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A 06/07-28
Legislative Council
Agenda
Wednesday 16 May 2007 at 11:00 am
I. Tabling of Papers
| Subsidiary Legislation / Instruments | L.N. No.
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| 1. | Maximum Amount of Election Expenses (District Council Election) Regulation | 78/2007
| | 2. | Electoral Affairs Commission (Electoral Procedure) (District Councils) (Amendment) Regulation 2007 | 79/2007
| | 3. | Electoral Affairs Commission (Financial Assistance for Legislative Council Elections) (Application and Payment Procedure) (Amendment) Regulation 2007 | 80/2007
| | 4. | District Councils (Amendment) Ordinance 2007 (Commencement) Notice | 81/2007
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Other Papers
| 1. | No.90 | - | Audited Statement of Accounts of the Language 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.91 | - | The Government Minute in response to the Report No. 47 of the Public Accounts Committee dated February 2007
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II. Questions
1. Hon Audrey EU to ask: (Translation)
Marriage between Mainlanders and Hong Kong residents is getting popular. Not only do men in Hong Kong marry Mainlanders, the number of Hong Kong women with Mainland spouse is also on the increase. It is reported that, in 2006 alone, there were about 34 500 such marriages registered in either the Mainland or Hong Kong. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
| (a) | in respect of housing, whether, under the current public housing policy, a family formed by a Hong Kong resident and his/her Mainland spouse is considered as a unit and whether this is taken as one of the factors for consideration in allocating public rental housing to them; if it is the case, of the details; if not, the reasons for that;
| | (b) | in respect of health care services, whether the Hospital Authority, in determining its service charges, has considered the needs of families formed by Hong Kong residents and their Mainland spouses, such as obtaining additional fee concessions or applying for fee waivers; if it has, of the details; if not, the reasons for that; and
| | (c) | in respect of children's rights, whether the Government has information on the number of children aged 11 or below born to Hong Kong residents and their Mainland spouses, their place of residence and schooling situation; if so, of the details; if not, the reasons for that; whether the Government has studied the impact of such marriage on the development of the children; if it has, of the details; if not, the reasons for that?
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| Public Officers to reply | : | Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food
Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands |
2. Hon CHAN Yuen-han to ask: (Translation)
With the relevant provisions in the Certification for Employee Benefits (Chinese Medicine) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Ordinance 2006 coming into operation on 1 December last year, sick leave certificates issued by registered Chinese medicine practitioners are recognized. On the other hand, sick leave certificates issued by chiropractors have all along not been recognized even though the Chiropractors Registration Ordinance was enacted as early as 1993. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
| (a) | of the criteria adopted for determining the recognition of sick leave certificates issued by a certain medical profession and the authorities responsible for stipulating such criteria;
| | (b) | given that the Employees' Compensation Ordinance specifies that medical expenses shall be payable by an employer for medical treatment given by medical professionals such as registered chiropractors etc. in respect of the injury sustained by his employees at work, implying approval of the treatment given by registered chiropractors, of the reasons why sick leave certificates issued by registered chiropractors are not recognized; and
| | (c) | whether it will amend the legislation to recognize sick leave certificates issued by registered chiropractors; if it will, of the legislative timetable; if not, the reasons for that?
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Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Economic Development and Labour
3. Dr Hon Joseph LEE Kok-long to ask: (Translation)
In reply to a Member's question at the Council meeting on 14 March this year, the Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food said that cancer had been the number one killer disease in Hong Kong and there were more than 20 000 new cancer cases in each year from 2002 to 2004, with lung cancer, colorectal cancer, breast cancer, liver cancer and stomach cancer being the five most common types of new cancer cases. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
| (a) | of the support in community medical services currently provided for cancer patients by the Government and the Hospital Authority, whether it will allocate additional resources to this area and provide more proactive community support services (such as giving advice on ways to deal with emotional disturbances) for cancer patients; if it will, of the details; and
| | (b) | whether it will consider providing elderly people aged above 65 with free medical examinations in respect of the above common types of cancer, or providing them with subsidies so that they can receive such examinations in private medical institutions; if it will, of the details and the time for implementation of the relevant policy; if not, the reasons for that?
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Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food
4. Hon CHOY So-yuk to ask: (Translation)
In reply to my question at the Council meeting on the 18th of last month, the Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works said that in the three years between 2004 and 2006, about 60 million, 47.5 million and 34 million disposable food containers were used by primary schools in Hong Kong respectively. The Secretary also said that, in the past three years, there was clearly a declining trend in the use of disposable food containers in schools, indicating that efforts in this regard had been effective. However, I understand that although many lunch box suppliers have switched to using environmentally-friendly food containers (or known as reusable food containers) for students' meals, a great majority of these containers were not recycled after use but were disposed of at landfills. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
| (a) | in each year between 2004 and 2006, of the number of food containers used by primary schools in Hong Kong and, of these containers, the percentage of disposable food containers, and the number of environmentally-friendly food containers used, and the respective numbers of environmentally-friendly food containers reused after being washed in schools or in the premises of lunch box suppliers and those transported to landfills for disposal; and
| | (b) | whether it has monitored lunch box suppliers to ensure that environmentally-friendly food containers are washed and reused after collection instead of being disposed of at landfills; if it has, of the details; if not, the reasons for that?
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Public Officer to reply : Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works
5. Hon LAU Kong-wah to ask: (Translation)
Regarding the fire service installations in shopping malls and markets of public housing estates ("PHEs"), will the Government inform this Council:
| (a) | whether the relevant authorities conducted regular inspections of the fire service installations in shopping malls and markets of various PHEs in the past two years; if so, of the results of the inspections, as well as the names of the shopping malls and markets where cases of non-compliance were identified and the details of such cases;
| | (b) | of the respective numbers of cases where the Fire Services Department ("FSD") was informed of the suspension of certain fire service installations in such shopping malls and markets by their managers in the past two years, broken down by the estates concerned, and whether FSD was aware of how long the fire service installations were suspended in each case; and
| | (c) | whether FSD has stepped up inspections in shopping malls and markets during the period when some of their fire service installations are suspended, so as to ensure that managers of the premises concerned have taken adequate precautionary measures against unexpected events, and whether FSD may institute prosecution against managers who have failed to take proper precautionary measures?
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Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Security
*6. Hon Emily LAU to ask: (Translation)
On 29 March this year, a fire broke out in Hau Tak Market, Tseung Kwan O, a market under The Link Management Limited ("The Link"). It has been more than one month since the incident, but the Market has not yet re-opened. Not only have affected tenants suffered from a sudden loss of their means of livelihood, but residents in the vicinity have also found it very inconvenient to shop. In this connection, will the Executive Authorities inform this Council:
| (a) | whether they will set up an independent committee to investigate the causes of the fire and identify the party/parties responsible for the incident; if so, of the details; if not, the reasons for that;
| | (b) | whether they have received any requests from affected tenants and their employees for emergency ex-gratia relief payments; if so, of the number of such cases and the details on how these cases have been handled;
| | (c) | whether officers from the Fire Services Department ("FSD") had carried out inspections at the Market during the year before the divestment, and after divestment, of the Market by the Housing Authority to The Link; if so, of the dates and details of such inspections; if not, the reasons for that; and
| | (d) | given that before the fire broke out, the single operator of the Market had notified FSD that the fire services sprinkler system of the Market had to be temporarily suspended for renovation works, whether FSD had issued guidelines to the operator or requested the operator to take measures during the period concerned to deal with unexpected incidents?
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Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Security
*7. Dr Hon YEUNG Sum to ask: (Translation)
Under the Hospital Authority ("HA") Ordinance (Cap.113), the Hospital Governing Committee ("HGC") of an individual HA hospital or HA (if there is no HGC established for a public hospital) may, without subject to the approval by the Legislative Council ("LegCo"), determine on its own the fees for hospital services provided by the hospital concerned. Regarding the powers and procedures for determining and revising medical services-related fees and charges, will the Government inform this Council:
| (a) | of the medical services-related fee items and the number of people affected last year, broken down by the powers and procedures for fee determination and revision (subject to LegCo's approval, or may be decided and implemented, without subject to LegCo's approval, by the executive authorities, HA or the HGCs concerned on their own);
| | (b) | of the rationale and principle for conferring on individual HGC the power to determine the fees for hospital services; how the Government addresses the problems of additional fees charged by individual public hospitals (for example, Tuen Mun Hospital charges additional fees for acute wards) and the inconsistency in the fee-charging policies adopted by different public hospitals; and
| | (c) | whether it will consider amending the legislation to abolish the arrangement for individual HGCs to determine on their own the fees for hospital services provided by the hospital concerned, and to enhance the monitoring of fee determination by HA (for example, requiring that such determination shall be subject to LegCo's approval)?
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Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food
*8. Hon Martin LEE to ask: (Translation)
The Government is conducting a comprehensive planning and engineering review on the Wan Chai Development Phase II ("WDII"), and has commissioned consultants to conduct the "Harbour-front Enhancement Review - Wan Chai, Causeway Bay and Adjoining Areas", with a view to enhancing public engagement in the process of the review. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
| (a) | whether it will plan to provide a promenade within the WDII area adjoining the waterfront promenade in Central and Sheung Wan, so that more people can enjoy the view of Victoria Harbour on the waterfront;
| | (b) | when the preparation of the Recommended Outline Development Plan and amendments to the relevant Outline Zoning Plans is expected to be completed, of the future land use of the waterfront sites within the WDII area, and whether public consultation will be conducted on the modified proposals; and
| | (c) | whether, in planning the WDII project, it will strictly adhere to the Urban Design Guidelines in the Hong Kong Planning Standards and Guidelines (including the guidelines on the waterfront sites, public realm, view corridors and air ventilation), provide more public space, and impose height restrictions on the buildings to be constructed (if such construction is necessary); if such restrictions are to be imposed, of their details?
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Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands
*9. Hon Andrew CHENG to ask: (Translation)
Regarding the problem of dispensing error by private clinics and medical organizations, will the Government inform this Council:
| (a) | of the number of incidents of dispensing error in private clinics and medical organizations in the past five years, the penalties imposed on the health care workers involved, and the compensation made to the patients concerned;
| | (b) | given that recently a private clinic was found to have dispensed a syrup containing isopropyl alcohol to a patient, whether the Administration, the Medical Council of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Medical Association have further reviewed the relevant dispensing procedures and taken measures, including stipulating the qualification of staff responsible for dispensing medicine and increasing their responsibility, so as to minimize errors in dispensing and mixing medicine; if so, of the details; and
| | (c) | given that in reply to a Member's question at the Legislative Council meeting on 25 October 2006, the Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food said that the separation of prescribing from dispensing of drugs ("SPD") would require a thorough discussion by the stakeholders and the community as a whole, and that a consensus should be reached by members of the community before any major change should be made, and the Administration would continue to listen to the views of all the stakeholders, of the details of the views received by the Government so far; and whether it will make a decision expeditiously on the implementation of SPD, and study the conditions, ancillary facilities and preparatory work required for the implementation of SPD; if so, of the details; if not, the reasons for that?
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Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food
*10. Prof Hon Patrick LAU Sau-shing to ask: (Translation)
I have learnt that the Lee Tat Bridge in Shui Tsan Tin Tsuen in Pat Heung, which has a history of over 100 years, is facing the risk of its original appearance being damaged, or even demolition. Although the Antiquities Advisory Board has assessed the bridge to be a building of rural cultural character, it has not put forward any preservation proposals. Moreover, in a cemetery in Happy Valley, some of the gravestones of soldiers who died in war times have been damaged due to lack of proper maintenance. Regarding the heritage assessment and conservation of cultural relics, monuments and historic buildings, will the Government inform this Council:
| (a) | whether, under the existing heritage conservation policy, monuments or historic buildings include cultural relics of historical significance such as gravestones;
| | (b) | whether it has conducted grading assessments on such cultural relics as gravestones in the past five years; if so, of the number of gravestones being graded; if not, the reasons for that;
| | (c) | of the reasons for not classifying the Lee Tat Bridge as a Grade I, II or III historic building; and
| | (d) | whether there is any mechanism for members of the public to appeal against the grading of monuments; if so, of the details?
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Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Home Affairs
*11. Hon LI Fung-ying to ask: (Translation)
It is learnt that long-term acting appointment is quite common among government employees, and many officers have acted for an aggregate of two years. However, in order to avoid convening review boards and seeking the advice of the Public Service Commission on the long-term acting appointments, the departments concerned have arranged for such officers to step down for a short period every six months. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
| (a) | of the number of officers who have acted for an aggregate of more than two years in the past three years;
| | (b) | of the reasons why a number of posts requires officers of a lower rank to act up over a long period of time;
| | (c) | as some trade unions have relayed to me that long-term acting appointments have seriously affected the officers' daily life and their opportunities for further studies, and have thereby dealt a serious blow to their morale, of the solutions offered by the relevant authority; and
| | (d) | of the reasons for the departments concerned not convening promotion boards for such acting appointments to identify the most suitable candidates for promotion?
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Public Officer to reply : Secretary for the Civil Service
*12. Hon Audrey EU to ask: (Translation)
According to the information relating to the 2006 Population By-census released recently by the Census and Statistics Department, the total number of Usual Residents present in Hong Kong at the reference moment in 2006 was 6 416 124. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council of the following information about these Usual Residents:
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Number of female Usual Residents |
Number of female Usual Residents who came to Hong Kong on two-way exit permits |
Number of male Usual Residents |
Number of male Usual Residents who came to Hong Kong on two-way exit permits | | 11 or below |
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| | 12-15 |
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| | 16-19 |
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| | 24-27 |
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| | 28-31 |
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| | 32-35 |
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| | 36-39 |
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| | 40-43 |
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| | 48 or above |
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| Public Officer to reply | : | Secretary for Economic Development and Labour
(in the absence of Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury) |
*13. Hon LEE Wing-tat to ask: (Translation)
Regarding the energy efficiency of buildings, will the Government inform this Council whether:
| (a) | any benchmark survey has been conducted on the energy efficiency performance of existing buildings; if it has, of the results of the survey;
| | (b) | new government buildings are required to achieve certain energy efficiency standards and targets; if so, of the details of such requirements; and
| | (c) | property developers are encouraged to reduce the use of glass curtain wall design in new buildings, and use energy-saving building materials as far as possible?
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Public Officer to reply : Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works
*14. Hon LI Kwok-ying to ask: (Translation)
The flat selection process is under way for the Home Ownership Scheme ("HOS") flats offered for sale by the Housing Authority under Phase 1 of 2007. I have recently received complaints alleging that one-person households affected by clearance programmes are placed, in the order of flat selection, after all Green Form households and some White Form households. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council whether:
| (a) | it has reviewed if the above-mentioned arrangement is unfair to these people; if it has, of the results of the review; if it has not, the reasons for that; and
| | (b) | it has reviewed the quota of HOS flats allotted to various categories of applicants and the arrangements for flat selection; if it has, of the results of the review; if it has not, the reasons for that?
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Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands
*15. Hon James TO to ask: (Translation)
At the meeting on 12 January 2006 of the Traffic and Transport Committee ("TTC") of Yau Tsim Mong District Council, the Transport Department ("TD") proposed that the extension works of the pedestrian footbridge system in Mong Kok, including the extension of the footbridges on Nathan Road, Bute Street and Sai Yee Street, would be financed and constructed by private developers. The proposal was supported by TTC. Moreover, in reply to my question at a Legislative Council meeting earlier, the Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works said that TD had planned to commence the works for extending the pedestrian footbridge on Mong Kok Road to the west of Nathan Road in early 2008. However, it has recently been reported that the processing of the above project applications have been held up due to staff changes in TD. TD has also said that the project applications concerned have to be re-assessed before formal approval is given. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
| (a) | since TD has proposed to TTC the implementation of the above projects, why it has to re-assess the impact of the projects;
| | (b) | given that the private developer concerned had submitted the above project applications in mid-2006, why TD has so far completed the processing of the application for the Nathan Road footbridge extension works only; of the estimated time for completing the processing of the applications for the remaining two projects (i.e. extension of the footbridges on Bute Street and Sai Yee Street), and the estimated commencement and completion dates of the three projects; and
| | (c) | apart from the above projects, whether the Government or the MTR Corporation Limited has any plan to connect other existing footbridge systems in Yau Tsim Mong District to MTR station exits or subway systems in the district?
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Public Officer to reply : Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works
*16. Dr Hon KWOK Ka-ki to ask: (Translation)
It has been reported that the results of the latest Hospital Authority's staff opinion survey reveal that doctors and nurses in the New Territories West Cluster ("NTWC"), with Tuen Mun Hospital as the leading hospital, are most discontented with their present work. Some doctors of Tuen Mun Hospital have relayed to me that there is serious shortage of manpower in the hospitals under NTWC. According to Government information, the ratio of doctors per 1 000 population in NTWC has been lower than that of most other clusters for four consecutive years. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council of the respective numbers of doctors in service, departed from and newly recruited to work in Tuen Mun Hospital in each of the past five financial years, broken down by ranks and departments, including the general/family medicine out-patient service and various specialties?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food
*17. Hon SIN Chung-kai to ask: (Translation)
According to a survey on Open Source Software ("OSS") Adoption in Hong Kong conducted by the Hong Kong Productivity Council ("HKPC") from September 2003 to February 2004, over 85% of the responding companies expressed concern about the security and stability of OSS. In addition, the results of the 2005 Survey on Application of Linux in Hong Kong released by HKPC and Linux Resources Centre in July 2005 showed that the lack of technical know-how and professional support in solving operational problems, as well as software and hardware compatibility were the most common difficulties cited by small and medium enterprises ("SMEs") in Linux adoption. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
| (a) | of the measures taken to assist SMEs in tackling the above difficulties;
| | (b) | whether it will conduct a survey within this year or in the near future on the current trend of OSS adoption among SMEs and the difficulties faced by them; if it will, of the details; if not, the reasons for that;
| | (c) | whether it will conduct regular surveys on the situation and trend of OSS adoption among SMEs as well as the support needed, and publish the results of such surveys; if it will, of the details; if not, the reasons for that; and
| | (d) | as the Government has indicated, in the public consultation document issued for formulating the 2007 Digital 21 Strategy, that its objective was "to offer a range of affordable software solutions to SMEs" so as to develop a digitally inclusive society in Hong Kong, of the promotion strategies in place to achieve such an objective?
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| Public Officer to reply | : | Secretary for Economic Development and Labour
(in the absence of Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology) |
*18. Hon Albert CHAN to ask: (Translation)
Recently, I have received complaints from many members of the public that bicycles or trolleys, some of which being rather worn-out, are often illegally parked at railings alongside footpaths, in pedestrian subways and on footbridges in many places in Tsuen Wan, Tung Chung and Tin Shui Wai of Yuen Long. Despite repeated complaints lodged by members of the public with the Administration, the problem has not yet been solved. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
| (a) | of the number of complaints received in each of the past three years about frequent illegal parking of bicycles or trolleys at railings alongside footpaths, in pedestrian subways and on footbridges, as well as the locations involved;
| | (b) | of the number of clearance operations carried out in each of the past three years in response to the relevant complaints, as well as the locations and the number of bicycles and trolleys involved; and
| | (c) | whether it will consider improving the existing policy, so as to prevent illegal parking of bicycles and trolleys at railings alongside footpaths, in pedestrian subways and on footbridges more effectively; if it will, of the details; if not, the reasons for that?
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Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Home Affairs
*19. Hon LAU Wong-fat to ask: (Translation)
Will the Government inform this Council:
| (a) | of the current number of buildings completed before 1951 in each District Council ("DC") district, and among such buildings,
| (i) | the respective numbers of those which have been declared/classified as statutory monuments, Grade I, Grade II and Grade III historic buildings; and
| | (ii) | the number of those which have yet to be given the grading assessment, and when they will be given such an assessment; and
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| | (b) | how the relevant authorities conduct the consultation and grading assessment exercises for the conservation of antiquities and monuments in the various districts, of the role of DCs in this regard, and how DCs can specifically be involved in the relevant work?
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Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Home Affairs
*For written reply.
III. Motions
- Proposed resolution under the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance
Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works to move the following motion:
RESOLVED that the Sewage Services (Sewage Charge)(Amendment) Regulation 2007, published in the Gazette as Legal Notice No. 45 of 2007 and laid on the table of the Legislative Council on 28 March 2007, be amended -
| (a) | in section 2(1), in the new section 2(1)(b), by repealing "1 July 2017" and substituting "1 April 2018";
| | (b) | in section 4, by repealing the new Schedule 1 and substituting -
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"SCHEDULE 1 |
[s. 2(1)]
| PRESCRIBED RATE OF SEWAGE CHARGE
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Prescribed rate
$ per cubic metre of water supplied
| | 1. | 1 April 1995 - 31 March 2008 | 1.20 | | 2. | 1 April 2008 - 31 March 2009 | 1.31 | | 3. | 1 April 2009 - 31 March 2010 | 1.43 | | 4. | 1 April 2010 - 31 March 2011 | 1.57 | | 5. | 1 April 2011 - 31 March 2012 | 1.71 | | 6. | 1 April 2012 - 31 March 2013 | 1.87 | | 7. | 1 April 2013 - 31 March 2014 | 2.05 | | 8. | 1 April 2014 - 31 March 2015 | 2.24 | | 9. | 1 April 2015 - 31 March 2016 | 2.44 | | 10. | 1 April 2016 - 31 March 2017 | 2.67 | | 11. | 1 April 2017 - 31 March 2018 | 2.92
| PART 2
| $2.92 per cubic metre of water supplied".
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- Proposed resolution under the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance
Hon Audrey EU to move the following motion:
RESOLVED that the Sewage Services (Sewage charge) (Amendment) Regulation 2007, published in the Gazette as Legal Notice No. 45 of 2007 and laid on the table of the Legislative Council on 28 March 2007, be amended -
| (a) | in section 2(1), in the new section 2(1)(b), by repealing "1 July 2017" and substituting "1 April 2012";
| | (b) | in section 4, by repealing the new Schedule 1 and substituting -
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"SCHEDULE 1 |
[s.2(1)]
| PRESCRIBED RATE OF SEWAGE CHARGE
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Periods
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Prescribed rate
$ per cubic meter of water supplied
| | 1. | 1 April 1995 - 31 March 2008 | 1.20 | | 2. | 1 April 2008 - 31 March 2009 | 1.31 | | 3. | 1 April 2009 - 31 March 2010 | 1.43 | | 4. | 1 April 2010 - 31 March 2011 | 1.57 | | 5. | 1 April 2011 - 31 March 2012 | 1.71
| PART 2
| $1.71 per cubic metre of water supplied".
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- Proposed resolution under the Sewage Services Ordinance
Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works to move the following motion:
RESOLVED that the Technical Memorandum on Procedures and Methods for Sampling and Analysis of Trade Effluents, published in the Gazette No. 12 Vol. 11 of 23 March 2007 as Special Supplement No. 5 and laid on the table of the Legislative Council on 28 March 2007, be amended -
| (a) | in sections 3.3.6, 3.4.4, 5.1.3 and 6.5.5, in the Chinese text, by repealing "涉";
| | (b) | in sections 3.6.4 and 6.2.2, in the Chinese text, by repealing "況";
| | (c) | in Table 1 and Table 2 of section 3.6.2, in the Chinese text, by repealing "300-600" and substituting "301-600"; and
| | (d) | in the second line of section 6.5.3, in the Chinese text, by adding "行" after "進".
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- Proposed resolution under the Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance
Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food to move the following motion:
RESOLVED that the following Regulations, made by the Pharmacy and Poisons Board on 24 April 2007, be approved -
| (a) | the Pharmacy and Poisons (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulation 2007; and
| | (b) | the Poisons List (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulation 2007.
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(The two Regulations were issued on 26 April 2007
under LC Paper No. CB(3) 519/06-07)
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IV. Members' Motions
Promoting entrepreneurship
Hon Mrs Sophie LEUNG: (Translation)
That this Council urges the Government to develop and promote entrepreneurship, and nurture on all fronts the public's understanding and development of entrepreneurial qualities, so that Hong Kong can become a city with the spirit and culture of entrepreneurship to meet the challenges of the 21st century, and the proposals include:
| (a) | establishing the importance of entrepreneurship to the development of an individual and the society;
| | (b) | developing education on entrepreneurship by incorporating the elements of entrepreneurship into the curriculum of all levels of basic education and university education, thereby making entrepreneurship an integral part of whole-person development;
| | (c) | enhancing the business sector's recognition and awareness of their corporate social responsibilities, promoting and establishing a platform of cooperation between the business and education sectors, as well as examining the provision of incentives to encourage the business sector to jointly participate in promoting entrepreneurship; and
| | (d) | laying a solid foundation for the development of a society with entrepreneurship, which includes providing favourable social conditions for promoting the development of creativity and innovative thinking, and taking forward the direction and modes of life-long learning to promote self-enhancement in a systematic manner.
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Amendments to motion
| (i) | Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG: (Translation)
To add ", as Hong Kong's mode of social development is excessively economy-led," after "That"; to add "which attach importance to social inclusion and humanity values and, while emphasizing the adventurous, aggressive and vigorous spirits in the creation of wealth, it should also take into account social benefits in addition to the pursuit of economic benefits, and fully understand that social benefits are the fundamentals of enterprises" after "entrepreneurial qualities"; to delete "the" after "become a city with" and substitute with "comprehensive"; to add "to balance the prevailing trend of marketization and commercialization in non-economic areas, in order" after "culture of entrepreneurship"; to add "oriented to social benefits" after "establishing the importance of entrepreneurship"; to add "oriented to social benefits" after "elements of entrepreneurship"; to add "oriented to social benefits" after "participate in promoting entrepreneurship"; to delete "a society with" after "laying a solid foundation for the development of"; and to add "oriented to social benefits" before ", which includes".
| | (ii) | Hon Albert HO: (Translation)
To delete ", and nurture on all fronts the public's understanding and development of entrepreneurial qualities" after "develop and promote entrepreneurship" and substitute with "with humanity values"; to delete "and culture" after "the spirit"; to add "with humanity values" before "to meet the challenges"; to add "with humanity values" after "the importance of entrepreneurship"; to add "people-oriented" after "(b) developing"; to delete "on entrepreneurship by" before "incorporating" and substitute with "and", and delete "the elements of entrepreneurship" thereafter and substitute with "it"; to add "with humanity values" after "making entrepreneurship"; to delete "a platform of cooperation" after "promoting and establishing" and substitute with "cooperative relationship"; to delete "education sectors" after "between the business and" and substitute with "various sectors of the community"; to delete "entrepreneurship" after "participate in promoting" and substitute with "corporate social responsibilities"; to delete "a society with entrepreneurship" after "laying a solid foundation for the development of" and substitute with "corporate social responsibilities"; to delete "and modes" after "the direction"; and to delete "to promote self-enhancement in a systematic manner" after "life-long learning" and substitute with ", and promoting in the community an atmosphere of respecting knowledge and culture of individuals".
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Public Officer to attend : Secretary for Education and Manpower
Clerk to the Legislative Council
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