Panel on Information Technology and Broadcasting

Special meeting on
Tuesday, 1 November 2005, at 2:30 pm
in Conference Room A of the Legislative Council Building

Agenda

* I.Issues related to the protection of personal information of e-mail account subscribers
(2:30 pm - 4:20 pm)

Meeting with the Administration and the deputations

Relevant correspondences

LC Paper No. CB(1)76/05-06(01)
(issued on 17 October 2005)

-Letter dated 7 October 2005 from Hon SIN Chung-kai to Yahoo! Holdings (Hong Kong) on questions relating to its email services

LC Paper No. CB(1)115/05-06(02)
(issued on 21 October 2005)

-Letter dated 15 October 2005 to Yahoo! (Holdings) Hong Kong Ltd

LC Paper No. CB(1)41/05-06(01)
(issued on 13 October 2005)

-Letter dated 12 October 2005 from Hon Emily LAU (Chinese version only)

LC Paper No. CB(1)115/05-06(04)
(Chinese version issued on 21 October 2005, English version issued on 26 October 2005 vide LC Paper No. CB(1)160/05-06)

-Letter dated 20 October 2005 from Hon Emily LAU

Newspaper reports

LC Paper No. CB(1)115/05-06(01)
(issued on 21 October 2005)

-Newspaper cuttings on the incident of SHI Tao and related issues

Related documents

LC Paper No. CB(1)186/05-06(01)
(issued on 31 October 2005)

-Extracts of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Cap. 486)

http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/globalvoices/wp-content/ShiTao_verdict.pdf

-Weblink on the verdict on the case of SHI Tao

LC Paper No. CB(1)115/05-06(03)
(issued on 21 October 2005)

-Draft "Norms on the responsibilities of transnational corporations and other business enterprises with regard to human rights" issued by the United Nations Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights

LC Paper No. CB(1)147/05-06(01)
(issued on 26 October 2005)

-Extract from "Report of the United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights on the responsibilities of transnational corporations and related business enterprises with regard to human rights" (E/CN.4/2005/91 dated 15 February 2005)

Briefing by the Administration

LC Paper No. CB(1)173/05-06(01)
(issued on 27 October 2005)

-Information paper provided by Administration

Meeting with deputations

1.Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong

LC Paper No. CB(1)160/05-06(01)
(issued on 26 October 2005)

-Submission from Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong

LC Paper No. CB(1)160/05-06(02)
(issued on 26 October 2005)

-Written response to part (b) of Hon Emily LAU's questions in her letter dated 20 October 2005

2.Hong Kong Internet Service Providers Association

3.The Foreign Correspondents' Club, Hong Kong

LC Paper No. CB(1)186/05-06(02)
(issued on 31 October 2005)

-Letter dated 4 October 2005 from the Foreign Correspondents' Club, Hong Kong (English version only)

4.Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor

Submission from organization that will not attend the meeting

1.Yahoo! Holdings (Hong Kong) Ltd

LC Paper No. CB(1)186/05-06(03)
(issued on 31 October 2005)

-Letter dated 28 October 2005 from Yahoo! Holdings (Hong Kong) Ltd (English version only)

LC Paper No. CB(1)92/05-06(01)
(issued on 19 October 2005)

-Statement dated 18 October 2005 from Yahoo! Hong Kong

2.Hong Kong Journalists Association

LC Paper No. CB(1)203/05-06(01)
(issued on 1 November 2005)

-Submission from Hong Kong Journalists Association (Chinese version only)

II.Any other business
(4:20 pm - 4:30 pm)

* All other Hon Members of Legislative Council are invited to take part in the discussion of item I.

Council Business Division 1
Legislative Council Secretariat
1 November 2005