House Committee of the Legislative Council
12th meeting on 10 January 2003

AGENDA

I.	Confirmation of the minutes of the 11th meeting held on 3 January 2003 (LC Paper No. CB(2) 812/02-03)
II.	Matters arising
	(a)	Report by the Chairman on her meeting with the Chief Secretary for Administration
	(b)	23 items of subsidiary legislation made under the Securities and Futures Ordinance tabled in Council on 18 December 2002 (LC Paper No. LS 32/02-03 issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2) 796/02-03 dated 2 January 2003)
III.	Business arising from previous Council meetings Legal Service Division report on subsidiary legislation gazetted on 27 and 28 December 2002 (LC Paper No. LS 36/02-03)
IV.	Further business for the Council meeting of 15, 16 and 17 January 2003
	(a)	Administration's proposals on the grouping of policy areas for the five debate sessions of the debate on the Motion of Thanks (Director of Administration's letter dated 8 January 2003 on "Proposed Grouping of Policy Areas for the Debate on the Motion of Thanks in respect of the Chief Executive's 2003 Policy Address" issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2) 853/02-03 dated 8 January 2003) (Dr Hon YEUNG Sum's letter dated 9 January 2003 to the Chairman of the House Committee)
	(b)	Members' motion Proposed resolution to be moved by Hon Mrs Selina CHOW LIANG Shuk-yee under section 34(4) of the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance relating to 23 items of subsidiary legislation (Wording of the proposed resolution issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2) 285/02-03 dated 9 January 2003)
V.	Business for the Council meeting on 22 January 2003
	(a)	Questions (LC Paper No. CB(3) 275/02-03)
	(b)	Bills - First Reading and moving of Second Reading No notice has been received yet.
	(c)	Bills - resumption of debate on Second Reading, Committee Stage and Third Reading Adaptation of Laws Bill 2001
	(d)	Government motion Three proposed resolutions to be moved by the Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works under the Public Bus Services Ordinance (Wording of the proposed resolution issued vide LC Paper No. CB(3) 269/02-03 dated 3 January 2003.) (LC Paper No. LS 38/02-03)
	(e)	Members' motions
		(i)	Motion on "Assisting low-income earners and the poor elderly" The above motion will be moved by Hon CHAN Yuen-han. (Wording of the motion issued vide LC Paper No. CB(3) 284/02-03 dated 9 January 2003.)
		(ii)	Motion on "Promoting the use of English in Hong Kong" The above motion will be moved by Hon Mrs Selina CHOW LIANG Shuk-yee. (Wording of the motion issued vide LC Paper No. CB(3) 280/02-03 dated 8 January 2003.)
VI.	Report of Bills Committee and subcommittee Position report on Bills Committees/subcommittees (LC Paper No. CB(2) 829/02-03)
VII.	Priority allocation of a debate slot to the Select Committee on Building Problems of Public Housing Units (LC Paper No. CB(1) 628/02-03)
VIII.	Any other business

Council Business Division 2
Legislative Council Secretariat
10 January 2003