Bills Committee on Construction Industry Council (No. 2) Bill

Second meeting on
Thursday, 2 December 2004, at 9:00 am
in the Chamber of the Legislative Council Building

Agenda

I.Confirmation of minutes
(9:00 am - 9:05 am)

LC Paper No. CB(1) 347/04-05
(issued vide LC Paper No. CB(1) 372/04-05 on 30.11.2004)

-Minutes of meeting on 5 November 2004

II.Meeting with deputations and the Administration
(9:05 am - 11:25 am)

Meeting with deputations
  1. Provisional Construction Industry Co-ordination Board
    (LC Paper No. CB(1) 374/04-05(01)(attached))

  2. Construction Industry Training Authority
    (LC Paper No. CB(1) 306/04-05(04)(issued on 23.11.2004))

  3. Hong Kong Construction Sub-Contractors Association
    (LC Paper No. CB(1) 306/04-05(01) -- Chinese version only (issued on 23.11.2004))

  4. Hong Kong Marble & Granite Merchants Association
    (LC Paper No. CB(1) 306/04-05(02) -- Chinese version only (issued on 23.11.2004))

  5. Construction Site Staff Association (建築地盤職工總會)
    (LC Paper No. CB(1) 306/04-05(03) -- Chinese version only (issued on 23.11.2004))

  6. Mixer Truck Drivers Association
    (LC Paper No. CB(1) 306/04-05(05) -- Chinese version only (issued on 23.11.2004))

  7. Hong Kong Dumper Truck Drivers Association
    (LC Paper No. CB(1) 306/04-05(06) -- Chinese version only (issued on 23.11.2004))

  8. Hong Kong & Kowloon Bamboo Scaffolders General Merchants Association Limited

  9. Hong Kong General Building Constructors Association Ltd.
Submissions from organizations not attending the meeting

LC Paper No. CB(1) 306/04-05(13)
(English version issued on 23.11.2004, Chinese version attached)

-Submission from Hong Kong Housing Society

LC Paper No. CB(1) 306/04-05(14)
(English version issued on 23.11.2004, Chinese version to follow)

-Submission from The Real Estate Developers Association of Hong Kong

LC Paper No. CB(1) 306/04-05(15)
(English version issued on 23.11.2004, Chinese version issued vide LC Paper No. CB(1) 346/04-05 on 26.11.2004)

-Submission from MTR Corporation

LC Paper No. CB(1) 374/04-05(02)
(English version attached, Chinese version to follow)

-Submission from The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers

LC Paper No. CB(1) 374/04-05(03)
(English version attached, Chinese version to follow)

-Letter dated 30 November 2004 from Hong Kong Institute of Real Estate Administration

Meeting with the Administration

LC Paper No. CB(1) 346/04-05(01)
(English version issued on 26.11.2004, Chinese version attached)

-List of follow-up actions arising from discussion at the meeting on 5 November 2004

LC Paper No. CB(1) 346/04-05(02)
(issued on 26.11.2004)

-Administration's response to the list of follow-up actions arising from discussion at the meeting on 5 November 2004

LC Paper No. CB(1) 346/04-05(03)
(issued on 26.11.2004)

-Information paper provided by the Administration on "Progress in Taking Forward Recommendations of the Construction Industry Review Committee"

Paper prepared by the Secretariat

LC Paper No. CB(1) 374/04-05(04)
(attached)

-Summary of concerns/views raised by organizations (as at 29 November 2004)

(A list of relevant papers previously issued is in the Appendix.)

III.Any other business (11:25 am - 11:30 am)

Council Business Division 1
Legislative Council Secretariat
1 December 2004

Appendix

Other relevant papers previously issued

Background information on the Bill

LC Paper No. CB(3) 34/04-05
(issued on 8.10.2004)

-The Construction Industry Council (No. 2) Bill

Ref: ETWB(IR)310/13(02)
(issued by the Environment, Transport and Works Bureau in October 2004 )

-Legislative Council Brief

LC Paper No. LS 6/04-05
(issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2) 47/04-05 on 14.10.2004)

-Legal Service Division Report

LC Paper No. CB(1) 153/04-05(01)
(issued on 4.11.2004)

-Background brief on the Construction Industry Council (No. 2) Bill

LC Paper No. CB(1) 153/04-05(02)
(issued on 4.11.2004)

-Marked-up copy of the consequential amendments arising from the Bill

Council Business Division 1
Legislative Council Secretariat
2 December 2004