A 06/07-22

Legislative Council

Agenda

Wednesday 28 March 2007 at 11:00 am and
Thursday 29 March 2007 at 2:30 pm

I. Tabling of Papers

Subsidiary Legislation / Instruments		No.
1.	St. Stephen's College Incorporation (Change of Name of the Council of St. Stephen's College and General Amendments) Ordinance 2006 (Commencement) Notice	L.N. 44/2007
2.	Sewage Services (Sewage Charge) (Amendment) Regulation 2007	L.N. 45/2007
3.	Sewage Services (Trade Effluent Surcharge) (Amendment) Regulation 2007	L.N. 46/2007
4.	Particulars Relating to Candidates on Ballot Papers (Legislative Council) (Amendment) Regulation 2007	L.N. 47/2007
5.	Road Traffic (Construction and Maintenance of Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulation 2007	L.N. 48/2007
6.	Road Traffic (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulation 2007	L.N. 49/2007
7.	Road Traffic (Disabled Person's Parking Permit－Simplification of Application and Renewal Procedure) Regulation 2007	L.N. 50/2007
8.	Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulation 2007	L.N. 51/2007
9.	Road Traffic (Registration and Licensing of Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulation 2007	L.N. 52/2007
10.	Technical Memorandum on Procedures and Methods for Sampling and Analysis of Trade Effluents	S. S. No. 5 to Gazette No. 12/2007

Other Papers

1.	No.79	-	Audited Statement of Accounts of the Hong Kong Rotary Club Students' Loan Fund together with the Director of Audit's Report for the year ended 31 August 2006
(to be presented by Secretary for Education and Manpower)
2.	No.80	-	Audited Statement of Accounts of the Sing Tao Foundation Students' Loan Fund together with the Director of Audit's Report for the year ended 31 August 2006
(to be presented by Secretary for Education and Manpower)

II. Questions for Written Replies

1. Dr Hon YEUNG Sum to ask: (Translation)

It has been reported that the summary results of the 2006 Population By-census released recently show that the domestic household income of Hong Kong is polarizing, with income of many middle-class families decreasing and opportunities for low-income people and their children to move up the social ladder dwindling. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:

(a)	whether it has studied the reasons for the widening income gap and slackening pace of social mobility; if it has, of the details of the study;
(b)	whether it has assessed if the above situation will persist or even deteriorate and the impact of such persisting or even deteriorating situation on the society and economy of Hong Kong; if an assessment has been made, of the results; and
(c)	of the details of the measures taken by the authorities to narrow the gap in domestic household income and promote social mobility, including those for enhancing the mobility of children from low-income families?

Public Officer to reply : Financial Secretary

2. Hon LAU Chin-shek to ask: (Translation)

Regarding the employment statistics for 2005 and 2006 compiled by the Census and Statistics Department, will the Government provide the annual numbers of employed persons (excluding unpaid family workers, foreign domestic helpers and employed persons who worked less than 35 hours during the seven days before enumeration due to vacation), broken down by the groupings in the form below?

Gender	Hours of work during the seven days before enumeration	Monthly employment earnings (HK$)
		Less than 3,000	3,000 - 4,999	5,000 - 7,499	7,500- 9,999	10,000 or above	Total
Female	Less than 35
	35 - 49
	50 - 59
	60 or above
	Sub-total
Male	Less than 35
	35 - 49
	50 - 59
	60 or above
	Sub-total
Female and male	Less than 35
	35 - 49
	50 - 59
	60 or above
	Total

Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury

3. Hon TAM Yiu-chung to ask: (Translation)

Some staff unions have reflected to me that recently a number of frontline staff were assaulted, with some of them injured, by patients while on duty in public hospitals. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council whether it knows:

(a)	the respective numbers of the relevant assault and injury cases reported to the Hospital Authority ("HA") in each of the past three years;
(b)	the total amount of compensation HA paid, in each of the past three years, to its staff who were injured as a result of assaults by patients; and
(c)	if HA plans to take measures to strengthen the protection of the personal safety of frontline staff; if so, of the details of the measures; if not, the reasons for that?

Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food

4. Hon LEE Wing-tat to ask: (Translation)

Given that the public is very concerned about the wall effect created by major housing estates composed of tall and compact buildings, and the effectiveness of the Government's control over urban planning and building design by means of plot ratio, will the Government inform this Council:

(a)	of the permitted plot ratios for the sites of the following housing estates, the final plot ratios of the estates upon completion, discrepancies between the two ratios, and the causes leading to such discrepancies; Name of housing estate and the district in which it is located Permitted plot ratio Final plot ratio Percentage of increase / decrease Causes leading to the discrepancy Hilary Court in Central and Western District The Palace in Kowloon Tong The Orchards in Quarry Bay Grand Promenade in Sai Wan Ho The Cliveden in Tsuen Wan
(b)	whether it has assessed the prevalence of the situation in which the final plot ratios of the completed housing estates exceed their permitted plot ratios, and whether such a situation exists in the property developments above railway stations and depots of the Mass Transit Railway and the Kowloon-Canton Railway, as well as in the redevelopment projects undertaken by the Urban Renewal Authority; if it has so assessed and found such a situation, of the details of the discrepancies involved and the causes leading to such discrepancies; and
(c)	whether it will take measures to prevent the final plot ratio of a completed housing estate from exceeding its permitted plot ratio; if it will, of the details of such measures; if not, the reasons for that?

Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands

5. Hon Howard YOUNG to ask: (Translation)

It has been reported that recently a visitor from South America, who came on a Chinese passport to Hong Kong to visit relatives, could not return to South America because he had lost his passport at the airport, and had been stranded in the airport restricted area for a number of days. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:

(a)	of the number of cases received by the authorities in each of the past five years which involved visitors who lost their travel documents seeking assistance, and whether such cases are of an increasing trend; if so, of the reasons for that;
(b)	given that the authorities were not aware that the visitor concerned had been stranded in the restricted area for a number of days until the incident was reported by the press, how the authorities ensure that similar incidents will not recur; and
(c)	of the measures to assist visitors who have lost their travel documents to return to their countries of origin as soon as possible?

Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Security

6. Hon TAM Heung-man to ask: (Translation)

Regarding the public transport interchanges ("PTIs") maintained by government departments, will the Government inform this Council:

(a)	of the number and details of cases over the past three years which involved injuries caused by damage or dislodgment of facilities at PTIs;
(b)	whether the government departments concerned have made performance pledges that works to repair facilities at PTIs will be completed within certain time from receipt of damage reports; if they have, of the details; if not, whether they will consider making such pledges; and
(c)	whether the government departments concerned carry out maintenance works for PTIs on a regular basis; if they do, of the frequencies; if not, the reasons for that?

Public Officer to reply : Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works

7. Hon James TO to ask: (Translation)

I have learnt that when private developers submit their planning applications and applications concerning building development to the Town Planning Board and the Government, the developers concerned or the Government may propose to include community facility works in the projects or other additional conditions in order to bring extra benefits. Taking West Kowloon Reclamation Area as an example, it is stipulated in the land leases of many large estates there that the developers must develop parks and other facilities which are open to the public. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:

(a)	among the land purchase transactions and applications for change of land use made by private developers in each of the past five years, of the respective numbers of cases which involved the above additional conditions, the locations concerned, and the details of such additional conditions;
(b)	of the criteria based on which the Government determines whether such additional conditions will be included in a land lease; why the land lease of Long Beach in Tai Kok Tsui requires the developer concerned to construct a sitting-out area on the adjacent land of that estate, but the land lease of Metro Harbour View in the same district does not have such additional condition, and the Leisure and Cultural Services Department had to apply for funds to construct sitting-out facilities on the adjacent land of that estate;
(c)	given that the developer of Long Beach did not open the sitting-out area concerned to the public until it had obtained the Certificate of Compliance for a period of time, whether the Government has drawn up guidelines to require developers to open such facilities to the public within a specific period of time after they have obtained the relevant Certificates of Compliance, and whether it has drawn up requirements, including those relating to the opening hours and the facilities provided, concerning the developers' obligations in managing the facilities concerned; and
(d)	as some of the facilities, such as transport interchanges, constructed pursuant to the above additional conditions are managed by the Transport Department, while some others, such as parks, by the developers concerned, how the Government decides on the parties responsible for managing such facilities?

Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands

8. Dr Hon Joseph LEE Kok-long to ask: (Translation)

The Government has proposed to allocate an additional $38 million to 156 elderly centres in 2007-2008 to enhance their outreach programmes, so as to encourage and assist more elderly singletons, particularly the unidentified elderly, to develop their social life, and provide referral and supporting services to those in need. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:

(a)	of the definition for the unidentified elderly, the criteria involved in defining such elderly from the social, mental and physical health angles, and whether there are other criteria and ways to define the unidentified elderly; if so, of the details;
(b)	of the estimated number of such elderly and their percentage in the elderly population in Hong Kong, with a breakdown by the districts in which they live;
(c)	how it assists the unidentified elderly, including improving their social life, mental and physical health as well as other living conditions, through outreaching services; and
(d)	of the details of the above referral and supporting services to be provided to the unidentified elderly in need?

Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food

9. Hon TSANG Yok-sing to ask: (Translation)

I have received complaints from members of the public that they cannot receive mobile phone calls whilst they are inside certain markets managed by government departments as such venues are not within the areas covered by mobile phone service networks. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council of:

(a)	the number of complaints, received in each of the past three years by various government departments, about failure to make / send or receive mobile phone calls or messages in the venues under their management, as well as the follow-up actions and measures taken and their effectiveness; and
(b)	the measures the Government will take to ensure that people can make / send and receive mobile phone calls and messages in the venues under its management?

Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology

10. Hon Fred LI to ask: (Translation)

Over the past three financial years, the number of performance activities held by five publicly-funded non-profit-making arts organizations (namely the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, Hong Kong Dance Company, Hong Kong Repertory Theatre, Hong Kong Philharmonic Society and Hong Kong Arts Festival Society) at various cultural performance venues in the New Territories decreased annually, and none of their performance activities was held in some relatively remote districts such as North District and Tai Po. On the other hand, the usage rates of some performance venues in the New Territories were only 60% in the corresponding period. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:

(a)	whether the authorities will, in terms of venues, support services and publicity, launch initiatives to encourage the above organizations to hold performance activities at various performance venues in the New Territories, with a view to promoting cultural activities at the district level; if so, of the details;
(b)	whether it has studied if the infrequent use of certain performance venues in the New Territories by the above organizations has contributed to the lower usage rates of such venues;
(c)	whether, in reviewing the cost-effectiveness of subsidizing the above organizations, the authorities will require that prescribed targets on the number of their performance activities held in various districts in the New Territories be met, and that as publicly-funded organizations, they should discharge their duty of holding performance activities in remote districts to extend the audience base in the New Territories and meet the needs of the local communities; if not, of the reasons for that; and
(d)	of any other measures in place to boost the usage rates of performance venues in the New Territories?

Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Home Affairs

11. Hon Emily LAU to ask: (Translation)

At present, stairlifts facilitating movements of disabled persons are installed next to the staircases of some public facilities such as footbridges. Some of the stairlifts can be operated by disabled persons themselves with the use of common keys, and duplicate common keys may be purchased from three rehabilitation organizations. Recently, I have received complaints that the selling price of $15 for a duplicate common key is too high, and many disabled persons have not been informed that they can purchase duplicate common keys to operate stairlifts. Moreover, the need for disabled persons to press buttons in order to operate stairlifts causes inconvenience to people with hand disabilities or with difficulties in hand movements. In this connection, will the Executive Authorities inform this Council:

(a)	of the current number of stairlifts installed in public places which can be operated by using common keys;
(b)	of the people eligible to purchase duplicate common keys and the number of duplicate common keys sold so far;
(c)	of the reasons for the higher fee for duplicating the common key as compared to ordinary key, and whether the authorities will consider providing duplicate common keys free of charge to those low-income earners and recipients of Comprehensive Social Security Assistance who have such a need;
(d)	whether they will step up publicity to promote the use of common keys among disabled persons; and
(e)	whether they will improve the design of stairlifts for easier operation?

Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food

12. Hon Albert CHAN to ask: (Translation)

In reply to my question regarding the nuisance caused by users of holiday flats at the Council meeting on 24 November 2004, the Secretary for Home Affairs said that since noise-related nuisance was not subject to regulation under the Hotel and Guesthouse Accommodation Ordinance (Cap. 349), the Office of the Licensing Authority ("OLA") under the Home Affairs Department ("HAD") could not cancel a licence on account of this. On receiving such complaints, OLA would refer them to the government departments concerned, such as the Police and the Environmental Protection Department, for their follow-up action. However, in recent years, I still continue to receive complaints from villagers that they have been seriously disturbed for years by users of holiday flats. Very often, 20 to 30 people gather in a holiday flat, amusing themselves noisily through the night. Such a situation occurs frequently during summer, disrupting the sleep of residents in the neighbourhood. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:

(a)	of the number of complaints received by the Government in each of the past two years about noise nuisance from holiday flats, and how such complaints were handled;
(b)	whether HAD had issued warnings to operators of holiday flats in the past two years because of nuisance caused to residents in the neighbourhood by users of holiday flats; if so, of the number of warnings issued each year; and whether at present, HAD may cancel the licences of the holiday flat operators concerned on grounds of noise nuisance; if so, of the number of cases in which the licences of holiday flat operators were cancelled on such grounds in each of the past two years;
(c)	of the measures to regulate the operation of holiday flats; and
(d)	whether new measures were taken in the past two years to reduce the nuisance caused by users of holiday flats to the residents in the neighbourhood; if so, of the details?

Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Home Affairs

13. Dr Hon KWOK Ka-ki to ask: (Translation)

Teaching staff of the faculties of medicine of the University of Hong Kong ("HKU") and The Chinese University of Hong Kong ("CU") often make use of the facilities of public hospitals when they provide medical services to private patients, and for this reason, they have to hand over a quarter of their service charges to the Hospital Authority ("HA"). In addition, these salaried teaching staff may also conduct consultations or carry out operations at private hospitals in their capacity as university teaching staff. As the relevant service charges and income sharing arrangements have recently roused the concern of different sectors in the community, will the Government inform this Council whether it knows the following details in respect of the services provided to private patients by these teaching staff?

Financial Year	2001-2002		2002-2003		2003-2004		2004-2005		2005-2006
University to which the faculty of medicine belongs	HKU	CU	HKU	CU	HKU	CU	HKU	CU	HKU	CU
Out-patient service (a) Total number of attendances (b) Total number of attendances at the teaching hospital and its linked hospitals (c) Number of attendances at private hospitals (d) Total income (both public and private hospitals) (e) Total income for the teaching hospital and its linked hospitals (f) Total income for HA (g) Total income for the faculty of medicine (h) Total income for private hospitals
In-patient service (a) Total income (both public and private hospitals) (b) Total income for HA (c) Total income for the faculty of medicine
Operations done at the teaching hospital and its linked hospitals (a) Total income (b) Minor operations (i) Total income and number of operations (ii) Total income for HA (iii) Total income for the faculty of medicine (c) Intermediate operations (i) Total income and number of operations (ii) Total income for HA (iii) Total income for the faculty of medicine (d) Major operations (i) Total income and number of operations (ii) Total income for HA (iii) Total income for the faculty of medicine (e) Ultra-major operations (i) Total income and number of operations (ii) Total income for HA (iii) Total income for the faculty of medicine
Total income from operations done at private hospitals
Number of cases in which services were provided at the teaching hospital or its linked hospitals and charges were waived and the total amount of money involved

Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Education and Manpower

14. Hon CHOY So-yuk to ask: (Translation)

It has been reported that the Australian Government has announced that it will, before 2010, gradually ban conventional tungsten light bulbs ("tungsten bulbs") and replace them with compact fluorescent lamps ("CFLs"), in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council whether:

(a)	it has estimated the respective numbers of tungsten bulbs used by each government department, including their offices and venues under their management, and various hospitals and schools, their respective annual power consumption and greenhouse gas emissions; if it has, of the assessment result; if not, the reasons for that;
(b)	it has any plan to replace all tungsten bulbs with CFLs in government departments and encourage hospitals and schools to do so; if it has, of the details and timetable of the plan, and the estimated annual reduction in power consumption and greenhouse gas emissions; if not, the reasons for that;
(c)	it will consider providing incentives to the public to replace tungsten bulbs with CFLs bulbs; if it will, of the details; if not, the reasons for that; and
(d)	it has any plan to follow the practice of the Australian Government to gradually ban conventional tungsten bulbs; if it has, of the details and timetable of the plan; if not, the reasons for that?

Public Officer to reply : Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works

15. Hon LAU Kong-wah to ask: (Translation)

Regarding the manpower of nursing staff in public hospitals, will the Government inform this Council whether it knows:

(a)	the respective year-end numbers of nursing staff of various ranks in public hospitals and the respective numbers of those who departed, in each of the past three years;
(b)	if the Hospital Authority ("HA") has assessed the seriousness of wastage of nursing staff in public hospitals and looked into the reasons for departure;
(c)	if HA has reviewed the adequacy of the nurse-to-patient ratios in public hospitals, and how the ratios compare with those in developed countries in Europe and America; and
(d)	the measures, apart from employing new nurses to fill the vacancies, HA has put in place to reduce the wastage of nursing staff?

Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food

16. Hon SIN Chung-kai to ask: (Translation)

Some educational bodies have told me that in recent years a growing number of Mainlanders want to apply for visas for entering Hong Kong to attend the post-secondary programmes, such as part-time upgrading courses for acquiring professional qualifications, offered by the tertiary institutions in Hong Kong. Under the existing immigration policy, Mainland students may apply to attend programmes in Hong Kong, including full-time studies in locally accredited post-secondary programmes, full-time exchange study programmes for not more than one year at degree level or above, part-time studies in locally accredited taught post-graduate programmes run by the University Grants Committee-funded institutions, etc. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:

(a)

how the Government currently processes visa applications from Mainlanders for entering Hong Kong to attend programmes other than those mentioned above, as well as the criteria for vetting such applications; and

(b)

in order to further attract Mainlanders to study in Hong Kong so as to promote the development of Hong Kong into an education hub, whether the Government will consider relaxing the restrictions on Mainlanders to study in Hong Kong (such as issuing student visas to Mainlanders for entering Hong Kong to take up part-time studies in post-secondary programmes run by tertiary institutions recognized by the Government, as well as registered non-local full-time and part-time post-secondary programmes); if it will, of the relevant details and timetable; if not, the reasons for that?

Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Education and Manpower

17. Hon Frederick FUNG to ask: (Translation)

With regard to the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2007 held on the 4th of this month and the holding of a cross-boundary marathon race, will the Government inform this Council:

(a)	given that in its reply to my related question on 31 January this year, the Government said that in the light of last year's experience, the Hong Kong Amateur Athletic Association ("HKAAA"), the organizer of the aforesaid event, would, in addition to continuing the procedures and arrangements that had been effective over the years, adopt a series of new safety measures for this year's Marathon, whether the Government, HKAAA and the relevant organizations have reviewed why there were still thousands of participants feeling unwell despite the adoption of the relevant measures; if so, of the result of the review, including which measures have been found ineffective; if not, the reasons for that;
(b)	given that after this year's event, some academics and runners have made a number of suggestions, which include changing the routes of the event, extending the duration of the races and road closure, setting higher eligibility criteria for joining competitive races, lowering the maximum number of participants, adjusting the starting time for various races to prevent participants from obstructing each other, holding a separate long-distance running carnival for those whose sole purpose is to participate, opening some sections of the routes for members of the public to line both sides as spectators so as to enhance the atmosphere of competition, stepping up efforts to promote correct knowledge of long-distance running, as well as urging participants to adopt a responsible and serious attitude in joining the event and be well-prepared for the race, whether the Government has discussed with HKAAA the aforesaid suggestions; if so; of the results of the discussion; if not, the reasons for that;
(c)	whether it knows when HKAAA will decide on the arrangements for next year's event, and whether it will request HKAAA to consult the relevant academics and runners before making decisions in this regard; if so, of the details of the consultation; if not, the reasons for that; and
(d)	as the marathon race attracts a huge number of participants every year, and holding such an event also helps promote the benefits of physical exercise to health, and given that this year coincides with the tenth anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, whether the authorities will consider holding a separate cross-boundary marathon race this year for the celebration of the Reunification; if so; of the details; if not, the reasons for that?

Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Home Affairs

18. Hon James TO to ask: (Translation)

In the Nathan Road Road Safety Improvement Plan published at the end of 2005, the Government put forward three concepts, which included prohibiting all vehicles except buses from using Nathan Road, so as to improve the situation of pedestrians and vehicles competing to use the road. I have learnt that after consulting the public, the Transport Department had indicated that it would revise the Plan, which included restructuring the relevant bus routes, and would consult the public afresh on the revised Plan. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council of:

(a)	the progress of formulating the bus-route restructuring proposal (including when it is expected to consult District Councils, and whether the restructured routes can be implemented within this year), and whether it will revise the original targets set for the restructuring of the bus routes (such as reducing the number of buses using Nathan Road by 100); and
(b)	the progress of revising the Nathan Road Road Safety Improvement Plan, and when it will consult the public on the revised Plan?

Public Officer to reply : Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works

19. Hon LAU Kong-wah to ask: (Translation)

Regarding the dissemination of tourism information about Hong Kong to visitors, will the Government inform this Council whether it knows:

(a)	if the relevant authorities disseminate tourism information about Hong Kong to airlines and travel services companies on a regular basis; if they do, of the details; if not, the reasons for that;
(b)	the number of existing visitor information centres/counters in Hong Kong operated by the relevant authorities and their geographical distribution, and whether the relevant authorities have reviewed if the number of such centres/counters is sufficient;
(c)	the number of complaints received by the relevant authorities in each of the past three years that tourism promotion services were inadequate or poor; and
(d)	if the relevant authorities will consider establishing visitor information centres in every immigration control point; if not, of the reasons for that?

Public Officer to reply

:

Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury (in the absence of Secretary for Economic Development and Labour)

20. Hon Emily LAU to ask: (Translation)

In January this year, the Broadcasting Authority ("BA") came to the decisions that Radio Television Hong Kong and Television Broadcasts Limited had breached the Generic Code of Practice on Television Programme Standards and issued strong advice and advice to them respectively. The justifications for the decisions were that the television documentary "Gay Lovers" produced by the former was not in compliance with the provision on impartiality of the above Code and might have an effect on children, whereas the latter broadcast, in October last year, the movie "An Autumn's Tale" without concealing the coarse expressions and extremely offensive expressions. At its meeting on the 12th of this month, the Panel on Information Technology and Broadcasting of this Council passed a motion stating that the two aforesaid decisions were respectively sexual orientation discrimination and lacking in respect for freedom of creative work, and urging BA to withdraw such decisions. Moreover, some members of the public consider that many members of BA are conservative in their thinking, turn a blind eye to the needs of the disadvantaged and are out of tune with the mainstream values. In this connection, will the Executive Authorities inform this Council whether:

(a)	they know if BA will withdraw the two decisions pursuant to the aforesaid motion; if BA will not withdraw such decisions, of the reasons for that;
(b)	they know if BA will review the criteria adopted for assessing the contents of television programmes, with the objective of respecting the freedom of creative work and avoiding discrimination against certain groups of the community, so as not to hinder media organizations from producing programmes which reflect the change in taste of the mass audience and meet the needs of the disadvantaged; if BA will not conduct such a review, of the reasons for that; and
(c)	they will change the composition of BA by appointing the representatives from the trade and the disadvantaged community and removing the seats for official members, so as to enhance the professionalism and independence of BA; if not, of the reasons for that?

Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology

III. Bills

Second Reading (Debate to resume)

Appropriation Bill 2007 : Financial Secretary

Clerk to the Legislative Council