Subcommittee to Study the Transport Needs of and Provision of
Concessionary Public Transport Fares for Persons with Disabilities

Eighth meeting on
Tuesday, 27 February 2007, at 4:30 pm
in the Chamber of the Legislative Council Building

Revised agenda

I.Confirmation of minutes and matters arising
(4:30 pm - 4:32 pm)

LC Paper No. CB(1)869/06-07
(issued vide LC Paper No. CB(1)870/06-07 on 2 February 2007 )

-Minutes of the meeting held on 15 January 2007

II.Meeting with transport operators, deputations, the Equal Opportunities Commission and the Administration
(4:32 pm - 6:25 pm)

Meeting with transport operators

  1. Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation

  2. MTR Corporation Limited

  3. The Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited/
    Long Win Bus Company Limited

  4. Citybus Limited/
    New World First Bus Services Limited

  5. New Lantao Bus Company (1973) Limited

  6. Hong Kong Tramways Limited
Meeting with deputations

Disability Alliance on Concessionary Transport Fare
LC Paper No. CB(1)990/06-07(01)
(attached)

-Joint submission from Disability Alliance on Concessionary Transport Fare (Chinese version only)

  1. Integrated Rehab Service of Christian Family Service Centre

  2. The Hong Kong Joint Council of Parents of the Mentally Handicapped

  3. Hong Kong Federation of Handicapped Youth

  4. Hong Kong Blind Union

  5. Direction Association for the Handicapped

  6. Hong Kong Federation of the Blind

  7. Hong Kong Association of the Deaf
Meeting with the Equal Opportunities Commission and the Administration

LC Paper No. CB(1)967/06-07(01)
(issued on 15 February 2007)

-Information paper provided by the Administration

LC Paper No. CB(1)940/06-07(01)
(English version issued on 12 February 2007, Chinese version to follow)

-Report of the Survey on the Public Transport Needs of Persons with Disabilities conducted by the Social Sciences Research Centre of the University of Hong Kong (the Survey)

LC Paper No. CB(1)675/06-07(01)
(issued on 10 January 2007)

-Information paper provided by the Administration for the meeting on 15 January 2007 with the Executive Summary of the Survey

LC Paper No. CB(1)967/06-07(02)
(issued on 15 February 2007)

-List of follow-up actions (position as at 15 February 2007) prepared by the Secretariat

III.Any other business
(6:25 pm onwards)

(A list of papers previously issued is available on the Legislative Council website at http://www.legco.gov.hk/english/text.htm)

Council Business Division 1
Legislative Council Secretariat
26 February 2007