Bills Committee on Karaoke Establishments Bill

Sixth meeting to be held on Friday, 18 May 2001 at 4:30 pm
(immediately after the House Committee meeting)
in Conference Room A of the Legislative Council Building

A G E N D A

I.Confirmation of minutes of meeting

LC Paper No. CB(2)1473/00-01-Minutes of meeting on 1 March 2001 issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1474/00-01 on 8 May 2001

LC Paper No. CB(2)1568/00-01-Minutes of meeting on 26 March 2001 issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1569/00-01 on 17 May 2001

II.Meeting with the Administration
(4:35 pm - 6:30 pm)

(a)LC Paper No. CB(2)1153/00-01(02)-Administration's response to issues raised at the meeting on 1 March 2001 (issued)

(b)LC Paper No. CB(2)1204/00-01(01)-Executive Summary (bilingual versions) and Final Report on Regulatory Impact Assessment on the Licensing Control of Karaoke Establishments (issued)

(c)LC Paper No. CB(2)1408/00-01(02)-Administration's response to issues raised at the meeting on 26 March 2001 (issued)

(d)LC Paper No. CB(2)1408/00-01(03)-Administration's response to issues raised at the meeting on 2 April 2001 (issued)

(e)LC Paper No. CB(2)1387/00-01(01)-a list of questions raised by Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan (issued)

(f)LC Paper No. CB(2)1387/00-01(02)-a submission dated 10 April 2001 from the Karaoke Requirements Concern Group (issued)

(g)LC Paper No. CB(2)1494/00-01(01)-Administration's response to a list of questions raised by Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan (issued)

(h)LC Paper No. CB(2)1494/00-01(02)-Administration's response to submission dated 10 April 2001 from the Karaoke Requirements Concern Group (issued)

(i)LC Paper Nos. CB(2)1387/00-01(04) - (10)-six articles of Professor W K CHOW published by the International Journal on Engineering Performance-Based Fire Codes and the International Journal on Architectural Science respectively (issued)

(j)LC Paper No. CB(2)1547/00-01(01)-Administration's comments on the six articles written by Professor W K CHOW of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (issued)

Other papers previously issued

(a)the Bill circulated vide LC Paper No. CB(3)334/00-01 dated 19 January 2001;

(b)the Legislative Council Brief issued by the Security Bureau on 10 January 2001 (File Ref : SBCR 2/1866/97 Pt. 20);

(c)the Legal Service Division Report on the Bill (LC Paper No. LS47/00-01 circulated vide LC Paper No. CB(2)829/00-01 dated 8 February 2001 for the House Committee meeting on 9 February 2001);

(d)marked-up copies of the relevant Ordinances (LC Paper No. CB(2)966/00-01(02));

(e)extract of the minutes of the meeting of the Panel on Security on 7 January 1999 (LC Paper No. CB(2)966/00-01(03));

(f)a written submission from The Karaoke Requirements Concern Group on the Bill (LC Paper No. CB(2)988/00-01(01));

(g)written submissions received by the Bills Committee (LC Paper No. CB(2)1140/00-01);

(h)a summary of written submissions prepared by the Secretariat (LC Paper No. CB(2)1153/00-01(01)); and

(i)a written submission from Hong Kong Federation of Restaurants & Related Trades (LC Paper No. CB(2)1165/00-01(01)).

III.Any other business

Proposed visit to karaoke establishments


Legislative Council Secretariat
17 May 2001