Panel on Home Affairs

Meeting on Friday, 11 June 2004 at 10:00 am
in the Chamber of the Legislative Council Building

Revised Agenda



I.Confirmation of minutes
(10:00 am - 10:05 am)

LC Paper No. CB(2)2663/03-04

-Minutes of meeting on 14 May 2004

LC Paper No. CB(2)2593/03-04

-Minutes of special meeting on 27 May 2004

II.Information paper(s) issued since the last meeting
(10:05 am - 10:10 am)

LC Paper No. CB(2)2472/03-04(01)

-Yau Tsim Mong District Council (YTMDC) members' views on enhancing Government's support for owners' corporations

LC Paper No. CB(2)2472/03-04(02)

-YTMDC members' views on the policy against one-woman brothels

LC Paper No. CB(2)2472/03-04(03)

-The housing needs of and community services required by women earning low incomes and raising children in old districts

LC Paper No. CB(2)2647/03-04(01)

-Paper provided by the Administration on "Complaints handled by the Race Relations Unit of the Home Affairs Bureau"

III.Items for discussion at the next meeting
(10:10 am - 10:15 am)

Appendix I to LC Paper No. CB(2)2696/03-04

-List of outstanding items for discussion

Appendix II to LC Paper No. CB(2)2696/03-04

-List of follow-up actions

*IV.The second report of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) of the People's Republic of China in the light of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Report of the HKSAR under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the second report to be prepared by the HKSAR under the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, and implementation of international human rights treaties in Hong Kong
(10:15 am - 12:40 pm)

Meeting with deputations and the Administration

(a) Equal Opportunities Commission
[LC Paper No. CB(2)2638/03-04(01)]

(b) Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor
[LC Paper No. CB(2)2762/03-04(01)]

(c) Hong Kong Human Rights Commission
[LC Paper No. CB(2)2660/03-04(02)]

(d) Hong Kong Bar Association
[LC Paper No. CB(2)2762/03-04(04)]

(e) Horizons
[LC Paper No. CB(2)2660/03-04(01)]

(f) Against Child Abuse
[LC Paper No. CB(2)2638/03-04(02)]

(g) Parent's Association for the Implementation of Right of Abode of Mainland Children
[LC Paper No. CB(2)2696/03-04(01)] (Chinese version only)

(h) Hong Kong Parents Association of Fighting for Children's Right of Abode
[LC Paper No. CB(2)2727/03-04(01)] (Chinese version only)

(i) Request for Family Reunion Association
(j) Unison
[LC Paper Nos. CB(2)2559/03-04(01) & (02)]
[LC Paper No. CB(2)2727/03-04(02)] (English version only)

(k) Society for Cultural Integration

(l) Hong Kong Christian Institute
[LC Paper Nos. CB(2)2762/03-04(02)&(03)]

(m) Civil Rights for Sexual Diversity


Relevant reports/papers

The second report of the HKSAR of the People's Republic of China in the light of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Report of the HKSAR under the Convention on the Rights of the Child

Outline of the topics to be covered in the second report on the HKSAR under the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

LC Paper No. CB(2)2324/03-04(01)

-Paper entitled "Implementation of international human rights treaties in Hong Kong: 2003"

V.Any other business
(12:40 pm - 12:45 pm)



* All other LegCo Members are invited to join the discussion of item IV.

Council Business Division 2
Legislative Council Secretariat
11 June 2004