen child care and after-school care services, and extend the scope of the plans subsidizing child care services, so as to
enable parents of low-income families to go out to
work without worries;
Financial assistance -
(j) improve the existing Old Age Allowance (‘OAA’)
system, including abolishing the existing asset
and income test for application for Normal OAA, allowing elderly recipients of Disability Allowance
to receive OAA at the same time, and expeditiously
implementing the ‘Guangdong Scheme’ and
extending it to Fujian Province;
(k) extend the service scope of the subsidy for dental services for the elderly programme under
the Community Care Fund and relax its eligibility
requirements;
(l) set up a ‘subsidy system for carers of persons with
disabilities’, so as to mitigate the impact on the
livelihood of carers due to their inability to go out to
work;
(m) introduce ‘healthcare vouchers for children’, so as to mitigate grassroot families’ burden arising from
their children’s healthcare expenses;
(n) provide full level of assistance to all students who have passed the means test under the Student
Travel Subsidy Scheme;
(o) reduce the burden of loan interest on students, set
an interest rate ceiling for the Non-means Tested
Loan Scheme at 2.5%, and replace the means-
tested loans with interest-free loans;
(p) build more public rental housing flats and provide
rent allowance to assist applicants on the Waiting
List who meet the income and asset requirements;
(q) formulate a comprehensive policy on poverty eradication;
(r) conduct studies on implementing negative income
tax in order to provide subsidies to low-income
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and
(s) establish a comprehensive retirement protection system to ensure basic protection for the livelihood
of the elderly, so as to improve the situation of
elderly poverty.”
The following motion as amended by Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG, Hon WONG Kwok-hing, Hon CHAN Han-pan,
Dr Hon KWOK Ka-ki, Hon Emily LAU and Hon Michael
TIEN was passed:
“That, Hong Kong as an international city is advanced
in economic development but falls behind in social
development, often neglecting the basic rights of persons
with disabilities; as the United Nations Convention on the
Rights of Persons with Disabilities (‘the Convention’) has
been in force in Hong Kong since 31 August 2008, this
Council urges the Government to expeditiously establish
an independent dedicated committee to promote, give effect to and monitor the SAR Government’s
full implementation of the relevant provisions of the
Convention, and based on the World Health Organization’s
international standards on the definition of disabilities,
to extend the scope of protection for persons with disabilities, review the definition of ‘severely disabled’ for
Disability Allowance, and allow persons with disabilities under the age of 12 and those who do not lose 100% of
their work capacity to equally enjoy the rights conferred under the Public Transport Fare Concession Scheme for
the Elderly and Eligible Persons with Disabilities; and
on 9 November 2011, this Council passed a motion on
‘Comprehensively reviewing the Disability Allowance
scheme’, to which the authorities responded on the
same day that they expected to complete the review of
the Disability Allowance (‘DA’) scheme in early 2012 and
report comprehensively to the Legislative Council Panel
on Welfare Services (‘the Panel’); this Council urges the Government to expeditiously report the outcome of the
Government’s review on the DA scheme to the Panel, so
that this Council can conduct timely follow-up discussions
in order to be accountable to all persons with disabilities
in Hong Kong; this Council also urges the Government:21 November 2012
“Building an inclusive society for all” moved by
Hon LEUNG Yiu-chung
amendments moved by
Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG (passed)
Hon WONG Kwok-hing (passed)
Hon CHAN Han-pan (passed)
Dr Hon KWOK Ka-ki (passed)
Hon Emily LAU (passed)
Hon Michael TIEN (passed)
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(a) to conduct studies on extending the Public
Transport Fare Concession Scheme for the Elderly
and Eligible Persons with Disabilities to maxicabs
and trams, etc.;
(b) to increase barrier-free transport services such as the numbers of buses under Rehabus services
and Easy-Access Transport Services, etc., so as to
provide more point-to-point services for persons
with disabilities;
(c) to expeditiously implement the ‘universal
accessibility’ programme to provide barrier-free
access, and actively respond to the suggestions
put forward by members of the public from various
districts on the construction of barrier-free access;
(d) to proactively promote barrier-free community facilities, improve community facilities, and provide
owners’ corporations of buildings with technical and
funding support for improving the main entry and
exit access of their buildings;
(e) to formulate a five-year plan for community care,
build additional residential care homes for persons with disabilities and increase the number of places,
so as to shorten the waiting time for admission and
access to services;
(f) to put in place a ‘subsidy for carers of persons with disabilities’ to assist carers of persons with
disabilities in alleviating their financial burdens and
mitigate the impact on their livelihood due to their
inability to go out to work;
(g) to set up a quota system for employing persons with disabilities and provide tax concessions to
encourage employers to employ more persons with
disabilities; and
(h) to proactively support rehabilitation organizations to establish social enterprises, so as to provide
employment opportunities for persons with
disabilities;
(i) in respect of enhancing public education, to
implement Article 8 of the Convention, raise the
awareness of the community at large regarding
persons with disabilities, and combat stereotypes,
prejudices and harmful practices relating to persons
with disabilities, so as to achieve the harmonious
integration between persons with disabilities and
able-bodied persons;
(j) in respect of creating a barrier-free environment, to
implement Article 9 of the Convention and examine
the existing barrier-free measures in connection with
buildings, roads, transportation and other indoor
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medical facilities and workplaces;
(k) to assist persons with disabilities in integrating into community life and implement Article 19 of
the Convention, ensuring that public facilities and
various types of community services are responsive
to the needs of persons with disabilities; and
(l) in respect of supporting school children with specific
learning difficulties, to implement Article 24 of the
Convention, make reference to the special education
policies of other countries and regions, and enact a
‘special education law’ to protect the learning needs
of school children with specific learning difficulties;
the Government should also strengthen teacher training, create a suitable learning environment,
and ensure the integration of school children with
specific learning difficulties into community life; and
(m) to implement the recommendations relating to Hong Kong made by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities after it had
examined the report submitted by China (including
Hong Kong and Macao) on her implementation of
the Convention during the session convened at
Geneva in September this year; and
(n) to expeditiously review the impact of the implementation of the minimum wage on the
employment of persons with disabilities.”
The following motion as amended by Hon CHAN Yuen-han, Dr Hon Kenneth CHAN and Hon IP Kin-yuen was
passed:
“That, given that young people are the future pillars of
society, but in the face of globalization and the rapid
development of neighbouring regions, Hong Kong young people not only face many challenges during their growth,
but also lack upward mobility opportunities, and their
aspirations are particularly salient in respect of education,
employment, housing, home acquisition and business
start-up; however, the Government currently does not
formulate any comprehensive support measures mainly
targeted at young people to assist them in concentrating
on education, establishing career, and resolving the
problems of housing and business start-up, thus causing problems such as mismatch of manpower resources, high
youth unemployment rate and accumulation of social 28 November 2012
“Caring about the education, employment, housing,
home acquisition and business start-up problems faced
by young people” moved by
Hon CHAN Han-kan
amendments moved by
Hon KWOK Wai-keung (negatived)
Hon CHEUNG Kwok-che (negatived)
Hon CHAN Yuen-han (passed)
Dr Hon Kenneth CHAN (passed)
Dr Hon Helena WONG (negatived)
Hon Jeffrey LAM (withdrawn)
Hon Charles Peter MOK (withdrawn)
Hon IP Kin-yuen (passed)
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grievances, which are not conducive to the long-term
development of Hong Kong society; in this connection,
this Council urges the Government to care about young
people’s needs; the specific measures should include:
Education - (a) to increase the places for publicly-funded
bachelor’s degree programmes and various types of
diploma programmes, and enhance the qualification
recognition of the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary
Education Examination, sub-degrees and the Yi
Jin Diploma in Hong Kong, the Mainland and the
international community, so as to widen young
people’s pathways of further studies;
(b) to comprehensively review the assistance as well as loans and repayment arrangements under the
various existing student finance schemes, abolish
the risk rate, set an interest rate ceiling for the Non-
means Tested Loan Scheme at 2.5%, and replace
the means-tested loans with interest-free loans;
(c) to comprehensively review the Continuing Education Fund Scheme, raise the cap on the amount of subsidy
receivable by each applicant to $40,000, extend the
period of four years within which applicants must submit all claims as required by the scheme to 10
years, and abolish the restriction on applicants to
make a maximum of four reimbursement claims, etc., so as to encourage young people to pursue
continuous education;
Employment -
(d) to review the employment training support services
for young people, enhance the existing Youth Pre-
employment Training Programme and Youth Work
Experience and Training Scheme, and raise the level of the relevant subsidies to $3,000, so as to attract
the participation of more employers to provide more employment and training opportunities suitable for
young people in the market;
(e) to set up more ‘Youth Employment Start’ (‘Y .E.S.’) resource centres throughout Hong Kong, strengthen
the training targeted at young people, enhance
their employment skills, and provide one-stop
employment counselling;
(f) to promote the commencement of ‘career planning’
at the stage of secondary education, so as to enable
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their future career development;
(g) to conduct a study on enacting legislation to require an annual three-day paid training leave
for all working persons in Hong Kong, including
offering tax concessions to such employers, so
as to facilitate working young people to pursue
studies and acquire professional qualifications by
examination;
(h) to co-operate with public and private organizations and enterprises to encourage the employment of
young people with less working experience and
share with them the relevant salary payments, so
as to increase young people’s chances of securing
employment;
Housing and home acquisition -
(i) to build more public rental housing (‘PRH’) flats,
and review the existing eligibility criteria for applying
for PRH, so as to formulate a more reasonable and
fairer method for waiting for and allocation of PRH
for young people;
(j) to construct at least 5 000 Home Ownership Scheme flats each year, re-launch the Sandwich
Class Housing Scheme, and ensure the annual provision of 20 000 private residential flats, so as to
build an integrated housing ladder for people;
(k) on the premise of having an adequate supply of private housing, to conduct a study on re-launching
the Home Starter Loan Scheme focusing on young
people with relatively stable financial income;
Business start-up -
(l) as it is noticed that quite a number of industrial
building revitalization projects have been transformed into real estate and hotel projects,
forcing many art workers stationed in such buildings
to leave, the authorities must, while balancing
housing and tourism needs, also have regard to
preserving room for young people’s work in cultural
and creative industries by, for example, requiring
property owners, when applying for industrial
building revitalization, to reserve 20% of their
premises as lower-rent areas for renting to young people who strive for development in the fields of
creativity, culture and arts, etc.;
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(m) to set up creative industry parks in various districts
for the provision of studios with stable rents and
long-term tenancy agreements to young people
who aspire to a career in creativity, culture and arts;
(n) to set up a handicraft apprenticeship training scheme, and having regard to the local cultural
features of various districts, to reserve land or
certain buildings under conservation and relax the
land use restrictions on vacant sites, so as to train
young people for engaging in work on creativity or with traditional characteristics, such as arts fairs,
music performances, dragon boat training and
fireworks production, etc.;
(o) to establish a start-up fund for young people, so as to provide loans to young people who have business
start-up plans but lack the capital;
(p) to increase the budget for arts, and raise the annual estimates for Hong Kong Arts Development Council,
the Leisure and Cultural Services Department and major performing arts groups for creating additional
placements, so as to provide young art workers with
more placement opportunities; and
(q) to offer ‘business start-up training programmes’ for the provision of the necessary business start-
up knowledge, so as to assist young people in
devising and implementing their business start-up
plans, and to set up a dedicated fund under the Film
Development Fund to provide subsidies to young directors;
Education -
(r) to enhance the regulation of the Continuing
Education Fund programmes eligible for subsidies;
(s) to increase the places for top-up degree programmes for sub-degree programmes;
Employment -
(t) to implement the relevant recommendations for
improvement on the Youth Pre-employment Training
Programme and Youth Work Experience and Training
Scheme and training for young people in Chapter 10
of the Director of Audit’s Report No. 59;
Housing and home acquisition -
(u) to provide a certain quantity of ‘flats with limited
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(v) to raise the requirements of the ad valorem stamp
duty for the consideration of a transaction, so as to
reduce the financial burden on young people who
are first-time home buyers;
Social participation -
(w) to convene youth summits annually for conducting
comprehensive discussions on the education, employment, housing and other problems faced by
young people;
(x) to set indicators for the ratio of youth participation in statutory and advisory bodies, so as to enable
young people to participate more in the process of
formulating policies in various respects; and
(y) to comprehensively review the functions and composition of the Commission on Youth, so as to
enable the Commission to better promote policies pertaining to young people in various respects;
Education -
(z) to increase publicly-funded sub-degree programme
places;
(aa) to review the impact of subsidized tertiary institutions admitting mainland students on local students’
opportunities of enrollment to programmes of bachelor degrees, master degrees and doctoral
degrees;
(ab) to provide resources to schools for offering non-academic students quality practical courses or skills
training programmes with articulation channels as
another pathway under the new academic structure;
(ac) to comprehensively review the policy on university hostel places, expand campus boundaries for
constructing additional campus buildings and hostels, so as to cope with the needs of university
students; and
(ad) to increase the subsidies for evening schools to encourage young people to pursue lifelong
learning.”
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28 November 2012
“Domestic free television programme service licence
applications” moved by
Hon Claudia MO
amendments moved by
Ir Dr Hon LO Wai-kwok (passed)
Hon SIN Chung-kai (negatived)
Hon Gary FAN (withdrawn)Hon Emily LAU (negatived)The following motion as amended by Ir Dr Hon LO Wai-kwok was passed:
“That, given that the progress of vetting the three
applications for domestic free television programme
service licences (‘free TV licences’) has always been
of major concern to the society, but the Government
has not yet announced the application results, causing
various speculations in society; in order to give the local
free television industry a business environment for fair
competition and sustainable development, this Council
puts forward the following views and recommendations,
and urges the relevant authorities to respond positively, including:
(a) as the Government has been promoting a pluralistic
and open society, but on the applications for free
TV licences, it has not made a decision after almost
three years, this Council therefore requests the
Government to undertake to issue additional free
TV licences before the end of March next year and
issue the licences as soon as possible;
(b) as the cultural and creative industry is one of the
six industries where Hong Kong enjoys clear
advantages, and in Hong Kong a considerable
number of young people enroll in relevant multi-
media courses, in order to increase employment
opportunities for these young people and facilitate
the development of creative media, the Government
should proactively formulate the relevant policies
and measures; and
(c) the Government should make the vetting process of
free TV licence applications open and transparent to
dispel public misgivings; the relevant broadcasting
ordinances and codes of practice should keep pace
with the times and, on a fair and equal basis, apply
across the board to existing free TV licensees and
operators joining the competition in the future.”
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“Executive Council as gate-keeper for MTR fares”
moved by
Hon Michael TIEN
amendments moved by
Dr Hon KWOK Ka-ki (negatived)
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan (negatived)
Hon Frederick FUNG (negatived)Hon WU Chi-wai (negatived)
Hon TANG Ka-piu (negatived)
Hon Frankie YICK (negatived)
Hon CHAN Kam-lam (passed)
Hon Gary FAN (withdrawn)
Hon Kenneth LEUNG (withdrawn)The following motion as amended by Hon CHAN Kam-
lam was passed:
“That, given that the net profit of the MTR Corporation
Limited (‘MTRCL’) in 2011 reached $14 716 million, but
as computed under the formula of the Fare Adjustment
Mechanism (‘FAM’) (i.e. the mechanism that allows
fares to go upwards and downwards), MTR fares may
be increased by 5.4%, rendering the burden of rail
transport expenses on grass-root people heavier; at
present, the community generally considers the formula
not comprehensive enough and that the Government
should, during the present review of MTRCL’s FAM, include in the formula components that can better reflect
public affordability and profit level, rental income and
service performance (including the level of performance
in handling incidents), etc. of MTRCL; in this connection,
this Council urges the Government, being the major
shareholder of MTRCL, to:
(a) conduct a study on amending the existing formula
of FAM, consider including factors such as public affordability, MTRCL’s profit level and its overall
rail service performance, etc. in the formula, and submit the fare adjustment rates computed under
the formula to the Executive Council for vetting, with
the Executive Council having the power to make
final adjustments; such an arrangement enables the
Executive Council to serve as the final gate-keeper
on MTR fares and MTRCL and its shareholders to
have a basis for projecting the profit of MTRCL;
(b) set up a fare stabilization fund to reduce fare
increase pressure;
(c) require MTRCL to strictly implement the ‘eight-minute notification system’ to ensure that MTRCL
can speedily notify the public in case of incidents, and the Executive Council should take account of
MTRCL’s performance in this regard when vetting
MTRCL fare adjustment rates;
(d) require MTRCL to reduce cross-boundary rail fares
to reasonable levels; abolish the existing time limit
for accumulating the number of journeys required
under the ‘Ride 10 Get 1 Free’ fare concession
scheme; co-operate with other transport operators
to offer more interchange concessions; introduce
reasonably-priced territory-wide monthly tickets
to benefit all passengers, and utilize this as an
incentive to promote working across districts, with a
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view to alleviating workers’ financial burden; and
(e) improve station facilities, including installing platform
screen doors for all rail lines, providing washrooms
for all rail lines, and installing more barrier-free
facilities, etc., and ensure that the expenses on the
facilities concerned will not constitute a cause for
MTR fare increases.”
The following motion as amended by Hon WONG Kwok-
hing, Hon Ronny TONG, Hon SIN Chung-kai, Hon NG
Leung-sing and Hon Martin LIAO was passed:
“That, while Hong Kong is one of the world’s important
financial centres, local securities firms have contributed
greatly to the Hong Kong market with unrivalled
importance in safeguarding Hong Kong’s financial safety
and supporting its financial development; this Council
urges the Government to adopt specific measures to
support the development of the local securities industry, and attach importance to the views of local small and
medium securities firms and employees in the industry,
including:
(a) to review and perfect the consultation procedure
and mechanism of the Hong Kong Exchanges and
Clearing Limited (‘HKEx’), so that local securities
dealers and employees in the securities industry
can fully express their views, thus enabling HKEx
to accurately and comprehensively grasp the
overall stance of the industry on the matters under
consultation;
(b) to expeditiously assess the impact of HKEx’s plan of
extending trading hours on the industry, particularly
the inconvenience caused by the shortening of lunch
break to local securities dealers and employees in
the industry, and at the same time, negotiate with
the industry and its employees again for a more
appropriate arrangement in relation to the plan; and
(c) to conduct a comprehensive assessment of and consultation on the after-hours futures trading which
HKEx intends to introduce, including contemplating the potential risks brought about by the plan to the
local market, collecting the views of all employees in
the industry, etc., and introducing the plan on a trial
basis only after the industry has forged a consensus;5 December 2012
“Supporting the development of the securities industry”
moved by
Hon Christopher CHEUNG
amendments moved by
Hon WONG Kwok-hing (passed)
Hon Kenneth LEUNG (withdrawn)
Hon Ronny TONG (passed)
Hon SIN Chung-kai (passed)
Hon NG Leung-sing (passed)
Hon Martin LIAO (passed)
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stringent standards for corporate governance and
information disclosure to protect investors’ rights and
interests; the Government should also ensure fair
competition, uphold the high degree of independence of
HKEx and various financial regulators, regulate companies
listed in Hong Kong in accordance with Hong Kong laws, and bolster the image of the Hong Kong securities
trading market as being transparent, fair and effective in
regulating, so as to attract investors from various places to use the Hong Kong securities market; besides, the
Government should actively develop the Hong Kong
bond market to assist the securities industry in developing
different types of businesses and provide Hong Kong
people with more investment choices, and specific
measures should include encouraging various statutory bodies to first issue bonds to raise capital from Hong
Kong people on a priority basis when seeking financing,
increasing the types and quantity of bonds, enlarging the platform and network for bond trading, increasing
trading channels and popularizing bond trading, seriously
implementing a market-making system for bonds, setting
up central bond settlement similar to possession of scrips
for the convenience of ordinary retail bond investors,
and considering the establishment and management of
Hong Kong Dollar denominated bond funds by the Hong
Kong Monetary Authority and the Hong Kong Mortgage
Corporation Limited so that members of the public may indirectly purchase sovereign bonds of foreign countries
and corporate bonds, subject to the condition that the
management fees must be determined on the basis of
actual expenses rather than for profit-making; besides,
as the financial co-operation between the Mainland and
Hong Kong continues to strengthen, this Council also
urges the Government to, while supporting local securities
firms to develop local businesses, actively assist them
in expanding into the Mainland market; this Council
also urges the Government to adopt specific measures
including co-operating with the Mainland to introduce an interconnected system, and actively strengthening the
co-operation between the two places in the area of asset
management; conducting detailed studies on developing
the bond market; developing recognized rating agencies;
increasing the existing categories of overnight futures
contracts, and extending the trading hours to fully
cover the winter-time and summer-time trading hours of the United States stock market and introducing more
investment products.”
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12 December 2012
“Urging the Government to regulate health food
products” moved by
Prof Hon Joseph LEE
amendments moved by
Hon Alice MAK (passed)
Hon Vincent FANG (passed)
Hon Alan LEONG (passed)The following motion as amended by Hon Alice MAK, Hon Vincent FANG and Hon Alan LEONG was passed:
“That, given that at present, there are countless and
multifarious health food products in the market, the
number of people consuming health food products also
increases gradually, and different practices of selling
health food products come up incessantly, but the
existing legislation is neither comprehensive nor stringent,
failing to effectively regulate health food products in many
respects, such as safety, efficacy and ingredients, etc.,
as well as the sales practices for health food products; moreover, members of the public do not know much about health food products, and health food products
not up to standard are definitely no less harmful to the
human body than drugs, and even pose direct threat to public health; in this connection, this Council urges the
Government to:
(1) expeditiously and comprehensively regulate health
food products and ensure that their safety and
efficacy, etc. are assessed, tested and monitored
comprehensively before their introduction to the
market, and at the same time, to enhance public
awareness of health food products, so as to protect
public health more effectively;
(2) review the existing legislation to strengthen the regulation of sales advertisements of health food
products, for example, sellers must submit relevant
reports or proofs regarding health claims in product
advertisements to avoid the public being misled; and
(3) regarding the increase in complaints received by the Consumer Council in recent years about
business operators promoting and selling health
food products to the public in the form of lecture,
physical check-up and celebrity sharing, etc., and
that there were elderly persons feeling unwell due to
consumption of health food products and needed
treatment in hospital, strengthen the regulation of the sales practices for health food products to
protect public health;
(4) formulate a definition of health food products, and
separately categorize health food products from
‘medicine’ and ‘food’ to facilitate regulation;
(5) comprehensively consult the relevant industries to explore the introduction of ‘claim requirements’
for health food products, i.e. products must be
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“Small and Medium Enterprises Financing Guarantee
Scheme” moved by
Hon CHUNG Kwok-pan
amendments moved by
Hon Jeffrey LAM (passed)
Hon TANG Ka-piu (passed)
amendment to amendment moved by
Hon Dennis KWOK (passed)provided with empirical proofs such as inspection
and test reports, etc.; and
(6) conduct ‘regulation risk assessment’ beforehand if the Government plans to regulate health food products to ensure that small and medium
enterprises will not be affected; and
(7) step up prosecution against counterfeit health food products, and conduct sample tests on health food
products in the market to ensure that such products
contain the health ingredients as claimed and do
not contain bacteria or harmful substances such as
heavy metals.”
The following motion as amended by Hon Jeffrey LAM,
Hon Dennis KWOK and Hon TANG Ka-piu was passed:
“That it is widely known that the uncertain external
economy, the slowdown in the Mainland’s economic
growth and the tightening of credit probably resulting from economic downturn have made the financing and
operation of small and medium enterprises (‘SMEs’) difficult; the Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation Limited,
with the support of the SAR Government, introduced the Special Concessionary Measures under the Small and
Medium Enterprises Financing Guarantee Scheme (‘the
Scheme’) in late May this year to provide 80% guarantee
coverage to SMEs at a concessionary level of guarantee
fee to respond to their financing needs and enhance
enterprises’ productivity and competitiveness; under the
Scheme, banks only need to bear 20% of the risks, which
enables banks to grant loans at ease and is also conducive
to stabilizing the banking system; yet, the persistently
high interest rates of loans are unable to really help SMEs
to tide over financing difficulties; to further support SMEs,
this Council urges the Government to:
(1) negotiate with banks to lower the interest rates and
extend the loan tenor under the Scheme, so as to
alleviate the loan burden on SMEs;
(2) extend the application period of the ‘Special Concessionary Measures’ under the Scheme, relax
the application restrictions and lower the approval
threshold;
(3) strengthen the communication between banks and SMEs, and assist enterprises in understanding
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banks’ criteria for loan vetting and approval; and at
the same time, make assessments having regard to
the future economic development, regularly review
the needs of implementing the Scheme and its
adequacy, or accept the proposal long advocated
by the industrial and commercial sector to re-launch
the Special Loan Guarantee Scheme in a timely
manner, so as to assist SMEs in resolving capital
flow problems; and
(4) to allow enterprises’ subsidiaries or related entities,
after providing proofs to the Hong Kong Mortgage
Corporation Limited, to make independent
applications and be able to obtain the maximum
loan amount; and
(5) allow the loan under the Scheme to be used for taking out various types of insurance and staff
training, etc.”
The following motion as amended by Hon Claudia MO,
Dr Hon Helena WONG, Hon IP Kin-yuen, Hon MA Fung-
kwok and Hon Paul TSE was passed:
“That, since the former Chief Executive proposed in 2009
to develop education services, profit-making has become
the objective of quite a number of tertiary institutions;
for example, the successive uncovering of the over-
enrollment and inadequate facilities of the community
colleges affiliated to the Lingnan University and to the
University of Hong Kong has reflected that in recent
years, local post-secondary colleges have, for the sake of
chasing profits, concentrated their resources on offering
a lot of self-financing degree and associate degree
programmes with high tuition fees but recognition of their
qualifications in doubt, thus causing local students holding
such qualifications upon graduation to face the quandary
of having their academic qualifications questioned by
employers, and to bear huge amounts of debt due to
high tuition fees; besides, since some private universities
and the community colleges affiliated to various major
institutions have concentrated their limited resources on programmes which aim at attracting mainland students
to study in Hong Kong, many local students face the
difficult problem of being unable to receive appropriate
tertiary education owing to insufficient places despite
their fulfillment of the entry requirements; worse still, 19 December 2012
“Reviving the quality of local education and stopping the
blind industrialization of education” moved by
Hon Regina IP
amendments moved by
Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG (negatived)
Hon Claudia MO (passed)
Hon Starry LEE (negatived)
Hon Gary FAN (negatived)Dr Hon Helena WONG (passed)
Hon IP Kin-yuen (passed)
Hon MA Fung-kwok (passed)
Hon Charles Peter MOK (negatived)
Hon Paul TSE (passed)
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international school groups at nominal prices and its
permission for such schools to charge overseas students
high tuition fees for profiteering not only cannot help
attract foreign investment but also dilute local students’ share of educational resources; the aforesaid practices
actually cannot help students to devote themselves to
society, are not conducive to upgrading the academic
standards of local tertiary institutions, and undermine
Hong Kong’s long-term development; in this connection, this Council urges the Government to adopt the following
measures:
(1) to reiterate to society that education is for upgrading
students’ quality in the five areas of personality,
intellectuality, physicality, sociability and aesthetics, increasing upward mobility opportunities for the
middle class and the grassroots, narrowing the rich-
poor gap and fostering social progress, and is not a profit-making tool for the highest bidder;
(2) to draw up a policy for regulating tertiary institutions on programme offers and student admission
to ensure that the academic standards of the
degree programmes offered are recognized by the
Government’s Qualifications Framework; and, all
things being equal, to accord admission priority to local students who meet the entry requirements,
so as to satisfy local people’s keen demand for education as far as possible;
(3) to ensure that public money is used for upgrading the qualifications of teachers, scientific research
capability and campus facilities of local publicly-funded universities, assisting local poor students
who meet entry requirements, and financing local
outstanding students’ participation in exchange programmes at overseas universities, so as to uphold
the principle of public resources for public use; and, to further equip Hong Kong people to meet the ever-
growing challenges in the international community,
promote Hong Kong’s global competitiveness and
maintain Hong Kong’s status as a first-class world
city;
(4) to adopt appropriate policies to encourage
universities to concentrate their resources on
upgrading their scientific research capability and
academic standards, and to assist local universities
in inviting first-class academics from outside Hong
Kong to conduct exchanges and even engage in teaching in Hong Kong;
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(5) by drawing on the experience of advanced
countries, to allocate more resources for facilitating
research co-operation between the academia and
the industries, and to assist universities in obtaining
more technological research funding through high
technology industrialization to form a value-added
‘technological research ⎯ industry chain’, so as to
enable Hong Kong tertiary institutions to add value to themselves and facilitate the upgrading and
transformation of Hong Kong industries; and
(6) to enhance the English proficiency of university
students, allocate more resources for training local English language teachers, and raise the
admission percentage of overseas students, so as
to ensure that local universities achieve genuine
‘internationalization’, in contrast to the current
situation where over 80% of the non-local students
admitted to programmes funded by the University
Grants Committee come from Mainland China;
(7) to encourage institutions to increase and develop
humanities subjects and implement liberal arts
education;
(8) to review the policy direction of sub-degree programmes and conduct a study on providing
more subsidies to associate degree students for
offering education opportunities to all persons who
have an aspiration to learn and to obtain grants
and scholarships through different channels, so as to encourage them to pursue studies from which
no economic burden will arise; and to design
associate degree programmes conducive to career
development and ensure programme quality, so as
to effectively enhance graduates’ competitiveness
and enable associate degree graduates failing to
enroll in undergraduate programmes to have clear
career prospects; and
(9) to review the number and percentage of non-
local students enrolling in research postgraduate
programmes offered by local funded-institutions,
and to reserve a sufficient number of postgraduate
programme places in graduate schools for local university undergraduates, so as to provide
opportunities to students who have an aspiration to
pursue further studies and nurture local academic
research talents;
(10) to implement the recommendation in the Report on
the Higher Education Review 2010 on the setting
up of a single oversight body for the non-publicly
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system;
(11) to review the current situation of Mainland Chinese students accounting for as high as 65% of the
student enrollment in research postgraduate
programmes heavily-subsidized by public funding
amid the shortage of places in the institutions
funded by the University Grants Committee; to
internationalize the admission of non-local students
as much as possible and at the same time, to admit more local students to publicly-funded degree
programmes, so as to nurture local young talents;
(12) to increase research funding to strengthen research on local issues, so as to make tertiary education and
research more diversified; to create an environment
conducive to research and teaching, so as to attract first-class local and non-local academics to conduct
research or teach in Hong Kong, and at the same time, to strive to nurture local young academics at tertiary institutions; and
(13) to enhance the democratization of university governance, and set up an independent inter-
institutional appeal mechanism for handling
complaints about academic research, contracts and
dismissal, etc.;
(14) to review the existing policy on industrialization of education, and further promote it only on the
premise of perfecting the various ancillary measures and meeting the needs of local students;
(15) to avoid the over-commercialization of tertiary education, and perfect the existing measures to
assist students with financial difficulties in admitting
to tertiary institutions;
(16) to avoid a lopsided admission policy towards
overseas students, enhance the transparency of
governance of the relevant institutions and make
public their accounts for public monitoring; and
(17) to increase the number of subsidized tertiary
education places, and formulate a clear and
reasonable percentage for overseas students, so as
to maintain the educational opportunities for local
students meeting the admission requirements amid
the internationalization of education; and
(18) to review and enhance the regulation of the mode and practices of international schools’ issuance
and sale of debentures as well as connivance of speculation in such debentures, so as to protect
parents’ rights and interests.” was passed.
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23 January 2013
“Assisting the middle class” moved by
Dr Hon Elizabeth QUAT
amendments moved by
Hon KWOK Wai-keung (negatived)
Dr Hon KWOK Ka-ki (negatived)
Hon Kenneth LEUNG (negatived)
Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG (negatived)Hon SIN Chung-kai (passed)
Hon Frankie YICK (withdrawn)
Hon Charles Peter MOK (passed)
Hon NG Leung-sing (withdrawn)
Dr Hon Priscilla LEUNG (withdrawn)The following motion as amended by Hon SIN Chung-kai and Hon Charles Peter MOK was passed:
“That, as the middle-class people in Hong Kong
have all along ‘paid large amounts of tax but enjoyed
few welfare benefits’, which, coupled with rampant
inflation, persistently high property prices and uncertain
economic prospects in recent years, results in their
facing heavy pressure in their career and livelihood, this
Council urges the Government to put forward proactive
measures focusing on areas such as taxation, housing,
healthcare, transport, family-friendliness, education and
further studies, as well as personal career development, so that public policies can better cater for the interests
and aspirations of the middle-class people; the relevant
measures should include:
(1) to increase the Child Allowance from the existing
$63,000 per child to $100,000, and raise the
basic allowance under Salaries Tax and Personal Assessment;
(2) to introduce ‘tax deduction for residential rentals’
for a duration of 15 years of assessment, subject to
a deduction ceiling of $100 000 per year;
(3) to abolish the levy on employers of foreign domestic helpers;
(4) to provide adequate supply of land and increase the subsidized housing production, so as to maintain
the annual supply of public and private residential
housing at no less than 50 000 units;
(5) having regard to the burden arising from population
ageing and medical inflation, to allocate additional
resources to improve public healthcare services, and provide tax concessions to people taking out
medical insurance, so as to alleviate middle-class
people’s burden of healthcare expenses;
(6) to introduce daily, weekly and monthly tickets applicable to all MTR rail lines;
(7) to formulate family-friendly policies, enact legislation on paid paternity leave for employees, and increase child care and elderly care services, so as to assist
family carers;
(8) to immediately implement 15-year free education covering kindergartens, primary schools and
secondary schools; and
(9) to offer $40,000 ‘tax deduction for children’s tertiary
education’ to the parents of students enrolled
in local and non-local full-time post-secondary
programmes;
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“Optimizing the Comprehensive Social Security
Assistance for the unemployed” moved by
Hon James TIEN
amendments moved by
Hon Frankie YICK (negatived)
Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG (passed)
Hon TAM Yiu-chung (withdrawn)Hon TANG Ka-piu (negatived)
Hon CHAN Chi-chuen (passed)
Hon Ronny TONG (withdrawn)
Hon LEUNG Yiu-chung (withdrawn)
amendment to amendment moved by
Hon Christopher CHUNG (not moved)(10) to increase university places to provide middle-
class students with more opportunities for further
studies;
(11) to review the cap on the amount of reimbursable course fees and the number of reimbursement
claims under the Continuing Education Fund (‘CEF’),
and the criteria for approving reimbursable courses
under CEF;
(12) to perfect the Non-means Tested Loan Scheme,
including commencing the computation of loan
interests after borrowers’ graduation and lowering
the loan interests; and
(13) to inject capital to re-activate the Small and Medium Enterprises Training Fund, so as to enable more
middle-class people in employment to have training
opportunities.”
The following motion as amended by Dr Hon Fernando
CHEUNG and Hon CHAN Chi-chuen was passed:
“That, as there is no legislation prohibiting age
discrimination in Hong Kong, making it extremely difficult
for middle-aged and elderly people with low education attainment to find jobs, with some of them having to apply
for Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (‘CSSA’),
this Council urges the Government to expeditiously
adopt effective measures, including reviving labour-
intensive industries, human services, agriculture and
other industries for the development of economic
diversification; increasing training opportunities,
establishing career ladders for different trades, creating more employment opportunities, and promoting a family-
friendly working environment; and optimizing the system of CSSA for the unemployed by relaxing the disregarded
earnings mechanism to encourage employment and
motivate those with the ability to work to be self-reliant,
and taking measures to eradicate abuse of CSSA for the
unemployed, so as to focus resources on helping people
with genuine needs; as the situation of CSSA recipients
being adversely labelled has become increasingly serious
in recent years, this Council urges the Government to
review the system of CSSA for the unemployed.”
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6 February 2013
“Developing a new North Lantau” moved by
Hon CHAN Han-pan
amendments moved by
Hon Ronny TONG (passed)
Hon Tony TSE (passed)
Hon Alice MAK (passed)
Hon Vincent FANG (withdrawn)Hon James TO (withdrawn)
Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG (negatived)
Hon YIU Si-wing (passed)
Dr Hon KWOK Ka-ki (passed)The following motion as amended by Hon Ronny TONG,
Hon Tony TSE, Hon Alice MAK, Hon YIU Si-wing and Dr
Hon KWOK Ka-ki was passed:
“That, Hong Kong develops rapidly, with North Lantau
having been developed into an area with considerable
development potential in tourism as well as convention
and exhibition industries; as further planning for North
Lantau is underway and a number of major infrastructure
projects in North Lantau, including the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-
Macao Bridge (‘HZMB’), a new control point at HZMB,
the Tuen Mun-Chek Lap Kok Link and a third runway
at the airport, are in progress, and the Administration is conducting a Planning and Engineering Study on the
Remaining Development in Tung Chung, this Council
urges the Administration to extensively consult various
sectors on the development of North Lantau, and under
the principle of balancing conservation and development
and through holistic planning, improve North Lantau’s
internal and external transport links, make good use
of control point facilities to develop a ‘bridgehead
economy’, which should include studying the opening up of the SkyPier inside Chek Lap Kok Airport for use
by non-airport passengers to enable tourists and local
residents to travel by water to tourist attractions in Lantau
Island and Tung Chung to promote district economy, so
as to develop Tung Chung into a key area of tourism as
well as convention and exhibition services, and a vibrant
community with local characteristics which is good for
living, doing business and leisure activities, and capitalize
on the opportunities arising from the North Lantau development to actively implement a ‘local professions
first’ policy and create employment opportunities, so as
to drive the economic development of Hong Kong; this Council also urges the Administration, when formulating
planning proposals on the development of North Lantau,
to involve actively not only the Development Bureau
but also other relevant Policy Bureaux, including the
Transport and Housing Bureau, the Home Affairs Bureau
and the Environment Bureau, and to preserve valuable features of the district economy and culture and ensure
their sustainable development; specific measures should
include:
(1) to expeditiously develop Tung Chung West,
including constructing an extension of Tung Chung
Line, setting up an MTR station for Yat Tung Estate,
conducting a study on lowering the fares of the
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monthly tickets on a zonal basis for the Tung Chung
Line;
(2) to study the development of ‘on-street economy’, including setting up a Tung Chung bazaar or night
market and implementing a local dual economy,
so as to provide small business operators with
development opportunities and residents with more
diversified shopping choices;
(3) to avoid monopoly by large consortia, and build
more public markets managed by the Food and
Environmental Hygiene Department to provide local
small business operators with stalls at relatively
low rents, and provide residents with inexpensive
consumption choices to alleviate their burdens of
the costs of living;
(4) to abolish the toll for Lantau Link to increase residents’ outbound mobility;
(5) to set up training colleges and educational
institutions which match the mode of local economic
development;
(6) to build coastal cycle tracks in North Lantau and provide bicycle ferry services to facilitate residents
go by bicycle to and fro Sunny Bay, Park Island and
Tsuen Wan, and develop green and low-carbon
transport; and
(7) to ensure sufficient healthcare personnel, so that
the North Lantau Hospital due for completion soon can offer comprehensive healthcare services and
come into operation as early as possible;
this Council also urges the Administration to allocate
land for constructing large shopping areas with retail
and wholesale functions, build more hotels, expedite
the expansion of the Hong Kong Disneyland, perfect
the support facilities of AsiaWorld-Expo and provide
adequate parking spaces; besides, before developing new communities in Tung Chung and implementing concrete
planning for increasing the population in North Lantau,
the Administration must fully consult the residents to
forge consensus, and implement the following measures:
(8) to strictly restrict the building height and density in
Tung Chung new development areas to avoid the
emergence of screen-like buildings and the heat
island effect, which affect Tung Chung residents’ health;
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(9) to ensure that when the North Lantau Hospital
commences service, its accident and emergency
department can immediately operate round the
clock, and it can provide comprehensive specialist
out-patient and in-patient services;
(10) to study the development of eco-tourism, opening-up of monuments and heritage trails, establishment
of berths, and building of water sports centres
and relevant commercial support facilities in North
Lantau; and
(11) to build a new standard outdoor sports ground in
the Tung Chung area to provide residents with a
sports venue.”
The following motion as amended by Hon WONG Kwok-hing, Hon Alice MAK, Hon Starry LEE, Hon Alan LEONG and Hon Kenneth LEUNG was passed:
“That, the services industry is one of Hong Kong’s major
industries, in which the retail industry develops rapidly
but the urban development planning in Hong Kong does
not dovetail with the expansion, development direction
and demand for business floor areas of the retail industry,
resulting in a severe shortage of retail floor areas in Hong
Kong in recent years, which leads to retail shop rents going out of control and spiralling upwards, directly and
indirectly causing operating difficulties to the extent of
closure of small and medium enterprises and the rise in prices of goods, and rendering people plagued by
shopping difficulties and expensive pricing of goods;
the Chief Executive, after taking office, has promised the
wholesale and retail industries that measures would be
taken to increase commercial floor areas, but this has not
been mentioned in the Policy Address; in this connection,
this Council urges the Government to:
(1) conduct a comprehensive review of the changes in
the retail industry over the next 10 years, including
the future development trends of the retail industry
in respect of business floor areas, manpower,
locations of businesses and business operators (including size and number), so as to work out the
future development scale of retail floor areas and
appropriately increase their supply year by year to
ease rental increases;6 February 2013
“Increasing the business floor areas of the retail
industry” moved byHon Vincent FANG
amendments moved by
Hon WONG Kwok-hing (passed)
Hon Alice MAK (passed)
Hon Starry LEE (passed)
Hon Alan LEONG (passed)
Hon Michael TIEN (negatived)
Hon Gary FAN (negatived)Hon Kenneth LEUNG (passed)
Hon SIN Chung-kai (withdrawn)
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businesses, including the number, business floor
areas, manpower, licensing regime and regulatory ordinances of wet markets, open-air bazaars and
hawking trades, so as to assess what support
should be rendered to grass-root retail businesses,
including relaxing the restriction on the area of an
on-street fixed hawker pitch of only three feet by
four feet and re-issuing an appropriate number of hawker licences, adjust the government policy on vacant shops in public markets and relax the
application restrictions, and allocate resources
to improve the business environment of markets
(including installation of air-conditioners), etc., so as
to put vacant retail floor areas on the market; and
(3) review the leasing policies, tenant mixes and functions of the retail floor areas of properties under
the Government, including those of the Hong Kong Housing Authority and the Hong Kong Housing Society, so as to prevent the retail floor areas of such
properties from becoming those under The Link, and ensure that the relevant properties and organizations
adopt ‘consumption needs of residents’ instead of
‘rents’ as the primary principle; and at the same
time, explore the feasibility of using part of the retail
floor areas to support the development of grass-
root, individual and specialty retail businesses, such as assisting old shops with traditional and historical characteristics and small shop tenants compelled to
move out by The Link in continuing their businesses,
or to assist young people in starting up businesses;
(4) closely monitor recent speculation in retail properties and introduce measures to curb such activities
when necessary; and
(5) examine various districts’ demands for and proposals on the introduction of public markets,
open-air bazaars and hawkers, and expeditiously implement the construction of the relevant facilities;
and
(6) study the feasibility of massively developing underground commercial spaces; expeditiously
give impetus to the transformation of industrial
buildings; and, focusing on the needs of local small
and medium shop tenants and on the premise of
fully consulting local communities, set up large-
scale exhibition and sales venues, factory outlets and publicly-operated shopping arcades, markets,
marketplaces and bazaars, etc., so as to increase
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the business floor areas of the retail industry and
alleviate the pressure of rental increases;
(7) regarding the successive closure of traditional
small shops and market stalls caused by The Link’s
hegemony, study the conversion of school premises
made vacant by ‘school culling’, idle government
industrial buildings and those shopping arcades or
car parks still owned by the Hong Kong Housing
Authority (‘HA’) into small shops, and encourage
shop tenants of The Link who cannot renew their tenancy agreements or people with aspiration to
start a business to rent such shops; at the same
time, making reference to the operation mode
of Domain shopping mall in Yau Tong under HA,
expedite the renovation of old shopping arcades
with low customer flow, so as to increase retail
spaces with reasonable rents; and
(8) having regard to the characteristics of the various
districts in Hong Kong, review the functions and policy objectives of public markets, so as to provide
public markets which meet the needs of local
residents;
(9) study the positive and negative impacts of the policy on the Individual Visit Scheme for Mainland visitors
and the spending pattern of Mainland visitors on
Hong Kong society, and enhance and adjust the
relevant policies in this regard, so as to achieve
more diversified and balanced development of the
retail and catering industries of various classes and
alleviate the impact of the policy on the Individual
Visit Scheme on members of the public; and
(10) consult the public and conduct a review of the development direction, positioning, clientele and
objective of Hong Kong’s local tourism, so as
to facilitate the corresponding adjustments and
enhancement of the relevant policies on local retail
businesses, tourism development and immigration, etc.”
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“Ensuring occupational safety”
moved by
Hon POON Siu-ping
amendments moved by
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan (negatived)
Hon TANG Ka-piu (negatived)
Hon SIN Chung-kai (negatived)
20 March 2013
“Promoting Hong Kong’s economic restructuring”
moved by
Hon Martin LIAO
amendments moved by
Hon Kenneth LEUNG (passed)
Hon TANG Ka-piu (passed)Hon Mrs Regina IP (withdrawn)
Hon SIN Chung-kai (passed)
Hon IP Kin-yuen (passed)
Hon Charles Peter MOK (passed)
Hon NG Leung-sing (withdrawn)
amendment to amendment moved by
Hon Christopher CHEUNG (passed)The following original motion was passed:
“That, as more large-scale works projects will commence
in Hong Kong in the future, but the number of fatal industrial accidents in the construction industry remains
high, this Council urges the Government to expeditiously
adopt effective measures to ensure occupational safety.”
The following motion as amended by Hon Kenneth
LEUNG, Hon Christopher CHEUNG, Hon TANG Ka-piu,
Hon SIN Chung-kai, Hon IP Kin-yuen and Hon Charles
Peter MOK was passed:
“That this Council urges the Government to seize the
opportunity by utilizing financial resources, lands and
policy measures appropriately to promote Hong Kong’s
economic restructuring, including fostering diversified
development within individual industries, economic diversification and the development of industries, other
than the four pillar industries, with competitive edge; and as dovetailing with the development of manufacturing,
creative and craft industries, etc. requires training and
support for developing the relevant talents, the authorities
should adopt the following measures:
(1) to comprehensively examine and project Hong
Kong’s manpower supply, provide suitable training
to people at various age levels, comprehensively
review the articulation of vocational education and
the new senior secondary academic structure, and
promote a learning culture for academic studies,
crafts and skills in society, so as to train up the
manpower required by economic restructuring;
(2) to review the existing development potential of
industries that ‘cannot be moved out of’ Hong
Kong, such as construction, ship repairs, aircraft
engineering, lift and escalator, and energy, etc.,
set down clear development ladders for talents
in these industries, and step up resource inputs,
so as to encourage people to join and develop in
these industries, and resolve problems such as
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the shortage of local maritime talents despite the
booming of shipping-related industries; and
(3) to review land uses, and make good use of idle Government land lots, public spaces in buildings
or under flyovers, etc., so as to provide business
starters, local researchers, craft workers or cultural and creative workers with low-priced and time-
limited land, allowing new industries to have room
and soil for development;
(4) to nurture the cultural and creative, innovation
and technology, environmental protection and
certification services industries, etc.;
(5) to review the tax regime to allow the capital expenditure of enterprises on environment-friendly
facilities 200% deductible under profits tax, so
as to encourage enterprises to attach importance to environmental protection in their operation,
thereby increasing the demand for companies
providing environmental protection services and products, and offering an incentive for investing in
environmental protection industries;
(6) to prudently study the feasibility of developing a ‘percentage-based public cultural and arts policy’,
with a certain proportion of funding for construction
works in Hong Kong being used for subsidizing
cultural activities, or a specified ratio of space in
construction facilities being directly allocated for the purpose of conducting cultural activities, so as to provide more resources to community organizations
to participate in cultural and creative work and
promote the development of cultural and creative
industries;
(7) through issuing additional free television licences, to enhance the development of a cultural and creative
television industry;
(8) to further promote the tourism industry to enhance the diversified development of Hong Kong’s
economy, including conducting a review of Hong
Kong’s tourism policy and a study on the number of
visitors that Hong Kong can receive, and allocating
additional resources for developing the Lantau
Island into a regional ecological leisure park to
attract visitors fond of nature to visit Hong Kong;
and
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encourage people to start up businesses by, for
example, providing venues in various districts and
designating a bazaar period every month for people
to sell various kinds of goods;
this Council also urges the Government to restructure
public finances and properly use budget surplus to
increase recurrent expenditure to promote Hong Kong’s economic restructuring, so as to alleviate social conflicts;
besides, regarding the innovation and information
technology industry, the Government must implement the
following measures:
(10) to comprehensively review the existing scientific
research assistance policies, formulate support
policies to attract overseas or mainland enterprises
to co-operate with the local scientific research
sector, and allocate additional resources to
encourage enterprises to undertake research and
development projects, so as to develop Hong Kong
into an international intellectual property trading
hub, thereby creating more quality employment
opportunities in scientific and technological
industries;
(11) through enhancing land planning, stable energy
supply and manpower training, to attract
more overseas and mainland enterprises in telecommunications and Internet, etc. to make
long-term investments in Hong Kong, so as to
develop Hong Kong into Asia’s data centre, and a
hub of cloud computing and wireless applications;
and
(12) to expand the scope of the business start-up support and incubation programmes provided
by the Government and dovetail with the relevant
policies to encourage the development of local ‘Angel Funds’ and venture capital funds, so as to
build an effective and sustainable ecological system
for investment, and provide start-up companies
with the capital required at various stages.”
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The following motion as amended by Hon Frederick
FUNG, Hon CHAN Kam-lam, Hon Frankie YICK, Hon Wu
Chi-wai and Dr Hon LEUNG Ka-lau was passed:
“That, given that the Kai Tak New Development Area
is currently the largest urban waterfront development
project in Hong Kong with a total planning area of more
than 320 hectares; Kai Tak in the future will become a
new core district in Kowloon and drive the development
of the whole Kowloon Peninsula, and the various works projects in the area will be completed one after another
starting from this year, this Council urges the Government
to expeditiously implement the various planning for the
new development area and the ancillary work in nearby
communities, including:
(1) to expeditiously give the public a full account of any
plan to revise and adjust the planning for Kai Tak
(including proposals relating to increasing the plot ratios and resident population, and whether to build
a helipad on the runway, etc.);
(2) to closely keep in view the problem of big rent hikes in the adjacent areas driven by the Kai Tak
development, so as to ensure that small business
traders and even workers in the creative and cultural
sector in the district can continue their operation to
provide residents with inexpensive and quality daily
consumer goods amidst the transformation;
(3) to expeditiously discuss with the relevant District
Councils plans for support arrangements after
the commissioning of the first berth of the Kai Tak
Cruise Terminal in June this year (including traffic
and transport arrangements, and on-shore power
supply facilities, etc.), so as to avoid impacting
and pressuring the nearby communities and the
environment after the commissioning of the terminal;
(4) to ensure that the recreational and sports facilities
in the Multi-purpose Sports Complex at Kai Tak are
open for public use at all times in the future, so as to
resolve the long-standing shortage of public sports
facilities in Kowloon;
(5) to review the overall road transport network of Kowloon, assess whether the traffic capacity of
the existing roads in the various communities is adequate to meet the future development and
population needs of Kai Tak and the various areas in Kowloon, and expeditiously conduct improvement
works in this regard;20 March 2013
“Implementing the Kai Tak Planning to dovetail with
Kowloon East development” moved by
Hon WONG Kwok-kin
amendments moved by
Hon Frederick FUNG (passed)
Hon CHAN Kam-lam (passed)
Hon WU Chi-wai (passed)
Hon Alan LEONG (negatived)
Dr Hon LEUNG Ka-lau (passed)
amendment to amendment moved by
Hon Frankie YICK (passed)
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monorail system to connect Kai Tak, the various
areas in Kowloon East and Kowloon City District,
and at the same time, study the extension of the
system to the mid-levels areas of Kowloon East, so
as to better meet the transport needs of residents in
these communities;
(7) to expeditiously construct a general hospital in Kai Tak and expedite the expansion of the United
Christian Hospital, so as to meet the medical needs arising from the future population growth and
development of Kowloon East and Kowloon City
District;
(8) to perfect the pedestrian linking systems and barrier-free facilities in the old areas of Kowloon East,
Kowloon City District and Kai Tak new area, deepen
the connection between Kai Tak and adjacent areas,
and develop semi-sunken open underground street
networks to merge pedestrian flows and add special
features to the areas;
(9) to study and implement the construction of cycle tracks along the coastline of Kowloon East to the
waterfront of Kowloon West via the Kai Tak New
Development Area and Kowloon City District and
linking the adjacent communities, so as to develop
an urban cycle track network;
(10) to integrate the cultural monuments and existing waterways in Kai Tak and the nearby communities, such as linking Nga Tsin Wai Village, Longjin Bridge
and Kai Tak River to form an area with historical and
ecological values, and develop a special heritage
trail embracing environmental protection, historical
monuments, local culture and tourism;
(11) to increase the space for greening and public art in Kai Tak, the various areas in Kowloon East and
Kowloon City District, and introduce bazaars with
local characteristics (e.g. temple fairs) to attract tourists and create employment opportunities;
(12) to make use of the site of the former Tai Hom Village and San Po Kong Industrial Area, etc. to develop
cultural and creative industries, so as to develop Kai
Tak and the relevant areas into a tourist spot related
to Hong Kong movies; and
(13) to develop featured waterfront areas in Kai Tak, Kowloon East and Kowloon West (including making
good use of the vacant land under the flyovers
near the Kwun Tong waterfront), so as to develop
them into creative spaces, markets and community
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facilities with local cultural characteristics and
styles;
(14) to construct a bridge connecting Kwun Tong Ferry Pier and the ex-runway tip, with a headroom
allowing the passage of all marine working vessels;
and
(15) to construct a new Kowloon harbourfront promenade from Lei Yue Mun to Sham Shui Po, and study the
feasibility of constructing a berthing area for yachts
at the Kwun Tong Typhoon Shelter and increasing leisure water sports facilities on the condition that
the continued provision of enough berthing spaces
for various types of marine working vessels will be
guaranteed, so as to perfect the planning for Kai
Tak;
(16) to expedite the progress of building the Trade and Industry Tower in Kai Tak, and enable government
building clusters to move into Kai Tak expeditiously,
so as to drive the economic development of the adjacent areas and create employment;
(17) to develop waterborne transport, to enable Lei Yue Mun to dovetail with the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal
development, and promote the development of
local featured tourism projects;
(18) to expedite the development of the commercial facilities near the cruise terminal and inside the
Kai Tak Development Area, and encourage the
development of local creative industries and shopping facilities, so as to support local culture
and create employment;
(19) through improving the population planning criteria, to appropriately relax the plot ratios in Kai Tak
and increase land supply, so as to construct more
subsidized housing;
(20) to retain the two government factory buildings in Kowloon Bay for promoting the development
of creative industries and meeting the needs of persons in the creative industry; and
(21) to expeditiously implement the expansion of Our Lady of Maryknoll Hospital; and
(22) to reserve sites in Kai Tak for planning the construction of private hospitals, Integrated
Community Centres for Mental Wellness, elderly
health centres, residential care homes for the
elderly and residential care homes for persons with
disabilities.”
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“Urging the Government to eradicate ‘gutter oil’ and take
the lead in supporting biodiesel” moved by
Hon Paul TSE
amendments moved by
Hon WONG Kwok-hing (passed)
Hon Tommy CHEUNG (withdrawn)
Hon Steven HO (passed)
amendment to amendment moved by
Hon Frankie YICK (passed)
27 March 2013
“Improving property management and operation of
owners’ corporations” moved by
Dr Hon Priscilla LEUNG
amendments moved by
Hon WONG Kwok-hing (negatived)
Hon Claudia MO (passed)
Hon Christopher CHUNG (passed)
Hon WU Chi-wai (passed)The following motion as amended by Hon WONG Kwok-
hing, Hon Frankie YICK and Hon Steven HO was passed:
“That late last year, a suspected incident of ‘gutter oil’
occurred in Hong Kong, and although it turned out only
to be a false alarm after investigation and verification, it
had already aroused public concern; this Council urges the SAR Government to prompt various government
departments and public organizations consuming large
quantities of diesel to take the lead in using biodiesel
(B5) generated from used cooking oil recollected from
food establishments in Hong Kong, and establish a
tracing mechanism to regulate and monitor the operation of local used cooking oil recyclers, and collect and
regularly release the relevant information and statistics
about the local recycling of used cooking oil to facilitate
source tracing and follow-up action in the event of
occurrence of incidents, so as to effectively eradicate
the source material of ‘gutter oil’, ensure the safety of
cooking oil, and encourage and take practical actions
to support local environmental protection industry on
biodiesel; this Council also urges the SAR Government to assist the relevant recycling industries in establishing
a comprehensive recycling system to ensure that used
cooking oil generated locally can be used in local
recycling industries as far as possible, and encourage the
construction, commercial and industrial sectors to use
biodiesel.”
The following motion as amended by Hon Claudia MO,
Hon Christopher CHUNG and Hon WU Chi-wai was
passed:
“That for a long time, disputes over property management
issues arise in quite a number of residential estates, with
some owing to large property developers’ oppression of
small property owners through ownership control of estate common areas in their capacity as first-hand owners, which
renders small property owners unable to set up owners’ corporations, and others the lack of effective regulation
over the operation of owners’ corporations, which have
led to incessant litigations and even rampant corruption
and illegal practices; even though owners’ corporations
have been set up in some estates, the residents are
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unable to replace the management companies owned
by large property developers because such developers
control the estates’ majority shares in their capacity
as first-hand owners; in this connection, this Council
urges the authorities to review the existing Building Management Ordinance to improve the mechanism for
amending Deeds of Mutual Covenant and in an endeavor
to resolve disputes involving property management more
reasonably and effectively; to strengthen the protection
of the rights and interests of small property owners and tenants, enhance building management efficiency, and
resolve building management problems arising from ‘one building with multiple owners’ corporations’ and
‘multiple buildings with one owners’ corporation’, etc.,
the Government should allocate additional resources for
establishing a one-stop platform to assist small property
owners and tenants in obtaining support from different
departments; the Government should also adopt the
following measures:
(1) to set up a building management tribunal, and
transfer the cases currently dealt with by the Lands
Tribunal and relating to the Building Management
Ordinance to the building management tribunal for
handling;
(2) to review the role, manpower and workload of the liaison officers of the District Building Management
Liaison Teams under the Home Affairs Department;
(3) to ensure that the Home Affairs Department properly discharges the powers conferred by the Building
Management Ordinance;
(4) to set up a mechanism for amending the unreasonable terms and conditions in Deeds of
Mutual Covenant, so as to assist property owners in
managing their buildings more effectively; and
(5) to actively study the setting up of a vetting and approval mechanism to empower small property owners under Sub-deeds of Mutual Covenant to
handle building management problems involving
Sub-deeds of Mutual Covenant.”
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“Maintaining a business-friendly environment in Hong
Kong” moved by
Hon Jeffrey LAM
amendments moved by
Hon TANG Ka-piu (negatived)
Hon Michael TIEN (passed)
Hon IP Kin-yuen (passed)Hon WU Chi-wai (negatived)
Hon YIU Si-wing (passed)
Hon Charles Peter MOK (passed)The following motion as amended by Hon Michael TIEN, Hon IP Kin-yuen, Hon YIU Si-wing and Hon Charles Peter
MOK was passed:
“That, with the slow recovery of the global economy
and rapid ageing of Hong Kong’s population, the
welfare spending is bound to increase significantly,
and Hong Kong must vigorously expedite its economic development to ‘make a bigger cake’, the prerequisite
of which is to maintain a business-friendly environment
for small and medium enterprises (‘SMEs’); in this
connection, this Council urges the Government to, apart
from adopting proactive policy measures and devoting more resources to assist SMEs, make strenuous efforts
to mitigate the increasingly tense labour relations in Hong
Kong in recent years, and ensure employees not only
having reasonable protection for their rights and interests
but also fully recognizing the impacts of various labour
policies and measures (e.g. reviewing the minimum
wage level and conducting studies on the regulation of
working hours and the right to collective bargaining, etc.)
on the business environment of SMEs, in an endeavor to achieving mutual understanding and a win-win situation
for both sides, with Hong Kong’s economy being also
developed in a consistently rapid way; this Council also
urges the Government to devote resources to enhance
educational and manpower training, implement 15-year
free education and small-class teaching in secondary
schools, strengthen vocational education and training,
and increase the numbers of publicly-funded sub-
degree programme places, publicly-funded bachelor’s degree programme places and local students admitted
to postgraduate programmes in graduate schools of
universities, so as to nurture local talents to provide
manpower resources for the sustainable development of
pillar industries and the diversified development of the
economy; this Council also urges the Government:
(1) to subsidize small and medium enterprises, so as
to motivate the relevant enterprises to make use of information technology;
(2) to increase the expenditure on subsidizing the training of practitioners in industries, so as to raise
the professional standards of industries;
(3) to regularly co-ordinate industries of the same kind to jointly organize external promotional activities,
and appropriately subsidize such activities; and
(4) to reduce or waive the licence fees for the relevant
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enterprises of industries with operating difficulties;
(5) to review and reform the Government’s information
technology procurement policy, reform the guiding
principle that ‘the lowest bidder wins’ and the
requirement for huge amounts of performance
bonds, which have all along been criticized by
the industry, strengthen the assessment elements
of ‘local research, original applications’ to
encourage innovation in its procurement policy, and
increase the opportunities for small and medium enterprises to participate in the bidding for the
Government’s information technology contracts, so
as to accumulate more capital and experience for
expansion of their enterprise scale;
(6) to open up more Government data and, putting the public interest first, encourage developers to make
use of such data at liberty and free of charge, so as to promote the development of more mobile
and internet applications conducive to people’s livelihood and social-economic activities, so as
to foster innovative applications by small and
medium enterprises, enhance work efficiency, and
create room for developers to identify business opportunities;
(7) through policy support and venture capital funds involving Government investments, to encourage
the development of local ‘Angel Funds’ and venture
capital activities, so as to provide local start-up companies with more effective early-stage seed
funding; and
(8) to inject capital into and re-activate the Small and Medium Enterprises Training Fund, so that small and
medium enterprises may have sufficient resources
for training staff and enhancing competitiveness.”
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“Enhancing the overall sustainable competitiveness of
Hong Kong” moved by
Dr Hon LAM Tai-fai
amendments moved by
Hon TANG Ka-piu (passed)
Hon Christopher CHEUNG (passed)
Ir Dr Hon LO Wai-kwok (passed)Dr Hon Kenneth CHAN (negatived)
Hon WU Chi-wai (negatived)
Hon Charles Peter MOK (withdrawn)The following motion as amended by Hon TANG Ka-piu, Hon Chrsitopher CHEUNG and Ir Dr Hon LO Wai-kwok
was passed:
“That, given that the China Urban Competitiveness
Reports issued by the Chinese Academy of Social
Sciences in recent years point out that the gap between
Hong Kong’s competitiveness and that of other Mainland
cities is continuously getting narrower, and Hong Kong’s
overall growth is relatively slow, with the scale of its
economy expected to lag behind those of Mainland cities
such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, etc.,
by 2015, this Council urges the Government to conduct a comprehensive review and assessment of areas such
as economic development, improvement of people’s
livelihood, promotion of democracy, etc., and formulate
feasible and timely policies which will be implemented,
so as to enhance Hong Kong’s overall sustainable
competitiveness; such policies include:
(1) to develop diversified industries to make the
economic structure more balanced;
(2) to strengthen talent training, make good use of
the ‘first-hire-then-train’ approach to attract new
entrants, and reform the apprenticeship system, so as to strengthen youth vocational training and
develop talents for the future;
(3) to lower the rental costs in society;
(4) to systematically absorb groups with employment
difficulties, including the middle-aged, persons with
disabilities and single parents, etc., and to train
them and provide them with employment support;
and
(5) to ensure through social policies that all sectors of society may share the fruits of economic
development; and
(6) to continue promotion of Hong Kong as an international financial centre; and
(7) to consolidate pillar industries, promote emerging industries and revitalize traditional industries.”
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The following motion as amended by Hon WONG Kwok-
hing, Hon CHEUNG Kwok-che and Hon Claudia MO was
passed:
“That with the occurrence of a number of family tragedies
in Hong Kong in recent years, which has greatly shocked
the society and reflected the existence of many unhealthy
trends in today’s society gradually breaking up, damaging and distorting the social and family relationships, this
Council urges that the Government should make stronger efforts in promoting family-friendly policies, enhancing
family cohesion and individual resilience against
adversities, restoring mutual love among family members
and building up positive family values, so as to create a
harmonious society; the proposed measures include:
(1) the relevant departments should assess the gravity
of domestic violence in Hong Kong at present (with
particular attention to the gradual increase in recent years in the number of cases of men being abused),
enhance the relevant social welfare services, review
the modes of professional services for handling and
supporting families in crisis and the corresponding
effectiveness of inter-departmental support
services, and strengthen outreach services, so as
to provide families in crisis with highly efficient,
timely and targeted services, and, at the same time, allocate additional resources to assist men in resolving family problems, for example, setting up
at service units special hotlines for men which are
operated by male social workers or counsellors to
provide dedicated crisis intervention and shelter
services, etc. for abused men;
(2) targetting on men’s roles and problems connected with their family status, to formulate a
comprehensive and long-term policy on men, and
allocate resources correspondingly (for example, considering the setting up of a Men’s Commission,
studying the conduct of surveys on men’s health,
and establishing men’s specialist clinics to promote
men’s health);
(3) to expeditiously implement an impact assessment system in respect of public policies on families
to assess the impact of existing social policies,
legislation and measures on families, so as to make
the relevant improvements;5 June 2013
“Actively promoting family-friendly policies” moved by
Hon Starry LEE
amendments moved by
Hon KWOK Wai-keung (negatived)Hon WONG Kwok-hing (passed)
Dr Hon Helena WONG (negatived)
Hon CHEUNG Kwok-che (passed)
Hon Claudia MO (passed)
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I. MOTIONS PASSED(4) to enhance the functions of the Family Council, and
set up a ‘social fund for families’ to subsidize social
welfare organizations to organize programmes and
activities related to family education;
(5) to actively step up publicity on positive family education on parenting, child duties and ethics,
and promote family education through community
service organizations, schools and the media, etc.;
(6) to provide more child care support services to dual-income parents (including expanding community child-minding services, increasing the child-minding
places in various districts, providing flexible-hour
child-minding services, etc.); develop after-school remedial centres to enable children of dual-income
parents to receive appropriate care after school;
(7) to encourage public and private organizations to implement family-friendly employment policies more
proactively for creating a family-friendly working
environment, including encouraging organizations to provide staff with child care services and
implementing a flexible working hour system with
‘flexible hours and flexible places’;
(8) to include all public holidays other than Sundays as
paid statutory holidays; and promote ‘International
Day of Families’ to call on the community to cherish
the value of family;
(9) to raise the Child Allowance, subsidize the pre-primary education across the board, and conduct studies on extending the applicability of existing
paid maternity leave to employees engaged under
non-employment contracts, etc. so as to alleviate
the financial burden on families in Hong Kong; and
(10) to promote a housing policy which fosters inter-generational harmony, encourage the inclusion of
residential complementary facilities suitable for
both the elderly and the young in the designs of
private and public housing, and improve community facilities to provide families with more room for
parent-child activities;
(11) to review the Conditional Tenancy Scheme and the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (‘CSSA’)
Scheme to allow domestic violence victims who are
new arrivals to apply for public housing and CSSA
without having to have resided in Hong Kong for at
least seven years, so that they can get assistance
and rebuild a healthy family life;
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(12) to improve gender awareness and sexual orientation
training for judicial, legal and healthcare personnel
as well as social workers in handling domestic
violence problems, and require abusers to receive
counselling services;
(13) to strengthen publicity and assist female victims of domestic violence in seeking legal protection,
and set up a domestic violence court dedicated
to handling the relevant issues, so that the judicial
sector can accumulate experience to help abusers and victims in the legal respect;
(14) to increase the number of medical social workers and the manpower of counselling and supportive
grades of the Family and Child Protective Services
Units of the Social Welfare Department to assist in
handling domestic violence cases;
(15) to set up transitional residential service centres, increase the places at refuge centres, support
centres and singleton hostels and the resources for domestic violence victims, so as to resolve the
existing problems of short duration of residence
and the lack of catering services in such centres,
enabling victims to avoid suffering from domestic
violence and live a normal family life again;
(16) to immediately allow elderly persons and persons with disabilities to apply for CSSA on an individual
basis, and exempt their family members from
having to make any declaration arrangement for not providing support to them, so as to stop breaking
up the families of elderly persons and persons with
disabilities; and
(17) to introduce an extra-curriculum activity subsidy to reduce family frictions and social problems arising
from the inability of low-income families to allow
their children to participate in extra-curriculum
activities due to financial difficulties;
(18) to extend the service targets of the Government’s
existing employment support schemes, retraining
services and child-minding services to all single-
parent families to assist all single carers in finding
jobs, so as to improve their family incomes and enable their children to grow up in a better
environment;
(19) to provide financial assistance to all low-income
single-parent families, so as to help children in
single-parent families grow up healthily; and
(20) to allocate additional resources to set up more
Integrated Family Service Centres in districts with
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“Safeguarding freedom of information, of the press and
of the Internet” moved by
Hon Charles Peter MOK
amendments moved by
Hon Claudia MO (negatived)
Hon Gary FAN (negatived)
Hon Emily LAU (negatived)Dr Hon Elizabeth QUAT (negatived)
Hon Cyd HO (negatived)
amendment to amendment moved by
Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG (negatived)
19 June 2013
“Maintaining and enhancing Hong Kong’s position as an
international financial centre” moved by
Hon NG Leung-sing
amendments moved by
Hon Christopher CHEUNG (passed)
Hon James TO (negatived)
amendment to amendment moved by
Hon Albert HO (negatived)greater service demands, and increase the numbers of case-handling professional grade staff and other
support staff, so as to provide families in need with
more suitable activities and services.”
The following original motion was passed:
“That, as the free flow of information is an important
cornerstone of Hong Kong’s economic and social
development, this Council urges the Government to
safeguard freedom of information, freedom of the
press and freedom of the Internet, so as to uphold the
core values cherished by the public and Hong Kong’s
economic development advantages.”
The following motion as amended by Hon Christopher
CHEUNG was passed:
“That, given the ever-growing competition between Hong
Kong’s financial industry and those in its neighbouring
regions, this Council urges the Government to make further efforts to maintain and enhance the Hong Kong
SAR’s position as an international financial centre,
including:
(1) to introduce more proactive financial policies and
measures to facilitate the balanced development
of various large, medium and small financial
enterprises;
(2) to appropriately refine the existing regulatory system
and financial infrastructure; and
(3) to open up financial business co-operation with
relevant regions.”
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The following motion as amended by Hon TANG Ka-piu,
Hon Charles Perter MOK, Hon Claudia MO and Dr Hon
Helena WONG was passed:
“That, although on the surface Hong Kong is a safe city,
due to the ageing of some urban facilities, people’s slack
safety awareness, certain government departments’ lax
enforcement of law, etc., recent years have witnessed the
occurrence of various kinds of accidents one after another
such as the frequent occurrence of occupational injury cases, and worse still, serious blaze and marine disasters,
some of which even incurred heavy casualties; in fact,
the China Institute of City Competitiveness has already
excluded Hong Kong from its ranking list on China’s safest
cities in its research reports over the past two years; in
this connection, this Council urges the Government to set
up an inter-departmental committee to comprehensively
review the various existing ordinances relating to city
safety, including occupational safety legislation and the relevant employees’ compensation legislation, urge the
various departments to improve the implementation of
such ordinances, and formulate a safe city development
policy, so as to comprehensively enhance city safety; on
the other hand, as Hong Kong’s infrastructure and the
daily operation of the society largely rely on computer
systems and the Internet, there will be dire consequences
if such systems are under malicious attacks; in this
connection, this Council also urges the Government to re-activate the Inter-departmental Working Group on
Computer Related Crime, which was established in 2000
but subsequently ceased operation, to conduct a fresh
review and implement relevant follow-up work regarding
the changed cyber environment and possible information
system security threats; the authorities must also ensure
that large-scale infrastructure will not impair the structure
of nearby buildings, so as to protect the safety of
residents; in addition, this Council urges the Government to draw reference from the concept of the World Health
Organization’s ‘Safe Community’ project and the effective
measures of the United Nations Development Fund
for Women for protection of women in cities around
the globe to incorporate the issue of women’s safety
into town planning, promote a city safety culture and
comprehensively prevent the occurrence of accidents.”19 June 2013
“Building a safe city” moved by
Hon CHAN Kin-por
amendments moved by
Hon TANG Ka-piu (passed)Hon Charles Peter MOK (passed)
Hon Claudia MO (passed)
Dr Hon Helena WONG (passed)
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“Promoting the waste recycling industry to create
employment opportunities” moved by
Hon KWOK Wai-keung
amendments moved by
Ir Dr Hon LO Wai-kwok (passed)
Dr Hon Kenneth CHAN (passed)
Hon Gary FAN (passed)Hon Cyd HO (negatived)
Hon WU Chi-wai (passed)
amendment to amendment moved by
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan (negatived)The following motion as amended by Ir Dr Hon LO Wai-kwok, Dr Hon Kenneth CHAN, Hon Gary FAN and Hon
WU Chi-wai was passed:
“That the SAR Government already published the ‘Policy
Framework for the Management of Municipal Solid Waste
(2005-2014)’ in 2005, formulating the strategies and
measures for reducing waste production and promoting
waste recovery, reuse and recycling; at present, the waste
recovery rate in Hong Kong is about 48%, but when
compared with the neighbouring regions such as South
Korea, the recovery rate of which is 60%, the effectiveness
of waste management in Hong Kong obviously lags behind other advanced countries; in May 2013, the Government
published the ‘Hong Kong: Blueprint for Sustainable
Use of Resources 2013-2022’, setting clear targets and
timetables for waste recovery and reduction, but the
relevant measures are ‘old wine in a new bottle’, lacking
concrete plans for promoting the development of the
waste recycling industry in Hong Kong; in this connection,
this Council urges the Government to expeditiously put in
place effective policies on waste recovery and recycling to drive the development of Hong Kong’s waste recycling
industry and create more employment opportunities; the
relevant measures should include:
(1) by making reference to the experiences of places
such as Taiwan and South Korea, to formulate
more effective waste management strategies and
measures;
(2) to expeditiously implement mandatory food waste recovery, provide land and related support, and train talents for processing recovered food waste,
so that the food waste, which represents 40% of
the wasteload in landfills, can be properly recovered
and recycled;
(3) to encourage the industrial and commercial sectors
(e.g. supermarkets) to donate foods that are still
eatable, so as to reduce food waste;
(4) to gradually implement a mandatory garbage separation programme, make good use of community spaces to set up waste collection
points, and perfect the community waste recovery
networks, so as to facilitate the conduct of the first-
round waste recovery separation at the community level;
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(5) to provide waste recovery operators with land and
berthing facilities with suitable lease periods, so as
to promote the development of the waste recovery
industry; to ensure the proper handling of recovered
waste, the Government should proactively study
the feasibility of establishing a licensing system for
waste recovery operators in the long run;
(6) in order to put in place the producer responsibility scheme, to offer financial incentives to support the
industry’s construction of modern recycling facilities
for stepping up the recovery and recycling of waste
requiring higher processing costs and technologies,
such as glass bottles as well as waste electrical and
electronic equipment;
(7) to provide tax and land concessions, etc. to attract waste recycling enterprises to develop business in
Hong Kong;
(8) to allocate additional resources to support technological research projects on green products, so as to create diversified green products and
develop a global market for green products;
(9) to encourage various government departments to
comprehensively implement a green procurement
policy, and extend the relevant policy to the
industrial and commercial sectors, so as to provide
a stable demand for local green products;
(10) to allocate funding to establish a ‘waste resources recovery and recycling fund’ for supporting the sustainable development of the waste recycling
industry, and to transfer the levies related to
environmental protection policies (e.g. levies from
schemes on municipal solid waste charging and
producer responsibility, etc.) to the fund for its
sustainable operation;
(11) to set up a ‘centre for industrialization and development of environmental protection
technologies’ to support the development of environmental protection technologies, vet new
technologies, and promote technology transfer and
co-operation; and
(12) to support the industry’s non-local sale of local green products and technologies for promoting a
‘regional circular economy’, and enhance the co-
operation with the Mainland in the areas of waste
recovery, handling and recycling, etc.;
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I. MOTIONS PASSED(13) to organize community waste reduction and
recovery programmes in the 18 districts, formulate
waste reduction and recovery indicators for various
districts, and set up a waste reduction promotion
group to audit the volumes of community waste
reduction and recovery, conduct planning for district
waste recovery and reduction facilities, and plan
and carry out waste reduction and recovery work in
communities; and
(14) to install more waste separation bins in various
public premises and streets, and set an appropriate
ratio of the number of waste separation bins to the
number of rubbish bins;
(15) to encourage the industry to increase the recycling and reuse of construction waste, so as to reduce the
amount of construction waste at landfills; and
(16) to research on regulating ‘excessive packaging’ of goods to encourage simple goods packaging;
(17) to set up food waste recovery centres in the 18
districts of Hong Kong for handling food waste
produced in the districts, so as to manifest the
principle of all people bearing the responsibility for
waste handling;
(18) through establishing community canteens in the 18 districts of Hong Kong for receiving foods that are
still eatable (including food materials), to provide
needy people with inexpensive food, so as to reduce
food waste and alleviate the pressure on landfills;
(19) to establish a government-funded body corporate
for operating the waste recycling industry on its
own, so as to reduce the existing reliance on
overseas markets for absorbing recovered waste,
and ensure the long-term operation of the relevant
business; and
(20) by making reference to the practices under the New Producer Responsibility Scheme on Glass Beverage
Bottles, to provide market values for recyclable waste with low market values (e.g. plastics), so as
to promote source separation of waste and foster
the development of the waste recycling industry.”
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The following motion as amended by Hon Christopher
CHEUNG and Ir Dr Hon LO Wai-kwok was passed:
“That, following the announcement by Bernanke,
Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of the United
States, that the quantitative easing measures will be
ended gradually, which has immediately triggered a wave
of global financial fluctuations, this Council urges the
HKSAR Government to closely keep in view the impacts of the incident on the global economic and financial
environment, ensure the stability and robustness of Hong
Kong’s financial system, maintain sustainable economic
growth, and when necessary, introduce appropriate measures, including considering the revocation of ‘the
two harsh measures’ in a timely manner, i.e. the Buyer’s
Stamp Duty and the Special Stamp Duty which are
targeted at the property market, to prevent the recurrence
of negative equity, and assist members of the public and
small and medium enterprises in facing a new market order; this Council also urges the Government to take
precautions by fully evaluating the impacts of a market
reversal, once occurred, on Hong Kong’s overall economy
and labour market, and push forward infrastructure
projects in a timely manner.”
The following motion as amended by Hon SIN Chung-kai
was passed:
“That the Hong Kong authorities have all along
stressed that they attach much importance to the
Government’s internal information security capabilities,
but Mr SNOWDEN, a former technical assistant for the
Central Intelligence Agency of the United States (‘US’),
disclosed during a media interview the matter on the US Government’s surveillance of and hacking into Hong
Kong’s communications networks, which indicates
that there is room for improvement on the part of the
authorities in respect of information security and cyber
security; this Council expresses strong dissatisfaction
with the US Government in this regard, and urges the
SAR Government to request clarification from the US
Government, so as to safeguard the security of cyber communications in Hong Kong, and at the same time, to review and strengthen the monitoring of online security
systems and enhance their technological level, so as to
ensure the protection of Hong Kong people’s privacy.”10 July 2013
“Impact of the United States’ ending the quantitative
easing measures” moved by
Hon Andrew LEUNG
amendments moved by
Hon Christopher CHEUNG (passed)
Hon NG Leung-sing (withdrawn)
Ir Dr Hon LO Wai-kwok (passed)
17 July 2013
“Following up the matter on Mr SNOWDEN’s disclosure
of the United States Government’s hacking into the
computer systems in Hong Kong” moved by
Hon MA Fung-kwok
amendments moved by
Hon Charles Peter MOK (negatived)Hon Ronny TONG (negatived)
Hon SIN Chung-kai (passed)
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“Urging the Government to withdraw the curriculum
guide of Moral and National Education subject and
requesting the Secretary for Education, Mr Eddie NG, to
step down” moved by
Hon IP Kin-yuen
amendments moved by
Dr Hon Kenneth CHAN (negatived)Hon Frederick FUNG (negatived)
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung (not moved)The following original motion was negatived:
“That, given the Government’s introduction of the Moral
and National Education subject in primary and secondary schools, despite the public’s strong queries about the
objective of the subject being political indoctrination
and brainwashing education, the Government still
adamantly refuses to withdraw the curriculum guide of
the Moral and National Education subject, this Council
strongly condemns the Government for disregarding
public opinion, and urges the Government to immediately
withdraw the curriculum guide of the Moral and National
Education subject; the Secretary for Education, Mr Eddie NG, has seriously mishandled the incident, including
repeatedly refusing to have open dialogue with teachers,
parents and students opposing the introduction of the
Moral and National Education subject while selectively
listening to supporters’ views only, and saying that
the silent majority not participating in the parades are
in support of national education, and the number of
protesters is not important; Eddie NG’s acts and remarks
in the incident have caused intense public discontent and indignation, leading to the continuous deterioration of the
incident and confrontation between the Government and
the public; in addition, a survey conducted by the Public
Opinion Programme of the University of Hong Kong
has shown that the net support rating of Eddie NG has
dropped to minus 32%, which is the worst among the 12
Directors of Bureaux; Eddie NG lacks the commitment,
credibility and competence that accountability officials
should have; in this connection, this Council urges Eddie
NG to bear political responsibility for the incident, take
the blame and step down; in addition, given that the Chief
Executive, Mr LEUNG Chun-ying, has mishandled the
incident, failed to pro-actively respond to public opinion
and triggered public resentment, this Council expresses
regret at Mr LEUNG Chun-ying.”
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The following original motion was negatived:
“That this Council urges the Government to introduce a bill
on the regulation of working hours within this legislative
session, the contents of which must include the number
of standard weekly working hours and overtime pay.”
The following original motion was negatived:
“That the proposal of the North East New Territories
New Development Areas Planning and Engineering
Study put forward by the authorities has aroused
extensive discussion and great controversies in
society due to the large-scale development involved;
in this connection, this Council urges the authorities
to withdraw the relevant proposal, conduct extensive
consultation and take account of Hong Kong’s policies on
population development, housing demand, employment, environmental conservation, rebuilding the agricultural
industry, rehousing non-indigenous inhabitants and Hong
Kong-Shenzhen integration, etc. as well as problems such
as property developers’ unscrupulous land resumption
practices and the situation of the affected persons before
launching studies on the relevant planning proposal.”24 October 2012
“North East New Territories New Development Areas
Planning and Engineering Study” moved by
Hon Emily LAU
amendments moved by
Hon Frederick FUNG (negatived)
Hon CHAN Hak-kan (negatived)
Hon CHAN Yuen-han (negatived)Hon James TIEN (negatived)
Hon Abraham SHEK (negatived)
Hon Gary FAN (negatived)17 October 2012
“Legislating for the regulation of working hours” moved by
Hon CHEUNG Kwok-che
amendments moved by
Hon Frederick FUNG (negatived)
Hon KWOK Wai-keung (negatived)
Hon SIN Chung-kai (negatived)
Dr Hon CHIANG Lai-wan (negatived)Hon Michael TIEN (negatived)
Hon Kenneth LEUNG (negatived)
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung (not moved)
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The following original motion was negatived:
“That the problem of elderly poverty in Hong Kong is
serious at present, and according to a study of the Hong
Kong Council of Social Service, in the first half of 2011,
33.4% of the elderly were households in poverty, with the elderly population in poverty reaching 290 000, but
the existing Comprehensive Social Security Assistance
(‘CSSA’) scheme and Old Age Allowance (‘OAA’) of the
Government cannot resolve the problem of elderly poverty; at present, the income test under the CSSA scheme is
on a household basis, requiring the family members of
the elderly persons to sign what is colloquially called a
‘bad son statement’ to declare not providing support to
parents, damaging elderly persons’ relationship with their
families and depriving them of dignity; according to the
survey findings published by Oxfam Hong Kong in 2010,
some 160 000 eligible elderly persons in Hong Kong did not receive CSSA; on the other hand, the amount of OAA is insufficient to maintain a basic living; at present,
various advanced countries or regions around the world, including Canada, New Zealand, South Korea and
Taiwan, have put in place universal retirement protection
in the forms of social insurance and special funds
earmarked for specified purposes, which have been
proven to be effective retirement protection systems; in this connection, this Council urges the authorities to:
(a) give an account of the studies on retirement
protection matters conducted by the Central Policy
Unit in the past; provide the frameworks, specific
statistics and conclusions of such studies;
(b) expeditiously establish a universal retirement
protection commission with responsibilities
including formulating the contents of a proposal,
conducting public consultation, and setting an
implementation timetable;
(c) before the implementation of a universal retirement
protection scheme, refrain from introducing any
asset and income test for the newly proposed ‘Old
Age Living Allowance Scheme’, in order for the
scheme to serve as a transitional measure leading
to the universal retirement protection scheme; and
(d) immediately allow elderly persons to apply for CSSA on an individual basis, exempting their family
members from having to make any declaration arrangement for not providing support to them.”24 October 2012
“Universal retirement protection system” moved by
Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG
amendments moved by
Hon TAM Yiu-chung (negatived)
Hon WONG Kwok-hing (negatived)
Hon CHAN Kin-por (negatived)
Hon Michael TIEN (negatived)Hon Albert HO (negatived)
Hon Gary FAN (negatived)
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The following original motion was negatived:
“That this Council urges the Chief Executive to raise
the minimum wage level to $33 or above per hour, and
shorten the frequency of review from ‘once every two years’ to ‘once every year’.”
The following original motion was negatived:
“That in recent years the beauty industry in Hong Kong has
been developing rapidly and providing a range of services
over and above general beauty care needs, which even include invasive medical beauty services the effectiveness
of which is in doubt; recently, a beauty treatment centre
gave intravascular infusions to some 40 consumers, with
the consequence that four women sustained septic shock,
and one of them had even passed away unfortunately;
the incident has aroused public concern about the risks
of invasive medical beauty services, the conduct and
responsibility of individual beauty service providers and
medical practitioners as well as the regulation of medical devices; in this connection, this Council calls on the
industry to immediately stop high-risk invasive medical
acts, and urges the Government to expeditiously enact
legislation to regulate the conduct and services of the
beauty industry; the relevant measures should include:
(a) to clearly define high-risk and invasive medical
procedures, and require that only professionally
qualified healthcare personnel may carry out such
procedures;
(b) to stipulate that the industry and healthcare personnel must clearly and fully disclose in advance
the risks and possible after-effects to the customers
who are intending to receive the treatments;
(c) to clearly define the responsibilities that the industry
and healthcare personnel must bear after the
occurrence of incidents;
(d) to implement a medical device registration system,
and require that only professionally qualified persons
may operate such devices; and31 October 2012
“Raising the minimum wage level to $33 or above
per hour” moved by
Hon Frederick FUNG
amendments moved by
Hon Cyd HO (negatived)
Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG (negatived)
Hon CHEUNG Kwok-che (negatived)
31 October 2012
“Regulating beauty industry” moved by
Dr Hon Helena WONG
amendments moved by
Prof Hon Joseph LEE (negatived)
Hon Alice MAK (negatived)Dr Hon KWOK Ka-ki (negatived)
Hon CHAN Han-pan (negatived)
Hon Vincent FANG (negatived)
Hon CHAN Chi-chuen (negatived)
Hon Ronny TONG (negatived)
Dr Hon LEUNG Ka-lau (negatived)
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(e) to amend the relevant legislation, and incorporate
a ‘cooling-off period’ for selling beauty services
into the Trade Descriptions (Unfair Trade Practices)
(Amendment) Ordinance 2012, which will come into
force next year, to combat unfair trade practices,
with a view to upgrading the industry’s conduct and
standard of services for the protection of public health.”
The following original motion was negatived:
“That this Council urges the Government to expeditiously
launch public consultation on enacting legislation to
safeguard equal opportunities for and the basic rights of
people of different sexual orientations.”
The following original motion was negatived:
“That, following Paul CHAN’s assumption of office as the
Secretary for Development in July this year, the media
revealed that a company of which he was a director
operated ‘sub-divided units’ in Tai Kok Tsui and used
taxation techniques to avoid paying several hundred
thousand dollars in profits tax; in early October this
year, it was again reported in the media that Paul CHAN committed drink-driving on 2 October, and his Press Secretary responded that Paul CHAN did not drive
until some time had passed after drinking alcohol and
was confident that he had complied with the law; the
Secretary for Education, Eddie NG, attempted to push through the national education subject, arousing strong
public antipathy and about 120 000 people besieged the
Central Government Offices; the deeds of the two Bureau
Directors have caused public outcry; in this connection, this Council has no confidence in the Secretary for
Development, Paul CHAN, and the Secretary for
Education, Eddie NG.”7 November 2012
“Equal rights for people of different sexual
orientations” moved by
Hon Cyd HO
amendments moved by
Hon Mrs Regina IP (negatived)
Hon CHUNG Kwok-pan (negatived)Hon Gary FAN (negatived)
Hon CHAN Chi-chuen (negatived)
14 November 2012
“Vote of no confidence in the Secretary for
Development and the Secretary for Education”
moved by
Hon WONG Yuk-man
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The following original motion was negatived:
“That, since the listing of The Link Real Estate
Investment Trust (‘The Link’) on 25 November 2005,
The Link Management Limited has enjoyed an absolute
geographical advantage in public housing estates in that
rentals of its retail shopping arcades and car parks have
continued to increase, and it has monopolized the retail
facilities in the districts concerned, leaving residents with
no other choices; the Chief Executive, LEUNG Chun-ying, undertook during his election campaign that he and the
Bureau Director responsible for housing matters would
study the identification of sites in public housing estates
for the construction of government-managed commercial facilities to curb exorbitant prices, and he also said
publicly that the buying back of the shares of The Link
could be studied; the Chief Executive has assumed office
for more than 100 days, but no follow-up has been taken; in this connection, this Council urges the Government to balance the community interests at large on the issue of
rental of public housing shopping arcades, and consider
various feasible means to buy back a total of no less than
25% of the shares of The Link to become the major or
sole shareholder, so as to exercise influence on The Link
Management Limited, making it give consideration to corporate social responsibility.”
The following original motion was negatived:
“That this Council has no confidence in the Chief
Executive, Mr LEUNG Chun-ying.”12 December 2012“Vote of no confidence in the Chief Executive”
moved by
Hon WU Chi-wai21 November 2012
“Buying back the shares of The Link” moved by
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung
amendments moved by
Hon CHAN Yuen-han (negatived)
Hon LEUNG Che-cheung (negatived)
Dr Hon KWOK Ka-ki (negatived)
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9 January 2013
“Comprehensively reviewing the Mandatory Provident
Fund Scheme” moved by
Hon TANG Ka-piu
amendments moved by
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan (negatived)
Hon POON Siu-ping (negatived)
Dr Hon KWOK Ka-ki (negatived)Hon CHAN Kin-por (negatived)The following original motion was negatived:
“That the Mandatory Provident Fund (‘MPF’) Scheme has
been implemented for 12 years since December 2000,
and its effectiveness has always been of major concern
to society; according to the statistics of the Mandatory
Provident Fund Schemes Authority (‘MPFA’), at present,
there are over three million employee’s contribution
accounts and around four million preserved accounts
in Hong Kong; as at September 2012, the net asset values of approved constituent funds under the MPF
Scheme reached HK$412.4 billion; yet, the expensive
MPF administration fees, the lack of supervision over fund performance and the erosion of contributions by
intermediaries and sponsors, coupled with the use of the
accrued benefits derived from employers’ contributions
to offset severance payments and long service payments, have become the major loopholes in the MPF Scheme
which directly affect employees’ retirement protection; in this connection, this Council urges the Government to:
(1) abolish the mechanism whereby the accrued
benefits derived from employers’ contributions
under the MPF Scheme are used to offset long service payments and severance payments, and
retain Hong Kong employees’ rights to severance
payments or long service payments under the
relevant provisions of the Employment Ordinance, so as to provide employees with better retirement
protection;
(2) implement a full portability arrangement for the MPF Scheme to enable employees to choose
trustees on their own, establish ‘one lifelong
account’ for employees and credit the MPF accrued
benefits derived from employer’s and employee’s
contributions to this account, so as to prevent them from having multiple preserved accounts due to change of jobs, and require trustees to introduce a
simple and easy to understand method to inspect
accounts similar to that of ‘bank books’, so as to
enable employees to better manage their MPF
accrued benefits;
(3) enact legislation to set a ceiling for the Fund Expense Ratio (‘FER’) of MPF funds, and require
trustees to set out the actual amounts and ratios of
various fees and FER in the annual reports issued to employees;
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(4) strengthen the regulation of MPF investment
products, regularly review the sales practices of
intermediaries and establish a mechanism for
facilitating people to claim losses;
(5) set up a public trustee that operates under the Government, a public body or a voluntary
organization which charges lower administration
fees, and provide low-risk capital preservation
funds which are guaranteed to be inflation-linked for
employees to choose, so as to achieve the objective
of increasing competition to make other trustees to
lower fees and improve performance;
(6) rationalize and eliminate substandard MPF funds to reduce total fund expenses, and establish a
monitoring system under which the total amount
of fees charged by MPF funds are linked to
performance;
(7) regulate sponsors of MPF Schemes, enhance the monitoring of Scheme sponsors’ performance and profits, and establish a clear tripartite relationship
among Scheme sponsors, intermediaries and contributors;
(8) step up law enforcement to combat default contributions, including sentencing employers
convicted of contravening the law to immediate
imprisonment, and blacklisting the law-breaking
companies concerned in the tendering exercises for
government services as a penalty, etc.;
(9) amend the legislation to reform the Occupational
Retirement Schemes (i.e. ‘provident fund’) system,
requiring that when employers implement the
provident fund, the vesting scales of the provident
fund offered by them to employees are no less than
the total amount of employers’ contributions under
the MPF Scheme, so as to plug the loopholes in the
provident fund;
(10) establish an inter-bureau group to implement,
within the term of the current Government, the
various proposals for improving the MPF Scheme
put forward by MPFA on 26 November 2012, and
regularly report the progress to the Legislative
Council; and
(11) study the implementation of a universal integrated retirement protection system in addition to the MPF
Scheme, so as to make up for the inadequacies in
the MPF system.”
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20 February 2013
“Implementing dual universal suffrage” moved by
Hon Ronny TONG
amendments moved by
Ir Dr Hon LO Wai-kwok (negatived)
Hon Gary FAN (negatived)
Hon Emily LAU (negatived)
Hon WONG Yuk-man (negatived)Dr Hon KWOK Ka-ki (negatived)The following original motion was negatived:
“That this Council urges the Government to uphold ‘one
country, two systems’, and safeguard the rule of law, the
legal system and judicial independence in Hong Kong.”
The following original motion was negatived:
“That this Council thanks the Chief Executive for his
address.”
The following original motion was negatived:
“That this Council urges the SAR Government to
expeditiously commence extensive consultation on
implementing dual universal suffrage and, before
the submission by the Chief Executive of a report on
constitutional reform to the Standing Committee of the
National People’s Congress, to allow sufficient time for
the general public to discuss the contents of the report.”9 January 2013
“Safeguarding the rule of law and judicial independence”
moved by
Hon Dennis KWOK
amendments moved by
Ir Dr Hon LO Wai-kwok (negatived)
Hon IP Kwok-him (negatived)
Hon Gary FAN (negatived)
amendment to amendment moved by
Hon TAM Yiu-chung (negatived)
30 and 31 January and 1 Februay 2013
“Motion of Thanks” moved by
Hon Andrew LEUNG
amendments moved by
Hon Frederick FUNG (negatived)
Hon SIN Chung-kai (negatived)
Hon Cyd HO (negatived)
Hon CHEUNG Kwok-che (negatived)Hon LEE Cheuk-yan (negatived)
Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG (negatived)
amendment to amendment moved by
Hon WONG Kwok-hing (negatived)
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The following motion as amended by Dr Hon LEUNG Ka-
lau and Prof Hon Joseph LEE was negatived:
“That, in view of patients’ growing demand for expensive
drugs, the Hospital Authority (‘HA’) has implemented
the Drug Formulary (‘the Formulary’) system since July
2005 to standardize its policies on procurement and use
of drugs; at present, HA’s annual drugs expenditure only
accounts for around 10% of its overall expenditure, and
the responsibilities of including new drugs in the Formulary and reviewing the Formulary rest with HA’s Drug Advisory
Committee and Drug Utilization Review Committee
respectively; yet, the lack of transparency in the relevant
work and low participation of other stakeholders have
led people to question that the Formulary does not put
patients’ rights and interests first, resulting in patients
having to purchase at their own expense drugs which are of significant efficacy but expensive; although the
Government has put in place safety net systems such as
the Samaritan Fund, etc., situations of patients suffering
delays in treatment due to their inability to afford better but
expensive drugs, having to sell their properties in order
to purchase drugs, or relying on lower-quality drugs to
extend their lives still arise, etc., reflecting the existence of
many loopholes and inadequacies in the existing system; in this connection, this Council urges the Government to
review the existing drugs policies and perfect the relevant
mechanism, so as to provide assistance for more people in need; the relevant measures should include:
(1) to reform HA’s Drug Advisory Committee and
Drug Utilization Review Committee, include
more representatives of stakeholders (including
representatives of patients’ organizations) and make
public the records of meetings of those Committees,
so as to increase the transparency of the process of
formulating and reviewing the Formulary;
(2) when updating the Formulary, to correspondingly
devote adequate resources to ensure that medical
practitioners can prescribe the most suitable drugs
according to patients’ medical conditions;
(3) to take out HA’s drugs expenditure from its overall expenditure estimates and allocate it to the various
hospital clusters as an independent fund, so as
to ensure that the funding is fully used for drugs
expenditure and not used for other expenditure items;22 May 2013
“Drug Formulary and drugs subsidy system” moved by
Hon Alice MAK
amendments moved by
Dr Hon LEUNG Ka-lau (passed)
Prof Hon Joseph LEE (passed)
Hon CHAN Han-pan (withdrawn)
Hon Albert HO (withdrawn)Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG (negatived)
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29 May 2013
“The 4 June incident” moved by
Hon Albert HO(4) to expand the Formulary to include more drugs which are of significant efficacy but expensive as
General Drugs and Special Drugs, so that more
patients can use such drugs at standard fees and
charges;
(5) to increase the expenditure estimates on drugs to around 15% of HA’s overall expenditure, and use
a scientific and objective method to measure cost-
effectiveness when considering whether to include certain drugs in the Formulary and the relevant
categories;
(6) to include more drugs in the subsidy coverage of
the Samaritan Fund, and revise the assessment
criteria of the relevant financial test and its subsidy
approach, allowing applicants to choose ‘individual’ or ‘household’ as the assessment basis; when a
patient’s drugs expenditure exceeds 10% of the
patient’s income, the shortfall in the drugs fees
would be paid by the Fund, so that the patient will
not be forced to take lower-quality drugs due to the lack of financial means;
(7) to provide tax relief, so as to alleviate the financial
burden of patients or their family members arising
from the purchase of drugs at their own expense;
(8) to consider abolishing the Formulary system in the long run; and
(9) when assessing new drugs, to introduce objective and standardized assessment tools to assess the
safety, efficacy, cost-effectiveness, etc. of new
drugs with objective criteria for determining whether
to include the new drugs in the Formulary, and to
enhance transparency.”
The following original motion was negatived:
“That this Council urges that: the 4 June incident be not
forgotten and the 1989 pro-democracy movement be
vindicated.”
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The following original motion was negatived:
“That QIAO Xiaoyang, Chairman of the Law Committee
under the National People’s Congress, made a speech on
24 March this year, indicating that regarding the election
of the Chief Executive of the HKSAR by universal suffrage,
‘the issue that requires a consensus is essentially about
the democratic procedures for nomination’; in this
connection, this Council urges the SAR Government to
ensure that, irrespective of how various sectors interpret the so-called ‘democratic procedures for nomination’,
when formulating the proposals on the election of the
Chief Executive in 2017, the rights to make nomination,
to stand for election and to vote are universal and equal,
without any ‘screening’ or ‘pre-selection’ through a
nominating committee.”
The following original motion was negatived:
“That the International Labour Organization (‘ILO’) ruled
in 1998 that the repeal of the Employee’s Rights to
Representation, Consultation and Collective Bargaining
Ordinance by the relevant authority in Hong Kong was
in breach of the International Labour Convention, and
recommended that the Government formulate legal provisions to put in place objective procedures for
determining the representative status of trade unions for
collective bargaining purposes, but the Administration
has yet to implement ILO’s recommendation; this Council
expresses deep regret in this regard, and urges the
Government to expeditiously legislate to affirm workers’
right to collective bargaining; the relevant legislation must include:
(1) to lay down objective criteria and procedures for
determining bargaining units and the bargaining
status of trade unions;
(2) to require employees and employers to negotiate in good faith the employment terms and conditions as
well as other issues involving labour relations;
(3) to clarify the legal effect of collective agreements reached between employees and employers; and
(4) to formulate remedial measures for contravention
of collective bargaining requirements and collective
agreement terms.”5 June 2013
“Enacting legislation on the right to collective bargaining”
moved by
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan
amendments moved by
Hon TANG Ka-piu (negatived)
Hon Christopher CHUNG (negatived)29 May 2013
“Democratic procedures for the election of the Chief
Executive by universal suffrage in 2017” moved by
Hon Alan LEONG
amendments moved by
Hon IP Kwok-him (negatived)
Hon WONG Yuk-man (negatived)
Hon Michael TIEN (negatived)Hon Cyd HO (negatived)
amendment to amendment moved by
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan (not moved)
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26 June 2013
“Concern about the expenditure of the West Kowloon
Cultural District project” moved by
Hon Christopher CHUNG
amendments moved by
Hon Tony TSE (passed)
Hon CHAN Yuen-han (negatived)
Dr Hon Priscilla LEUNG (passed)Hon Cyd HO (passed)
Hon Charles Peter MOK (passed)
Hon MA Fung-kwok (passed)
Hon Alan LEONG (passed)
Hon Albert CHAN (withdrawn)
Hon Claudia MO (passed)
Hon Emily LAU (passed)The following motion as amended by Hon Tony TSE, Dr Hon Priscilla LEUNG, Hon Cyd HO, Hon Charles Peter
MOK, Hon MA Fung-kwok, Hon Alan LEONG, Hon
Claudia MO and Hon Emily LAU was negatived:
“That, the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority
(‘WKCDA’), which has been given a one-off upfront
endowment of $21.6 billion by the Government to take
forward the West Kowloon Cultural District (‘WKCD’) project, was established in 2008; the construction cost of the Xiqu Centre (Phase 1), one of the Phase 1
cultural and arts facilities to be completed in 2016, has
soared by 100% from the $1.3 billion estimated in 2006,
and although WKCDA has indicated that it will strive to prudently contain the cost of the Xiqu Centre (Phase
1) within $2.7 billion, people are still worried about the
WKCD project turning into a ‘fiscal black hole’; at the
same time, among the assessment criteria of the Xiqu
Centre design competition, the ‘cost aspect/value for money’ factor only accounts for 10%, which is relatively
low, making people question the degree of importance
attached by WKCDA to the value-for-money aspect
of the entire WKCD project; given the possible serious
overspending of various works under the WKCD project,
this Council urges the Government to examine afresh the
construction expenditure of the project, expeditiously
give the public an account of the relevant particulars,
formulate with WKCDA a more effective cost control proposal, which includes giving more consideration to
value for money and pricing in respect of the design
assessment, selection of works materials, tendering
arrangements and scale of works, etc. of the WKCD
project, increase the transparency of the expenditure of
the WKCD project, make proper use of public money, and
enhance its reporting to this Council on the progress and
financial position of the WKCD project, so as to avoid
the WKCD project not being monitored and becoming a
‘white elephant project’; while examining the expenditure
of the WKCD project, the Government should ensure that
the relevant works expenditure can bring employment
opportunities to local professionals and workers, enabling
Hong Kong’s economy to directly benefit from the WKCD
project; in addition, the relevant works expenditure should also drive the construction of waterfront facilities
and various road transport ancillary facilities surrounding
WKCD, expedite the pace of improving the harbour water quality, promote the development of Hong Kong’s cultural
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software to nurture more culture and arts appreciators, and
capitalize on Hong Kong’s advantage of cultural diversity
to provide ethnic minorities and local cultural workers
with performance platforms, so as to realize the vision
of ‘People’s WKCD’; to promote the local cultural policy,
this Council also urges the Government to increase the
funding to WKCDA for software for cultural development,
and ensure that WKCDA discharges its responsibility of
protecting artists’ freedom of creation and expression,
while making good use of the funding; this Council also urges the Government to, on the premise of encouraging
the freedom of cultural and creative pursuits, introduce
reasonable funding principles in respect of the whole
WKCD project; this Council also urges the Government
to, on the premise of adopting the aforesaid various cost
control measures, maintain with a pragmatic attitude
the overall quality and progress of the WKCD project,
and based on actual needs, appropriately increase
financial resources to ensure that the WKCD project is
implemented as originally planned and scheduled, so as
to honour the undertakings to the industries and society;
this Council also urges the Government to study the
introduction of an arts accountability system to render the
operation of cultural and arts facilities cost-effective; to
ensure the proper use of public money, the Government
should also strengthen the WKCDA Consultation Panel
by including representatives of the business sector, the
academia, the arts and cultural sector and professional sectors, strictly implement the provisions of section 20 of
the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority Ordinance to
open up meetings of the WKCDA Consultation Panel to
the public (including stakeholders of the WKCD project)
and, through holding public forums, to enable various
sectors to express views on the WKCD project (including
the relevant expenditure), so as to build a true ‘West
Kowloon for the People’; this Council also urges the
Government to ensure that the endowment is used for promoting and conserving local culture; this Council also
urges the Government to ensure that the various cultural
and arts facilities can meet the principles of creative
arts, user needs, environmental protection and energy
conservation, while achieving cost-effectiveness.”
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The following original motion was negatived:
“That this Council urges the Administration to take
appropriate measures to increase local youngsters’
opportunities to receive subsidized tertiary education,
enhance the quality of local tertiary education, and
safeguard academic freedom; the specific measures
should include:
(1) to increase the number of places under subsidized
undergraduate programmes for the enrolment of
local students;
(2) to immediately conduct a comprehensive review of the various existing financial assistance and loan
schemes for tertiary students, so as to provide interest-free loans for qualified tertiary students;
(3) to set up an independent body to handle complaints from the teaching staff of tertiary institutions and
protect the rights of complainants;
(4) to review the existing research grant system and
allocate additional resources to promote diversified
academic research;
(5) to set up an independent statutory body to monitor
the operation and quality of self-financing tertiary
institutions;
(6) to allocate additional land to support the
development of the various tertiary institutions; and
(7) to increase the exchange and internship
opportunities for tertiary students in different
countries and places.”26 June 2013
“Enhancing the quality and quantity of local tertiary
education” moved by
Dr Hon Kenneth CHAN
amendments moved by
Hon Gary FAN (negatived)
Hon Starry LEE (negatived)
Hon KWOK Wai-keung (negatived)Hon Michael TIEN (negatived)
Dr Hon Helena WONG (negatived)
Hon CHAN Chi-chuen (negatived)
Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG (negatived)
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The following original motion was negatived:
“That this Council urges the Administration to face up to
the dissatisfaction with LEUNG Chun-ying’s Government
expressed by the people participating in the march on 1
July this year and their relevant aspirations.”
The following motion as amended by Dr Hon Kenneth
CHAN, Hon IP Kin-yuen and Hon Kenneth LEUGN was
negatived:
“That over the years, the HKSAR Government has
continuously conducted population policy studies, but the overall population policy planning has not progressed
noticeably; manpower resources are the cornerstone
of Hong Kong’s success, but with the average age of
the population continuing to rise and the fertility rate
fluctuating downwards, Hong Kong has gradually
become ‘an ageing society with fewer children’, and such a trend of demographic change will pose a severe
challenge to Hong Kong’s sustainable development; in
this connection, this Council urges the Government to expeditiously announce a comprehensive population
policy, and conduct public consultation on the objectives
of the population policy and related recommendations;
at the same time, the Government should establish a
dedicated population policy implementation framework
to facilitate the co-ordination and continuous promotion
of the short, medium and long-term population policies,
and regularly review the effectiveness of various policies
and make timely adjustments to them, so as to address the challenge of demographic change to society; specific
policy proposals should include:
(1) to conduct studies on preferential policies for
encouraging childbirth and undertake manpower
and resource planning on services for infants and
young children in various aspects;
(2) in accordance with the demographic structures of various districts, to conduct comprehensive service planning on demands for different public services;3 July 2013
“Formulating a population policy” moved by
Hon IP Kwok-him
amendments moved by
Dr Hon Kenneth CHAN (passed)
Hon James TO (negatived)
Hon Claudia MO (negatived)
Hon IP Kin-yuen (passed)
Hon Gary FAN (negatived)
Hon Cyd HO (negatived)
Hon Frankie YICK (withdrawn)
Hon Kenneth LEUNG (passed)
amendment to amendment moved by
Hon Tommy CHEUNG (not moved)3 July 2013
“Facing up to the aspirations of the people participating
in the march on 1 July” moved by
Hon SIN Chung-kai
amendments moved by
Hon Claudia MO (negatived)
Hon Christopher CHEUNG (negatived)
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(3) to review the various existing schemes on admitting
talents from outside Hong Kong, and perfect the
relevant policies; and
(4) to discuss with the Central Government to enable the HKSAR Government to participate in the vetting
and approval of one-way permit applications;
(5) with population ageing, the slow growth of the labour force and the rising dependency ratio, the authorities
should adopt measures to improve the quality of the
labour force, including expeditiously implementing 15-year free education and small-class teaching,
increasing the numbers of subsidized degree and
sub-degree programme places, and increasing local
youngsters’ opportunities to enrol in postgraduate
programmes;
(6) with the frequent population flows between the
Mainland and Hong Kong, which constitute an
uncertain factor in demands for public services,
the authorities should closely follow the situation relating to the receipt of education in Hong Kong by
children born in Hong Kong to Mainland residents;
and at the same time, in response to the demands
of cross-boundary students and children arriving in
Hong Kong on one-way permits for early childhood
education and basic education services, the
authorities should conduct early consultation with
the education sector, and properly formulate school
place planning, so as to avoid the dissatisfaction of schools and parents arising from inappropriate
school place planning and address the challenge
brought by demographic changes;
(7) in response to factors such as the increasing demand for elderly services arising from population
ageing, the succession gap of blue-collar workers,
the need for new manpower resources for
developing industries with competitive edge, etc.,
the authorities should conduct planning on and strengthen vocational education and manpower
training, so as to avoid a mismatch of talents and
ensure sufficient manpower resources to meet the
demands;
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(8) the authorities should review the supply and
demand of international school places, and ensure
sufficient places for children of foreigners intending
to come to work in Hong Kong, so as to avoid their switching to work in other countries or places due to
their inability to arrange education for their children
in Hong Kong, thereby attracting talents to Hong
Kong and making the population more diverse; and
(9) the authorities should face up to the difficulties of
the rapidly increasing ethnic minority population in integrating into society, and strengthen the support
for ethnic minority youngsters in respect of their
right to learn Chinese and receive education, so as
to ensure an equal opportunity for them in further
education, employment and integration into society;
and
(10) to set a timetable for formulating and implementing the population policy, so as to expeditiously deal
with the impacts of population ageing and establish policies on education, manpower, welfare and the
economy, etc., which are necessary for dovetailing
with changes in the population structure.”
The following original motion was negatived:
“That the Hospital Authority (‘HA’) was established in 1990
with the aim of effectively utilizing resources to establish
and manage public hospitals and improve healthcare
service quality; however, HA is both the buyer and the
vendor of healthcare services with a conflict of roles,
which on the one hand procures the relevant services for the public and on the other hand must take care of
its own interests as the service provider, thus resulting
in its inability to allocate resources in full accordance with patient needs; although the Government has kept
increasing funding for HA, HA’s uneven allocation has
rendered the resources for some of its clusters or
departments insufficient for a long time and the problem
of varying service quality unresolved, thus giving rise to public pressure of demanding the Government to
keep increasing funding, with HA being rewarded for its
misgovernance instead; in this connection, this Council
urges the Government to dissolve HA, and under the principle of ‘money follows patient’ and in accordance 17 July 2013
“Dissolving the Hospital Authority” moved by
Dr Hon LEUNG Ka-lau
amendments moved by
Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG (negatived)
Hon Albert HO (negatived)
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with the population size of and number of patients in
various districts, directly purchase services from public
and private healthcare organizations, and allow patients
to choose hospitals for treatment, with resource utilization
and allocation put under the monitoring by the Legislative
Council, so as to respond to patient needs.”
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Motions under Rule 16(4) of the Rules of Procedure
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17 October 2012
Motion on adjournment moved by
Dr Hon Kenneth CHAN
28 November 2012
Motion on adjournment moved by
Hon Alan LEONG
19 June 2013
Motion on adjournment moved by
Hon Andrew LEUNGThe following motion on adjournment was passed:
“That this Council do now adjourn for the purpose of
debating the following issue: follow-up work relating to the 1 October maritime disaster.”
The following motion on adjournment was passed:
“That this Council do now adjourn for the purpose of
debating the following issue: the arrangement for leave of absence of Mr Franklin LAM Fan-keung, Member of the
Executive Council.”
The following motion on adjournment was not voted upon:
“That this Council do now adjourn for the purpose of
debating the following issue: cyber security.”
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MEMBERSHIP OF LEGISLATIVE
COUNCIL COMMITTEES
(BY COMMITTEES AND BY MEMBERS) as at 30 September 2013
BY COMMITTEES
SUBCOMMITTEES OF FINANCE
COMMITTEE
Establishment Subcommittee
Hon WONG Ting-kwong (Chairman)
Hon Kenneth LEUNG (Deputy Chairman)
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing
Hon Starry LEE Wai-king
Hon WONG Kwok-kin
Hon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yee
Hon Steven HO Chun-yin
Hon YIU Si-wing
Dr Hon KWOK Ka-ki
Hon KWOK Wai-keungDr Hon Helena WONG Pik-wan
Hon IP Kin-yuen
Hon Martin LIAO Cheung-kong
Hon POON Siu-ping
Hon TANG Ka-piuHon CHUNG Kwok-pan
Public Works Subcommittee
Hon CHAN Kam-lam (Chairman)Ir Dr Hon LO Wai-kwok (Deputy Chairman)
Hon James TO Kun-sun
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing
Hon TAM Yiu-chung
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him
Hon WONG Kwok-hing
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan
Hon CHAN Hak-kan
Dr Hon LEUNG Ka-lauHon IP Kwok-him
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit
Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yip
Hon Michael TIEN Puk-sun
Hon NG Leung-singHon Frankie YICK Chi-ming
Hon WU Chi-wai
Hon Gary FAN Kwok-wai
Hon MA Fung-kwok
Hon Charles Peter MOK
Hon CHAN Han-panDr Hon Kenneth CHAN Ka-lok
Hon CHAN Yuen-han
Hon LEUNG Che-cheung
Hon Alice MAK Mei-kuen
Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hung
Hon SIN Chung-kaiDr Hon Elizabeth QUAT
Dr Hon CHIANG Lai-wan
Hon Christopher CHUNG Shu-kun
Hon Tony TSE Wai-chuen
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him (Chairman)
Hon Paul TSE Wai-chun (Deputy Chairman)
Hon CHAN Hak-kan
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit
Hon WONG Yuk-manHon NG Leung-sing
Hon Kenneth LEUNG
COMMITTEE ON MEMBERS’
INTERESTS
Hon IP Kwok-him (Chairman)
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing (Deputy Chairman)
Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung
Hon Frankie YICK Chi-ming
Hon Gary FAN Kwok-wai
Hon CHAN Yuen-han
Hon Dennis KWOK
SUBCOMMITTEES OF HOUSE
COMMITTEE
Parliamentary Liaison Subcommittee
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing (Chairman)
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan (Deputy Chairman)
Hon James TO Kun-sun
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah
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Hon James TIEN Pei-chun
Hon Dennis KWOK
Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hung
Hon Martin LIAO Cheung-kong (up to 24.4.2013)
Dr Hon CHIANG Lai-wan (up to 19.3.2013)
Ir Dr Hon LO Wai-kwok
Hon Christopher CHUNG Shu-kun
Hon Tony TSE Wai-chuen
Subcommittee on Members’ Remuneration and
Operating Expenses Reimbursement
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing (Chairman)
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan
Hon WONG Ting-kwong
Hon IP Kwok-him
Hon WONG Yuk-man
Hon Claudia MO
Subcommittee on Poverty
Hon Frederick FUNG Kin-kee (Chairman)Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hung (Deputy Chairman)
Hon Albert HO Chun-yan
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan
Hon LEUNG Yiu-chung (since 11.12.2012)
Hon TAM Yiu-chung
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah
Hon CHAN Kin-por
Dr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-funHon CHEUNG Kwok-che
Hon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yee (up to 23.1.2013)
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung
Hon WONG Yuk-man
Hon Frankie YICK Chi-ming
Hon Charles Peter MOK (since 11.12.2012)
Hon CHAN Chi-chuen (since 11.12.2012)
Hon CHAN Yuen-hanHon LEUNG Che-cheung
Dr Hon KWOK Ka-ki
Hon KWOK Wai-keung
Hon TANG Ka-piu
Subcommittee to Examine the Implementation
in Hong Kong of Resolutions of the United Nations Security Council in relation to Sanctions
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan (Chairman)
Hon James TO Kun-sun
Hon IP Kwok-him
Hon NG Leung-singDr Hon Kenneth CHAN Ka-lok
Hon Kenneth LEUNG
Hon Dennis KWOKHon Martin LIAO Cheung-kong
Subcommittee on Proposed Senior Judicial
Appointments
Hon Dennis KWOK (Chairman)
Hon James TO Kun-sun
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan
Dr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun
Hon Paul TSE Wai-chun
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung
Hon WONG Yuk-man
Hon Martin LIAO Cheung-kong
Subcommittee to Prepare for the Operation of
the Select Committee on the Petition Presented at the Council Meeting of 8 May 2013
Hon IP Kwok-him (Chairman)
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan (Deputy Chairman)
Hon James TO Kun-sun
Hon CHAN Hak-kan
Dr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun
Hon WONG Kwok-kin
Hon Paul TSE Wai-chun
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung
Hon WONG Yuk-man
Hon Kenneth LEUNG Hon Dennis KWOK
Ir Dr Hon LO Wai-kwok
Hon CHUNG Kwok-pan
Hon Tony TSE Wai-chuen
COMMITTEE ON RULES OF
PROCEDURE
Hon TAM Yiu-chung (Chairman)
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit (Deputy Chairman)
Hon Albert HO Chun-yan
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan
Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan
Dr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun
Hon WONG Kwok-kin
Hon IP Kwok-him
Hon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yee
Hon Paul TSE Wai-chunHon WONG Yuk-man
Hon Dennis KWOK
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BILLS COMMITTEES
Bills Committee on Air Pollution Control
(Amendment) Bill 2013
Hon Charles Peter MOK (Chairman)
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan
Hon CHAN Hak-kan
Hon WONG Yuk-man
Hon Michael TIEN Puk-sun
Hon Frankie YICK Chi-ming
Hon WU Chi-wai
Dr Hon Kenneth CHAN Ka-lok
Hon KWOK Wai-keungHon Dennis KWOK
Dr Hon Helena WONG Pik-wan
Dr Hon Elizabeth QUAT
Hon TANG Ka-piu
Ir Dr Hon LO Wai-kwok
Hon Christopher CHUNG Shu-kun
Hon Tony TSE Wai-chuen
Bills Committee on Arbitration
(Amendment) Bill 2013
Dr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun (Chairman)
Hon TAM Yiu-chung
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him
Hon Dennis KWOK
Bills Committee on Betting Duty (Amendment)
Bill 2013
Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan (Chairman)
Hon James TO Kun-sun
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him
Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung
Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen
Dr Hon LAM Tai-fai
Hon IP Kwok-him
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit
Hon Frankie YICK Chi-ming
Hon WU Chi-waiHon YIU Si-wing
Hon MA Fung-kwok
Hon Martin LIAO Cheung-kong
Ir Dr Hon LO Wai-kwok
Hon Christopher CHUNG Shu-kunBills Committee on District Councils
(Amendment) Bill 2013
Hon IP Kwok-him (Chairman)
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing
Hon Frederick FUNG Kin-kee
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan
Hon Starry LEE Wai-king
Dr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun
Hon Paul TSE Wai-chun
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit
Hon CHAN Han-pan
Dr Hon Kenneth CHAN Ka-lokHon LEUNG Che-cheung
Hon Alice MAK Mei-kuen
Dr Hon Elizabeth QUAT
Hon Christopher CHUNG Shu-kun
Bills Committee on Education (Amendment) Bill
2013
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan (Chairman)
Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan
Hon Starry LEE Wai-king
Hon MA Fung-kwok
Dr Hon Kenneth CHAN Ka-lok
Hon CHAN Yuen-han
Dr Hon Helena WONG Pik-wan
Hon IP Kin-yuen
Bills Committee on Hong Kong Arts
Development Council (Amendment) Bill 2013
Hon IP Kwok-him (Chairman)
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan
Hon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yee
Hon WONG Yuk-man
Hon Claudia MO
Hon Steven HO Chun-yin
Hon WU Chi-wai
Hon YIU Si-wing
Hon MA Fung-kwok
Dr Hon Kenneth CHAN Ka-lokHon CHAN Yuen-han
Hon LEUNG Che-cheung
Hon Christopher CHEUNG Wah-fung
Dr Hon Helena WONG Pik-wan
Hon IP Kin-yuen
Dr Hon CHIANG Lai-wan
Hon Christopher CHUNG Shu-kun
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Bills Committee on Inland Revenue
(Amendment) Bill 2013
Hon Kenneth LEUNG (Chairman)
Hon CHAN Kin-por (Deputy Chairman)
Hon James TO Kun-sun
Hon Starry LEE Wai-king
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit
Hon YIU Si-wing
Hon Charles Peter MOK
Hon Dennis KWOK
Hon Christopher CHEUNG Wah-fung
Hon SIN Chung-kaiHon Tony TSE Wai-chuen (up to 8.5.2013)
Bills Committee on Inland Revenue
(Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2013
Hon Kenneth LEUNG (Chairman)
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit
Dr Hon Elizabeth QUAT
Hon CHUNG Kwok-pan
Bills Committee on Inland Revenue and Stamp
Duty Legislation (Alternative Bond Schemes) (Amendment) Bill
Hon CHAN Kam-lam (Chairman)
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah
Hon Starry LEE Wai-king
Hon Kenneth LEUNG
Hon Christopher CHEUNG Wah-fung
Hon SIN Chung-kai
Bills Committee on Merchant Shipping
(Seafarers) (Amendment) Bill 2013
Hon WONG Kwok-kin (Chairman)
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit
Hon Steven HO Chun-yin
Hon Frankie YICK Chi-ming
Hon SIN Chung-kai
Hon POON Siu-ping
Hon TANG Ka-piuBills Committee on Pesticides (Amendment) Bill
2013
Hon SIN Chung-kai (Chairman)
Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit
Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yip
Hon Steven HO Chun-yin
Dr Hon Helena WONG Pik-wan
Bills Committee on Product Eco-responsibility
(Amendment) Bill 2013
Dr Hon Kenneth CHAN Ka-lok (Chairman)
Hon Vincent FANG Kang
Hon WONG Ting-kwong
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan
Hon CHAN Hak-kan
Dr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun
Hon Paul TSE Wai-chun
Hon WU Chi-waiHon Gary FAN Kwok-wai
Hon CHAN Han-pan
Hon KWOK Wai-keung
Dr Hon Helena WONG Pik-wan
Ir Dr Hon LO Wai-kwokHon Tony TSE Wai-chuen
Bills Committee on Professional Accountants
(Amendment) Bill 2013
Hon Charles Peter MOK (Chairman)
Hon Kenneth LEUNG
Hon Dennis KWOK
Hon SIN Chung-kai
Dr Hon Elizabeth QUAT
Bills Committee on Securities and Futures
(Amendment) Bill 2013
Hon CHAN Kam-lam (Chairman)
Hon Christopher CHEUNG Wah-fung (Deputy Chairman)
Hon James TO Kun-sun
Hon WONG Ting-kwong
Hon Starry LEE Wai-king
Hon CHAN Kin-por
Hon NG Leung-sing
Hon Steven HO Chun-yin
Hon Kenneth LEUNG
Hon Dennis KWOKHon SIN Chung-kai
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Bills Committee on Stamp Duty (Amendment)
Bill 2012
Hon Starry LEE Wai-king (Chairman)
Hon James TO Kun-sun (Deputy Chairman)
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan
Hon CHAN Kam-lam
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him
Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan (since 25.1.2013)
Hon WONG Kwok-hing
Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung
Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuenHon WONG Ting-kwong
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan (up to 21.5.2013)
Dr Hon LAM Tai-fai
Hon WONG Kwok-kin
Hon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yee
Hon Paul TSE Wai-chun
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit
Hon James TIEN Pei-chun
Hon WU Chi-wai
Hon YIU Si-wing
Hon Charles Peter MOK
Hon CHAN Yuen-han
Hon LEUNG Che-cheung
Hon Kenneth LEUNGHon POON Siu-ping
Hon TANG Ka-piu
Dr Hon CHIANG Lai-wan
Hon Tony TSE Wai-chuen
Bills Committee on Stamp Duty (Amendment)
Bill 2013
Hon Starry LEE Wai-king (Chairman)
Hon James TO Kun-sun (Deputy Chairman)
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-himHon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan
Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen
Hon WONG Ting-kwong
Dr Hon LAM Tai-faiHon Paul TSE Wai-chun
Hon James TIEN Pei-chun
Hon Charles Peter MOK
Hon LEUNG Che-cheung
Hon Kenneth LEUNG
Hon Dennis KWOK
Hon SIN Chung-kai
Hon Tony TSE Wai-chuenBills Committee on Trust Law (Amendment) Bill
2013
Hon NG Leung-sing (Chairman)
Hon Kenneth LEUNG (Deputy Chairman)
Hon Albert HO Chun-yan
Hon James TO Kun-sun
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan (up to 21.4.2013)
Hon Starry LEE Wai-king
Hon CHAN Kin-por
Hon Paul TSE Wai-chunHon Dennis KWOK
Hon Martin LIAO Cheung-kong
Bills Committee on Waste Disposal
(Amendment) Bill 2013
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan (Chairman)
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan
Hon CHAN Hak-kan
Hon WU Chi-waiHon Charles Peter MOK
Hon CHAN Han-pan
Dr Hon Kenneth CHAN Ka-lok
Hon KWOK Wai-keung
Hon CHUNG Kwok-pan
SUBCOMMITTEES ON SUBSIDIARY
LEGISLATION
Subcommittee on Arbitration (Appointment of Arbitrators and Mediators and Decision on Number of Arbitrators) Rules
Hon Dennis KWOK (Chairman)
Hon TAM Yiu-chung
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan
Dr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun
Hon SIN Chung-kai
Ir Dr Hon LO Wai-kwok
Hon Tony TSE Wai-chuen
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Subcommittee on Banking (Capital)
(Amendment) Rules 2012, Banking (Specification of Multilateral Development Bank) (Amendment) Notice 2012 and Banking (Amendment) Ordinance 2012 (Commencement) Notice 2012
Hon NG Leung-sing (Chairman)
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him
Hon Starry LEE Wai-king
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit
Hon James TIEN Pei-chun
Hon SIN Chung-kai
Subcommittee on Banking (Capital)
(Amendment) Rules 2013 and Banking (Disclosure) (Amendment) Rules 2013
Hon NG Leung-sing (Chairman)
Hon WONG Ting-kwong
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit
Hon Christopher CHEUNG Wah-fungHon SIN Chung-kai
Hon CHUNG Kwok-pan
Subcommittee on Proposed Resolutions under
the Bankruptcy Ordinance and the Companies Ordinance
Hon WONG Ting-kwong (Chairman)
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan
Hon CHAN Kin-por
Hon CHEUNG Kwok-che
Hon Paul TSE Wai-chun
Hon NG Leung-sing
Hon Steven HO Chun-yin
Hon CHAN Han-pan
Hon Dennis KWOK
Hon Christopher CHEUNG Wah-fung
Hon SIN Chung-kai
Hon TANG Ka-piu
Ir Dr Hon LO Wai-kwokSubcommittee on Building (Minor Works)
(Amendment) Regulation 2013 and Buildings Legislation (Amendment) Ordinance 2012 (Commencement) Notice
Ir Dr Hon LO Wai-kwok (Chairman)
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan
Hon CHAN Hak-kan
Hon WU Chi-wai
Hon CHAN Han-pan
Hon KWOK Wai-keung
Hon Tony TSE Wai-chuen
Subcommittee on Business Registration
Ordinance (Amendment of Schedule 2) Order 2013
Hon WONG Ting-kwong (Chairman)
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan
Hon LEUNG Yiu-chungHon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan
Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan
Hon CHEUNG Kwok-cheHon IP Kwok-him
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit
Hon YIU Si-wing
Hon LEUNG Che-cheung
Hon SIN Chung-kai
Hon POON Siu-ping
Hon Tony TSE Wai-chuen
Subcommittee on Subsidiary Legislation Made
under the New Companies Ordinance
Hon WONG Ting-kwong (Chairman)
Hon Kenneth LEUNG (Deputy Chairman)
Hon Albert HO Chun-yan
Hon James TO Kun-sun
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him
Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung
Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah
Hon Starry LEE Wai-king
Hon Paul TSE Wai-chunHon James TIEN Pei-chun (up to 28.5.2013)
Hon Steven HO Chun-yin
Hon Charles Peter MOK
Dr Hon Kenneth CHAN Ka-lok
Hon Dennis KWOK
Hon SIN Chung-kai
Hon Martin LIAO Cheung-kong
Dr Hon CHIANG Lai-wan
Hon CHUNG Kwok-pan
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Subcommittee on Competition Ordinance
(Commencement) Notice 2012
Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen (Chairman)
Hon Albert HO Chun-yan
Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung
Hon WONG Ting-kwong
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah
Dr Hon LAM Tai-fai
Hon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yee
Hon WU Chi-wai
Hon YIU Si-wing
Hon MA Fung-kwokHon Charles Peter MOK
Hon Dennis KWOK
Hon Christopher CHEUNG Wah-fung
Hon SIN Chung-kai
Hon CHUNG Kwok-pan
Subcommittee on District Councils Ordinance
(Amendment of Schedule 3) Order 2013
Hon IP Kwok-him (Chairman)
Hon Frederick FUNG Kin-kee (Deputy Chairman)
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan
Hon Starry LEE Wai-king
Dr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun
Hon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yee
Hon Paul TSE Wai-chun
Hon WONG Yuk-man
Hon Claudia MOHon James TIEN Pei-chun
Hon MA Fung-kwok
Hon CHAN Han-pan
Dr Hon Kenneth CHAN Ka-lok
Hon LEUNG Che-cheung
Dr Hon Helena WONG Pik-wan
Dr Hon Elizabeth QUAT
Hon TANG Ka-piu
Hon Christopher CHUNG Shu-kun
Subcommittee on Frontier Closed Area
(Amendment) Order 2013 and Frontier Closed Area (Permission to Enter) (Amendment) Notice 2013
Hon IP Kwok-him (Chairman)
Hon James TO Kun-sun
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan
Hon CHAN Hak-kan
Hon WONG Kwok-kin
Hon YIU Si-wing
Hon Dennis KWOK (since 30.4.2013)
Hon CHUNG Kwok-panSubcommittee on Import and Export (General)
(Amendment) Regulation 2013
Hon WONG Ting-kwong (Chairman)
Hon James TO Kun-sun
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him
Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan
Hon Vincent FANG Kang
Hon WONG Kwok-hing
Hon CHAN Hak-kan
Dr Hon LEUNG Ka-lau
Hon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yeeHon Paul TSE Wai-chun
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit
Hon Michael TIEN Puk-sun
Hon Steven HO Chun-yin
Hon Gary FAN Kwok-wai
Hon CHAN Chi-chuen
Hon LEUNG Che-cheung
Hon Alice MAK Mei-kuen
Hon Dennis KWOK (since 8.3.2013)
Hon SIN Chung-kai
Dr Hon Helena WONG Pik-wan
Hon TANG Ka-piu
Dr Hon CHIANG Lai-wan
Ir Dr Hon LO Wai-kwok
Hon CHUNG Kwok-panHon Christopher CHUNG Shu-kun
Subcommittee on Proposed Resolution under
Section 7(a) of the Legal Aid Ordinance (Cap. 91)
Hon Albert HO Chun-yan (Chairman)
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan
Dr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun
Hon Paul TSE Wai-chun
Hon WONG Yuk-man
Hon KWOK Wai-keung
Hon Dennis KWOK
Hon TANG Ka-piu
Hon CHUNG Kwok-pan
Hon Christopher CHUNG Shu-kun
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Subcommittee on Legal Aid (Amendment)
Regulation 2012, Legal Aid (Assessment of Resources and Contributions) (Amendment) Regulation 2012 and Legal Aid Ordinance – Resolution of the Legislative Council (Commencement) Notice
Hon Dennis KWOK (Chairman)
Hon Albert HO Chun-yan
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit (up to 5.11.2012)
Hon WU Chi-wai
Hon TANG Ka-piu
Subcommittee on Five Sets of Amendment Rules
made under Sections 73 and 73A of the Legal Practitioners Ordinance and Gazetted on12 October 2012
Hon Dennis KWOK (Chairman)
Hon Albert HO Chun-yan
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan
Dr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun
Hon Paul TSE Wai-chun
Subcommittee on Mandatory Provident Fund
Schemes Ordinance (Amendment of Schedule 2) Notice 2013 and Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Ordinance (Amendment of Schedule 3) Notice 2013
Hon WONG Ting-kwong (Chairman)
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan
Hon LEUNG Yiu-chung
Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan
Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wahHon Cyd HO Sau-lan
Hon CHAN Kin-por
Hon IP Kwok-him
Hon KWOK Wai-keung
Hon SIN Chung-kai
Hon POON Siu-ping
Hon TANG Ka-piuHon CHUNG Kwok-panSubcommittee on Mediation Ordinance
(Commencement) Notice
Hon Dennis KWOK (Chairman)
Hon James TO Kun-sun
Hon TAM Yiu-chung
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan
Dr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun
Hon CHEUNG Kwok-che
Hon Tony TSE Wai-chuen
Subcommittee on Minimum Wage Ordinance
(Amendment of Schedule 3) Notice 2012 and Employment Ordinance (Amendment of Ninth Schedule) Notice 2012
Hon TAM Yiu-chung (Chairman)
Hon Albert HO Chun-yan
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan
Hon LEUNG Yiu-chung
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing
Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan
Hon WONG Kwok-hing
Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung
Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen
Hon WONG Ting-kwongHon Ronny TONG Ka-wah
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan
Hon CHEUNG Kwok-che
Hon WONG Kwok-kin
Hon WONG Yuk-man
Hon Steven HO Chun-yin
Hon YIU Si-wing
Hon LEUNG Che-cheung
Hon KWOK Wai-keungHon Christopher CHEUNG Wah-fung
Hon SIN Chung-kai
Hon Martin LIAO Cheung-kong
Hon POON Siu-ping
Hon TANG Ka-piu
Dr Hon CHIANG Lai-wan
Subcommittee on Personal Data (Privacy)
(Amendment) Ordinance 2012 (Commencement) Notice
Hon CHAN Kin-por (Chairman)
Hon James TO Kun-sun
Hon TAM Yiu-chung
Hon WONG Kwok-hing
Hon WONG Ting-kwong
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan
Dr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun
Hon IP Kwok-him
Hon Paul TSE Wai-chun
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Hon YIU Si-wing
Hon MA Fung-kwok
Hon Charles Peter MOK
Hon Christopher CHEUNG Wah-fung
Hon SIN Chung-kai
Subcommittee on Three Proposed Resolutions
under Section 5(3)(b) of the Public Bus Services Ordinance (Cap. 230)
Hon CHAN Kam-lam (Chairman)
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan
Hon TAM Yiu-chung
Hon WONG Kwok-hing
Hon Frankie YICK Chi-ming
Hon WU Chi-wai
Hon YIU Si-wing
Hon Gary FAN Kwok-wai
Hon CHAN Han-pan
Dr Hon KWOK Ka-kiHon TANG Ka-piu
Hon Christopher CHUNG Shu-kun
Subcommittee on Public Health and Municipal
Services Ordinance (Public Pleasure Grounds) (Amendment of Fourth Schedule) (No.2) Order 2012
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan (Chairman)
Hon James TO Kun-sun
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit
Hon WU Chi-wai
Hon SIN Chung-kai
Hon Christopher CHUNG Shu-kun
Subcommittee on Residential Care Homes
(Persons with Disabilities) Ordinance (Commencement) Notice 2013
Hon CHEUNG Kwok-che (Chairman)
Hon LEUNG Yiu-chung
Hon TAM Yiu-chung
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit
Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hung
Dr Hon Helena WONG Pik-wan
Hon POON Siu-ping
Hon TANG Ka-piu
Ir Dr Hon LO Wai-kwokSubcommittee on Residential Properties (First-
hand Sales) Ordinance (Commencement) Notice
Hon CHAN Kam-lam (Chairman)
Hon James TO Kun-sun
Hon TAM Yiu-chung
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him
Hon Frederick FUNG Kin-kee
Prof Hon Joseph LEE Kok-long
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit
Hon WU Chi-wai
Hon CHAN Han-pan
Hon LEUNG Che-cheung Hon Alice MAK Mei-kuen
Hon Dennis KWOK
Hon Christopher CHEUNG Wah-fung
Subcommittee on Proposed Resolution under the
Road Traffic Ordinance and the Road Traffic (Driving-offence Points) Ordinance
Hon Frankie YICK Chi-ming (Chairman)
Hon WU Chi-wai
Dr Hon KWOK Ka-ki (since 30.4.2013)
Hon TANG Ka-piu
Hon CHUNG Kwok-pan
Subcommittee on Securities and Futures
(Contracts Limits and Reportable Positions) (Amendment) Rules 2013
Hon James TO Kun-sun (Chairman)
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him (up to 26.2.2013)
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah
Hon Starry LEE Wai-king
Hon Christopher CHEUNG Wah-fung
Hon SIN Chung-kai
Subcommittee on Solicitors (General) Costs
(Amendment) Rules 2013
Hon Dennis KWOK (Chairman)
Hon James TO Kun-sun
Hon TAM Yiu-chung
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah
Dr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun
Hon Paul TSE Wai-chun
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Subcommittee on Tate’s Cairn Tunnel Ordinance
(Amendment of Schedule) Notice 2013
Hon James TIEN Pei-chun (Chairman)
Hon Frankie YICK Chi-ming (since 3.6.2013)
Hon WU Chi-wai
Hon TANG Ka-piu
Subcommittee on Telecommunications
(Determining Spectrum Utilization Fees by Auction) (Amendment) Regulation 2012 and Telecommunications (Designation of Frequency Bands subject to Payment of Spectrum
Utilization Fee) (Amendment) Order 2012
Hon Charles Peter MOK (Chairman)
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan
Hon WONG Yuk-man
Hon Claudia MO
Hon SIN Chung-kai
Dr Hon Elizabeth QUAT
Subcommittee on Telecommunications
(Telecommunications Apparatus) (Exemption from Licensing) (Amendment) Order 2012
Hon Charles Peter MOK (Chairman)
Hon James TO Kun-sun
Hon WONG Ting-kwong
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah
Hon WU Chi-wai
Hon SIN Chung-kai
Dr Hon Elizabeth QUAT
Subcommittee on Third Technical Memorandum
for Allocation of Emission Allowances in Respect of Specified Licences
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan (Chairman)
Hon CHAN Hak-kan
Hon WU Chi-wai
Dr Hon Kenneth CHAN Ka-lok
Hon Dennis KWOK
Hon SIN Chung-kai
Subcommittee on Trade Descriptions (Powers
Not Exercisable by Communications Authority) Notice and Trade Descriptions (Unfair Trade Practices) (Amendment) Ordinance 2012 (Commencement) Notice
Hon SIN Chung-kai (Chairman)
Hon WONG Ting-kwong
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-KitHon YIU Si-wingHon MA Fung-kwokHon Charles Peter MOK
Hon CHAN Han-pan
Hon TANG Ka-piu
PANELS
Panel on Administration of Justice and Legal
Services
Dr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun (Chairman)
Hon Dennis KWOK (Deputy Chairman)
Hon Albert HO Chun-yan
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan
Hon James TO Kun-sun
Hon CHAN Kam-lam
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing
Hon TAM Yiu-chungHon Abraham SHEK Lai-him
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan
Hon Starry LEE Wai-king
Hon CHAN Kin-porHon Paul TSE Wai-chun
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung
Hon WONG Yuk-man
Hon Claudia MO (up to 30.1.2013)
Hon Michael TIEN Puk-sun
Hon NG Leung-sing
Hon Steven HO Chun-yin
Hon YIU Si-wingHon MA Fung-kwok
Hon Charles Peter MOK
Dr Hon Kenneth CHAN Ka-lok
Hon Kenneth LEUNG
Hon Alice MAK Mei-kuen
Dr Hon KWOK Ka-ki
Dr Hon Elizabeth QUAT
Hon Martin LIAO Cheung-kong
Hon TANG Ka-piu
Dr Hon CHIANG Lai-wan
Hon CHUNG Kwok-pan
Hon Tony TSE Wai-chuen
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Panel on Commerce and Industry
Hon Vincent FANG Kang (Chairman)
Dr Hon CHIANG Lai-wan (Deputy Chairman)
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing
Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung
Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen
Hon WONG Ting-kwong
Dr Hon LAM Tai-fai
Hon Steven HO Chun-yin
Hon MA Fung-kwok
Hon Charles Peter MOKHon Dennis KWOK (since 29.10.2012)
Hon Christopher CHEUNG Wah-fung
Hon SIN Chung-kai
Hon Martin LIAO Cheung-kong
Ir Dr Hon LO Wai-kwok
Hon CHUNG Kwok-pan
Panel on Constitutional Affairs
Hon TAM Yiu-chung (Chairman)
Hon Paul TSE Wai-chun (Deputy Chairman)
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan
Dr Hon LAU Wong-fat
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing
Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung
Hon WONG Ting-kwong
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan
Hon Starry LEE Wai-kingDr Hon LAM Tai-fai
Hon CHAN Kin-por
Dr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun
Hon WONG Kwok-kin
Hon IP Kwok-him
Hon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yee
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung
Hon WONG Yuk-manHon James TIEN Pei-chun
Hon NG Leung-sing
Hon Steven HO Chun-yinHon YIU Si-wing
Hon Gary FAN Kwok-wai (since 18.2.2013)
Hon MA Fung-kwok
Hon Charles Peter MOK
Hon CHAN Chi-chuen
Dr Hon Kenneth CHAN Ka-lok
Hon CHAN Yuen-han
Hon Alice MAK Mei-kuen
Hon Dennis KWOKHon Christopher CHEUNG Wah-fung
Hon SIN Chung-kai
Dr Hon Helena WONG Pik-wan
Hon IP Kin-yuen
Hon Martin LIAO Cheung-kongDr Hon CHIANG Lai-wanHon Tony TSE Wai-chuen
Panel on Development
Dr Hon LAU Wong-fat (Chairman)Hon Tony TSE Wai-chuen (Deputy Chairman)
Hon James TO Kun-sun
Hon CHAN Kam-lam
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him
Hon Frederick FUNG Kin-kee
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan
Hon CHAN Hak-kan
Hon CHAN Kin-porDr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun
Hon IP Kwok-him
Hon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yee
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung
Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yip
Hon Claudia MO
Hon Michael TIEN Puk-sun
Hon James TIEN Pei-chunHon WU Chi-wai
Hon Gary FAN Kwok-wai
Hon CHAN Chi-chuen
Hon CHAN Han-pan
Dr Hon Kenneth CHAN Ka-lok
Hon CHAN Yuen-han
Hon LEUNG Che-cheung
Hon Kenneth LEUNG
Hon Alice MAK Mei-kuenDr Hon KWOK Ka-ki
Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hung
Dr Hon CHIANG Lai-wan
Ir Dr Hon LO Wai-kwok
Panel on Economic Development
Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung (Chairman)
Hon CHUNG Kwok-pan (Deputy Chairman)
Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen
Hon WONG Ting-kwong
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah
Dr Hon LEUNG Ka-lau
Hon Paul TSE Wai-chun
Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yip
Hon Michael TIEN Puk-sun
Hon James TIEN Pei-chunHon Frankie YICK Chi-ming
Hon WU Chi-wai
Hon YIU Si-wing
Hon CHAN Han-pan
Hon Dennis KWOK
Hon Christopher CHEUNG Wah-fung
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Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hung
Hon SIN Chung-kai
Dr Hon Elizabeth QUAT
Hon TANG Ka-piu
Panel on Education
Dr Hon LAM Tai-fai (Chairman)Hon IP Kin-yuen (Deputy Chairman)
Hon Albert HO Chun-yan
Hon LEUNG Yiu-chung
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing (up to 18.10.2012)
Hon TAM Yiu-chung
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him
Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan
Hon Starry LEE Wai-kingDr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun
Hon CHEUNG Kwok-che
Hon IP Kwok-him
Hon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yee
Hon Paul TSE Wai-chun
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung
Hon WONG Yuk-man
Hon Claudia MO
Hon MA Fung-kwokHon Charles Peter MOK
Dr Hon Kenneth CHAN Ka-lok
Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hung
Dr Hon Helena WONG Pik-wan
Hon Christopher CHUNG Shu-kun
Panel on Environmental Affairs
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan (Chairman)Hon Christopher CHUNG Shu-kun (Deputy Chairman)
Hon Vincent FANG Kang
Hon CHAN Hak-kan
Hon CHAN Kin-porHon Albert CHAN Wai-yip
Hon Claudia MO (since 28.1.2013)Hon Steven HO Chun-yin
Hon WU Chi-wai
Hon Gary FAN Kwok-wai
Hon Charles Peter MOK
Hon CHAN Han-pan
Dr Hon Kenneth CHAN Ka-lok
Hon KWOK Wai-keung
Hon Dennis KWOK
Hon SIN Chung-kaiDr Hon Helena WONG Pik-wan
Dr Hon Elizabeth QUAT
Ir Dr Hon LO Wai-kwok
Hon CHUNG Kwok-pan
Hon Tony TSE Wai-chuenPanel on Financial Affairs
Hon Starry LEE Wai-king (Chairman)Hon CHAN Kin-por (Deputy Chairman)
Hon Albert HO Chun-yan
Hon James TO Kun-sun
Hon CHAN Kam-lam
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him
Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung
Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen
Hon WONG Ting-kwong
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wahHon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yee
Hon James TIEN Pei-chun
Hon NG Leung-sing
Hon Kenneth LEUNG
Hon Dennis KWOK
Hon Christopher CHEUNG Wah-fung
Hon SIN Chung-kai
Panel on Food Safety and Environmental
Hygiene
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit (Chairman)
Hon Steven HO Chun-yin (Deputy Chairman)
Hon James TO Kun-sun
Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan
Hon Vincent FANG Kang
Hon WONG Kwok-hing
Prof Hon Joseph LEE Kok-long
Dr Hon LEUNG Ka-lau
Hon CHEUNG Kwok-che
Hon WONG Yuk-manHon Claudia MO
Hon CHAN Chi-chuen
Dr Hon Kenneth CHAN Ka-lok
Dr Hon Helena WONG Pik-wan
Hon Christopher CHUNG Shu-kun
Panel on Health Services
Dr Hon LEUNG Ka-lau (Chairman)Prof Hon Joseph LEE Kok-long (Deputy Chairman)
Hon Albert HO Chun-yan
Hon Vincent FANG Kang
Hon WONG Ting-kwong
Hon CHAN Kin-por
Dr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun
Hon CHEUNG Kwok-che
Hon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yee
Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yipHon Charles Peter MOK
Hon CHAN Han-pan
Hon Alice MAK Mei-kuen
Dr Hon KWOK Ka-ki
Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hung
Dr Hon Helena WONG Pik-wan
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Dr Hon Elizabeth QUAT
Hon POON Siu-ping
Dr Hon CHIANG Lai-wan
Panel on Home Affairs
Hon MA Fung-kwok (Chairman)
Dr Hon Kenneth CHAN Ka-lok (Deputy Chairman)
Hon WONG Kwok-hing
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan
Hon Starry LEE Wai-king
Dr Hon LAM Tai-fai
Hon CHEUNG Kwok-che
Hon IP Kwok-him
Hon Claudia MO
Hon Steven HO Chun-yinHon Frankie YICK Chi-ming
Hon WU Chi-wai
Hon YIU Si-wing
Hon CHAN Chi-chuen
Hon LEUNG Che-cheung (since 14.12.2012)
Dr Hon Helena WONG Pik-wan
Hon IP Kin-yuen
Dr Hon CHIANG Lai-wan
Hon Christopher CHUNG Shu-kunHon Tony TSE Wai-chuen
Panel on Housing
Hon WONG Kwok-hing (Chairman)Hon Frederick FUNG Kin-kee (Deputy Chairman)
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan
Hon James TO Kun-sun
Hon LEUNG Yiu-chung
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him
Hon Vincent FANG Kang
Prof Hon Joseph LEE Kok-long
Dr Hon LAM Tai-fai
Hon IP Kwok-him
Hon Paul TSE Wai-chun
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung
Hon WONG Yuk-man
Hon Michael TIEN Puk-sun
Hon WU Chi-waiHon Gary FAN Kwok-wai (since 4.3.2013)
Hon LEUNG Che-cheung
Hon Kenneth LEUNG
Hon Alice MAK Mei-kuen
Dr Hon KWOK Ka-ki
Hon KWOK Wai-keung
Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hung
Ir Dr Hon LO Wai-kwok
Hon Christopher CHUNG Shu-kunHon Tony TSE Wai-chuenPanel on Information Technology and
Broadcasting
Hon WONG Yuk-man (Chairman)
Dr Hon Elizabeth QUAT (Deputy Chairman)
Hon James TO Kun-sun
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing
Hon WONG Ting-kwong
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan
Hon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yee
Hon Paul TSE Wai-chun
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hungHon Albert CHAN Wai-yip
Hon Claudia MO
Hon Steven HO Chun-yin
Hon YIU Si-wing
Hon MA Fung-kwok
Hon Charles Peter MOK
Hon CHAN Chi-chuen
Hon SIN Chung-kai
Ir Dr Hon LO Wai-kwok
Hon Christopher CHUNG Shu-kun
Panel on Manpower
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan (Chairman)
Hon WONG Kwok-kin (Deputy Chairman)
Hon Albert HO Chun-yan
Hon LEUNG Yiu-chung
Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan
Hon Frederick FUNG Kin-kee
Hon CHAN Kin-por
Dr Hon LEUNG Ka-lau
Hon CHEUNG Kwok-che
Hon IP Kwok-himHon LEUNG Kwok-hung
Hon Michael TIEN Puk-sun
Hon CHAN Chi-chuen (up to 13.8.2013)
Hon LEUNG Che-cheung
Hon Kenneth LEUNG
Dr Hon KWOK Ka-ki
Hon KWOK Wai-keung
Hon SIN Chung-kai
Hon POON Siu-pingHon TANG Ka-piu
Dr Hon CHIANG Lai-wan
Panel on Public Service
Hon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yee (Chairman)
Hon POON Siu-ping (Deputy Chairman)
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing
Hon TAM Yiu-chung
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Dr Hon LEUNG Ka-lau
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung
Hon Claudia MO
Hon LEUNG Che-cheung
Hon KWOK Wai-keung
Hon SIN Chung-kai
Hon IP Kin-yuen
Hon Martin LIAO Cheung-kong
Hon TANG Ka-piu
Hon Tony TSE Wai-chuen
Panel on Security
Hon IP Kwok-him (Chairman)Hon James TO Kun-sun (Deputy Chairman)
Hon Albert HO Chun-yan
Hon CHAN Kam-lam
Hon LAU Wong-fat
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan
Dr Hon LAM Tai-fai
Hon CHAN Hak-kan
Hon WONG Kwok-kinHon Paul TSE Wai-chun
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung
Hon WONG Yuk-man
Hon Michael TIEN Puk-sun
Hon NG Leung-sing
Hon Frankie YICK Chi-ming
Hon YIU Si-wing
Hon MA Fung-kwokHon KWOK Wai-keung
Hon Dennis KWOK
Hon Christopher CHEUNG Wah-fung
Dr Hon Elizabeth QUAT
Hon CHUNG Kwok-pan
Panel on Transport
Hon CHAN Kam-lam (Chairman)Hon Gary FAN Kwok-wai (Deputy Chairman)
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan
Hon James TO Kun-sun
Hon WONG Kwok-hing
Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah
Hon CHAN Hak-kan
Hon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yee
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hungHon Albert CHAN Wai-yip
Hon Michael TIEN Puk-sun
Hon NG Leung-sing
Hon Frankie YICK Chi-ming
Hon WU Chi-waiHon CHAN Han-pan
Dr Hon KWOK Ka-ki
Dr Hon Elizabeth QUATHon POON Siu-ping
Hon TANG Ka-piu
Ir Dr Hon LO Wai-kwok
Hon CHUNG Kwok-pan
Hon Christopher CHUNG Shu-kun (since 30.10.2012)
Hon Tony TSE Wai-chuen
Panel on Welfare Services
Hon CHAN Yuen-han (Chairman)
Hon CHEUNG Kwok-che (Deputy Chairman)
Hon Albert HO Chun-yan
Hon LEUNG Yiu-chung
Hon TAM Yiu-chung
Hon Frederick FUNG Kin-kee
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah
Dr Hon LEUNG Ka-lau
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hungHon Frankie YICK Chi-ming
Hon CHAN Chi-chuen
Hon CHAN Han-pan
Hon LEUNG Che-cheung
Hon Alice MAK Mei-kuen
Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hung
Dr Hon Helena WONG Pik-wan
Hon POON Siu-ping
Hon TANG Ka-piu
SUBCOMMITTEES OF PANELS
Panel on Development and Panel on Home Affairs
Joint Subcommittee to Monitor the Implementation of the West Kowloon Cultural District Project
Hon Christopher CHUNG Shu-kun (Chairman)
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit (Deputy Chairman)
Hon CHAN Kam-lam
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan
Hon Starry LEE Wai-king
Hon CHAN Hak-kan
Dr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun
Hon CHEUNG Kwok-cheHon IP Kwok-him
Hon Claudia MO
Hon Steven HO Chun-yin
Hon Frankie YICK Chi-ming
Hon YIU Si-wing
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Hon Gary FAN Kwok-wai
Hon MA Fung-kwok
Hon CHAN Chi-chuen
Hon CHAN Han-pan
Dr Hon Kenneth CHAN Ka-lok
Hon CHAN Yuen-han
Hon LEUNG Che-cheung
Hon Alice MAK Mei-kuen
Dr Hon Helena WONG Pik-wan
Dr Hon CHIANG Lai-wanHon Tony TSE Wai-chuen
Panel on Education
Subcommittee on Integrated Education
Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hung (Chairman)
Hon IP Kin-yuen (Deputy Chairman)
Hon LEUNG Yiu-chung
Hon TAM Yiu-chung (since 30.4.2013)
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-himHon Cyd HO Sau-lanHon Starry LEE Wai-king (up to 30.4.2013)
Dr Hon LAM Tai-fai (up to 8.4.2013)
Hon CHEUNG Kwok-che
Hon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yee (up to 9.1.2013)Hon Claudia MO
Dr Hon Kenneth CHAN Ka-lok
Dr Hon Helena WONG Pik-wan
Panel on Enviromental Affairs
Subcommittee on Issues Relating to Air, Noise and Light Pollution
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan (Chairman)
Hon Claudia MO (since 29.1.2013)
Hon WU Chi-wai
Hon Gary FAN Kwok-wai
Hon CHAN Han-pan
Dr Hon Kenneth CHAN Ka-lokHon KWOK Wai-keung
Hon Dennis KWOK
Hon SIN Chung-kai (up to 22.2.2013)
Dr Hon Helena WONG Pik-wan
Dr Hon Elizabeth QUAT
Hon Christopher CHUNG Shu-kun
Hon Tony TSE Wai-chuenPanel on Health Services and
Panel on Welfare ServicesJoint Subcommittee on Long-term Care Policy
Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hung (Chairman)
Hon TANG Ka-piu (Deputy Chairman)
Hon Albert HO Chun-yan (up to 28.6.2013)
Hon LEUNG Yiu-chung
Hon TAM Yiu-chung
Hon Vincent FANG Kang (up to 28.12.2012)
Prof Hon Joseph LEE Kok-long
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah
Dr Hon LEUNG Ka-lau (up to 23.9.2013)
Hon CHEUNG Kwok-che Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung
Hon CHAN Han-pan
Dr Hon Helena WONG Pik-wan
Hon POON Siu-ping
Panel on Health Services
Subcommittee on Health Protection Scheme
Dr Hon LEUNG Ka-lau (Chairman)
Prof Hon Joseph LEE Kok-long
Hon CHAN Kin-por
Hon CHEUNG Kwok-che
Hon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yee
Hon CHAN Han-pan
Hon Alice MAK Mei-kuen
Dr Hon KWOK Ka-ki
Panel on Housing
Subcommittee on the Long Term Housing Strategy
Hon WONG Kwok-hing (Chairman)
Hon Tony TSE Wai-chuen (Deputy Chairman)
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan
Hon James TO Kun-sun
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him
Hon Frederick FUNG Kin-kee
Hon Vincent FANG Kang
Dr Hon LAM Tai-fai
Hon IP Kwok-him
Hon Paul TSE Wai-chunHon Alan LEONG Kah-kit
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung
Hon WONG Yuk-man
Hon Michael TIEN Puk-sun (up to 17.6.2013)
Hon WU Chi-wai
Hon LEUNG Che-cheung
Hon Alice MAK Mei-kuen
Dr Hon KWOK Ka-ki
Hon KWOK Wai-keungDr Hon Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hung
Ir Dr Hon LO Wai-kwok
Hon Christopher CHUNG Shu-kun
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Panel on Transport
Subcommittee on Matters Relating to Railways
Hon CHAN Kam-lam (Chairman)
Ir Dr Hon LO Wai-kwok (Deputy Chairman)
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan
Hon James TO Kun-sun
Hon WONG Kwok-hing
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah
Hon CHAN Hak-kan
Hon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yee
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung
Hon Michael TIEN Puk-sunHon Frankie YICK Chi-ming
Hon WU Chi-wai
Hon Gary FAN Kwok-wai
Hon CHAN Han-pan
Dr Hon Elizabeth QUAT
Hon TANG Ka-piu
Hon Christopher CHUNG Shu-kun
Hon Tony TSE Wai-chuen
SELECT COMMITTEE TO INQUIRE
INTO MATTERS RELATING TO MR TIMOTHY TONG’S DUTY VISITS, ENTERTAINMENT, AND BESTOWING AND RECEIPT OF GIFTS DURING HIS TENURE AS COMMISSIONER OF THE INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION
Hon IP Kwok-him (Chairman)
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan (Deputy Chairman)
Hon James TO Kun-sun
Hon CHAN Hak-kan
Dr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun
Hon WONG Kwok-kin
Hon Paul TSE Wai-chun
Hon WONG Yuk-man
Hon Kenneth LEUNG
Hon Dennis KWOK Ir Dr Hon LO Wai-kwok
Hon CHUNG Kwok-pan
Hon Tony TSE Wai-chuen
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Establishment Subcommittee
Finance Committee
Public Works Subcommittee
Public Accounts Committee
Committee on Members’
Interests
Committee on Rules of
Procedure
Hon Albert HO Chun-yan ü
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan ü
Hon James TO Kun-sun ü
Hon CHAN Kam-lam C
Hon LEUNG Yiu-chung
Dr Hon LAU Wong-fat
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing ü ü DC
Hon TAM Yiu-chung ü C
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him ü C
Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan ü
Hon Frederick FUNG Kin-kee
Hon Vincent FANG Kang
Hon WONG Kwok-hing ü
Prof Hon Joseph LEE Kok-long
Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung ü
Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen
Hon WONG Ting-kwong C
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan ü
Hon Starry LEE Wai-king ü
Dr Hon LAM Tai-fai
Hon CHAN Hak-kan ü ü
Hon CHAN Kin-por
Dr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun ü
Dr Hon LEUNG Ka-lau ü
Hon CHEUNG Kwok-che
Hon WONG Kwok-kin ü ü
Hon IP Kwok-him ü C ü
Hon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yee ü ü
Hon Paul TSE Wai-chun DC ü
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit ü ü DC
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung
Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yip ü
Hon WONG Yuk-man ü ü
Hon Claudia MO
Hon Michael TIEN Puk-sun ü
Hon James TIEN Pei-chun
Hon NG Leung-sing ü ü
Hon Steven HO Chun-yin ü
Hon Frankie YICK Chi-ming ü ü
Hon WU Chi-wai ü
Hon YIU Si-wing ü
Hon Gary FAN Kwok-wai ü ü
Hon MA Fung-kwok ü
Hon Charles Peter MOK ü
Hon CHAN Chi-chuen
Hon CHAN Han-pan ü
Dr Hon Kenneth CHAN Ka-lok ü
Hon CHAN Yuen-han ü ü
Hon LEUNG Che-cheung ü
Hon Kenneth LEUNG DC ü
Hon Alice MAK Mei-kuen ü
Dr Hon KWOK Ka-ki ü
Hon KWOK Wai-keung ü
Hon Dennis KWOK ü ü
Hon Christopher CHEUNG Wah-fung
Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hung ü
Hon SIN Chung-kai ü
Dr Hon Helena WONG Pik-wan ü
Hon IP Kin-yuen ü
Dr Hon Elizabeth QUAT ü
Hon Martin LIAO Cheung-kong ü
Hon POON Siu-ping ü
Hon TANG Ka-piu ü
Dr Hon CHIANG Lai-wan ü
Ir Dr Hon LO Wai-kwok DC
Hon CHUNG Kwok-pan ü
Hon Christopher CHUNG Shu-kun ü
Hon Tony TSE Wai-chuen ü
Total 16 31 7 7 12as at 30 September 2013
C = Chairman DC = Deputy Chairman
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MEMBERSHIP OF SUBCOMMITTEES OF HOUSE COMMITTEE
Parliamentary Liaison
Subcommittee
Subcommittee
on Members’ Remuneration and
Operating Expenses
Reimbursement
Subcommittee on
Poverty
Subcommittee
to Examine the
Implementation
in Hong Kong of
Resolutions of the
United Nations Security Council in
relation to Sanctions
Subcommittee on
Proposed Senior
Judicial Appointments
Subcommittee to
Prepare for the
Operation of the
Select Committee
on the Petition
Presented at the Council Meeting of 8 May 2013Hon Albert HO Chun-yan ü
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan ü ü
Hon James TO Kun-sun ü ü ü ü
Hon CHAN Kam-lam
Hon LEUNG Yiu-chung ü(3)
Dr Hon LAU Wong-fat
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing C C ü
Hon TAM Yiu-chung ü
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him ü
Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan
Hon Frederick FUNG Kin-kee C
Hon Vincent FANG Kang
Hon WONG Kwok-hing
Prof Hon Joseph LEE Kok-long
Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung
Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen
Hon WONG Ting-kwong ü
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah ü ü
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan DC C ü DC
Hon Starry LEE Wai-king
Dr Hon LAM Tai-fai
Hon CHAN Hak-kan ü
Hon CHAN Kin-por ü
Dr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun ü ü ü
Dr Hon LEUNG Ka-lau
Hon CHEUNG Kwok-che ü
Hon WONG Kwok-kin ü
Hon IP Kwok-him ü ü C
Hon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yee ü(4)
Hon Paul TSE Wai-chun ü ü
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit ü ü
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung ü ü ü
Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yip
Hon WONG Yuk-man ü ü ü ü
Hon Claudia MO ü
Hon Michael TIEN Puk-sunHon James TIEN Pei-chun ü
Hon NG Leung-sing ü
Hon Steven HO Chun-yin
Hon Frankie YICK Chi-ming ü
Hon WU Chi-waiHon YIU Si-wingHon Gary FAN Kwok-waiHon MA Fung-kwokHon Charles Peter MOK ü(5)
Hon CHAN Chi-chuen ü(6)
Hon CHAN Han-panDr Hon Kenneth CHAN Ka-lok ü
Hon CHAN Yuen-han ü
Hon LEUNG Che-cheung ü
Hon Kenneth LEUNG ü ü
Hon Alice MAK Mei-kuen
Dr Hon KWOK Ka-ki ü
Hon KWOK Wai-keung ü
Hon Dennis KWOK ü ü C ü
Hon Christopher CHEUNG Wah-fung
Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hung ü DC
Hon SIN Chung-kaiDr Hon Helena WONG Pik-wanHon IP Kin-yuenDr Hon Elizabeth QUAT
Hon Martin LIAO Cheung-kong ü(1) ü ü
Hon POON Siu-ping
Hon TANG Ka-piu ü
Dr Hon CHIANG Lai-wan ü(2)
Ir Dr Hon LO Wai-kwok ü ü
Hon CHUNG Kwok-pan ü
Hon Christopher CHUNG Shu-kun ü
Hon Tony TSE Wai-chuen ü ü
Total 10 6 22 8 10 14
C = Chairman DC = Deputy Chairman
(1) Hon Martin LIAO Cheung-kong (up to 24.4.2013)
(2) Dr Hon CHIANG Lai-wan (up to 19.3.2013)(3) Hon LEUNG Yiu-chung (since 11.12.2012)(4) Hon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yee (up to 23.1.2013)(5) Hon Charles Peter MOK (since 11.12.2012)(6) Hon CHAN Chi-chuen (since 11.12.2012)
205 204 Legislative Council Annual Report 2012-2013
MEMBERSHIP OF BILLS COMMITTEESBills Committee on
Air Pollution Control (Amendment) Bill 2013
Bills Committee on
Arbitration
(Amendment) Bill 2013
Bills Committee on Betting
Duty (Amendment) Bill 2013
Bills Committee on District
Councils (Amendment) Bill 2013
Bills Committee on
Education (Amendment)
Bill 2013
Bills Committee on Hong
Kong Arts Development Council (Amendment) Bill 2013
Bills Committee on Inland
Revenue (Amendment)
Bill 2013
Bills Committee on Inland
Revenue (Amendment) (No.
2) Bill 2013
Bills Committee on
Inland Revenue and
Stamp Duty Legislation (Alternative Bond Schemes) (Amendment) Bill
Bills Committee on
Merchant Shipping (Seafarers) (Amendment) Bill 2013
Bills Committee on
Pesticides (Amendment) Bill 2013
Bills Committee on Product
Eco-responsibility
(Amendment) Bill 2013
Bills Committee on
Professional
Accountants (Amendment)
Bill 2013
Bills Committee on
Securities and Futures (Amendment) Bill 2013 Hon Albert HO Chun-yan
Hon LEE Cheuk-yanHon James TO Kun-sun
ü ü ü
Hon CHAN Kam-lam C C
Hon LEUNG Yiu-chung
Dr Hon LAU Wong-fat
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing ü
Hon TAM Yiu-chung ü
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him üüü ü
Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan C ü ü
Hon Frederick FUNG Kin-kee ü
Hon Vincent FANG Kang ü
Hon WONG Kwok-hing
Prof Hon Joseph LEE Kok-longHon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung
ü
Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen ü
Hon WONG Ting-kwong ü ü
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah ü
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan ü ü C ü ü ü
Hon Starry LEE Wai-king üü ü ü ü
Dr Hon LAM Tai-fai ü
Hon CHAN Hak-kan ü ü
Hon CHAN Kin-por DC ü
Dr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun C ü ü
Dr Hon LEUNG Ka-lauHon CHEUNG Kwok-cheHon WONG Kwok-kin
C
Hon IP Kwok-him ü C C
Hon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yee ü
Hon Paul TSE Wai-chun ü ü
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit üü ü ü ü ü
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hungHon Albert CHAN Wai-yip
ü
Hon WONG Yuk-man ü ü
Hon Claudia MO ü
Hon Michael TIEN Puk-sun ü
Hon James TIEN Pei-chun
Hon NG Leung-sing ü
Hon Steven HO Chun-yin ü ü ü ü
Hon Frankie YICK Chi-ming ü ü ü
Hon WU Chi-wai ü ü ü ü
Hon YIU Si-wing ü ü ü
Hon Gary FAN Kwok-wai ü
Hon MA Fung-kwok ü ü ü
Hon Charles Peter MOK C ü C
Hon CHAN Chi-chuen
Hon CHAN Han-pan ü ü
Dr Hon Kenneth CHAN Ka-lok ü üü ü C
Hon CHAN Yuen-han ü ü
Hon LEUNG Che-cheung ü ü
Hon Kenneth LEUNG C C ü ü ü
Hon Alice MAK Mei-kuen ü
Dr Hon KWOK Ka-kiHon KWOK Wai-keung
ü ü
Hon Dennis KWOK üü ü ü ü
Hon Christopher CHEUNG Wah-fung ü ü ü DC
Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hungHon SIN Chung-kai
ü ü ü C ü ü
Dr Hon Helena WONG Pik-wan ü ü ü üü
Hon IP Kin-yuen ü ü
Dr Hon Elizabeth QUAT ü ü ü ü
Hon Martin LIAO Cheung-kong ü
Hon POON Siu-ping ü
Hon TANG Ka-piu ü ü
Dr Hon CHIANG Lai-wan ü
Ir Dr Hon LO Wai-kwok ü ü ü
Hon CHUNG Kwok-pan ü
Hon Christopher CHUNG Shu-kun ü üü ü
Hon Tony TSE Wai-chuen ü ü(1) ü
Total 17 4 15 14 8 17 10 4 7 8 6 14 5 11
C = Chairman DC = Deputy Chairman
(1) Hon Tony TSE Wai-chuen (up to 8.5.2013)(continued...)
205 204 Legislative Council Annual Report 2012-2013APPENDIX 5
MEMBERSHIP OF BILLS COMMITTEES (… continued)
Bills Committee
on Stamp Duty
(Amendment) Bill 2012
Bills Committee
on Stamp Duty (Amendment) Bill 2013
Bills Committee
on Trust Law
(Amendment) Bill 2013
Bills Committee
on Waste Disposal
(Amendment) Bill 2013
Hon Albert HO Chun-yan ü
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan ü ü
Hon James TO Kun-sun DC DC ü
Hon CHAN Kam-lam ü
Hon LEUNG Yiu-chung
Dr Hon LAU Wong-fat
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing ü
Hon TAM Yiu-chungHon Abraham SHEK Lai-him ü ü ü
Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan ü(1) ü
Hon Frederick FUNG Kin-kee
Hon Vincent FANG Kang
Hon WONG Kwok-hing ü
Prof Hon Joseph LEE Kok-long
Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung ü
Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen ü ü
Hon WONG Ting-kwong ü ü
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah ü ü
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan ü(2) ü(3) C
Hon Starry LEE Wai-king C C ü
Dr Hon LAM Tai-fai ü ü
Hon CHAN Hak-kan ü
Hon CHAN Kin-por ü
Dr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun
Dr Hon LEUNG Ka-lauHon CHEUNG Kwok-che
Hon WONG Kwok-kin ü
Hon IP Kwok-him
Hon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yee ü
Hon Paul TSE Wai-chun ü ü ü
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit ü
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung
Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yipHon WONG Yuk-manHon Claudia MOHon Michael TIEN Puk-sun
Hon James TIEN Pei-chun ü ü
Hon NG Leung-sing C
Hon Steven HO Chun-yin
Hon Frankie YICK Chi-mingHon WU Chi-wai ü ü
Hon YIU Si-wing ü
Hon Gary FAN Kwok-wai
Hon MA Fung-kwok
Hon Charles Peter MOK ü ü ü
Hon CHAN Chi-chuen
Hon CHAN Han-pan ü
Dr Hon Kenneth CHAN Ka-lok ü
Hon CHAN Yuen-han ü
Hon LEUNG Che-cheung ü ü
Hon Kenneth LEUNG ü ü DC
Hon Alice MAK Mei-kuen
Dr Hon KWOK Ka-ki
Hon KWOK Wai-keung ü
Hon Dennis KWOK ü ü
Hon Christopher CHEUNG Wah-fung
Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hung
Hon SIN Chung-kai ü
Dr Hon Helena WONG Pik-wan
Hon IP Kin-yuen
Dr Hon Elizabeth QUATHon Martin LIAO Cheung-kong ü
Hon POON Siu-ping ü
Hon TANG Ka-piu ü
Dr Hon CHIANG Lai-wan ü
Ir Dr Hon LO Wai-kwok
Hon CHUNG Kwok-pan ü
Hon Christopher CHUNG Shu-kun
Hon Tony TSE Wai-chuen ü ü
Total 28 15 11 9
C = Chairman DC = Deputy Chairman
(1) Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan (since 25.1.2013) (2) Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan (up to 21.5.2013) (3) Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan (up to 21.4.2013)
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MEMBERSHIP OF SUBCOMMITTEES ON SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION
Subcommittee on
Arbitration (Appointment
of Arbitrators and
Mediators and Decision on Number of Arbitrators) Rules
Subcommittee on
Banking (Capital)
(Amendment) Rules
2012, Banking (Specification of Multilateral Development
Bank) (Amendment)
Notice 2012 and Banking (Amendment) Ordinance
2012 (Commencement)
Notice 2012
Subcommittee on
Banking (Capital)
(Amendment) Rules 2013 and Banking (Disclosure) (Amendment) Rules 2013
Subcommittee on
Proposed Resolutions
under the Bankruptcy Ordinance and the
Companies Ordinance
Subcommittee on
Building (Minor Works)
(Amendment) Regulation 2013 and Buildings
Legislation (Amendment)
Ordinance 2012 (Commencement) Notice
Subcommittee on
Business Registration
Ordinance (Amendment of Schedule 2) Order 2013
Subcommittee on
Subsidiary Legislation
Made under the New Companies OrdinanceHon Albert HO Chun-yan ü
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan ü
Hon James TO Kun-sun ü
Hon CHAN Kam-lam
Hon LEUNG Yiu-chung ü
Dr Hon LAU Wong-fat
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing
Hon TAM Yiu-chung ü
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him ü ü
Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan ü
Hon Frederick FUNG Kin-keeHon Vincent FANG Kang
Hon WONG Kwok-hingProf Hon Joseph LEE Kok-long
Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung ü
Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen ü ü
Hon WONG Ting-kwong ü C C C
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah ü ü ü
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan ü ü ü ü
Hon Starry LEE Wai-king ü ü
Dr Hon LAM Tai-fai
Hon CHAN Hak-kan ü
Hon CHAN Kin-por ü
Dr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun ü
Dr Hon LEUNG Ka-lau
Hon CHEUNG Kwok-che ü ü
Hon WONG Kwok-kin
Hon IP Kwok-him ü
Hon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yee
Hon Paul TSE Wai-chun ü ü
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit ü ü ü
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung
Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yipHon WONG Yuk-man
Hon Claudia MO
Hon Michael TIEN Puk-sun
Hon James TIEN Pei-chun ü ü(1)
Hon NG Leung-sing C C ü
Hon Steven HO Chun-yin ü ü
Hon Frankie YICK Chi-ming
Hon WU Chi-wai ü
Hon YIU Si-wing ü
Hon Gary FAN Kwok-wai
Hon MA Fung-kwok
Hon Charles Peter MOK ü
Hon CHAN Chi-chuen
Hon CHAN Han-pan ü ü
Dr Hon Kenneth CHAN Ka-lok ü
Hon CHAN Yuen-han
Hon LEUNG Che-cheung ü
Hon Kenneth LEUNG DC
Hon Alice MAK Mei-kuenDr Hon KWOK Ka-ki
Hon KWOK Wai-keung ü
Hon Dennis KWOK C ü ü
Hon Christopher CHEUNG Wah-fung ü ü
Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hung
Hon SIN Chung-kai ü ü ü ü ü ü
Dr Hon Helena WONG Pik-wan
Hon IP Kin-yuen
Dr Hon Elizabeth QUAT
Hon Martin LIAO Cheung-kong ü
Hon POON Siu-ping ü
Hon TANG Ka-piu ü
Dr Hon CHIANG Lai-wan ü
Ir Dr Hon LO Wai-kwok ü ü C
Hon CHUNG Kwok-pan ü ü
Hon Christopher CHUNG Shu-kun
Hon Tony TSE Wai-chuen ü ü ü
Total 8 6 6 14 7 14 18
C = Chairman DC = Deputy Chairman
(1) Hon James TIEN Pei-chun (up to 28.5.2013)
(continued...)
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MEMBERSHIP OF SUBCOMMITTEES ON SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION (… continued)Subcommittee on Competition
Ordinance (Commencement)
Notice 2012
Subcommittee on District
Councils Ordinance (Amendment of Schedule 3) Order 2013
Subcommittee on Frontier
Closed Area (Amendment)
Order 2013 and Frontier Closed Area (Permission to Enter) (Amendment) Notice 2013
Subcommittee on Import and
Export (General) (Amendment) Regulation 2013
Subcommittee on Proposed
Resolution under Section 7(a) of the Legal Aid Ordinance
(Cap. 91)
Subcommittee on Legal Aid
(Amendment) Regulation 2012, Legal Aid (Assessment of
Resources and Contributions)
(Amendment) Regulation 2012 and Legal Aid Ordinance – Resolution of the Legislative
Council (Commencement) Notice
Subcommittee on Five Sets of
Amendment Rules made under Sections 73 and 73A of the Legal
Practitioners Ordinance and
Gazetted on 12 October 2012
Subcommittee on Mandatory
Provident Fund Schemes Ordinance (Amendment of
Schedule 2) Notice 2013 and
Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Ordinance (Amendment
of Schedule 3) Notice 2013
Subcommittee on Mediation
Ordinance (Commencement) Notice Hon Albert HO Chun-yan ü C ü ü
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan ü ü ü
Hon James TO Kun-sun ü ü ü
Hon CHAN Kam-lam
Hon LEUNG Yiu-chung ü
Dr Hon LAU Wong-fat
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing ü ü
Hon TAM Yiu-chung ü
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him ü
Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan ü ü
Hon Frederick FUNG Kin-kee DC
Hon Vincent FANG Kang ü
Hon WONG Kwok-hing ü
Prof Hon Joseph LEE Kok-long
Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung ü
Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen C ü
Hon WONG Ting-kwong ü C C
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah ü ü
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan ü ü ü ü ü ü
Hon Starry LEE Wai-king ü
Dr Hon LAM Tai-fai ü
Hon CHAN Hak-kan ü ü
Hon CHAN Kin-por ü
Dr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun ü ü ü ü
Dr Hon LEUNG Ka-lau ü
Hon CHEUNG Kwok-che ü
Hon WONG Kwok-kin ü
Hon IP Kwok-him C C ü
Hon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yee ü ü ü
Hon Paul TSE Wai-chun ü ü ü ü
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit ü ü(3)
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung
Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yip
Hon WONG Yuk-man ü ü
Hon Claudia MO ü
Hon Michael TIEN Puk-sun ü
Hon James TIEN Pei-chun ü
Hon NG Leung-sing
Hon Steven HO Chun-yin ü
Hon Frankie YICK Chi-ming
Hon WU Chi-wai ü ü
Hon YIU Si-wing ü ü
Hon Gary FAN Kwok-wai ü
Hon MA Fung-kwok ü ü
Hon Charles Peter MOK ü
Hon CHAN Chi-chuen ü
Hon CHAN Han-pan ü
Dr Hon Kenneth CHAN Ka-lok ü
Hon CHAN Yuen-han
Hon LEUNG Che-cheung ü ü
Hon Kenneth LEUNG
Hon Alice MAK Mei-kuen ü
Dr Hon KWOK Ka-ki
Hon KWOK Wai-keung ü ü
Hon Dennis KWOK ü ü(1) ü(2) ü C C C
Hon Christopher CHEUNG Wah-fung ü
Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hungHon SIN Chung-kai ü ü ü
Dr Hon Helena WONG Pik-wan ü ü
Hon IP Kin-yuen
Dr Hon Elizabeth QUAT ü
Hon Martin LIAO Cheung-kong
Hon POON Siu-ping ü
Hon TANG Ka-piu ü ü ü ü ü
Dr Hon CHIANG Lai-wan ü
Ir Dr Hon LO Wai-kwok ü
Hon CHUNG Kwok-pan ü ü ü ü ü
Hon Christopher CHUNG Shu-kun ü ü ü
Hon Tony TSE Wai-chuen ü
Total 15 19 8 26 10 6 5 14 7
(continued...)C = Chairman DC = Deputy Chairman
(1) Hon Dennis KWOK (since 30.4.2013) (2) Hon Dennis KWOK (since 8.3.2013) (3) Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit (up to 5.11.2012)
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MEMBERSHIP OF SUBCOMMITTEES ON SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION (… continued)Subcommittee on Minimum
Wage Ordinance (Amendment
of Schedule 3) Notice 2012
and Employment Ordinance (Amendment of Ninth Schedule) Notice 2012
Subcommittee on
Personal Data (Privacy) (Amendment) Ordinance 2012
(Commencement) Notice
Subcommittee on Three
Proposed Resolutions under Section 5(3)(b) of the Public
Bus Services Ordinance
(Cap. 230)
Subcommittee on Public
Health and Municipal Services Ordinance (Public Pleasure
Grounds) (Amendment of
Fourth Schedule) (No.2) Order 2012
Subcommittee on
Residential Care Homes
(Persons with Disabilities)
Ordinance (Commencement) Notice 2013
Subcommittee on
Residential Properties (First-hand Sales) Ordinance (Commencement) Notice
Subcommittee on Proposed
Resolution under the Road Traffic Ordinance and the Road Traffic (Driving-offence
Points) Ordinance
Subcommittee on Securities
and Futures (Contracts Limits
and Reportable Positions)
(Amendment) Rules 2013
Subcommittee on
Solicitors (General) Costs (Amendment) Rules 2013Hon Albert HO Chun-yan ü
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan ü ü
Hon James TO Kun-sun ü ü ü C ü
Hon CHAN Kam-lam C C
Hon LEUNG Yiu-chung ü ü
Dr Hon LAU Wong-fat
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing ü
Hon TAM Yiu-chung C ü ü ü ü ü
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him ü ü(2)
Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan ü
Hon Frederick FUNG Kin-kee ü
Hon Vincent FANG Kang
Hon WONG Kwok-hing ü ü ü
Prof Hon Joseph LEE Kok-long ü
Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung ü
Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen ü
Hon WONG Ting-kwong ü ü
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah ü ü ü
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan ü ü C
Hon Starry LEE Wai-king ü
Dr Hon LAM Tai-fai
Hon CHAN Hak-kan
Hon CHAN Kin-por C
Dr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun ü ü
Dr Hon LEUNG Ka-lau
Hon CHEUNG Kwok-che ü C
Hon WONG Kwok-kin ü
Hon IP Kwok-him ü
Hon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yee
Hon Paul TSE Wai-chun ü ü
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit ü ü ü
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung
Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yip
Hon WONG Yuk-man ü
Hon Claudia MO
Hon Michael TIEN Puk-sun
Hon James TIEN Pei-chun
Hon NG Leung-singHon Steven HO Chun-yin ü
Hon Frankie YICK Chi-ming ü C
Hon WU Chi-wai ü ü ü ü
Hon YIU Si-wing ü ü ü
Hon Gary FAN Kwok-wai ü
Hon MA Fung-kwok ü
Hon Charles Peter MOK ü
Hon CHAN Chi-chuenHon CHAN Han-pan ü ü
Dr Hon Kenneth CHAN Ka-lokHon CHAN Yuen-hanHon LEUNG Che-cheung ü ü
Hon Kenneth LEUNG
Hon Alice MAK Mei-kuen ü
Dr Hon KWOK Ka-ki ü ü(1)
Hon KWOK Wai-keung ü
Hon Dennis KWOK ü C
Hon Christopher CHEUNG Wah-fung ü ü ü ü
Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hung ü
Hon SIN Chung-kai ü ü ü ü
Dr Hon Helena WONG Pik-wan ü
Hon IP Kin-yuenDr Hon Elizabeth QUAT
Hon Martin LIAO Cheung-kong ü
Hon POON Siu-ping ü ü
Hon TANG Ka-piu ü ü ü ü
Dr Hon CHIANG Lai-wan ü
Ir Dr Hon LO Wai-kwok ü
Hon CHUNG Kwok-pan ü
Hon Christopher CHUNG Shu-kun ü ü
Hon Tony TSE Wai-chuen
Total 25 14 12 6 9 13 5 5 6
C = Chairman DC = Deputy Chairman
(1) Dr Hon KWOK Ka-ki (since 30.4.2013) (2) Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him (up to 26.2.2013)
(continued...)
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MEMBERSHIP OF SUBCOMMITTEES ON SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION (… continued)
C = Chairman DC = Deputy Chairman
(1) Hon Frankie YICK Chi-ming (since 3.6.2013)
Subcommittee on Tate's
Cairn Tunnel Ordinance
(Amendment of
Schedule) Notice 2013
Subcommittee on
Telecommunications (Determining Spectrum Utilization Fees by
Auction) (Amendment)
Regulation 2012 and Telecommunications
(Designation of
Frequency Bands subject to Payment of Spectrum Utilization
Fee) (Amendment)
Order 2012
Subcommittee on
Telecommunications
(Telecommunications
Apparatus) (Exemption from Licensing)
(Amendment) Order
2012
Subcommittee on Third
Technical Memorandum
for Allocation of Emission Allowances in Respect of Specified
Licences
Subcommittee on Trade
Descriptions (Powers
Not Exercisable by
Communications Authority) Notice and Trade Descriptions
(Unfair Trade Practices)
(Amendment) Ordinance
2012 (Commencement)
Notice Hon Albert HO Chun-yan
Hon LEE Cheuk-yanHon James TO Kun-sun ü
Hon CHAN Kam-lamHon LEUNG Yiu-chung
Dr Hon LAU Wong-fat
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing
Hon TAM Yiu-chungHon Abraham SHEK Lai-him
Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan
Hon Frederick FUNG Kin-kee
Hon Vincent FANG Kang
Hon WONG Kwok-hing
Prof Hon Joseph LEE Kok-long
Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung
Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen
Hon WONG Ting-kwong ü ü
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah ü
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan ü C ü
Hon Starry LEE Wai-king
Dr Hon LAM Tai-faiHon CHAN Hak-kan ü
Hon CHAN Kin-porDr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun
Dr Hon LEUNG Ka-lau
Hon CHEUNG Kwok-che
Hon WONG Kwok-kin
Hon IP Kwok-himHon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yee
Hon Paul TSE Wai-chun
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit ü
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung
Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yipHon WONG Yuk-man ü
Hon Claudia MO ü
Hon Michael TIEN Puk-sun
Hon James TIEN Pei-chun C
Hon NG Leung-sing
Hon Steven HO Chun-yinHon Frankie YICK Chi-ming ü(1)
Hon WU Chi-wai ü ü ü
Hon YIU Si-wing ü
Hon Gary FAN Kwok-waiHon MA Fung-kwok ü
Hon Charles Peter MOK C C ü
Hon CHAN Chi-chuen
Hon CHAN Han-pan ü
Dr Hon Kenneth CHAN Ka-lok ü
Hon CHAN Yuen-han
Hon LEUNG Che-cheung
Hon Kenneth LEUNG
Hon Alice MAK Mei-kuen
Dr Hon KWOK Ka-ki
Hon KWOK Wai-keung
Hon Dennis KWOK ü
Hon Christopher CHEUNG Wah-fung
Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hung
Hon SIN Chung-kai ü ü ü C
Dr Hon Helena WONG Pik-wan
Hon IP Kin-yuenDr Hon Elizabeth QUAT ü ü
Hon Martin LIAO Cheung-kongHon POON Siu-ping
Hon TANG Ka-piu ü ü
Dr Hon CHIANG Lai-wanIr Dr Hon LO Wai-kwokHon CHUNG Kwok-pan
Hon Christopher CHUNG Shu-kun
Hon Tony TSE Wai-chuen
Total 4 6 7 6 9
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MEMBERSHIP OF PANELSPanel on
Administration of
Justice and Legal
Services
Panel on Commerce
and Industry
Panel on
Constitutional Affairs
Panel on
Development
Panel on Economic
Development
Panel on Education
Panel on
Environmental Affairs
Panel on Financial
Affairs
Panel on Food
Safety and Environmental
Hygiene
Panel on Health
Services
Panel on Home
Affairs
Panel on Housing
Panel on Information
Technology and Broadcasting
Panel on Manpower
Panel on Public
Service
Panel on Security
Panel on Transport
Panel on Welfare
Services
Hon Albert HO Chun-yan ü ü ü ü ü ü ü
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan ü ü ü Cü ü
Hon James TO Kun-sun ü ü üü üü DCü
Hon CHAN Kam-lam ü ü ü ü C
Hon LEUNG Yiu-chung ü ü ü ü
Dr Hon LAU Wong-fat ü C ü
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing ü üüü ü(4) ü üü
Hon TAM Yiu-chung ü C ü ü ü
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him ü ü ü ü ü
Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan ü ü ü
Hon Frederick FUNG Kin-kee ü DC ü ü
Hon Vincent FANG Kang C ü ü ü ü
Hon WONG Kwok-hing ü ü C ü
Prof Hon Joseph LEE Kok-long ü DC ü
Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung üü C ü ü
Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen ü ü ü
Hon WONG Ting-kwong üü ü ü ü ü
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah ü ü ü ü ü üü
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan ü üü ü C ü ü ü
Hon Starry LEE Wai-king ü ü ü C ü
Dr Hon LAM Tai-fai üü C üü ü
Hon CHAN Hak-kan ü ü üü
Hon CHAN Kin-por ü üü ü DC ü ü
Dr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun C üü ü ü
Dr Hon LEUNG Ka-lau ü ü C üü ü
Hon CHEUNG Kwok-che ü ü üü ü DC
Hon WONG Kwok-kin ü DC ü
Hon IP Kwok-him üü ü üü ü C
Hon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yee üü ü ü ü ü C ü
Hon Paul TSE Wai-chun ü DC üü üü ü
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit ü üü C ü ü ü
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung ü üü ü üüüüüüü
Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yip üü ü ü ü ü
Hon WONG Yuk-man ü ü ü ü ü C ü
Hon Claudia MO ü(1) ü üü(5) ü ü ü ü
Hon Michael TIEN Puk-sun ü üü ü ü üü
Hon James TIEN Pei-chun üüü ü
Hon NG Leung-sing ü ü ü üü
Hon Steven HO Chun-yin ü üü ü DC ü ü
Hon Frankie YICK Chi-ming ü ü üüü
Hon WU Chi-wai üü ü üü ü
Hon YIU Si-wing ü ü ü ü ü ü
Hon Gary FAN Kwok-wai ü(3)ü ü ü(7) DC
Hon MA Fung-kwok ü üü ü C ü ü
Hon Charles Peter MOK ü üü üü ü ü
Hon CHAN Chi-chuen üü ü ü üü(8) ü
Hon CHAN Han-pan üü ü ü üü
Dr Hon Kenneth CHAN Ka-lok ü üü üü ü DC
Hon CHAN Yuen-han üü C
Hon LEUNG Che-cheung ü ü(6)ü üü ü
Hon Kenneth LEUNG ü ü ü ü ü
Hon Alice MAK Mei-kuen ü üü ü ü ü
Dr Hon KWOK Ka-ki ü ü ü ü ü ü
Hon KWOK Wai-keung ü ü üüü
Hon Dennis KWOK DCü(2)ü ü üü ü
Hon Christopher CHEUNG Wah-fung üü ü ü ü
Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hung üüü ü ü ü
Hon SIN Chung-kai üü ü üü üüü
Dr Hon Helena WONG Pik-wan ü üü ü üü ü
Hon IP Kin-yuen ü DC ü ü
Dr Hon Elizabeth QUAT ü ü ü ü DC üü
Hon Martin LIAO Cheung-kong ü üü ü
Hon POON Siu-ping ü ü DC üü
Hon TANG Ka-piu ü ü üü üü
Dr Hon CHIANG Lai-wan ü DCüü üü ü
Ir Dr Hon LO Wai-kwok ü ü ü üü ü
Hon CHUNG Kwok-pan ü ü DC ü üü
Hon Christopher CHUNG Shu-kun ü DC ü üüü ü(9)
Hon Tony TSE Wai-chuen ü ü DC ü üü ü ü
Total 33 16 38 32 20 23 21 17 15 19 20 26 20 20 15 24 24 19
C = Chairman DC = Deputy Chairman
(1) Hon Claudia MO (up to 30.1.2013)
(2) Hon Dennis KWOK (since 29.10.2012)
(3) Hon Gary FAN Kwok-wai (since 18.2.2013)(4) Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing (up to 18.10.2012)
(5) Hon Claudia MO (since 28.1.2013)(6) Hon LEUNG Che-cheung (since 14.12.2012)(7) Hon Gary FAN Kwok-wai (since 4.3.2013)(8) Hon CHAN Chi-chuen (up to 13.8.2013)(9) Hon Christopher CHUNG Shu-kun (since 30.10.2012)
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MEMBERSHIP OF SUBCOMMITTEES OF PANELS AND SELECT COMMITTEE
Panel on Development and
Panel on Home Affairs
Joint Subcommittee to
Monitor the Implementation of the West Kowloon Cultural District Project
Panel on Education
Subcommittee on Integrated
Education
Panel on Enviromental Affairs
Subcommittee on Issues
Relating to Air, Noise and Light Pollution
Panel on Health Services and
Panel on
Welfare Services
Joint Subcommittee on Long-term Care Policy
Panel on Health Services
Subcommittee on Health
Protection Scheme
Panel on Housing
Subcommittee on the Long
Term Housing Strategy
Panel on Transport
Subcommittee on Matters
Relating to Railways
Select Committee to Inquire
into Matters Relating to Mr Timothy TONG’s Duty Visits, Entertainment, and
Bestowing and Receipt
of Gifts during his Tenure as Commissioner of the
Independent Commission
Against Corruption Hon Albert HO Chun-yan ü(7)
Hon LEE Cheuk-yan ü ü
Hon James TO Kun-sun ü ü ü
Hon CHAN Kam-lam ü C
Hon LEUNG Yiu-chung ü ü
Dr Hon LAU Wong-fat
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing ü
Hon TAM Yiu-chung ü(1) ü
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him ü ü ü
Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yanHon Frederick FUNG Kin-kee ü
Hon Vincent FANG Kang ü(8) ü
Hon WONG Kwok-hing C ü
Prof Hon Joseph LEE Kok-long ü ü
Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fungHon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuenHon WONG Ting-kwongHon Ronny TONG Ka-wah ü ü
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan ü ü C DC
Hon Starry LEE Wai-king ü ü(2)
Dr Hon LAM Tai-fai ü(3) ü
Hon CHAN Hak-kan ü ü ü
Hon CHAN Kin-por ü
Dr Hon Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun ü ü
Dr Hon LEUNG Ka-lau ü(9) C
Hon CHEUNG Kwok-che ü ü ü ü
Hon WONG Kwok-kin ü
Hon IP Kwok-him ü ü C
Hon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yee ü(4) ü ü
Hon Paul TSE Wai-chun ü ü
Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit DC ü
Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung ü ü ü
Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yipHon WONG Yuk-man ü ü
Hon Claudia MO ü ü ü(5)
Hon Michael TIEN Puk-sun ü(10) ü
Hon James TIEN Pei-chunHon NG Leung-sing
Hon Steven HO Chun-yin ü
Hon Frankie YICK Chi-ming ü ü
Hon WU Chi-wai ü ü ü
Hon YIU Si-wing ü
Hon Gary FAN Kwok-wai ü ü ü
Hon MA Fung-kwok ü
Hon Charles Peter MOKHon CHAN Chi-chuen ü
Hon CHAN Han-pan ü ü ü ü ü
Dr Hon Kenneth CHAN Ka-lok ü ü ü
Hon CHAN Yuen-han ü
Hon LEUNG Che-cheung ü ü
Hon Kenneth LEUNG ü
Hon Alice MAK Mei-kuen ü ü ü
Dr Hon KWOK Ka-ki ü ü
Hon KWOK Wai-keung ü ü
Hon Dennis KWOK ü ü
Hon Christopher CHEUNG Wah-fung
Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hung C C ü
Hon SIN Chung-kai ü(6)
Dr Hon Helena WONG Pik-wan ü ü ü ü
Hon IP Kin-yuen DC
Dr Hon Elizabeth QUAT ü ü
Hon Martin LIAO Cheung-kong
Hon POON Siu-ping ü
Hon TANG Ka-piu DC ü
Dr Hon CHIANG Lai-wan ü
Ir Dr Hon LO Wai-kwok ü DC ü
Hon CHUNG Kwok-pan ü
Hon Christopher CHUNG Shu-kun C ü ü ü
Hon Tony TSE Wai-chuen ü ü DC ü ü
Total 26 10 12 11 8 21 18 13
C = Chairman DC = Deputy Chairman
(1) Hon TAM Yiu-chung (since 30.4.2013)
(2) Hon Starry LEE Wai-king (up to 30.4.2013)(3) Dr Hon LAM Tai-fai (up to 8.4.2013)
(4) Hon Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yee (up to 9.1.2013)(5) Hon Claudia MO (since 29.1.2013)
(6) Hon SIN Chung-kai (up to 22.2.2013)(7) Hon Albert HO Chun-yan (up to 28.6.2013)(8) Hon Vincent FANG Kang (up to 28.12.2012) (9) Dr Hon LEUNG Ka-lau (up to 23.9.2013)(10) Hon Michael TIEN Puk-sun (up to 17.6.2013)
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APPENDIX 6
NATURE AND OUTCOME OF CONCLUDED CASES
UNDER THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL REDRESS SYSTEM
Outcome of concluded cases Nature of concluded cases
Proposal/View
1 384
(60.1%)
Information given/referrals made
1 774
(77.0%)Suitable assistance given
253
(11.0%)
Not pursued because outside scope,
groundless, incomprehensible, etc.
196
(8.5%)Cases resolved/views accepted
81
(3.5%)Enquiry
56
(2.4%)
Matters outside scope
136
(5.9%)Request for assistance
238
(10.3%)
Complaint
490
(21.3%)Fig. 4.1
Fig. 4.2
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Fig. 4.3 Fig. 4.4
Policy Bureaux/Government Departments
Nature:
Proposal/
view
Request for
assistance
Complaint
Enquiry
Matters outside
scope
Number of cases
Number of cases
TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT CHIEF EXECUTIVE’S OFFICESECURITY BUREAU
LABOUR AND WELFARE BUREAU
TRANSPORT AND HOUSING BUREAUHOUSING DEPARTMENT
FOOD AND ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE DEPARTMENTHONG KONG POLICE FORCE
COMMERCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BUREAUFOOD AND HEALTH BUREAU
Policy Bureaux/Government Departments
Outcome:
Cases resolved/
views accepted
Suitable
assistance given
Information given/
referrals madeNot pursued because outside scope,
groundless, incomprehensible, etc.
STATISTICAL BREAKDOWN OF CONCLUDED
CASES BY NATURE BY THE 10 POLICY BUREAUX/GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS WHICH RECEIVED
THE LARGEST NUMBER OF CASESSTATISTICAL BREAKDOWN OF CONCLUDED
CASES BY OUTCOME BY THE 10 POLICY BUREAUX/GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS WHICH RECEIVED
THE LARGEST NUMBER OF CASES
2080140
60120
040100160180
TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT CHIEF EXECUTIVE’S OFFICESECURITY BUREAU
LABOUR AND WELFARE BUREAUTRANSPORT AND HOUSING BUREAUHOUSING DEPARTMENT
FOOD And ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE DEPARTMENTHONG KONG POLICE FORCE
COMMERCE And ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BUREAUFOOD AND HEALTH BUREAU
2080140
60120
040100160180
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STATISTICAL BREAKDOWN OF ALL CONCLUDED CASES UNDER THE LEGISLATIVE
COUNCIL REDRESS SYSTEM
Statistical breakdown of all concluded cases by policy bureaux/Government departments Outcome A : Case resolved/view accepted
and public organizations B : Suitable assistance given
C : Information given/referral made
From 01-Oct-2012 to 30-Sep-2013 D : Not pursued because outside scope, groundless, incomprehensible, etc.
Request for Matter
Nature : Complaint assistance Proposal/view Enquiry outside scope Total
Outcome : A B C D A B C D A B C D A B C D A B C D
Policy bureaux/Government departments
TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT 1 9 115 1 5 3 3 0 0 0 16 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 160
CHIEF EXECUTIVE’S OFFICE 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 102 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 109
SECURITY BUREAU 1 1 4 0 3 55 6 0 0 0 10 7 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 90
LABOUR AND WELFARE BUREAU 0 0 3 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 71 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 85
TRANSPORT AND HOUSING BUREAU 0 6 3 0 0 24 2 0 2 0 36 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 76
HOUSING DEPARTMENT 6 10 13 2 5 7 4 1 0 1 2 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 59
FOOD AND ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE DEPARTMENT 2 10 27 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 1 1 52
HONG KONG POLICE FORCE 3 0 5 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 25 51
COMMERCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BUREAU 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 50
FOOD AND HEALTH BUREAU 0 4 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 23 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 39
EDUCATION BUREAU 0 1 4 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 34
HOME AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT 6 6 9 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 34
DEVELOPMENT BUREAU 0 2 5 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 16 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 30
LANDS DEPARTMENT 1 3 10 0 1 5 4 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29
SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT 1 0 4 1 0 6 9 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 26
FINANCIAL SERVICES AND THE TREASURY BUREAU 1 2 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 24
CONSTITUTIONAL AND MAINLAND AFFAIRS BUREAU 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21
LEISURE AND CULTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT 2 4 6 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21
ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT 1 0 9 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 20
BUILDINGS DEPARTMENT 1 2 7 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 19
ENVIRONMENT BUREAU 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19
IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT 1 2 3 0 1 5 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 19
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Statistical breakdown of all concluded cases by policy bureaux/Government departments Outcome A : Case resolved/view accepted
and public organizations B : Suitable assistance given
C : Information given/referral made
From 01-Oct-2012 to 30-Sep-2013 D : Not pursued because outside scope, groundless, incomprehensible, etc.
Request for Matter
Nature : Complaint assistance Proposal/view Enquiry outside scope Total
Outcome : A B C D A B C D A B C D A B C D A B C D
CIVIL SERVICE BUREAU 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 18
CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT 0 1 4 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 1 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 16
HONG KONG MONETARY AUTHORITY 0 0 5 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 16
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
HOME AFFAIRS BUREAU 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 12
CHIEF SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATION’S OFFICE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 11
HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT 2 1 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
FINANCIAL SECRETARY’S OFFICE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
LEGAL AID DEPARTMENT 0 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9
LABOUR DEPARTMENT 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 8
CIVIL ENGINEERING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5
DRAINAGE SERVICES DEPARTMENT 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
EFFICIENCY UNIT 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
INLAND REVENUE DEPARTMENT 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
MARINE DEPARTMENT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
OFFICE OF THE COMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
PLANNING DEPARTMENT 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
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Statistical breakdown of all concluded cases by policy bureaux/Government departments Outcome A : Case resolved/view accepted
and public organizations B : Suitable assistance given
C : Information given/referral made
From 01-Oct-2012 to 30-Sep-2013 D : Not pursued because outside scope, groundless, incomprehensible, etc.
Request for Matter
Nature : Complaint assistance Proposal/view Enquiry outside scope Total
Outcome : A B C D A B C D A B C D A B C D A B C D
ELECTORAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
OFFICIAL RECEIVER’S OFFICE 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
TOURISM COMMISSION 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
ADMINISTRATION WING 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
GOVERNMENT PROPERTY AGENCY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
RATING AND VALUATION DEPARTMENT 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AGENCY 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMITTEE 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
COMPANIES REGISTRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
HONG KONG OBSERVATORY 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY COMMISSION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
POST OFFICE 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
REGISTRATION AND ELECTORAL OFFICE 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
TREASURY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Sub-total 39 84 297 15 27 141 47 5 10 9 481 38 3 7 29 1 0 0 12 56 1301
Independent organizations
HOSPITAL AUTHORITY 0 3 18 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 39
JUDICIARY 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 16
URBAN RENEWAL AUTHORITY 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9
OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7
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Statistical breakdown of all concluded cases by policy bureaux/Government departments Outcome A : Case resolved/view accepted
and public organizations B : Suitable assistance given
C : Information given/referral made
From 01-Oct-2012 to 30-Sep-2013 D : Not pursued because outside scope, groundless, incomprehensible, etc.
Request for Matter
Nature : Complaint assistance Proposal/view Enquiry outside scope Total
Outcome : A B C D A B C D A B C D A B C D A B C D
INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6
OFFICE OF THE PRIVACY COMMISSIONER FOR PERSONAL DATA 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES COMMISSION 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4
CONSUMER COUNCIL 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
EMPLOYEES RETRAINING BOARD 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
HONG KONG HOUSING SOCIETY 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
HONG KONG TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
INDEPENDENT POLICE COMPLAINTS COUNCIL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
MTR CORPORATION LIMITED 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
SECURITIES AND FUTURES COMMISSION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
TRANSPORT COMPLAINTS UNIT 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
ESTATE AGENTS AUTHORITY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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
MANDATORY PROVIDENT FUND SCHEMES AUTHORITY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
THE LINK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Sub-total 0 7 30 8 1 3 7 0 0 0 24 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 23 107
Non-governmental organizations
NON-GOVERNMENT 0 1 6 3 0 0 6 1 1 0 813 7 0 1 13 1 0 0 5 36 894
CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Sub-total 0 1 6 3 0 0 6 1 1 0 813 7 0 1 13 1 0 0 6 37 896
Total 39 92 333 26 28 144 60 6 11 9 1318 46 3 8 43 2 0 0 20 116 2304
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THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
COMMISSION AND ITS COMMITTEES
THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
COMMISSION
Terms of Reference
1. To provide through the Legislative Council Secretariat
administrative support and services to the Legislative
Council;
2. To provide office accommodation to Members of the
Council and staff of the Secretariat;
3. To supervise the operation of the Secretariat;
4. To produce an official report of all proceedings in the
Council and in any committee of the whole Council;
and
5. To perform such other duties as the Council may by resolution determine.
Membership
Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing (Chairman)Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen (Deputy Chairman)
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him
Hon WONG Ting-kwong
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan
Hon CHAN Kin-por
Hon IP Kwok-him
Hon James TIEN Pei-chunHon NG Leung-sing
Hon Charles Peter MOK
Dr Hon Kenneth CHAN Ka-lokCommittee on Personnel Matters
Terms of Reference
1. To consider personnel matters including staffing
resources, appointment, promotion, dismissal,
grading, duties, remuneration and other terms and
conditions of service of staff of the Secretariat which
require the attention of the Commission;
2. To approve appointments including acting appointments with a view to promotion of officers at
Chief Council Secretary level and above; and
3. To monitor progress of appointment and personnel matters delegated to the Secretary General.
Membership
Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing (Chairman)Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan
Hon IP Kwok-him
Dr Hon Kenneth CHAN Ka-lok
Committee on Members’ Operating
Expenses
Terms of Reference
1. To advise on administrative matters relating to
Members’ operating expenses; and
2. To review the Secretary General’s decision
on a Member’s claim for operating expenses reimbursement upon the Member’s request.
Membership
Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing (Chairman)
Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah
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Committee on Facilities and Services
Terms of Reference
1. To advise on matters relating to the provision of office
accommodation, furniture and equipment to the
Council and the Secretariat;
2. To assess the needs of the Council and of individual Members for services and facilities for the conduct of
Council business;
3. To advise on the provision of services and facilities to the public who visit the Legislative Council Complex;
4. To formulate solutions for meeting needs identified at
(1), (2) and (3);
5. To consider financial matters relating to (1) to (4)
above, and approve procurement of fixed assets costing above $500 000 but not exceeding $2 000
000;
6. To formulate policy/guidelines on the acquisition of works of art for the Legislative Council Complex;
7. To advise on matters relating to the display and management of the art collection in the Legislative
Council Complex; and
8. To monitor the progress and developments relating to (1) to (7).
Membership
Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing (Chairman)Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing
Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him
Hon WONG Ting-kwong
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan
Hon IP Kwok-him
Hon James TIEN Pei-chun
Hon NG Leung-sing
Hon Charles Peter MOKCommittee on Art
Terms of Reference
To consider and approve applications for the use of the Legislative Council Square, and to impose conditions of use
where necessary, according to the guidelines endorsed by
The Legislative Council Commission.
Membership
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing (Chairman)Hon Abraham SHEK Lai-him
Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan
Hon IP Kwok-him
Hon NG Leung-sing
Dr Hon Kenneth CHAN Ka-lok
Appeals Committee on the Use of
Legislative Council Square
Terms of Reference
To consider appeals against the decisions of the Committee
on the Use of Legislative Council Square not to approve
an application for permission to use the Legislative Council
Square, or to approve an application but subject to
conditions imposed.
Membership
Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing (Chairman)
Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah
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ORGANIZATION CHART OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SECRETARIAT as at 30 September 2013
Council Secretaries
Mr Fred PANG
Miss Rita YUNGMr Hugo CHIUMiss Lilian MOKMiss Katherine CHAN
Chief Council
Secretaries
Ms Miranda HON
Ms Connie SZETOMs Annette LAMMr Derek LOMs Sophie LAUMs Sharon CHUNGChief Council
Secretaries
Miss Betty MA
Ms Joanne MAKMr Colin CHUIMs Amy YUMs Alice LEUNGMs Maisie LAM
Council Secretaries
Miss Karen LAIMs Wendy LOMs Priscilla LAUMiss Jasmine TAM
Chief Council
Secretary
Miss Erin TSANG
Accountant
Mr Joseph KWONG
Senior Council Secretaries
Mrs Pandora CHAN
Miss Erica WONGMrs Queenie YUMs Angel WONGMs Yvonne YU
Council Secretaries
Mr Simon CHEUNGMs Joyce KANMiss Amanda LEUNGMs Anthea TSEMiss Maggie CHUNGMiss Iris SHEKMs Emily LEUNGMs Janet SHUM
Deputy
Accountants
Mrs Goppi CHENG
Ms Katie WONGMs Connie CHANMr Kenny KU
Chief Council
Secretary
Ms Debbie YAU
Chief Security Officer
Mr Sonny CHOW
Chief Information Technology Officer
Mr Ian LEONG
Senior Council Secretary
Mr Lemuel WOO
Senior Information Technology
Officers
Mr KWAN Kong-cheong
Mr Alan LEEMs Shirley LEE
Council Secretaries
Ms Hedy FOKMs Shirley HAUMiss Ida LAIMr Kong Kok-chung
Security Officers
Mr Wincent SIUMs Julie CHAN
Information
Technology
Officers
Mr Steve LAU
Ms Kathy LEEMr Hosan LEEMr Marcus LAMMr Eddie WONGMs Shirley TSEMr Kenneth LAU
Chief Research
Officers
Ms Vicky LEE
Mr Michael YU
Chief Archivist
Miss Sarah CHOY
Research Officers
Mr Jackie WUMs Diana WONGMs Ivy CHENGDr Yuki HUENMs Katrina WUMr Ambrose LEUNGMr YU Chun-hoMiss Tiffany NG
Council Secretaries
Mr Raymond CHOWMs Shirley TAM
Librarians
Mr Patrick NGMiss Karina WUMr CHEUNG Wai-fungMiss Iris SINMs Anita NG
Archivists
Mr WAN Wai-kwokMr Garfield LAMMs Jeannette MA
Chief Public
Information
Officer
Ms Emily PANG
Senior Public
Information
Officers
Mr Jimmy YUEN
Mr Kelvin LIMr Bosco CHANMs Amelia CHANMs Brenda YEUNG
Public Information
Officers
Ms Cammy FONG
Ms Gary CHANMiss Isabella CHEUNGMiss Candy TANGMs Emily CHEUNGMiss Tania TANGMs Gabrielle CHENG
Visitor Services
Manager
Ms Fiona TSANG
Chief Translation Officers
Mr CHAN Wing-hong
Dr Peter CHUNGMiss Lucie CHAUMs Tamus HONMr WONG Kin-bun
Senior Translation
Officers
Ms Pollyanna CHUNG
Miss Margaret LIMr Philip YUMs Loretta WOOMs NG Wan-kingMrs Suzanne LIMr WONG Kin-bunMr Daniel AUMiss Linda CHANMiss Vivian LEEMs Gloria MAMr George LOMiss Tammy LEUNGMiss Rebecca LOUIEMiss Anita CHANMs Winnie CHANMr Thomas YEUNGMs Eva LANMs Mandy LAMMs Vivian TAMMs Alice AUMs Alice WOOMs Eliza YEUNGMs LAM Kit-hingMiss Ausilia LEEMr Stanley CHOWMiss Jane LEEMiss Phoebe CHANMs Beatrice CHANGMr Richard CHU Ms Dorothy CHANMiss Amy CHANG
Chief Council
Secretaries
Mr Arthur LEUNG
Mr Thomas WONGMr Desmond LAM
Senior Council
Secretaries
Mr Anthony CHU
Mr Daniel SINMs Angel SHEK Ms Macy NGMrs Mary TANGMs Connie HOMr Ken WOOSenior Council
Secretaries
Miss Josephine SO
Ms Catherina YUMr Jove CHANMiss Cindy HOMr Raymond LAMMs Rita LAIMs Mina CHANSenior Council
Secretaries
Miss Lolita SHEK
Ms Jessica CHANMiss Wylie HOMs Doris LOMr Boris LAMMs Judy TINGMr Randy YAN
Assistant Secretary
General 1
Mr Andy LAU
Assistant Secretary General 2
Miss Flora TAI
Assistant Secretary General 3
Miss Odelia LEUNG
Principal Council Secretary 1
Ms Dora WAI
Principal Council Secretary 2
Mr Matthew LOO
Head (Information Services)
Ms Elyssa WONG
Head (Public Information)
Mr Simon WONG
Head (Translation and Interpretation)
Mr Kenneth WONG
Assistant Secretary General 4
Mrs Percy MA
Senior Assistant Legal Advisers
Mr Arthur CHEUNG
Ms Connie FUNGMr KAU Kin-wah
Legal Adviser
Mr Jimmy MA
Deputy Secretary General
Mrs Justina LAM
Secretary General
Mr Kenneth CHEN
The Legislative Council
Commission
Assistant Legal
Advisers
Mr Stephen LAM
Miss Kitty CHENGMr Kelvin LEEMr Timothy TSOMiss Winnie LOMs Clara TAMMr YICK Wing-kinMr Bonny LOOMs Wendy KANMiss Carrie WONGMiss Evelyn LEE
Chief Council
Secretaries
Miss Polly YEUNG
Ms Anita SITMiss Mary SOMs YUE Tin-po
Senior Council
Secretaries
Ms Shirley CHAN
Mr KWONG Kam-faiMr Joey LOMs Wendy JANMs Cindy CHAN
Council Secretaries
Ms Rebecca LEEMs Anki NGMr Ian CHOWMs Angela CHU
Council Business
Division 1
Complaints and
Resources
Management
Division
Council Business
Division 2
Administration
Division
Council Business
Division 3
Information
Services
Division
Council Business
Division 4
Public Information
Division
Translation and
Interpretation
Division
Legal Service
Division
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