| I. | Confirmation of the minutes of the 20th meeting held on 28 March 2003
(LC Paper No. CB(2) 1642/02-03)
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| II. | Matters arising
Report by the Chairman on her meeting with the Chief Secretary for Administration
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| III. | Business arising from previous Council meetings
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| (a) | Legal Service Division reports on bills referred to the House Committee in accordance with Rule 54(4)
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| | (i) | Construction Industry Levy (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2003
(LC Paper No. LS 82/02-03)
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| | (ii) | Education (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2003
(LC Paper No. LS 87/02-03)
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| | (iii) | Betting Duty (Amendment) Bill 2003
(LC Paper No. LS 92/02-03)
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| | (iv) | Revenue Bill 2003
(LC Paper No. LS 88/02-03)
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| | (v) | Revenue (No. 2) Bill 2003
(LC Paper No. LS 91/02-03)
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| | (vi) | Daughters of Mary Help of Christians Incorporation (Amendment) Bill 2002
(LC Paper No. LS 81/02-03)
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| (b) | Legal Service Division report on subsidiary legislation gazetted on 27 March 2003 and tabled in Council on 2 April 2003
(LC Paper No. LS 89/02-03)
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| (c) | Legal Service Division report on subsidiary legislation gazetted on 28 March 2003 and tabled in Council on 2 April 2003
(LC Paper No. LS 85/02-03)
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| (d) | Legal Service Division report on subsidiary legislation gazetted on 4 April 2003 and tabled in Council on 9 April 2003
(LC Paper No. LS 90/02-03)
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| IV. | Business for the Council meeting on 30 April 2003
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| (a) | Questions
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| (b) | Bills - First Reading and moving of Second Reading
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| | (i) | Buildings (Amendment) Bill 2003
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| | (ii) | Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority (Amendment) Bill 2003
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| | (iii) | Deposit Protection Scheme Bill
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| (c) | Bills - resumption of debate on Second Reading, Committee Stage and Third Reading
Law Amendment and Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003
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| (d) | Government motion
Proposed resolution to be moved by the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury under section 29 of the Public Finance Ordinance relating to the Land Fund
(Wording of the proposed resolution issued vide LC Paper No. CB(3) 548/02-03 dated 9 April 2003.)
(LC Paper No. LS 93/02-03)
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| (e) | Members' motions
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| | (i) | Motion to be moved by Hon LAU Kong-wah
Hon LAU Kwong-wah has been allocated a debate slot.
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| | (ii) | Motion to be moved by Hon LAU Chin-shek
Hon LAU Chin-shek has been allocated a debate slot.
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| V. | Advance information on business for the Council meeting on 7 May 2003
Bills - First Reading and moving of Second Reading
Merchant Shipping (Liability and Compensation for Oil Pollution) (Amendment) Bill 2003
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| VI. | Report of Bills Committee and subcommittee
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| (a) | Position report on Bills Committees/subcommittees
(LC Paper No. CB(2) 1702/02-03)
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| (b) | Report of the Bills Committee on Occupational Deafness (Compensation) (Amendment) Bill 2002
(LC Paper No. CB(2) 1718/02-03)
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| (c) | Report of the Subcommittee on Public Revenue Protection (Revenue) Order 2003 made under section 2 of the Public Revenue Protection Ordinance (Cap.120)
Verbal report by Hon Audrey EU Yuet-mee, Chairman of the Subcommittee.
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| (d) | Report of the Subcommittee on Quarantine and Prevention of Disease Ordinance (Amendment of First Schedule) Order 2003 and Prevention of the Spread of Infectious Diseases Regulations (Amendment of Form) Order 2003
(LC Paper No. CB(2) 1719/02-03)
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| VII. | Paper of the Committee on Rules of Procedure
Resumption of Second Reading debate on bills
(LC Paper No. CROP 41/02-03)
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| VIII. | Report of the delegation of the Panel on Planning, Lands and Works on its duty visit in September 2002 to study the experiences on town planning, urban renewal and heritage preservation in Singapore, Berlin and London
(LC Paper No. CB(1) 1402/02-03)
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| IX. | Overseas duty visit to be conducted by the Panel on Food Safety and Environmental Hygiene
Verbal report by Hon Fred LI Wah-ming, Chairman of the Panel.
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| X. | Parliamentary visit to Singapore and Thailand
Verbal report by Dr Hon LUI Ming-wah, Chairman of the Parliamentary Liaison Subcommittee.
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| XI. | Cancellation of the meeting of the Bills Committee on Prevention of Child Pornography Bill scheduled for 10:45 am on 25 March 2003 because a quorum was not present
(Hon MA Fung-kwok's letter dated 25 March 2003 to the Chairman of the House Committee issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2) 1606/02-03 dated 26 March 2003 (Chinese version only))
(Hon Andrew CHENG Kar-foo's letter dated 27 March 2003 to the Chairman of the House Committee issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2) 1633/02-03 dated 28 March 2003 (Chinese version only))
(Paragraphs 30 and 31 of the minutes of the 20th House Committee meeting on 28 March 2003)
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| XII. | Any other business
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