Council Meeting ( Agenda ) 2 July 2003

A 02/03-35

Legislative Council

Agenda

Wednesday 2 July 2003 at 2:30 pm

I. Tabling of Papers

Subsidiary Legislation / Instruments		L.N. No.
1.	Ocean Park Bylaw	163/2003
2.	Declaration of Change of Titles (Government Land Transport Agency, Government Land Transport Administrator, Government Supplies Department, Director of Government Supplies, Printing Department and Government Printer) Notice 2003	164/2003

Other Papers

1. No.93	-	Report of the Independent Police Complaints Council 2002
(to be presented by Hon Eric LI, who will address the Council)
2. No.94	-	Independent Commission Against Corruption Complaints CommitteeAnnual Report 2002
(to be presented by Hon Tommy CHEUNG, who will address the Council)
3. No.95	-	2002 Annual Report by the Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption
(to be presented by Hon SIN Chung-kai, who will address the Council)
4. No.96	-	Construction Industry Training Authority Annual Report 2002
(to be presented by Secretary for Education and Manpower)
5. No.97	-	Hong Kong Trade Development Council Annual Report 2002/03
(to be presented by Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology)
6. No.98	-	Airport Authority Hong Kong Annual Report 2002/2003
(to be presented by Financial Secretary)
7. No.99	-	The Fifteenth Annual Report of the Ombudsman, Hong Kong (June 2003)
(to be presented by Chief Secretary for Administration)
8. No.100	-	Sir David Trench Fund for Recreation Trustee's Report 2002-2003
(to be presented by Secretary for Home Affairs)
9. Report of the Panel on Manpower 2002/2003
(to be presented by Hon LAU Chin-shek, Chairman of the Panel, who will address the Council)
10. Report of the Panel on Commerce and Industry 2002/2003
(to be presented by Hon Kenneth TING, Chairman of the Panel, who will address the Council)
11. Report of the Panel on Public Service 2002/2003
(to be presented by Hon TAM Yiu-chung, Chairman of the Panel, who will address the Council)
12. Report of the Panel on Administration of Justice and Legal Services 2002/2003
(to be presented by Hon Margaret NG, Chairman of the Panel, who will address the Council)
13. Report of the Panel on Home Affairs 2002/2003
(to be presented by Hon Andrew CHENG, Chairman of the Panel, who will address the Council)
14. Report of the Panel on Food Safety and Environmental Hygiene 2002/2003
(to be presented by Hon Fred LI, Chairman of the Panel, who will address the Council)
15. Report of the Panel on Education 2002/2003
(to be presented by Dr Hon YEUNG Sum, Chairman of the Panel, who will address the Council)
16. Report of the Panel on Planning, Lands and Works 2002/2003
(to be presented by Dr Hon TANG Siu-tong, Chairman of the Panel, who will address the Council)
17. Report of the Panel on Welfare Services 2002/2003
(to be presented by Dr Hon LAW Chi-kwong, Chairman of the Panel, who will address the Council)
18. Report of the Panel on Information Technology and Broadcasting 2002/2003
(to be presented by Hon SIN Chung-kai, Chairman of the Panel, who will address the Council)
19. Report of the Panel on Health Services 2002/2003
(to be presented by Dr Hon LO Wing-lok, Chairman of the Panel, who will address the Council)
20. Report of the Panel on Environmental Affairs 2002/2003
(to be presented by Hon CHOY So-yuk, Chairman of the Panel, who will address the Council)
21. Report of the Bills Committee on Chemical Weapons (Convention) Bill
(to be presented by Hon Cyd HO, Chairman of the Bills Committee)
22. Report of the Bills Committee on Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2001 and Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2003 in respect of the first bill
(to be presented by Hon SIN Chung-kai, Chairman of the Bills Committee)
23. Report of the Bills Committee on Companies (Amendment) Bill 2002
(to be presented by Hon Audrey EU, Chairman of the Bills Committee)
24. Report of the Bills Committee on Legislative Council (Amendment) Bill 2003
(to be presented by Hon Andrew WONG, Chairman of the Bills Committee)

II. Questions

1. Hon LI Fung-ying to ask: (Translation)

On 7 May this year, three workers working outdoors at a site were struck and injured by lightning while the thunderstorm warning was in force. One of them subsequently died. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:

(a)	of the number of casualties caused by industrial accidents involving workers working outdoors in inclement weather over the past three years, together with a breakdown by the causes of the accidents; and
(b)	whether it has reviewed if the laws and guidelines on industrial safety need to be amended to further protect the safety of workers working outdoors in inclement weather?

Public Officer to reply: Secretary for Economic Development and Labour

2. Hon Emily LAU to ask: (Translation)

With the transfer of its squatter control duties in Hong Kong, Kowloon and Islands areas to the Lands Department in April last year, the Housing Department ("HD") is currently responsible for squatter control in the New Territories only. It is learnt that despite the persistent sharp decline in the number of residents rehoused as a result of clearance operations and the number of illegal structures demolished in recent years, the staff costs of HD budgeted for this year still exceed $300 million with its establishment approaching 900. In this connection, will the Executive Authorities inform this Council:

(a)	of HD's staff establishment and strength for clearance operations as well as the number of squatters and temporary housing units demolished by these staff in each of the past three years;
(b)	whether the staff responsible for clearance operations also take up duties relevant to squatter population control, and of the manpower required for carrying out this area of work, and the specific duties involved; and
(c)	whether, in the light of the reduction in workload, staff have been redeployed to take up other areas of work and whether other measures have been taken to reduce expenditure?

Public Officer to reply: Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands

3. Dr Hon YEUNG Sum to ask: (Translation)

Will the Government inform this Council of the procedure adopted for the appointment and re-appointment of the Chairperson of the Equal Opportunities Commission, and whether the procedure provides that notice of re-appointment or otherwise be given to the incumbent Chairperson and that discussions be held with him on the relevant arrangements no later than a certain period prior to the completion of his current term of office? Public Officer to reply: Secretary for Home Affairs

4. Hon NG Leung-sing to ask: (Translation)

Will the Government inform this Council:

(a)	of the number of cases of unauthorized occupation of government land in the past year, the number and total area of land involved, broken down by district; among these cases, the number of those in respect of which the authorities have instituted prosecutions;
(b)	whether it has reviewed the adequacy and effectiveness of the existing legislation and relevant enforcement actions to prevent unauthorized occupation of government land; and
(c)	of the measures to improve the management of the government land mentioned in (a), in order to prevent such lands from adversely affecting the environment and the residential areas in the neighbourhood?

Public Officer to reply: Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands

5. Ir Dr Hon HO Chung-tai to ask: (Translation)

It has been reported that in order to reduce waste loads to landfills, the Government launched a recycling programme for waste tyres and awarded a half-year contract to a contractor in April this year. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council of:

(a)	the average number of waste tyres collected and the average cost involved in using the waste tyres for landfill in the past three years;
(b)	the estimated waste loads to landfills that can be reduced annually as a result of the above programme; and
(c)	the support given to the contractor concerned?

Public Officer to reply: Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works

6. Hon CHOY So-yuk to ask: (Translation)

I have learnt that the Water Supplies Department has offices at a number of reservoirs. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:

(a)	of the locations, sizes, numbers of staff and construction dates of the reservoir offices, broken down by whether or not the offices have been listed as statutory monuments; whether the authorities have assessed which of the reservoir offices not so listed could be considered for being listed as statutory monuments; if so, of the assessment results; and
(b)	whether it has considered adopting the mode of development for the former Marine Police Headquarters in Tsim Sha Tsui to convert some of the reservoir office sites of historical value into tourist spots with facilities such as heritage hotels etc?

Public Officers to reply

Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works
Secretary for Home Affairs

*7. Hon Timothy FOK Tsun-ting to ask:

Will the Government inform this Council of the amount of Government spending per annum on announcements in the public interest over the past five years, broken down by the advertising media including newspapers, magazines, radio, television, Internet, etc?

Public Officer to reply: Secretary for Home Affairs

*8. Dr Hon David CHU to ask: (Translation)

On 16 May this year, two subsidiaries of a listed company were placed in receivership due to debt troubles, and the receivership included the two companies' two uncompleted residential property development projects (i.e. Villa Pinada and The Aegean). At one time, there were doubts as to whether buyers of the uncompleted residential flats in question would be able to obtain the right of ownership of the properties they purchased upon completion of the projects, and the public also expressed concern about whether loopholes exist in the system for the pre-sale of uncompleted residential flats. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:

(a)	of the details of the assistance rendered by the relevant government departments to such buyers;
(b)	whether it has assessed if there are loopholes in the existing system for the pre-sale of uncompleted residential flats that have rendered the interests of the buyers concerned not being fully protected; if so, of the assessment results; and
(c)	of the comprehensive and concrete measures in place to prevent the recurrence of similar incidents, so that public confidence in home ownership will not be dampened?

Public Officer to reply: Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands

*9. Hon IP Kwok-him to ask: (Translation)

It has been reported that the problem of illegal hawking in public housing estates ("PHEs") in districts such as Kwai Tsing, Sha Tin and Tuen Mun has deteriorated since the Housing Department ("HD") contracted out the estate management of those estates. As the estate management contractors ("contractors") are not empowered to arrest hawkers and confiscate their goods, a Mobile Operations Unit ("MOU") has been set up by HD to clear hawkers doing business within the premises of PHEs. However, MOU will only be deployed upon request by the contractors and HD will charge the contractors concerned a fee of several thousand dollars and such requests will be recorded as reference for future consideration of contract renewal. The contractors are hence generally reluctant to call MOU for assistance in clearing hawkers, resulting in the failure to resolve the hawking problems in PHEs. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:

(a)	whether it will consider disregarding making reference to the record of contractors' requests for the deployment of MOU to clear hawkers for renewal of their contracts;
(b)	how the level of fees for the deployment of MOU are determined and whether it will consider lowering the fees; and
(c)	other than deploying MOU to clear the hawkers, whether HD will consider other alternatives to assist the contractors in solving the problem of illegal hawking; if it will, of the details?

Public Officer to reply: Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands

*10. Dr Hon TANG Siu-tong to ask: (Translation)

Regarding matters relating to the applications for land development lodged by the owners of private land in the New Territories, will the Government inform this Council:

(a)

whether the authorities have, over the past three financial years, objected to applications from these owners to the Town Planning Board for land development or change in land use for development or rejected applications from indigenous residents of the New Territories for building small houses on private land, on the ground that the land concerned is reserved for infrastructure or housing projects; if so, of the details of the relevant policies in this regard and the respective numbers of applications objected to or rejected over the above period; and

(b)

whether land resumption has taken place in respect of those applications which had been objected to or rejected by the authorities concerned; if so, the respective dates of objection or rejection by the authorities and of the land resumption notices published in the Gazette; if not, the reasons for that?

Public Officer to reply: Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands

*11. Hon Cyd HO to ask: (Translation)

It has been reported that the alignment of the Kowloon Southern Link proposed by the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation ("KCRC") is 50 metres away from the Hong Kong Cultural Centre (HKCC), and that KCRC will provide a special double-floating track slab inside the tunnel sections along Salisbury Road to ensure that the facilities of the adjacent HKCC do not suffer noise or vibration in excess of statutory limits. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council whether it will:

(a)

ensure that the concert hall and theatre of HKCC will not be affected by the noise and vibration arising from the construction and operation of the Link mentioned above; and

(b)

invite experts outside the government to assess, from the perspective of the stringent requirements which the facilities of performing venues have to meet, whether the impacts of the construction and operation of the Link on the above performing venues are acceptable or not; if so, whether the culture sector will be consulted on the experts to be invited; if invitations will not be made, the reasons for that?

Public Officer to reply: Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works

*12. Hon Henry WU to ask: (Translation)

Will the Government inform this Council:

(a)	of the normal dissolution procedure and subsequent arrangements for ad hoc committees or committees of inquiry appointed by principal officials and comprising non-government members only; the person(s) responsible for the retention and management of the relevant documents (including minutes of meetings and submissions) after the dissolution of these committees; the period and location for storing the relevant documents, the destruction procedure and the criteria for releasing them;
(b)	whether the arrangements for the relevant documents of the Expert Group to Review the Operation of the Securities and Futures Market Regulatory Structure ("Expert Group") appointed by the Financial Secretary after its dissolution have been the same as those mentioned above; if not, of the details of and reasons for the discrepancies; and
(c)	whether the authorities will make public the names of the individuals or organizations which have had interviews with or presented submissions to the Expert Group and the contents of all their views expressed orally or in writing, provided that they do not object doing so; if not, of the reasons for that?

Public Officer to reply: Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury

*13. Hon LEUNG Fu-wah to ask: (Translation)

I have received a complaint from a non-civil service contract employee that his department lowered his salary by 18.4% on renewal of his contract. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:

(a)	whether it has issued guidelines to departments on how to determine the rate of salary adjustment for non-civil service contract staff when their contracts are renewed; if so, of the details of the guidelines;
(b)	whether it has set a unified standard on the rate of salary adjustment for non-civil service contract staff upon renewal of their contracts in respect of staff of the same grade (for example, the clerical grades) employed by different departments; and
(c)	of the average rate of salary adjustment on renewal of contract for those clerical grade staff who had their non-civil service contracts renewed in the past two years?

Public Officer to reply

Permanent Secretary for the Civil Service
(in the absence of Secretary for the Civil Service)

*14. Hon Michael MAK to ask: (Translation)

Regarding the Provident Fund Scheme managed by the Hospital Authority ("HA") for its staff, will the Government inform this Council whether it knows:

(a)	the rates of return on investment of this Provident Fund Scheme in each of the past two years, the impact of the investment environment on these rates, and how such rates compare to the average rates of return of Mandatory Provident Fund schemes during the same period;
(b)	the criteria HA has adopted in selecting the investment manager, and how it monitors his performance; and
(c)	if HA will consider appointing several investment managers for selection by individual staff members in respect of their own accounts; if it will, of the details of the relevant arrangements, if not, the reasons for that?

Public Officer to reply: Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food

*15. Hon SIN Chung-kai to ask: (Translation)

In response to my question at the Council meeting on 12 January 2000, the Government advised that the Hong Kong Post Office ("HKPO") was examining the introduction of a postcode system. Moreover, according to a document entitled "100 Projects for Better Services 2002/2003" issued by HKPO, it would propose a postcode structure for Hong Kong and formulate strategies for the launching of a postcode system in 2002/2003. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:

(a)	of the findings of the study on the introduction of a postcode system; and the timetable for releasing the details of the study findings;
(b)	of the details and progress of the formulation of the postcode structure; apart from postal services, whether the postcode will be applicable to services provided by other government departments or organizations; if so, of the departments and kinds of organizations which will take the lead in adopting the postcode;
(c)	whether it will co-operate with other organizations to develop and provide other value-added services on the basis of the postcode system; and
(d)	of the details, timing and the amount of money required to implement strategies for the launching of the postcode system?

Public Officer to reply: Secretary for Economic Development and Labour

*16. Hon Emily LAU to ask:

Regarding plagiarism committed by the academic staff of University Grants Committee-funded institutions, will the Executive Authorities inform this Council whether they know:

(a)	the mechanisms adopted by such institutions for handling complaints about plagiarism;
(b)	the number of such complaints received by each institution in the past three years;
(c)	the average length of time taken for investigating such complaints;
(d)	the number of complaints found to be substantiated in the past three years, the names of those academics found to have committed plagiarism, as well as the actions taken against them; and
(e)	the measures that the institutions have taken to curb plagiarism?

Public Officer to reply: Secretary for Education and Manpower

*17. Hon LAU Kong-wah to ask: (Translation)

It has been reported that in mid-May this year, the Police arrested a gang of 23 persons who had come to Hong Kong from Vietnam with the intent of committing crimes, and seized a large amount of firearms during the arrest. Regarding criminals coming to Hong Kong with the intent of committing crimes, will the Government inform this Council of:

(a)	the number of illegal entrants arrested for alleged offences other than those prescribed under the Immigration Ordinance in each of the past three years, together with a breakdown by the types of offences, as well as the number of resultant casualties and property losses; and
(b)	the new measures in place to crack down on criminals coming to Hong Kong with the intent of committing crimes?

Public Officer to reply: Secretary for Security

*18. Ir Dr Hon HO Chung-tai to ask: (Translation)

It has been reported that in order to move with the times, the Government has implemented the strategy on information technology in education for five years, but so far the effectiveness of the strategy has not been obvious. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:

(a)	of the total allocation of resources for implementing the strategy and the main areas in which resources have been committed over the past five years;
(b)	of the reasons for the effectiveness of the strategy's not being obvious, and how the authorities deal with such a situation; and
(c)	whether guidelines and support have been provided for primary and secondary schools in the course of implementing the strategy; if so, of the details?

Public Officer to reply: Secretary for Education and Manpower

*19. Dr Hon David CHU to ask: (Translation)

It has been reported that on 20 May this year, a man locked himself up in his apartment after assaulting and wounding a police officer serving him a court summons. Subsequently, he assaulted and seriously injured three of the police officers with a knife when they tried to arrest him after breaking into his apartment. He was finally brought under control with the aid of pepper spray. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council whether:

(a)	the police officers handling the case had considered taking more effective actions to bring the man under control before breaking into the apartment so as to avoid being attacked and injured, and of the reasons for not using the pistols they carried to subdue the man when he attacked them with a knife; and
(b)	the Police has reviewed the way the case was handled; if so, of the outcome of the review?

Public Officer to reply: Secretary for Security

*20. Hon IP Kwok-him to ask: (Translation)

I have learnt that some District Council members consider that the contracting out of management services of certain public housing estates ("PHEs") to property services companies ("PSCs") has led to the deterioration of estate management, the lack of channels for residents to lodge complaints and their confusion about the standards of management services. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:

(a)	of the names of PHEs whose management services have been contracted out and of the PSCs managing these estates;
(b)	of the number and types of complaints against such PSCs; and
(c)	as the performance of PSCs is assessed regularly on the basis of an objective scoring scheme, of the scoring standards and the details of the scheme?

Public Officer to reply: Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands

*For written reply.

III. Bills

Second Reading (Debates to resume), Committee Stage and Third Reading

1. Chemical Weapons (Convention) Bill	:	Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology
2. Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2001	:	Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology
3. Companies (Amendment) Bill 2002	:	Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury
4. Legislative Council (Amendment) Bill 2003	:	Secretary for Constitutional Affairs

IV. Motions

Proposed resolution under Article 73(7) of the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China and the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal Ordinance

Chief Secretary for Administration to move the following motion:

(a)	the Right Honourable The Lord Woolf of Barnes;
(b)	the Right Honourable The Lord Scott of Foscote; and
(c)	the Right Honourable Sir Ivor Richardson,

as judges of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal from other common law jurisdictions pursuant to section 9 of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal Ordinance be endorsed.
Proposed resolution under Article 73(7) of the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China

Chief Secretary for Administration to move the following motion:

RESOLVED that the appointment of the Honourable Mr. Justice Geoffrey MA Tao-li as the Chief Judge of the High Court be endorsed.
Proposed resolution under the Criminal Procedure Ordinance

Chief Secretary for Administration to move the following motion:

RESOLVED that the Legal Aid in Criminal Cases (Amendment) Rules 2003, made by the Criminal Procedure Rules Committee on 12 June 2003, be approved.

CB(3) 756/02-03

Proposed resolution under the Copyright (Suspension of Amendments) Ordinance 2001

Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology to move the following motion:

RESOLVED that the Copyright (Suspension of Amendments) Ordinance 2001 (Amendment) Notice 2003, made by the Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology on 11 June 2003, be approved.

CB(3) 727/02-03

Proposed resolution under the Buildings Ordinance

Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands to move the following motion:

RESOLVED that the Fifth Schedule to the Buildings Ordinance be amended -

(a)	by renumbering area number 3 as area number 3(1);
(b)	by adding after area number 3(1) -
	"(2)	The railway protection areas along the railway lines of the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation, being the areas delineated and shown edged black on the plans numbered KCR/WR/RP/100 Rev. 1, KCR/WR/RP/101 Rev. 1, KCR/WR/RP/102 Rev. 1, KCR/WR/RP/103 Rev. 1, KCR/WR/RP/104 Rev. 1, KCR/WR/RP/105 Rev. 1, KCR/WR/RP/106 Rev. 1, KCR/WR/RP/107 Rev. 1, KCR/WR/RP/108 Rev. 1, KCR/WR/RP/109 Rev. 1, KCR/WR/RP/110 Rev. 1, KCR/WR/RP/111 Rev. 1, KCR/WR/RP/112 Rev. 1, KCR/WR/RP/113 Rev. 1, KCR/WR/RP/114 Rev. 1, KCR/WR/RP/115 Rev. 1, KCR/WR/RP/116 Rev. 1, KCR/WR/RP/117 Rev. 1, KCR/WR/RP/118 Rev. 1, KCR/WR/RP/119 Rev. 1, KCR/WR/RP/120 Rev. 1, KCR/WR/RP/121 Rev. 2, KCR/WR/RP/122 Rev. 1, KCR/WR/RP/123 Rev. 1, KCR/WR/RP/124 Rev. 1, KCR/WR/RP/125 Rev. 1, KCR/WR/RP/126 Rev. 1, KCR/WR/RP/127 Rev. 1, KCR/WR/RP/128 Rev. 1, KCR/WR/RP/129 Rev. 1, KCR/WR/RP/130 Rev. 1, KCR/WR/RP/131 Rev. 1, KCR/WR/RP/132 Rev. 1, KCR/WR/RP/133 Rev. 1, KCR/WR/RP/134 Rev. 1, KCR/WR/RP/135 Rev. 1, KCR/WR/RP/136 Rev. 1, KCR/WR/RP/137 Rev. 1, KCR/WR/RP/138 Rev. 1, KCR/WR/RP/139 Rev. 1, KCR/WR/RP/140 Rev. 1, KCR/WR/RP/141 Rev. 1, KCR/WR/RP/142 Rev. 1, KCR/WR/RP/143 Rev. 1, KCR/WR/RP/144 Rev. 1 and KCR/WR/RP/145 Rev. 1, dated 6 June 2003, signed by the Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands and deposited in the Land Registry.".

Proposed resolution under the Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance

Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food to move the following motion:

RESOLVED that -

(a)	the Pharmacy and Poisons (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulation 2003;
(b)	the Poisons List (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulation 2003;
(c)	the Pharmacy and Poisons (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulation 2003; and
(d)	the Poisons List (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulation 2003,

made by the Pharmacy and Poisons Board on 11 June 2003, be approved.

CB(3) 730/02-03

Proposed resolution under the Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Ordinance

Secretary for Security to move the following motion:

RESOLVED that the Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters (Ireland) Order, made by the Chief Executive in Council on 10 December 2002, be approved.

CB(3) 731/02-03

Proposed resolution under the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance

Secretary for Security to move the following motion:

RESOLVED that the Fire Services (Fire Hazard Abatement) Regulation, published in the Gazette as Legal Notice No. 113 of 2003 and laid on the table of the Legislative Council on 14 May 2003, be amended -

(a)	in section 10 -
	(i)	in subsection (3)(b), by adding "or continuance" after "recurrence";
	(ii)	in subsection (3)(c), by adding "or continue" after "recur";
	(iii)	in subsection (4), by adding "or continuance" after "recurrence";
(b)	in section 22 -
	(i)	in subsection (2), by adding "in exercising his power under subsection (1)" after "An authorized officer";
	(ii)	in subsection (3), by repealing "this section" and substituting "subsection (1)";
(c)	in Schedule 1, in Form 2 -
	(i)	by repealing ", notwithstanding that the said fire hazard may be temporarily abated under this order, the fire hazard is likely to recur" and substituting "the said fire hazard is continuing";
	(ii)	by adding "/continuance" after "recurrence";
	(iii)	by repealing "it is likely that the same fire hazard will recur" and substituting "the same fire hazard has recurred".

V. Members' Motions

Fashion centre of Asia Pacific

Hon Mrs Sophie LEUNG:

: Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology

Mandatory inspection and maintenance of buildings

Hon LAU Ping-cheung:

Amendments to Hon LAU Ping-cheung's motion

(i)	Hon Frederick FUNG: (Translation) To delete "expeditiously consult the public on the mandatory inspection of buildings, and introduce legislation thereafter to require owners of" after "That this Council urges the Government to" and substitute with "review and strengthen its current efforts to inspect"; to add "and, in line with the existing practice, provide owners of the inspected buildings with repair checklists; at the same time, this Council also urges the Government to review and improve the 'Building Safety Loan Scheme' in order that more owners who have financial difficulties can obtain loans under the Scheme" after "the Buildings Ordinance"; to delete "regularly inspect their buildings as well as" after "to engage competent persons to"; and to add "as required in the repair checklists" after "carry out the necessary repairs".
(ii)	Hon James TO: (Translation) To add "carry out free initial building inspections" after "That this Council urges the Government to expeditiously consult the public on the mandatory inspection of buildings,"; and to add "; the Government should also offer assistance to owners who have difficulties in this respect" after "as well as carry out the necessary repairs".
(iii)	Hon IP Kwok-him: (Translation) To add "provide that the Government shall take the initiative to regularly conduct free preliminary surveys on those private buildings in the territory that are 20 years old and above, and to" after "and introduce legislation thereafter to"; and to delete "regularly" after "to engage competent persons to" and substitute with "thoroughly".

: Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands

VI. Motion on Adjournment

Dr Hon YEUNG Sum : (Translation)

How Hong Kong should deal with the strong demands made by over 500,000 people on 1 July, so as to avoid Hong Kong sinking into a political crisis.

Public Officer to attend : Chief Secretary for Administration

Clerk to the Legislative Council

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