Bills Committee on Karaoke Establishments Bill

Seventh meeting to be held on Monday, 28 May 2001 at 4:30 pm
in Conference Room A of the Legislative Council Building

A G E N D A

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

(A) Outstanding issues arising from previous meetings

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

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

(B) Articles of Professor W K CHOW

(a) 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)

(b) 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)

(c) LC Paper No. CB(2)1624/00-01(01) - a submission dated May 2001 from Professor W K CHOW of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University on the Bill (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)LC Paper No. CB(2)966/00-01(02)-marked-up copies of the relevant Ordinances;

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

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

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

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

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

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

(k)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;

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

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

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

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

II.Dates of visit and next meeting

A site visit will be conducted on 7 June 2001. The next meeting will be held at 4:30 pm on 21 June 2001.





Legislative Council Secretariat
25 May 2001