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A 04/05-7
Legislative Council
Agenda
Wednesday 10 November 2004 at 2:30pm
I. Tabling of Papers
| Subsidiary Legislation / Instruments | L.N. No.
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| 1. | Buildings (Amendment) Ordinance 2004 (15 of 2004) (Commencement) Notice 2004 | 171/2004
| | 2. | United Nations (Anti-Terrorism Measures) Ordinance (Cap. 575) (Commencement) Notice 2004 | 172/2004
| | 3. | United Nations (Anti-Terrorism Measures) (Amendment) Ordinance 2004 (21 of 2004) (Commencement) Notice 2004 | 173/2004
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II. Questions
1. Hon CHEUNG Hok-ming to ask: (Translation)
In March 2002, the Drainage Services Department ("DSD") advised Members of this Council that the Lam Tsuen Valley Sewerage Project was expected to be completed in 2008. However, the DSD indicated early this year that in order to make effective use of the limited resources, the Government needed to adhere to the principle of giving priority to more urgent projects, and hence it was necessary to defer the completion of the above project to 2011. Regarding village sewerage works, will the Government inform this Council:
| (a) | of the number of such works deferred in the past five years and the reasons for their deferment;
| | (b) | whether, before such works are completed, other measures are in place to address the problem of sewage discharge in rural areas, so as to prevent the deterioration of the mosquito problem; and
| | (c) | whether it has assessed the harm caused by the deferment of such works to the development of rural land and the overall economy of Hong Kong; if it has, of the assessment results?
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Public Officer to reply : Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works
2. Dr Hon YEUNG Sum to ask: (Translation)
Regarding constitutional development, will the Government inform this Council:
| (a) | of the ways to sum up the public submissions in response to The Third Report of the Constitutional Development Task Force;
| | (b) | given that the above Report has already specified those areas which may be considered for amendment in respect of the methods for selecting the Chief Executive in 2007 and for forming the Legislative Council in 2008, how the Administration will deal with the constitutional reform proposals made by members of the public which are beyond the specified areas for amendment, for instance, proposals to elect the Chief Executive and the Legislative Council by universal suffrage; and
| | (c) | whether the Administration will consult the public before implementing specific constitutional reform proposals; if so, of the consultation timetable?
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Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Constitutional Affairs
3. Hon James TIEN to ask: (Translation)
The number of pregnant women from the Mainland giving birth in public hospitals in Hong Kong has been on the rise, putting pressure on staffing in hospitals in New Territories East and New Territories West, and may thus affect the provision of medical services for residents of the districts concerned. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council whether it knows:
| (a) | the monthly usage rates of obstetrician and neonatal services provided in public hospitals in the above districts over the past year, and the percentage of Mainland people among all the users of the services;
| | (b) | as many Mainland pregnant women seek admission to public hospitals in the districts concerned after midnight, the number of such pregnant women over the past year, as well as the reasons for this phenomenon; and
| | (c) | the estimated time for completing the night-time staffing improvement programme for labour wards, the staffing levels assessed to be adequate under the programme, as well as how the day-time staffing for such wards will be arranged?
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Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food
4. Hon Audrey EU to ask: (Translation)
The Government established the Air Quality Objectives ("AQOs") in 1987 to regulate the acceptable concentration levels of seven types of air pollutants. Since then, AQOs have become the yardsticks for computing the air pollution index in Hong Kong. However, as air pollution is worsening, the World Health Organization, European Union and our neighbour, Singapore, have reviewed their AQOs established in the 1980s, so as to avoid any under-estimation of the actual pollution situation due to obsolete AQOs. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
| (a) | whether it will review the AQOs established in 1987 so that the air pollution index can better reflect the actual situation and that public health will be safeguarded; if not, the reasons for that; and
| | (b) | as the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government and the Guangdong Provincial Government have reached a consensus to reduce by 2010, on a best endeavour basis, the regional emission of pollutants such as suspended particulates, nitrogen oxides and sulphur dioxide to specific targets, and that the Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works had stated, in her reply to a Member's question at a Council meeting of last session on measures to restrict or reduce the amount of pollutants emitted from power plants, that the Government would start with increasing the supply of natural gas and reducing emission, whether the authorities have now worked out concrete details on the measures to reduce emission by power plants and set a timetable for implementing such measures?
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Public Officer to reply : Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works
5. Hon Albert Jinghan CHENG to ask: (Translation)
Two public rental housing ("PRH") tenants applied in 2002 for judicial review in respect of the decisions of the Housing Authority ("HA") to defer the rent reviews in 2001 and 2002. In July 2003, the Court of First Instance of the High Court ruled in favour of the applicants. The Court of First Instance found that HA is under a duty to review rent regularly and when HA conducts the review, the requirement stipulated in the law that the overall median rent-to-income ratio should not exceed 10% must be abided by. Subsequently HA appealed against the judgment. While the appeal hearing was heard and concluded in April this year, the judgment of the Court of Appeal is still pending. On the other hand, a month prior to the commencement of the appeal hearing (that is, in March this year), HA adopted a rent adjustment option of waiving the rent of the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance households plus a 10% rent reduction for other households. Regarding the issue of PRH rent, will the Government inform this Council:
| (a) | given that it has already been more than half a year since the conclusion of the hearing of the above case but the judgment is still pending, whether the Administration knows if HA, as one of the litigating parties, has enquired with the authorities concerned about the reasons for the judgment still pending and the timing of its delivery;
| | (b) | of the reasons for HA's adopting the rent adjustment option a month prior to the commencement of the appeal hearing, and whether the Administration has consulted the public on the option; and
| | (c) | whether the Government will consider establishing a standing mechanism with credibility whereby, based on pre-determined specific criteria, reviews of PRH rent will be conducted regularly under the requirements of the Housing Ordinance, and consulting the public on the outcome of the reviews?
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Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands
6. Hon Fred LI to ask: (Translation)
The Scheme of Control Agreements ("SCAs") with the two power companies in Hong Kong will expire in 2008, which is only about four years from now. As it takes at least three years to build a new power plant, the Government has to deal with issues relating to the future reform of the electricity supply market expeditiously. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
| (a) | whether it will open up the electricity supply market or continue with the schemes of control, and of the considerations in making its decision in this regard; if the schemes of control are to be continued, whether the future schemes will differ from the current ones; if so, of the details;
| | (b) | whether the future reform of the electricity supply market has to be presented in the form of a bill or subsidiary legislation, for passage by the Legislative Council ("LegCo"); if not, whether the authorities will consult LegCo on the relevant reform proposals; and
| | (c) | as the above SCAs will expire in 2008, whether the authorities have any plan to promote development of more renewable energy sources by the power companies concerned; if so, of the details of the plan; if not, the reasons for that?
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Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Economic Development and Labour
*7. Ir Dr Hon HO Chung-tai to ask: (Translation)
At present, there are still some public housing estates in the territory that are not fitted with lifts, causing access barriers to the disabled and the elderly. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
| (a) | of the total number of public housing blocks in the territory that are not fitted with lifts;
| | (b) | whether priority will be given to processing applications by the disabled and the elderly for transfer to public housing estates fitted with lifts, and of the current average waiting time for such applications to be processed; and
| | (c) | of the estimated average cost for each public housing block not fitted with lifts to be retrofitted with such devices?
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Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands
*8. Hon LAU Kong-wah to ask: (Translation)
With regard to the disposal of waste paper, will the Government inform this Council of:
| (a) | the quantity of waste paper disposed of in each of the past three years, and the quantity and percentage of such waste paper which originated from government departments;
| | (b) | the respective quantities of waste paper disposed of by dumping at landfill sites as well as by other means in each of the past three years, and the respective percentages of such waste paper among all the waste paper disposed of; and
| | (c) | the measures in place to encourage the public to use less paper and to separate wastes to facilitate recovery of waste paper for recycling?
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Public Officer to reply : Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works
*9. Hon LI Fung-ying to ask: (Translation)
Regarding the issuance of closed road permits by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government ("HKSARG") to Mainland drivers engaging in transportation activities between Hong Kong and the Mainland, will the Government inform this Council:
| (a) | of the respective numbers of successful and unsuccessful applications for issue and renewal of the above permits made to HKSARG by Mainland drivers each year since 2000, together with the reasons for the applications being unsuccessful;
| | (b) | of the respective numbers of Mainland drivers and their employers arrested and successfully prosecuted for working and employing such persons to work illegally in Hong Kong without such permits, or for breach of permit conditions each year since 2000;
| | (c) | of the restrictions imposed by these permits on Mainland drivers and their local employers; whether they include restricting Mainland drivers to driving vehicles which are registered in the Mainland while they are in Hong Kong; if so, how the authorities monitor the Mainland drivers and their employers to guard against non-compliance with the restrictions; if not, the mechanism or measures the authorities have in place to ensure that the issuance of these permits to Mainland drivers will not affect the employment opportunities of local drivers engaging in transportation activities between Hong Kong and the Mainland;
| | (d) | whether it has set a limit on the number of these permits to be issued; if so, of the maximum number, and how the authorities determined the limit and whether they have reviewed it; if no limit has been set, the reasons for that; and
| | (e) | whether it has conducted a comprehensive review on the practice of issuing these permits to Mainland drivers, including its impact on the employment of local drivers engaging in transportation activities between Hong Kong and the Mainland; if so, of the outcome; if not, the reasons for that?
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Public Officer to reply : Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works
*10. Hon LAU Kong-wah to ask: (Translation)
In March 2002, a joint expert group formed by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the relevant Mainland authority embarked on a feasibility study on the development of an express rail link connecting Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Hong Kong. It has been reported that the expert group explored the desirability of adopting a magnetically levitated ("Maglev") system for the rail link, but ceased pursuing this option last year in view of the high costs involved. Recently, however, the expert group revisited the option of adopting the Maglev system. With regard to these issues, will the Government inform this Council:
| (a) | of the latest progress of the study conducted by the expert group on the development of the express rail link; and
| | (b) | how the implementation timetable of the express rail link will be affected by the expert group's re-examining the option of adopting the Maglev system, and how the Maglev system compares with the wheel-rail system in terms of cost-effectiveness?
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Public Officer to reply : Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works
*11. Hon CHOY So-yuk to ask: (Translation)
It has been reported that the Russian President announced on 30 September this year that the Russian Government had endorsed a bill to ratify the Kyoto Protocol ("the Protocol") and the bill had been submitted to the Russian State Duma for approval. The Protocol will come into effect in Parties to the Protocol all over the world after the bill has been approved by the Russian State Duma, endorsed by the Upper House of Russian's Parliament and signed by the President. It will also be an important step taken by the international communities to counter threats posed by climate change to the world. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
| (a) | how Hong Kong will fulfil its obligations after the Protocol comes into effect; and
| | (b) | of the progress made by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in coordinating with the Central People's Government regarding the submission of reports to the United Nations, including how it will prepare the relevant reports, of the timetable for drafting the reports, the government departments responsible for the drafting work and the procedures for ratifying the draft reports?
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Public Officer to reply : Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works
*12. Hon CHOY So-yuk to ask: (Translation)
The Central People's Government ("CPG") has decided to apply the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ("the Convention") and the Kyoto Protocol ("the Protocol") under the Convention to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ("HKSAR") with effect from May last year. As China is not a party listed in Annex I to the Convention, it is not obligated to abide by the emission reduction targets stipulated by the Protocol for developed economies. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
| (a) | whether it is the responsibility of the HKSAR Government or CPG to draw up specific emission reduction targets;
| | (b) | if the above task is the responsibility of the HKSAR Government, of the basis adopted by the Administration in determining the emission reduction targets for HKSAR, and the reasons for adopting such basis; given that HKSAR ranks 30th among 183 economies and is one of the 54 high-income economies according to the "2003 Gross Domestic Product" ranking list in the World Development Indicators database which was published by the World Bank in September this year, whether the HKSAR Government will, having regard to the level of our economic development, adopt the emission reduction targets for developed economies; and
| | (c) | if the above task is the responsibility of CPG, whether the HKSAR Government knows the basis adopted by CPG in determining the emission reduction targets for HKSAR and the reasons for adopting such basis?
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Public Officer to reply : Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works
*13. Hon Emily LAU to ask: (Translation)
In view of the serious traffic incident which occurred on the 22nd of last month, allegedly as a result of speeding and red light jumping by public light bus ("PLB") drivers, will the Executive Authorities inform this Council:
| (a) | of the number of traffic accidents involving speeding PLBs and the resultant casualties in each of the past three years;
| | (b) | of the number of prosecutions instituted against PLB drivers for speeding last year; and how the figure compares with those in the preceding two years;
| | (c) | whether they will consider making it mandatory that speed display and record devices be installed in all PLBs, and adopting measures to prevent such devices from being tampered with;
| | (d) | whether they will consider increasing the penalty of incurring three points in respect of red light jumping under the Road Traffic (Driving-offence Points) Ordinance (Cap. 375); and
| | (e) | whether they will consider installing cameras for detecting speeding and red light jumping at traffic accident black spots throughout the territory, so as to step up prosecution against drivers who speed and jump red lights?
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Public Officer to reply : Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works
*14. Hon Albert CHAN to ask: (Translation)
In reply to my question on 26 November 2003, the Administration advised that it had adopted a number of measures to curb the proliferation of Mikania micrantha in rural areas. However, it is learned that Mikania micrantha is still spreading, blocking other plants from sunlight and strangling many plants which have withered as a result. In this regard, will the Government inform this Council:
| (a) | of the locations and total area where Mikania micrantha has proliferated over the past 12 months;
| | (b) | of the new measures adopted to prevent Mikania micrantha from harming trees;
| | (c) | of the results of its joint study with the Guangdong Forestry Bureau to curb the spread of Mikania micrantha; and
| | (d) | whether more effective measures will be drawn up to curb the proliferation of Mikania micrantha; if so, of the details; if not, the reasons for that?
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Public Officer to reply : Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works
*15. Ir Dr Hon HO Chung-tai to ask: (Translation)
It has been reported that the City University of Hong Kong will launch a "learn and work" scheme to subsidize approximately the first year's annual salaries of some 200 to 300 graduates of the University, with a view to helping them secure their first jobs. Under this scheme, the University will also increase the number of on-campus part-time jobs available to its students, so as to allow the various departments of the University to employ them to take up part-time jobs, in order that they can gain working experience, thereby facilitating them in finding employment after graduation. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council whether it:
| (a) | knows if the other universities in Hong Kong have implemented the above scheme; if so, of the details; if not, whether they will implement such a scheme;
| | (b) | knows the total estimated number of graduates and students who will benefit from the scheme in the coming year; and
| | (c) | has assessed the benefits to the participating students and universities if the scheme is implemented by all universities in Hong Kong (with the exception of the Open University of Hong Kong); if so, of the results?
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Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Education and Manpower
*16. Hon Howard YOUNG to ask: (Translation)
A Hong Kong tour group had a serious traffic accident in Jiufen, Taiwan on the 18th of last month, causing deaths of four tour group members and more than 20 injuries. The travel agents and people in Hong Kong were gravely concerned about the safety of and insurance for tour groups. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
| (a) | whether the authorities concerned have regularly exchanged views with the tourism authorities outside Hong Kong on measures to ensure tourist safety at those places; if so, whether they have conveyed such measures to the travel agents in Hong Kong; if not, whether they have such plans;
| | (b) | whether it will consider requiring travel agents to take out indemnity insurance, no matter whether it is to be taken out by travel agents individually or collectively by the Travel Industry Council of Hong Kong on their behalf;
| | (c) | whether it knows the progress of the discussion over indemnity insurance between the Travel Industry Council of Hong Kong and the insurance industry; and
| | (d) | of the measures in place to ensure that tour group members be expeditiously compensated after accidents?
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Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Economic Development and Labour
*17. Hon Miriam LAU to ask: (Translation)
A man was prosecuted and convicted for driving a vehicle at a speed of 97 kilometres per hour (km/hr) along a particular section of the Lantau Link in July this year, which exceeded the speed limit of 80 km/hr enforced on that road section. Aggrieved by the conviction, the man lodged an appeal to the High Court. On 16 September, a judge of the High Court ruled in favour of the appellant on grounds that the speed limit of 80 km/hr on the road section was invalid because the authorities had not, as required by the law, published a notice of it in the Gazette, and the traffic sign stipulating the relevant speed limit was therefore misleading to the appellant. It has been reported that the Department of Justice has recently decided not to appeal in this case. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council whether:
| (a) | it will expeditiously publish in the Gazette the notice of the speed limit of 80 km/hr for the road section; if so, of the timing of the gazettal; if not, the reasons for that; and
| | (b) | it will refund the fines to those vehicle drivers who have been convicted of speeding on the road section in the past and, if applicable, rectify their records of driving-offence points; if so, of the relevant details; if not, the reasons for that?
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Public Officer to reply : Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works
*18. Hon MA Lik to ask: (Translation)
According to the requirements of the Continuing Education Fund ("CEF") for reimbursing fees of recognized courses, applicants must be aged from 18 to 60 at the time of application and on seeking reimbursement of their fees. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
| (a) | of the number of persons who have attended recognized courses and are over 60 years of age, and its percentage in the total intake since the establishment of CEF;
| | (b) | whether it has assessed the possible financial impact on CEF if the above upper age limit requirement is removed; if it has, of the assessment results; and
| | (c) | whether it plans to remove the upper age limit requirement so as to encourage people to pursue lifelong learning and study; if not, the reasons for that?
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Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Education and Manpower
*19. Hon Emily LAU to ask: (Translation)
The incumbent Chief Executive Officer of MTR Corporation Limited ("MTRCL") accepted a bank's appointment as its chairman in July this year. In this connection, will the Executive Authorities inform this Council whether:
| (a) | they know if the person concerned had sought the prior approval of the MTRCL management; if he had, of the reasons and criteria for granting the approval; if he had not, the reasons for that;
| | (b) | they have studied if the person concerned has conflicts of interests, roles and time in concurrently taking up senior positions in a public organization and a commercial organization, as well as such impact on the operation of MTRCL; if they have, of the outcome of study; if not, the reasons for that; and
| | (c) | they will prohibit senior staff of MTRCL and other public organizations from concurrently taking up positions in commercial organizations, in order not to affect their commitment and performance in their respective public organizations?
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Public Officer to reply : Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works
*20. Hon CHEUNG Hok-ming to ask: (Translation)
It has been reported that a green group recently criticized that the air quality index currently adopted by the Environmental Protection Department is outdated, failing to reflect the actual air pollution situation in Hong Kong, and that while Hong Kong is a first-rate city, it has ninth-rate air quality. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
| (a) | whether it has assessed the effectiveness of the improvement measures taken to address the air pollution problem in Hong Kong in the past three years; if an assessment has been made with the results indicating that the effectiveness of such measures is not satisfactory, whether it has proposed new improvement measures so that Hong Kong, as a first-rate city, will have first-rate air quality; and
| | (b) | of the public medical expenditure in the past three years on diseases caused by the serious air pollution problem in Hong Kong, particularly respiratory diseases?
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Public Officer to reply : Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works
*For written reply.
IIA. Statements
| 1. | West Kowloon Cultural District project | : | Chief Secretary for Administration
| | 2. | Electoral Affairs Commission Interim Report on the 2004 Legislative Council Election | : | Secretary for Constitutional Affairs
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III. Bills
First Reading
Trade Descriptions (Amendment) Bill 2004
Second Reading (Debate to be adjourned)
| Trade Descriptions (Amendment) Bill 2004 | : | Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology
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IV. Members' Motions
- Constitutional reform
Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah: (Translation)
That this Council urges the HKSAR Government to immediately arrange, with regard to constitutional reform, for all Members of the Legislative Council to meet relevant officials of the Central People's Government, so that Members can directly reflect to the Central People's Government the views of all the people of Hong Kong on the implementation of universal suffrage in 2007 and 2008.
Amendment to Hon Ronny TONG Ka-wah's motion
Hon TAM Yiu-chung: (Translation)
To delete "immediately" after "the HKSAR Government to"; to add "as soon as possible" after "arrange"; to delete ", so that Members can directly reflect to the Central People's Government the views of all the people of Hong Kong on the implementation of universal suffrage in" after "the Central People's Government" and substitute with "to discuss the constitutional arrangements for"; and to add "and the ways to achieve universal suffrage thereafter" after "2007 and 2008".
Amendment to Hon TAM Yiu-chung's amendment
Hon Margaret NG: (Translation)
To delete "thereafter" after "to achieve universal suffrage".
Public Officer to attend : Secretary for Constitutional Affairs
- Conserving the Central Police Station Compound and formulating a comprehensive policy on antiquities and monuments
Hon CHOY So-yuk: (Translation)
That, as the Central Police Station, Victoria Prison and the former Central Magistracy Compound is of great historic and cultural value, this Council urges the Government to adopt the following measures to review afresh the direction for its development:
| (a) | to preserve the historic character and features of the Compound, since monuments form part of the collective memory of the people of Hong Kong;
| | (b) | to actively work out a sustainable mode of operation of the Compound, subject to the principle of allowing public access and enjoyment of the Compound;
| | (c) | to consult the public widely on the use of the Compound before conducting an open tender exercise for the heritage tourism project at the Compound, and to establish a monitoring body with public participation to monitor the tendering work and the development of the project; and
| | (d) | to put proper conservation of the Compound as an overriding factor for assessing the tender proposals for the project;
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furthermore, the Government should also expeditiously formulate, in an open and highly transparent manner, a comprehensive policy on the preservation of antiquities and monuments to ensure that buildings which have been declared as monuments are duly maintained and conserved, and the original environment and atmosphere of their surroundings are preserved; at the same time, the Government should, through publicity and education, actively enhance the public's knowledge and awareness of antiquities and monuments and their preservation, and should study the feasibility of developing heritage tourism with a view to promoting a local community economy that has cultural characteristics, and to creating job opportunities.
| Amendments to Hon CHOY So-yuk's motion
| | (i) | Dr Hon YEUNG Sum: (Translation)
To add "as well as the integrity" after "the historic character and features"; to add "and must retain all the 18 buildings and their enclosing walls," before "since monuments"; to add "including the conservation of the Compound on a non-profit making basis," after "operation of the Compound,"; to delete "a monitoring body with public participation to monitor the tendering work and the development of the project" after "and to establish" and substitute with "an independent committee for vetting the tender proposals and monitoring their implementation"; to add "to attach a higher weighting to the qualitative aspects and" after "(d)"; and to add "and set up as soon as possible an independent antiquities and monuments authority that has credibility," after "the preservation of antiquities and monuments".
Amendment to Dr Hon YEUNG Sum's amendment
Dr Hon KWOK Ka-ki: (Translation)
To add "and ensuring that the operations at the Compound are not incompatible with its historic value, and that parts of the Compound are retained for the provision of a police, prison and judicial museum," after "non-profit making basis,"; and to add ", refrain from taking land premium or economic interests as a primary consideration" after "the qualitative aspects".
| | (ii) | Hon Mrs Selina CHOW: (Translation)
To delete "(b) to actively work out a sustainable mode of operation of the Compound, subject to the principle of allowing public access and enjoyment of the Compound;"; to delete "(c)" and substitute with "(b)"; to delete "consult the public widely on the use of the Compound before conducting" before "an open tender exercise" and substitute with "expeditiously conduct"; to delete ", and to establish a monitoring body with public participation to monitor the tendering work and the development of the project" after "at the Compound"; to delete "(d)" and substitute with "(c)"; to delete "put proper conservation of the Compound as an overriding factor for" before "assessing" and substitute with "consider the following principles when"; to add ": allowing public access and enjoyment of the Compound, working out a mode of operation that allows for sustainable development of the Compound, and proper conservation of the Compound" after "assessing the tender proposals for the project"; to add "as far as possible" after "their surroundings are preserved"; to delete "knowledge and" after "the public's"; to add "the preservation of" after "awareness of"; to delete "and their preservation, and should study the feasibility of developing heritage tourism" before "with a view to"; to delete "a local community economy that has cultural characteristics," after "promoting" and substitute with "heritage tourism"; and to delete "to" before "creating job opportunities".
| | (iii) | Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shing: (Translation)
To delete ", and to establish a monitoring body with public participation to monitor the tendering work and the development of the project" after "the heritage tourism project at the Compound".
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| Public Officers to attend | : | Secretary for Economic Development and Labour
Secretary for Home Affairs |
Clerk to the Legislative Council
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