Panel on Constitutional Affairs

Meeting on
Monday, 17 February 2003 at 2:30 pm
in Conference Room A of the Legislative Council Building

A G E N D A

I.Confirmation of minutes of meeting
(2:30 pm - 2:35 pm)

LC Paper No. CB(2)1178/02-03
(issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1179/02-03 on 14 February 2002)

-Minutes of meeting on 20 January 2003

II.Matters arising from last meeting on 20 January 2003
(2:35 pm - 2:40 pm)

LC Paper No. CB(2)1181/02-03(01)
(attached)

-Administration's response to Members' proposal to extend the financial assistance scheme to candidates for District Council elections

III.Items for discussion at the next meeting
(2:40 pm - 2:50 pm)

LC Paper No. CB(2)1181/02-03(02)
(attached)

-List of outstanding items for discussion

LC Paper Nos. CB(2)1181/02-03(03) and (04)
(attached)

-Extracts of minutes of meetings of Panel on Constitutional Affairs and Establishment Subcommittee on 31 October 2000 and 15 November 2000 respectively regarding the appointment of the Chairman of the Electoral Affairs Commission (item 6 on the list of outstanding items for discussion)

IV.Proposed research outline on "The System of Chairmanship in Parliamentary Committees in Some Selected Places"
(2:50 pm - 3:05 pm)

LC Paper No. CB(2)1181/02-03(05)
(attached)

-Proposed research outline prepared by Research and Library Services Division

*V.Accountability system for principal officials and related issues
(3:05 pm - 3:45 pm)

(a)Attendance of principal officials at committee meetings of Legislative Council

LC Paper No. CB(2)654/02-03(02)
(issued on 12 December 2002)

-Paper prepared by the Constitutional Affairs Bureau on "Attendance of Principal Officials at meetings of the Legislative Council and its Committees, Subcommittees and Panels"

LC Paper No. CB(2)654/02-03(03)
(issued on 12 December 2002)

-Background Brief on "Arrangements during principal officials' temporary absence and attendance of principal officials at meetings of LegCo" prepared by the LegCo Secretariat

(b)Report by the Administration on implementation of accountability system for principal officials

LC Paper No. CB(2)930/02-03(01)
(issued on 16 January 2003)

-Background Brief on "Implementation of the Accountability System for Principal Officials" prepared by the LegCo Secretariat

LC Paper No. CB(2)930/02-03(02)
(issued on 16 January 2003)

-Report on Implementation of the Accountability System for Principal Officials prepared by the Administration

*VI.2004 Legislative Council elections
(3:45 pm - 4:25 pm)

(a)Technical adjustments to the electorate of functional constituencies

LC Paper No. CB(2)1180/02-03(01)
(to follow)

-Paper prepared by the Constitutional Affairs Bureau

(b)Proposal of including registered Chinese medicine practitioners in the Medical Functional Constituency

LC Paper No. CB(2)1181/02-03(06)
(English version attached)(Chinese version to follow)

-Paper prepared by the Constitutional Affairs Bureau

(c)Automatic voter registration

LC Paper No. CB(2)1180/02-03(02)
(to follow)

-Paper prepared by the Constitutional Affairs Bureau

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


* All other LegCo Members are invited to attend the meeting for discussion of items V and VI.

Council Business Division 2
Legislative Council Secretariat
14 February 2003