A 04/05-29

Legislative Council

Agenda

Wednesday 18 May 2005 at 11:00 am

I. Tabling of Papers

Subsidiary Legislation / InstrumentsL.N. No.
1.Official Languages (Alteration of Text under Section 4D) (Reference to "Alteration" in Entertainment Special Effects Ordinance) Order75/2005
2.Public Health and Municipal Services (Setting Aside Places for Use as Public Pleasure Grounds) Order 200576/2005
3.Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance (Amendment of Fourth Schedule) Order 200577/2005
4.Public Health and Municipal Services (Designation of Public Swimming Pools) Order 200578/2005
5.Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance (Amendment of Fourteenth Schedule) Order 200579/2005
6.Rules of the High Court (Amendment) Rules 200580/2005
7.Companies (Amendment) Ordinance 2004 (Amendment of Schedule 3) Notice 200581/2005
8.Companies (Amendment) Ordinance 2004 (Commencement) Notice 200582/2005


Other Paper
No.89-The Government Minute in response to the Report No.43 of the Public Accounts Committee dated February 2005
(to be presented by Chief Secretary for Administration, who will address the Council)

IA. Addresses

Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit to address the Council on Town Planning (Amendment) Ordinance 2004 (Commencement) Notice, which is subsidiary legislation laid on the Table of the Council on 20 April 2005.

II. Questions

1. Hon LEUNG Yiu-chung to ask: (Translation)

The Study on Hong Kong Port - Master Plan 2020 commissioned by the Government has tentatively identified two locations for the construction of Container Terminal 10, one of which involves the formation of an artificial island off Tai O in Northwest Lantau. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council whether:
    (a)the consultancy firm has, on its own initiative, consulted residents and resident groups on Lantau as well as the Islands District Council while conducting the study and before tentatively identifying the location off Tai O as the site for the Container Terminal; if so, of the details of the consultation; if not, the reasons for that;

    (b)it will conduct public consultation before deciding on the site for Container Terminal 10; if so, of the details of the consultation; if not, the reasons for that; and

    (c)it has considered if the construction of a container terminal off Tai O goes against the principle of nature conservation it advocated in the Concept Plan for Lantau?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Economic Development and Labour

2. For Hon Audrey EU,
    Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit to ask: (Translation)

Will the Government inform this Council:
    (a)of the details of the procedures for expatriates working in Hong Kong to apply for their spouses or dependants who live in the Mainland to come to Hong Kong for reunion; the number of such applications received by the authorities in the past three years and the average time taken for vetting such applications;

    (b)of the difference between the Admission of Professionals Scheme, under which expatriates are granted entry into Hong Kong to take up employment, and the Admission Scheme for Mainland Talents and Professionals, in terms of the criteria for vetting applications, years of employment, conditions and procedures for dependants to come to Hong Kong for reunion and restrictions on dependants to work in Hong Kong; and

    (c)whether it has consider merging the above two Schemes; if it has, of the details; if not, the reasons for that?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Security

3. Hon James TIEN to ask: (Translation)

At the meeting of the Panel on Security on 24 January this year, the Commissioner of Police ("CP") advised that the Police planned to amalgamate Tseung Kwan O Police Division and Sai Kung Police Division into an independent police district, although there was not a timetable for implementation. At their meeting with Members of this Council on 7 April this year, Sai Kung District Council members also requested that the authorities implement the amalgamation plan. However, in its reply of 29 April this year, the authorities pointed out that the Police Force had been examining various options for changing the boundaries within the Kowloon East police region, and one of the options was the creation of the above independent police district. It would be inappropriate to press ahead with one particular option for one part of the region prior to the completion of the overall review for the whole region. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
    (a)of the respective projected population growths in Tseung Kwan O and Sai Kung in the next three years, and the details of the police deployment measures to be adopted in the light of the population growths in the two districts;

    (b)of the latest progress made in the review on the policing structure and boundaries within the Kowloon East police region, and when the review results are expected to be published; and

    (c)whether the authorities will implement the amalgamation plan for Tseung Kwan O and Sai Kung Police Divisions; if so, when the implementation timetable is expected to be announced; if not, the reasons for that, and whether not implementing the plan is consistent with the CP's remarks at the meeting of the Panel on Security?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Security

4. Hon LAU Kong-wah to ask: (Translation)

Regarding the commission of crimes by Mainlanders in Hong Kong, will the Government inform this Council:
    (a)of the number of cases in which mainlanders were suspected of committing crimes in Hong Kong in the past three years, broken down by the places where they were granted their business endorsement or two-way exit permits and the categories of crimes involved;

    (b)whether the number of on-street fraud cases committed by mainlanders in Hong Kong has been on the rise over the past three years, and of the amount of money involved as well as the number of cases detected; and

    (c)whether the authorities have any measures to strengthen efforts to combat such fraud cases; if so, of the details of these measures, and whether they include stepping up "undercover" operations or reinforcing communication with the Mainland authorities?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Security

5. Hon Albert CHAN to ask: (Translation)

In recent years, many cross-boundary truck drivers and transport operators have sought assistance from me, with allegations that some lawless elements mix prohibited articles and goods which are subject to import and export control or have not cleared customs (collectively referred to as "contraband goods"), such as cigarettes and electronic components, with the licit goods that they are hired to carry across the border. As it is impossible for the truck drivers to request the consignors to open every box of goods for inspection when loading them, some drivers have unknowingly carried contraband goods across the border and ended up being prosecuted and convicted by the authorities in the Mainland or Hong Kong. In the cases that I have come across, the convicted drivers were sentenced to imprisonment for terms ranging from five to 18 months, with the trucks involved being forfeited. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
    (a)of the respective numbers of truck drivers who were prosecuted by the authorities in the Mainland and in Hong Kong respectively for carrying contraband goods across the border in each of the past three years, and the respective numbers of those who were convicted by the authorities in the Mainland and in Hong Kong as well as the penalties imposed on them;

    (b)whether any measures are in place to ensure that the innocent drivers will be exempt from penalty; and

    (c)whether it will provide more education and assistance for the drivers so that they will not breach the law unknowingly; if it will, of the relevant details; if not, the reasons for that?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Security
Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology

6. Hon LI Kwok-ying to ask: (Translation)

Regarding the problem of tiles falling off from public housing and Home Ownership Scheme building walls, will the Government inform this Council:
    (a)whether it has taken measures to prevent the deterioration of the above problem, for example, by arranging for professionals to carry out comprehensive inspections on the estates concerned;

    (b)as most cases of tiles falling off occurred in such places as lift lobbies and corridors, of the measures to ensure residents' safety in such places; and

    (c)of the number of reports it has received about tiles falling off in housing estates under the Tenants Purchase Scheme over the past 12 months; and whether the Housing Department is responsible for the repair works and the expenses incurred?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands

*7. Hon CHAN Kam-lam to ask: (Translation)

It has been reported that the birth rate of the Hong Kong population reached its peak shortly after the Second World War, and a large number of people will attain the statutory retirement age of 65 in the coming few years, causing a surge in the withdrawal of Mandatory Provident Fund ("MPF"). At that time, there will be a substantial outflow of capital from the stock and bond markets, which may deal a blow to the stability of Hong Kong's financial market. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
    (a)of the number of cases in which MPF contributors withdrew their full accrued benefits on the ground of having attained the statutory retirement age of 65 and the amount involved in each of the past four years, as well as the respective percentages of the number of such contributors and the amount of their contributions in the total number of MPF scheme participants who attained the age of 65 in that year and in the total amount of their contributions;

    (b)of the number of cases of early withdrawal of MPF accrued benefits and the amount involved in each of the past four years, with a breakdown of the numbers of cases concerned and the amounts involved, by the five statutory reasons for early withdrawal of MPF accrued benefits;

    (c)of the estimated numbers of MPF contributors who will attain the statutory retirement age in the coming five years and the MPF accrued benefits involved, as well as whether the authorities have estimated the respective numbers of cases of early withdrawal of MPF accrued benefits and the amounts of such benefits involved each year; if they have, of the results; and

    (d)of the authorities' estimated time when the withdrawal of MPF will reach its peak in Hong Kong, and the details of the contingency measures to be adopted?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury

*8. Dr Hon YEUNG Sum to ask: (Translation)

Section 26 of the Chief Executive Ordinance (Cap. 569) stipulates that if a member of the Election Committee ("EC member") whose name appears on the Final Register of Members of the Election Committee falls within paragraph (a), (b), (c), (f) or (g) of section 18 of the Schedule to the Ordinance, he shall be disqualified from voting at the poll. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
    (a)of the number of EC members who have enquired with the relevant authorities whether he/she has been disqualified from voting in the election of the Chief Executive in July this year ("CE election");

    (b)of the number of EC members and their identity who fall within the descriptions of the above paragraphs and have thus been disqualified from voting the coming CE election;

    (c)whether, according to the legal advice the authorities have received, EC members who belong to the District Councils Subsectors or the Chinese People's Political Consultative Committee ("CPPCC") Subsector will be deemed to have ceased to have a substantial connection with the subsectors concerned for reason that they are not incumbent district councillors or incumbent Hong Kong members of the National Committee of the CPPCC and hence, by virtue of paragraph 18(a) of the Schedule above, shall be disqualified from voting in the coming CE election, as well as the number of complaints received by the relevant authorities concerning the eligibility of these EC members to vote;

    (d)of the criteria adopted by the relevant authorities for judging whether individual EC members still have a substantial connection with the subsector concerned;

    (e)how the relevant authorities will deal with the seats of the EC members whose names are on the above Register but who have been disqualified from voting;

    (f)whether it has assessed if the above Ordinance should be amended to stipulate that, in compiling a provisional register of EC members, the Electoral Registration Officer may strike out the name of an EC member on grounds that he has been disqualified from voting; and

    (g)how the public will know whether the EC members who have been disqualified from voting have voted or not in the coming CE election?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Constitutional Affairs

*9. Hon LEE Wing-tat to ask: (Translation)

It was reported that a property developer recently announced that a penthouse unit of over 5 000 square feet in one of its residential development projects had been sold at a price of over $30,000 per square foot. The announcement caused a stir in the property market. On the other hand, there were reports that, apart from purchasing the penthouse unit at the above price, the buyer also bought three four-bedroom high-rise apartments in the same residential development project at prices below the market price. As such, the property transaction involved not just the penthouse unit, but also four apartments sold at different prices per square foot. However, the developer concerned had selectively announced part of the details of the transaction concerned. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council whether:
    (a)it will investigate the above incident to ascertain if the property developer has disseminated misleading information to the market in order to influence the sale of the residential development project; and

    (b)any mechanism is currently in place to regulate arrangements for internal sale of newly completed residential units, and to prevent the dissemination of misleading information to the property market?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands

*10. Hon Alan LEONG Kah-kit to ask: (Translation)

In submitting applications for development to the Town Planning Board ("TPB") and the Administration, real estate developers will invariably propose some development contents or measures to increase the planning merits of their applications for development, such as improving the environment, pedestrian flow and road traffic as well as bringing other additional benefits to the local community, etc., with a view to gaining favourable consideration by TPB and the authorities concerned in vetting their applications. Once an application for development is approved, such contents and measures will be included in the land lease conditions and the conditions to the planning permission (planning conditions) to be executed by the real estate developer concerned. Regarding the execution of these lease conditions and planning conditions, will the Government inform this Council:
    (a)of the total number of current cases in which real estate developers have failed to discharge the relevant lease conditions or implement the requirements under the planning conditions after the completion and occupation of their developments, the locations, outstanding conditions and requirements as well as developers involved, and the reasons for the delay; and

    (b)whether the authorities will consider amending their policy by not including in the relevant lease conditions or planning conditions those conditions which the Administration cannot oblige real estate developers to comply with and execute, so as to avoid the possibility of TPB being misled; if they will, of the details; if not, the reasons for that?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands

*11. Hon MA Lik to ask: (Translation)

Regarding the processing of applications for naturalization as Chinese, will the Government inform this Council:
    (a)of the number of such applications submitted to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ("HKSAR") Government each year since the establishment of HKSAR and the percentage of successful applications; among them, of the respective numbers of non-Chinese persons who submitted and succeeded in their applications as well as the top four nationalities (including stateless) to which these non-Chinese applicants originally belonged;

    (b)how the number of successful cases approved by the HKSAR Government each year compares to those approved by the Mainland authorities; and

    (c)given that the authorities have to process applications for naturalization as Chinese on an individual basis and to take into account certain factors in making a decision, of the legal grounds for such discretionary practice, including the factors to be considered, and the differences between the Hong Kong authorities and the Mainland authorities in processing similar applications?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Security

*12. Hon CHEUNG Hok-ming to ask: (Translation)

The Government will propose amendments to the Marriage Ordinance to empower the Registrar of Marriages to appoint civil celebrants of marriages to celebrate marriages and handle related matters, and to relax the restrictions on the time and place for celebrating marriages. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
    (a)how it will relax the restrictions on the time and place for celebrating marriages, whether there will be any guidelines on the application procedure and the fees to be charged, and how the authorities can ensure that the public's affordability will be taken into consideration in determining the fee levels (particularly those charged by civil celebrants of marriages); and

    (b)whether it has any plan to develop Hong Kong into a hot spot for destination weddings similar to Las Vegas, and to allow fairy-tale-like weddings to be held in the Hong Kong Disneyland by amending the above Ordinance?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Security

*13. Dr Hon Joseph LEE Kok-long to ask: (Translation)

It has been reported that the tennis courts in 16 public housing estates, Home Ownership Scheme courts and shopping centres of the Housing Department have been under-utilized persistently. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
    (a)of the respective average monthly numbers of hours of usage for each tennis court in the daytime and at night since the introduction of the 50% discount in May 2003, and how such figures compare to the corresponding figures of the year before the introduction of such concession;

    (b)of the income and expenditure of each tennis court over the past five years;

    (c)of the arrangements for maintenance and repair of each tennis court as well as the number, frequency and details of facility replacement or upgrade for them over the past five years;

    (d)how the age distribution of the residents in each estate/court compares to that of the territory-wide population; whether the residents' demand for tennis courts has been analysed in the light of the relevant age distributions; if so, of the analysis results;

    (e)of the number and details of public suggestions on changing the use of individual tennis courts received by the Housing Department over the past five years;

    (f)whether it has conducted analyses of the comparison of the tennis courts of the Housing Department with neighbouring tennis courts in private housing estates or those managed by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department in terms of hiring charges, facilities, promotion, as well as maintenance and management; and

    (g)whether the opportunity costs for retaining the original use of individual tennis courts in the coming five years and the cost effectiveness of using the whole or part of them for other purposes have been assessed, if so, of the assessment results?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands

*14. Hon TSANG Yok-sing to ask: (Translation)

Twenty-two schools failed to admit a minimum of 23 students for operating subsidized Primary One classes in the coming academic year. It has been reported that one of them was a Y2K school which commenced operation in 2000 and its construction cost was as high as 100 million dollars. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
    (a)of the justifications which had been considered when the construction of that new school was approved; whether it has assessed the reasons why the school, which has commenced operation for only five years, still fails to admit sufficient students even with such considerations;

    (b)whether it has drawn up plans regarding the usage of the above Y2K school upon its cessation of operation; if it has, of the details; if not, whether this will amount to a waste of land and resources; and

    (c)whether it will allow under-enrolled schools to continue their operation in the light of the special situations of individual schools?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Education and Manpower

*15. Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG to ask: (Translation)

Regarding the setting up of Internet web-sites by statutory and advisory bodies, will the Government inform this Council:
    (a)of the statutory and advisory bodies which have set up web-sites and in respect of each of such web-sites, the web address and whether the following information is available on it:

    (i)a list of its members;

    (ii)personal data of its members, such as their occupations, professional background and political affiliations as well as their first and re-appointment dates (please list the answers individually);

    (iii)the agenda of each meeting and the relevant discussion papers;

    (iv)the records of each meeting;

    (v)the attendance rates of its members at meetings; and

    (vi)the means to contact the relevant body;

    (b)of the statutory and advisory bodies which have not yet set up their web-sites and the reasons for that; and

    (c)whether it will require all statutory and advisory bodies to set up web-sites and provide the above information on the web-sites; if it will, when they are expected to complete setting up their web-sites; if not, of the reasons for that?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Home Affairs

*16. Hon Fred LI to ask: (Translation)

Will the Government inform this Council:
    (a)whether it knows the staff establishment of the Hong Kong Tourism Board ("HKTB"), the nature and scopes of work of its staff at various ranks as well as their average monthly salaries;

    (b)whether HKTB has obtained the Government's consent to its converting appointment of staff on contract terms to appointment on permanent terms, and including contract gratuity in the monthly salaries paid to the staff, and whether government departments or other subvented bodies have adopted similar practice; if they have not, the reasons for HKTB being allowed exceptionally to adopt such a practice;

    (c)as the staff cost for the HKTB's 315-strong establishment amounted to more than $140 million in the past year, with the average monthly salary of each employee exceeding $37,000, whether the HKTB staff's salaries are on the high side, about the same or on the low side compared to those of employees of other public bodies which receive 90% of their funding from the Government; if they are on the high or low side, of the reasons for that; and

    (d)as HKTB is granted funding of $440 million this year for launching global promotion and marketing programmes in the coming two years, whether the Tourism Commission will monitor the use of these funds and the results achieved, so as to ensure that the relevant marketing programmes achieve value for money and the public funds are put to effective use?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Economic Development and Labour

*17. Hon Emily LAU to ask:

It is learnt that the Executive Authorities introduced an administrative measure in 1970s, called the Pok Fu Lam Moratorium, which prohibited the Government from granting new leases for land or modification to existing leases which would result in an increase of traffic in the area until such time as the transport infrastructure had been improved sufficiently. In this regard, will the Executive Authorities inform this Council:
    (a)whether the Pok Fu Lam Moratorium is still in force;

    (b)of the number of applications received in the past 10 years from private leaseholders for lease modifications to enlarge, within the limits permissible under the relevant Outline Zoning Plans, the development acreage of their developments in Pok Fu Lam, and the number of such applications rejected; and

    (c)of the reasons of the Cyberport project not affected by the Pok Fu Lam Moratorium in terms of the granting of leases and the measures in place to ensure a level playing field for everybody?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands

*18. Hon LAU Kong-wah to ask: (Translation)

With regard to encouraging the public to help the Police in fighting crimes, will the Government inform this Council:
    (a)of the number of cases in which members of the public reported crimes or provided the relevant information through the Police telephone hotlines in each of the past three years and, among such cases, the percentage of those which were of help to the Police in detecting crimes;

    (b)of the total amount of cash rewards paid for information leading to the arrest of persons wanted by the Police in each of the past three years, and the number of crimes allegedly committed by these wanted persons;

    (c)of the criteria for presentation of Good Citizen Awards to members of the public who help combat crimes, as well as other forms of awards in this respect; and

    (d)whether it will consider setting up a fund for awarding members of the public who have contributed to fighting crimes; if not, of the reasons for that?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Security

*19. Hon CHEUNG Man-kwong to ask: (Translation)

Will the Government inform this Council of the following information over the past five years:
    (a)the average administrative cost incurred by the Student Financial Assistance Agency for recovering a defaulted loan repayment from a student;

    (b)whether the Agency has forfeited recovery action in any default case; if it has, of the reasons for that, the number of such cases and the total amount defaulted each year; if not, how it dealt with bad debt cases, and the total expenditure involved;

    (c)whether there had been cases in which the administrative cost for recovering a loan exceeded the amount defaulted; if so, how the authorities dealt with such cases, the details of such cases and the amounts involved; and

    (d)the respective numbers of cases of default in repayment for one, two and three instalments and the amounts involved, and whether there is any dedicated Government department and extra manpower to follow up these cases; if there is, the details of the manpower involved; if not, whether the authorities have assessed if the handling of such default cases by the existing staff has increased their work pressure; if they have, of the assessment results?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Education and Manpower

*20. Hon LI Kwok-ying to ask: (Translation)

It has been reported that quite a number of beds in public hospitals are occupied for a long time by some patients who have been diagnosed by doctors as having no need to stay in hospital for treatment but who have refused to be discharged from the hospital. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
    (a)of the total number of patients, in the past five years, who stayed in public hospitals for over a week after being diagnosed as having no need to stay in hospitals any longer, together with a breakdown of the figure by the hospitals where they stayed and the departments to which the wards concerned belong;

    (b)whether it has studied the reasons for these patients' refusal to be discharged, and how the Hospital Authority and the relevant government departments have followed up these cases;

    (c)whether it has assessed the impact of such a phenomenon on the quality of medical services in public hospitals and the workload of frontline staff; if so, of the assessment results; if not, the reasons for that; and

    (d)of the measures to improve this situation?
Public Officer to reply :Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works
(in the absence of Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food)

*For written reply.

III. Statements

The New Academic Structure for Senior Secondary and Higher Education - Action Plan for Investing in the Future of Hong Kong :Secretary for Education and Manpower

IV. Bills

First Reading

1. Merchant Shipping (Local Vessels and Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2005

2. Waste Disposal (Amendment) Bill 2005

Second Reading (Debates to be adjourned)

1.Merchant Shipping (Local Vessels and Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2005 :Secretary for Economic Development and Labour

2.Waste Disposal (Amendment) Bill 2005 :Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works

V. Members' Motions

  1. Continuing decline in birth rate

    Hon LEE Cheuk-yan: (Translation)

    That, in view of the continuing decline in Hong Kong's birth rate, this Council urges the Government to look into the anxieties and obstacles experienced by Hong Kong people in giving birth to children, and formulate measures that are conducive to achieving a balance between work and family life, so that Hong Kong people's childbirth plans will not be affected by their work.

    Amendments to motion
    (i)Hon CHAN Kam-lam: (Translation)

    To add "formulate a package of comprehensive population policies, including: (a) perfecting the existing Capital Investment Entrant Scheme and the current policies regarding admission of Mainland people to Hong Kong for settlement, etc, so as to prevent the ageing of Hong Kong's population from further worsening as a result of the continuing decline in our birth rate; (b) reviewing the existing policies on housing, education, manpower, welfare and health care, etc, in Hong Kong, in order to cater for the changes brought about by the continuing decline in our birth rate and the ageing of the population; (c) reviewing afresh the present publicity and promotional strategies on family planning in Hong Kong, and formulating measures to encourage childbirth; and (d)" after "this Council urges the Government to"; to delete "look" before "into the anxieties and obstacles" and substitute with "looking"; and to delete "formulate" after "giving birth to children, and" and substitute with "formulating".

    (ii)Hon Mrs Sophie LEUNG: (Translation)

    To add "thoroughly" after "this Council urges the Government to"; and to delete "measures that are conducive to achieving a balance between work and family life, so that Hong Kong people's childbirth plans will not be affected by their work" after "and formulate" and substitute with "relevant measures, including stepping up publicity and education, in order to raise Hong Kong people's birth rate".

    Public Officer to attend : Chief Secretary for Administration

  2. Display of the national flag

    Hon MA Lik: (Translation)

    That, to promote patriotic education in Hong Kong and in order that Hong Kong people attach greater importance to the display of the national flag, this Council urges the Government to require the display of the national flag at government buildings, primary and secondary schools as well as the University Grants Committee-funded institutions on National Day, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day and New Year's Day, and to require schools to organize the national flag-raising ceremony on a regular basis with full participation by all teachers and students; furthermore, the Government should strengthen education to enhance public understanding of the national flag and the regional flag.

    Public Officer to attend : Secretary for Home Affairs

Clerk to the Legislative Council