Bills Committee on
Public Officers Pay Adjustments (2004/2005) Bill

Second meeting
on Wednesday, 17 September 2003, at 2:30 pm
in the Chamber of the Legislative Council Building

AGENDA

I.Meeting with deputations and the Administration
(2:30 pm - 4:10 pm)

Part A: Presentation of views by deputations

LC Paper No.

Disciplined Services Consultative Council (Staff Side)

CB(1)2427/02-03(01)
(Chinese version only)
(issued on 9 September 2003)

Police Force Council (Staff Side)

-

Hong Kong Civil Servants General Union

CB(1)2427/02-03(02)
(Chinese version only)
(issued on 9 September 2003)

Government Model Scale I Staff General Union

-

Government Disciplined Services General Union

CB(1)2427/02-03(03)
(Chinese version only)
(issued on 9 September 2003)

Hong Kong Federation of Civil Service Unions

-

Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions

CB(1)2427/02-03(04)
(Chinese version only)
(issued on 16 September 2003)

Other submissions

Submissions from the following deputations which are not available to attend the meeting:

LC Paper No.

Hong Kong Bar Association

CB(1)2427/02-03(05)
(Both Chinese translation and English version)
(issued on 9 September 2003)

Senior Non-expatriate Officers Association

CB(1)2427/02-03(06)
(Chinese version only)
(issued on 9 September 2003)

Hong Kong Chinese Civil Servants' Association

(a)Submission dated 21 February 2003 on 2003 Civil Service Pay Adjustment

CB(1)980/02-03(01)
(Chinese version only)
(issued on 24 February 2003)
(reissued on 16 September 2003)

(b)Press release dated 25 February 2003 on 2003 Civil Service Pay Adjustment

CB(1)999/02-03(01)
(Chinese version only)
(issued on 27 February 2003)
(reissued on 16 September 2003)

Part B: Brief response by the Administration

LC Paper No.

Response of the Administration to the written submission from Hong Kong Bar Association

CB(1)2455/02-03(01)
(issued on 16 September 2003)

Response of the Administration to the written submission from Government Disciplined Services General Union

CB(1)2455/02-03(02)
(issued on 16 September 2003)

Response of the Administration to the written submission from Disciplined Services Consultative Council (Staff Side)

CB(1)2455/02-03(03)
(issued on 16 September 2003)

Response of the Administration to the written submission from Hong Kong Civil Servants General Union

CB(1)2455/02-03(04)
(issued on 16 September 2003)

Part C: Discussion

LC Paper No.

"Summary of submissions" prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat

CB(1)2427/02-03(07)
(issued on 16 September 2003)

Letter dated 22 August 2003 from the Assistant Legal Adviser to the Administration

CB(1)2427/02-03(11)
(issued on 9 September 2003)

Reply dated 4 September 2003 from the Administration to the Assistant Legal Adviser

CB(1)2427/02-03(12)
(issued on 9 September 2003)

Paper prepared by Assistant Legal Adviser on "Clause 14 of the Public Officers Pay Adjustments (2004/2005) Bill"

CB(1)2455/02-03(05)
(issued on 16 September 2003)

II.Meeting with the Administration
(4:10 pm - 4:25 pm)

Matters arising from the first meeting on 2 July 2003

LC Paper No.

"Follow-up to the first meeting on 2 July 2003" prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat

CB(1)2427/02-03(08)
(issued on 9 September 2003)

Paper provided by the Administration on "Impact of the pay reduction decision on civil servants on delinked starting salary"

CB(1)2427/02-03(09)
(issued on 10 September 2003)

Paper provided by the Administration on "Application to different categories of public officers (other than civil servants or ICAC officers)"

CB(1)2427/02-03(10)
(issued on 10 September 2003)

III.Any other business
(4:25 pm - 4:30 pm)

Council Business Division 1
Legislative Council Secretariat
16 September 2003