Subcommittee on
Telecommunications (Designation of Frequency Bands subject to Payment of Spectrum Utilization Fee) (Amendment) Order 2004,
Telecommunications (Method for Determining Spectrum Utilization Fees) (Third Generation Mobile Services) (Amendment) Regulation 2004 and Telecommunications (Level of Spectrum Utilization Fees) (Second Generation Mobile Services) Regulation

Meeting on
Wednesday, 12 January 2005 at 8:30 am
in Conference Room A of the Legislative Council Building

Agenda

I.Confirmation of minutes and matters arising
(8:30 am - 8:35 am)

LC Paper No. CB(1)662/04-05
(issued on 10 January 2005)

-Minutes of first meeting on 22 December 2004

II.Meeting with the Administration
(8:35 am - 10:25 am)

LC Paper No. CB(1)648/04-05(01)
(English version issued on 10 January 2005, Chinese version to follow)

-Letter dated 8 January 2005 from the Administration in response to concerns raised at the first meeting on 22 December 2004

LC Paper No. CB(1)648/04-05(02)
(to follow)

-The Administration's response to deputations' views

LC Paper No. CB(1)580/04-05(01)
(issued on 23 December 2004)

-The Administration's letter providing supplementary information further to its reply of 16 December 2004 to the Assistant Legal Adviser's letter dated 15 December 2004

LC Paper No. CB(1)562/04-05(01)
(issued on 21 December 2004)

-Marked-up copy of L.N. 208 and 209 of 2004 prepared by the Legal Service Division

LC Paper No. CB(1)562/04-05(02)
(issued on 21 December 2004)

-Letter dated 15 December 2004 from the Assistant Legal Adviser (ALA) to the Administration

LC Paper No. CB(1)562/04-05(03)
(issued on 21 December 2004)

-Reply dated 16 December 2004 from the Administration to ALA's letter of 15 December 2004

LC Paper No. CB(1)562/04-05(04)
(issued on 21 December 2004)

-The subsidiary legislation gazetted on 10 December 2004 (L.N. 208, 209 and 210 of 2004)

CTB(CR)7/23/11
(issued on 8 December 2004)

-The Legislative Council Brief issued by the Commerce, Industry and Technology Bureau

LC Paper No. LS21/04-05
(issued on 15 December 2004)

-Legal Service Division Report on the proposed subsidiary legislation

LC Paper No. CB(1)560/04-05
(issued on 21 December 2004)

-Background brief on the subsidiary legislation (L.N. 208, 209 and 210 of 2004) prepared by the Secretariat

Other relevant papers issued previously

LC Paper No CB(1)384/04-05(02)
(issued on 1 December 2004 and re-circulated on 21 December 2004 vide LC Paper No. CB(1)562/04-05)

-Statement of the Telecommunications Authority on Licensing of Mobile Services on Expiry of Existing Licences for Second Generation Mobile Services (English version only)

LC Paper No CB(1)412/04-05(11)
(issued on 7 December 2004 and re-circulated on 21 December 2004 vide LC Paper No. CB(1)562/04-05)

-Information paper on "Licensing of Mobile Services on Expiry of Existing Licences for Second Generation Mobile Services and related subsidiary legislation"

Submissions/letters from deputations not attending the meeting
  1. China Resources Peoples Telephone Company Limited
    (LC Paper No. CB(1)648/04-05(03) - issued on 7 January 2005)

  2. Hong Kong CSL Limited
    (LC Paper No. CB(1)686/04-05(01) - English version attached)

  3. Hutchison Telecommunications (Hong Kong) Limited
    (LC Paper No. CB(1)672/04-05(01) - English version issued on 10 January 2005)

  4. New World PCS Limited
    (LC Paper No. CB(1)648/04-05(04) - English version issued on 7 January 2005)

  5. SmarTone Mobile Communications Limited
    (LC Paper No. CB(1)648/04-05(05) - English version issued on 7 January 2005)

  6. SUNDAY Communications Limited
    (LC Paper No. CB(1)648/04-05(06) - English version issued on 7 January 2005)
III.Any other business
(10:25 am onward)

Council Business Division 1
Legislative Council Secretariat
11 January 2005