Bills Committee on Race Discrimination Bill
Meeting on Monday, 29 January 2007, at 4:30 pm
in the Chamber of the Legislative Council Building
A G E N D A
| I. | Meeting with the Administration
(4:30 pm - 6:25 pm)
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| LC Paper No. CB(2)963/06-07(01)
(attached)
| - | List of issues raised by members at the meeting on 16 January 2007
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| LC Paper No. CB(2)963/06-07(02)
(English version attached, Chinese version to follow)
| - | Paper entitled "Definition of 'race' " provided by the Administration
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| LC Paper No. CB(2)963/06-07(03)
(English version attached, Chinese version to follow)
| - | Paper entitled "Compatibility of the Race Discrimination Bill with the Basic Law and international human rights treaties" provided by the Administration
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| LC Paper No. LS32/06-07
(English version attached, Chinese version to follow)
| - | Paper entitled "The meaning of 'race' in race discrimination legislation of certain relevant overseas jurisdictions" prepared by Legal Service Division of the Legislative Council Secretariat
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| LC Paper No. CB(3)176/06-07
(issued on 1 December 2006)
| - | The Bill
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| Ref : HAB/CR/1/19/102
(issued by the Home Affairs Bureau on 29 November 2006)
| - | Legislative Council Brief
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| (A list of relevant papers previously issued is available on the LegCo website at http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr06-07/english/bc/bc52/agenda/bc520129.htm)
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| II. | Any other business
(6:25 pm - 6:30 pm)
Proposed meeting schedule
Proposed timeslots for holding meetings from February to July 2007 (to follow).
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Council Business Division 2
Legislative Council Secretariat
26 January 2007
LC Paper No. CB(2)969/06-07(01)
Bills Committee on Race Discrimination Bill
Proposed timeslots for meetings from February to July 2007
(The Bills Committee has agreed to meet once every two weeks)
| Proposed timeslot | Meeting(s) clashed | Overlapping membership
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| One meeting to be held in the first half of February 2007
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8.2.2007 (Thursday)
8:30 am in Conference Room A
or
5.2.2007 (Monday)
8:30 am in Conference Room A
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| One meeting to be held in the second half of February 2007
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28.2.2007 (Wednesday)
8:30 am in Conference Room A
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| One meeting to be held in the first half of March 2007
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3.3.2007 (Saturday)
9:00 am in the Chamber
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(Already scheduled)
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| One meeting to be held in the second half of March 2007
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23.3.2007 (Friday)
8:30 am in Conference Room A
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| One meeting to be held around the first half of April 2007
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19.4.2007 (Thursday)
8:30 am in Conference Room A
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| One meeting to be held in the second half of April 2007
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23.4.2007 (Monday)
8:30 am in Conference Room A
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| Two meetings to be held in the first half of May 2007
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3.5.2007 (Thursday)
2:30 pm in Conference Room A
and
15.5.2007 (Tuesday)
8:30 am in Conference Room A
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| One meeting to be held in the second half of May 2007
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31.5.2007 (Thursday)
10:45 am in Conference Room A
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| One meeting to be held around the first half of June 2007
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18.6.2007 (Monday)
10:45 am in Conference Room A
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| One meeting to be held in the second half of June 2007
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26.6.2007 (Tuesday)
10:45 am in Conference Room A
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| One meeting to be held in the first half of July 2007
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6.7.2007 (Friday)
10:45 am in Conference Room A
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| One meeting to be held in the second half of July 2007
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24.7.2007 (Tuesday)
10:45 am in Conference Room A
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Relevant papers previously issued
The Bill and background information
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LC Paper No. LS18/06-07
(issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)647/06-07 on 13 December 2006)
| - | Legal Service Division Report on the Bill
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Appendix III to LC Paper No. CB(2)859/06-07
(issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)859/06-07 on 15 January 2007)
| - | Marked-up copy of the relevant provisions of ordinances to be amended by the Bill
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LC Paper No. CB(2)859/06-07(01)
(issued on 15 January 2007)
| - | Background brief prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat
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Papers provided by the Administration
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LC Paper No. CB(2)884/06-07(01)
(issued on 18 January 2007)
| - | Paper entitled "Home Affairs Bureau - Race Relations Unit"
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LC Paper No. CB(2)884/06-07(02)
(English version issued on 18 January 2007; Chinese version issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)909/06-07 on 19 January 2007)
| - | Paper entitled "Support measures for non-Chinese speaking students"
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LC Paper No. CB(2)2642/05-06(04)
(issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)884/06-07 on 18 January 2007)
| - | Paper entitled "Education for children of ethnic minorities" previously issued for discussion at the meeting of the Panel on Education on 10 July 2006
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Written submissions
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LC Paper No. CB(2)859/06-07(02)
(English version only)(issued on 15 January 2007)
| - | Submission from "15 Teachers in the Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong"
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LC Paper No. CB(2)859/06-07(03)
(Chinese version only)(issued on 15 January 2007)
| - | Submission from HKSKH Lady Maclehose Centre
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Council Business Division 2
Legislative Council Secretariat
26 January 2007
