| I. | Confirmation of minutes
(8:30 am - 8:35 am)
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| LC Paper No. CB(2)1138/06-07
(issued on 23 February 2007)
| - | Minutes of meeting on 16 January 2007
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| LC Paper No. CB(2)1139/06-07
(issued on 23 February 2007)
| - | Minutes of meeting on 29 January 2007
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| II. | Meeting with the Administration
(8:35 am - 10:25 am)
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| 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
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| LC Paper No. CB(2)1152/06-07(02)
(issued on 23 February 2007)
| - | Paper entitled "The Belgian Linguistics case" provided by the Administration
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| 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
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| 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
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| LC Paper No. CB(2)1157/06-07(01)
(attached)
| - | Paper entitled "Issues relating to education for ethnic minorities" prepared by Legislative Council Secretariat
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| 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
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| 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
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| LC Paper No. CB(2)1019/06-07(02)
(issued on 2 February 2007)
| - | Paper entitled "Discriminatory advertisements" provided by the Administration
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| 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
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| 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
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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/bc520228.htm)
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| III. | Any other business
(10:25 am - 10:30 am)
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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"
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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' "
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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"
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LC Paper No. CB(2)1019/06-07(01)
(issued on 2 February 2007)
| - | Paper entitled "Education for the ethnic minorities"
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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
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Correspondences between the Legal Service Division and the Administration/Papers prepared by the Legal Service Division
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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"
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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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LC Paper No. CB(2)976/06-07(01)
(Chinese version only)(issued on 30 January 2007)
| - | Submission from the Democratic Party
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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
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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
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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
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Other papers
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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
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