Subcommittee to Study the Subject of Combating Poverty
Meeting on Tuesday, 18 July 2006 at 4:30 pm
in the Chamber of the Legislative Council Building
A G E N D A
| I. | Implementation of recommendations in the Subcommittee's Report on Working Poverty (Paragraph 6.1 (e), (f), (g) and (h) in the Report)
(4:30 pm - 5:40 pm)
- Safeguarding employees' benefits
- Enhancing the competitiveness of the working poor through education and training
- Providing financial assistance to the working-poor households (including the provision of transport subsidy)
- Providing support services for working-poor households
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| LC Paper No. CB(2) 2727/05-06(01)
(attached)
| - | Paper provided by Commission on Poverty on "Report on working poverty - Assistance and support to working-poor households"
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| LC Paper No. CB(2) 2727/05-06(02)
(attached)
| - | Paper provided by Education and Manpower Bureau on "Enhancing the competitiveness of the working poor through education and training"
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| II. | Updated indicators of poverty
(5:40 pm - 6:20 pm)
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| LC Paper No. CB(2) 2727/05-06(03)
(attached)
| - | Paper provided by Commission on Poverty on "Indicators of poverty - an update for 2005"
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| III. | Any other business
(6:20 pm - 6:30 pm)
Work plan of the Subcommittee
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| LC Paper No. CB(2) 2727/05-06(04)
| - | Paper prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat
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Council Business Division 2
Legislative Council Secretariat
12 July 2006
