Bills Committee on Race Discrimination Bill

Meeting on Wednesday, 28 February 2007, at 8:30 am
in Conference Room A of the Legislative Council Building

A G E N D A

I.	Confirmation of minutes (8:30 am - 8:35 am)
	LC Paper No. CB(2)1138/06-07 (issued on 23 February 2007)	-	Minutes of meeting on 16 January 2007
	LC Paper No. CB(2)1139/06-07 (issued on 23 February 2007)	-	Minutes of meeting on 29 January 2007
II.	Meeting with the Administration (8:35 am - 10:25 am)
	LC Paper No. CB(2)1152/06-07(01) (English version issued on 23 February 2007; Chinese version to follow)	-	Paper entitled "Affirmative action" provided by the Administration
	LC Paper No. CB(2)1152/06-07(02) (issued on 23 February 2007)	-	Paper entitled "The Belgian Linguistics case" provided by the Administration
	LC Paper No. CB(2)1152/06-07(03) (English version issued on 23 February 2007; Chinese version to follow)	-	Paper entitled "Propriety of support measures for ethnic minorities" provided by the Administration
	LC Paper No. CB(2)1152/06-07(04) (English version only)(Softcopy issued on 23 February 2007)	-	Full text of the judgment of the Belgian Linguistics case
	LC Paper No. CB(2)1157/06-07(01) (attached)	-	Paper entitled "Issues relating to education for ethnic minorities" prepared by Legislative Council Secretariat
	LC Paper No. CB(2)1104/06-07(01) (English version only)(issued on 14 February 2007)	-	Paper on the case of Equal Opportunities Commission v Birmingham City Council provided by legal adviser to the Bills Committee
	LC Paper No. CB(2)1019/06-07(04) (English version issued on 2 February 2007; Chinese version issued on 6 February 2007)	-	Paper entitled "Compatibility with Articles 24 and 25 of Basic Law" provided by the Administration
	LC Paper No. CB(2)1019/06-07(02) (issued on 2 February 2007)	-	Paper entitled "Discriminatory advertisements" provided by the Administration
	LC Paper No. CB(2)1019/06-07(03) (issued on 2 February 2007)	-	Paper entitled "Consequential amendments to other ordinances" provided by the Administration
	LC Paper No. CB(2)963/06-07(01) (issued on 26 January 2007)	-	List of issues raised by members at the meeting on 16 January 2007
	LC Paper No. CB(3)176/06-07 (issued on 1 December 2006)	-	The Bill
	Ref : HAB/CR/1/19/102 (issued by the Home Affairs Bureau on 29 November 2006)	-	Legislative Council Brief
	(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/bc520228.htm)
III.	Any other business (10:25 am - 10:30 am)

Council Business Division 2
Legislative Council Secretariat
26 February 2007

Relevant papers previously issued

The Bill and background information
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
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
LC Paper No. CB(2)859/06-07(01) (issued on 15 January 2007)	-	Background brief prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat
Papers provided by the Administration
LC Paper No. CB(2)884/06-07(01) (issued on 18 January 2007)	-	Paper entitled "Home Affairs Bureau - Race Relations Unit"
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"
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"
LC Paper No. CB(2)963/06-07(02) (English version issued on 26 January 2007; Chinese version issued on 29 January 2007)	-	Paper entitled "Definition of 'race' "
LC Paper No. CB(2)963/06-07(03) (English version issued on 26 January 2007; Chinese version issued on 29 January 2007)	-	Paper entitled "Compatibility of the Race Discrimination Bill with the Basic Law and international human rights treaties"
LC Paper No. CB(2)1019/06-07(01) (issued on 2 February 2007)	-	Paper entitled "Education for the ethnic minorities"
LC Paper No. CB(2)1146/06-07(01) (English version only) (issued on 23 February 2007)	-	Notes of a meeting of the Committee on the Promotion of Racial Harmony forwarded by the Administration
Correspondences between the Legal Service Division and the Administration/Papers prepared by the Legal Service Division
LC Paper No. LS32/06-07 (issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)969/06-07 on 26 January 2007)	-	Paper entitled "The meaning of 'race' in race discrimination legislation of certain relevant overseas jurisdictions"
Written submissions
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"
LC Paper No. CB(2)859/06-07(03) (Chinese version only)(issued on 15 January 2007)	-	Submission from HKSKH Lady Maclehose Centre
LC Paper No. CB(2)976/06-07(01) (Chinese version only)(issued on 30 January 2007)	-	Submission from the Democratic Party
LC Paper Nos. CB(2)1147/06-07(01) & (02) (English version only)(issued on 23 February 2007)	-	Letter dated 16 February 2007 from Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce and reply letter dated 23 February 2007 from Chairman of the Bills Committee
LC Paper No. CB(2)1146/06-07(02) (English version only) (issued on 23 February 2007)	-	Submission from a member of the Committee on the Promotion of Racial Harmony
LC Paper No. CB(2)1146/06-07(03) (Chinese version only) (issued on 23 February 2007)	-	Submission from Federation of Hong Kong Guangdong Community Organizations
Other papers
LC Paper No. CB(2)1078/06-07(01) (Chinese version only)(issued on 12 February 2007)	-	A summary of views expressed by a member of the public to the Complaints Division on the issue of racial discrimination

Council Business Division 2
Legislative Council Secretariat
26 February 2007