Panel on Food Safety and Environmental Hygiene and
Panel on Environmental Affairs

Joint meeting on Friday, 6 January 2006
to be held 15 minutes after the House Committee meeting (at around 3:30 pm)
in the Chamber of the Legislative Council Building

Updated agenda

I.Election of Chairman
(3:30 pm - 3:35 pm)

*II.Follow-up discussion on the reorganisation plan for the food safety regulatory framework
(3:35 pm - 5:25 pm)

(a)Meeting with deputations

(i)Meeting with experts and academics

1.Hong Kong Medical Association

2.Hong Kong Dietitians Association

3.Hong Kong Nutrition Association

4.Hong Kong College of Community Medicine
[LC Paper No. CB(2) 790/05-06(02) (English version only)]
(will also represent Hong Kong Academy of Medicine)

5.Hong Kong Veterinary Association
[LC Paper No. CB(2) 790/05-06(03) (English version only)]
[Further submission : LC Paper No. CB(2) 826/05-06(02)]

6.Professor Thomas Y K CHAN, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
[LC Paper No. CB(2) 790/05-06(04) (English version only)]

7.Professor KWAN Hoi-shan, Director of Studies, Food and Nutritional Sciences Programme, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

8.Professor LAM Tai-hing
Head of Department, Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong
[LC Paper No. CB(2) 807/05-06(01) (English version only)]

9.Dr Frederick LEUNG, Associate Professor, Department of Zoology, The University of Hong Kong
[LC Paper No. CB(2) 790/05-06(05) (English version only)]

(ii)Meeting with relevant trades

10.The Hong Kong Food Council Limited
[LC Paper No. CB(2) 790/05-06(06) (Chinese version only)]

11.Hong Kong Retail Management Association
[LC Paper No. CB(2) 807/05-06(02) (English version only)]

12.Hong Kong Suppliers Association Ltd
[LC Paper No. CB(2) 807/05-06(03) (English version only)]

13.Hong Kong Food Science & Technology Association Ltd.
[LC Paper No. CB(2) 826/05-06(01)]

14.Hong Kong Foodstuff Five Guilds Concern Group

15.The Hong Kong Federation of Restaurants & Related Trades

16.The Association for Hong Kong Catering Services Management Limited

17.Hong Kong and Kowloon Fresh Fish Trade General Association

18.Hong Kong Vegetable Wholesaler Community

19.Hong Kong Egg Merchants Association

20.The Hong Kong Kowloon Fruit and Vegetable Employees and Employers Guild

21.Overseas Imported Fruits and Vegetables Association

22.Federation of Hong Kong Kowloon New Territories Hawker Associations

23.Hong Kong Poultry Wholesalers Association

Other submissions received (but not attend the meeting)

1.Association of Hong Kong Nursing Staff
[LC Paper No. CB(2) 790/05-06(07) (Chinese version only)]

2.Professor Paul CHAN Kay-sheung
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
[LC Paper No. CB(2) 790/05-06(08) (English version only)]

3.Professor WOO Jean
Chairman and Professor of Medicine, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
[LC Paper No. CB(2) 790/05-06(09) (English version only)]

4.Professor YUEN Kwok-yung, JP, Chair of Infectious Diseases and
Head of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong
[LC Paper No. CB(2) 790/05-06(10) (English version only)]

5.香港飲食業聯合總會
[LC Paper No. CB(2) 790/05-06(11) (Chinese version only)]

6.Hong Kong Doctors Union
[LC Paper No. CB(2) 790/05-06(01) (English version only)]

(b)Meeting with the Administration

Papers previously issued

LC Paper No. CB(2) 464/05-06(01)
(Issued on 22 November 2005)

-Paper provided by the Administration on "Reorganization Plan for the Food Safety Regulatory Framework and Integration of Nature Conservation with Environment Protection Functions"

LC Paper No. CB(2) 699/05-06(04)
(Issued on 14 December 2005)

-Letter dated 12 December 2005 from the Administration providing information on the new cooperation arrangement signed with the Mainland China on food safety, inspection and quarantine of animals and plants

LC Paper No. CB(2) 699/05-06(05)
(Issued on 14 December 2005)

-Letter dated 12 December 2005 from the Administration providing information on the number of non-civil servant contract staff in the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department and Food and Environmental Hygiene Department

III.Any other business
(5:25 pm - 5:30 pm)

* All other LegCo Members are invited to join the discussion of this item.

Council Business Division 2
Legislative Council Secretariat
6 January 2006