A 06/07-3

Legislative Council

Agenda

Wednesday 18 October 2006 at 11:00 am

I. Tabling of Papers

Subsidiary Legislation / InstrumentsL.N. No.
1.Electoral Procedure (Chief Executive Election) (Amendment) Regulation 2006209/2006
2.Employees Retraining Ordinance (Amendment of Schedule 2) (No. 2) Notice 2006210/2006
3.Chief Executive Election (Election Petition) (Amendment) Rules 2006211/2006

Other Papers

1.No.3-Report by the Trustee of the Customs and Excise Service Children's Education Trust Fund for the year ending 31 March 2006, together with the Director of Audit's Report and the Audited Statement of Accounts
(to be presented by Secretary for Security)

2.No.4-Annual Report 2005-06 of the Protection of Wages on Insolvency Fund Board
(to be presented by Secretary for Economic Development and Labour)

3.No.5-Environment and Conservation Fund
Trustee Report 2005-2006
(to be presented by Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works)

4.No.6-Report of changes to the approved Estimates of Expenditure approved during the first quarter of 2006-07 (Public Finance Ordinance : Section 8)
(to be presented by Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury)

5.No.7-The Land Registry Trading Fund Hong Kong
Annual Report 2005/06
(to be presented by Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands)

6.No.8-Traffic Accident Victims Assistance Fund
Annual Report for the year from 1 April 2005 to 31 March 2006
(to be presented by Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food)

7.No.9-Electrical and Mechanical Services Trading Fund
Annual Report 2005/2006
(to be presented by Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works)

8.No.10 -Companies Registry Trading Fund
Annual Report for the period from 1 April 2005 to 31 March 2006
(to be presented by Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury)

9.No.11-Urban Renewal Authority
Annual Report 2005-2006
(to be presented by Financial Secretary)

10.No.12-Hong Kong Deposit Protection Board
Annual Report 2005-2006
(to be presented by Financial Secretary)

11.No.13 -Construction Workers Registration Authority
Annual Report 2005/06
(to be presented by Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works)

12.No.14-The Government Minute in response to the Report No.46 of the Public Accounts Committee dated July 2006
(to be presented by Chief Secretary for Administration, who will address the Council)

13.Report of the Bills Committee on Smoking (Public Health) (Amendment) Bill 2005
(to be presented by Hon Andrew CHENG, Chairman of the Bills Committee)

II. Questions

1. Hon CHAN Yuen-han to ask: (Translation)

Regarding the policy on the procurement of drugs by public hospitals, will the Government inform this Council whether it knows:
    (a)the number of pharmaceutical companies which supply drugs to public hospitals at present, and the respective proportions of the drugs supplied by various pharmaceutical companies;

    (b)the mechanism and criteria adopted by the Hospital Authority ("HA") for procuring drugs which have the same efficacy but are manufactured by different pharmaceutical companies; and

    (c)if any review mechanism is in place to monitor the mechanism for procuring drugs by public hospitals; if so, of the details; if not, how HA monitors and prevents incidents involving acceptance of advantages?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food

2. Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung to ask: (Translation)

It was reported that when the first batch of personalized vehicle registration marks ("PVRMs") was auctioned in mid-September, a vehicle registration mark dealer spent a million dollars to acquire more than 20 PVRMs and offered them for public sale on the Internet. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
    (a)given that some of the PVRMs in the first batch are abbreviations of listed companies or international brand names, but they have been acquired in the auction not by the companies or holders of the brand names concerned, whether the authorities have received any enquiries or complaints on such acquisitions from the companies concerned or other international companies that the right of their intellectual property or trade marks have been infringed; if they have, of the follow-up actions to be taken by the authorities;

    (b)whether any assessment has been made to determine if auctions of PVRMs would be monopolized by vehicle registration mark dealers, resulting in "price-boosting"; and

    (c)whether it has reviewed the auction of the first batch of PVRMs to see if there is room for improvement; if it has, of the outcome?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury

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

It is learnt the Hospital Authority ("HA") has launched a scheme in recent months which allows full-time contract staff who have worked for HA for six years or more to apply for transfer to the permanent establishment. However, temporary staff are excluded from the scheme, and the years of service during which contract staff are employed on temporary appointment terms are also not counted. On the other hand, the Civil Service Bureau is reviewing with various government departments the situation of non-civil service contract ("NCSC") staff. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council whether:
    (a)it will introduce similar transfer schemes to allow NCSC staff with certain years of service to apply for transfer to the permanent establishment, so as to give them job security and to rectify the problem of "different pay for the same work"; if so, of the details; if not, the reasons for that; and

    (b)it will advise statutory bodies to treat contract staff and temporary staff equally in the implementation of transfer schemes of any kind, so as to avoid unfairness and divisions; if not, the reasons for that?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for the Civil Service

4. Hon Margaret NG to ask: (Translation)

The Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works said openly on 3 June 2003 that "fare bargaining" between taxi drivers and passengers might not necessarily constitute a breach of the law, and that while the bargaining of taxi fare by passengers was allowed, taxi drivers were prohibited from "soliciting" business by offering fare discounts, as this might lead to traffic chaos. I have received complaints that fare bargaining has since become a very common phenomenon. Some taxi drivers, commonly known as members of the "taxi discount gangs", would hint their willingness to offer fare concessions by distributing name cards or through taxi radio stations. An increasing number of taxi drivers, succumbing to competition pressure, have joined their ranks, and more and more passengers bargain with the taxi drivers on boarding the taxis, rendering the taximeters almost useless. Moreover, taxi drivers of the "discount gangs" will issue to passengers, upon request, receipts showing a fare higher than the actual fare for claiming reimbursement of taxi fares from organizations employing them. Such acts might constitute aiding the passengers concerned in defrauding. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council of the measures, including investigation, prosecution or legislative amendments, taken or to be taken to put an end to such a state of affairs?

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

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

Regarding the Ngong Ping 360 cable car system, which was commissioned last month, will the Government inform this Council:
    (a)of the number of incidents in which cable car service was suspended due to system failures or weather conditions since the commissioning of the system, and the details of each incident;

    (b)whether it has looked into the reasons for the frequent failures of the cable car system within a short period from commissioning; and

    (c)whether the operator of the cable car system has immediately reported to the relevant authorities on each of the system failures, and whether the existing notification mechanism requires a public announcement to be made immediately in the event of any accident or system failure?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Economic Development and Labour

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

Some medical practitioners have relayed to me that the Government has not conducted any comprehensive review on its mental health policy for many years, the resources for psychiatric services in public hospitals are insufficient, services for ex-mental patients are inadequate, and training courses for family doctors on treatment of mental illnesses are not enough. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
    (a)whether it has conducted any review on its mental health policy; if it has, of the time and results of such review; and whether it has any plan for a comprehensive review of such policy in the future; if it has, of the specific timetable;

    (b)of the following in the past three years: the ratio of psychiatric beds and health care personnel to patients in public hospitals; the respective funding for various services relating to mental health policy, including medical services, community-based rehabilitation services and the provision of training on mental illnesses to family doctors in the community; and

    (c)of the specific plan on and the resources to be committed to improving the above services which are related to mental health policy and promoting mental health for the whole community?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food

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

It is reported that some motor trading companies lend new tyres to container truck owners for the latter to replace the old tyres of their trucks with the new ones, but the "bald tyres" will subsequently be put back and used again after the trucks have passed the annual inspection by the Transport Department. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
    (a)of the progress of the investigation into the above situation and whether any person has been prosecuted;

    (b)of the number of car accidents involving the use of "bald tyres" in each of the last three years; among them, the number of cases in which container trucks were involved and casualties were caused;

    (c)of the number of prosecutions against the use of "bald tyres" in each of the last three years; among them, the number of cases in which container trucks were involved and the penalty usually imposed; and

    (d)in order to curb the use of "bald tyres", whether it will consider reviewing the existing legislation to impose heavier penalty with a view to enhancing the deterrent effect; if it will, of the details; if not, the reasons for that?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works

*8. Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG to ask:

It was reported that a mother was arrested for suspected child abuse after hitting her 7-year-old son's hand, causing him to run away from home. According to a study conducted by the University of Hong Kong on child abuse in 2005, about 44% of the parent respondents admitted having ever administered corporal punishment to and use physical violence on their children. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council whether parents' administering corporal punishment to their children contravenes any laws of Hong Kong; if so, of the legislation contravened? Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food

*9. Hon Emily LAU to ask: (Translation)

Regarding the Chief Executive ("CE") giving directions to statutory bodies in accordance with legislation, will the Executive Authorities inform this Council:
    (a)of the ordinances which empower CE to give directions to statutory bodies; and

    (b)whether they will review if it is an outdated practice to stipulate in legislation that CE may give directions to statutory bodies, and whether such a practice will undermine the independence of statutory bodies; if they will conduct a review, of the details; if not, the reasons for that?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Home Affairs

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

Will the Government inform this Council:
    (a)of the types of health care professionals who are currently not subject to statutory registration but are allowed to provide health care services to the public, and the respective numbers of such professionals who are employed in the public sector (including all government departments and the Hospital Authority) or private sector, or are engaged in private practice;

    (b)why those professionals are allowed to provide services without going through statutory registration, and how the Government regulates such professionals to ensure their service quality;

    (c)whether it has discussed with the relevant professions the issue of statutory registration; if it has, of the professions involved, the number, and details and outcome of the discussions; if not, the reasons for that; and

    (d)whether it has considered establishing a statutory registration system or following the practice of foreign countries and setting up a health professional council to regulate the above-mentioned professions and handle registration matters; if it has, of the details; if not, the reasons for that?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food

*11. Hon Albert CHAN to ask: (Translation)

The vehicular speed limit for two sections of South Lantao Road near Shui Hau Village and Ma Po Ping Road was prescribed at 30 kilometres an hour in August 1984. However, members of the public have recently told me that no speed limit sign has ever been erected at the road sections concerned. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
    (a)of the reasons for not erecting speed limit signs at the above road sections;

    (b)whether the speed limit for the above road sections has been changed since 1984; if so, when and why; and

    (c)of the procedure and basis for the authorities to determine or change the speed limit for the above road sections?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works

*12. Ir Dr Hon HO Chung-tai to ask: (Translation)

It has been reported that the Highways Department launched a pilot scheme on power saving early this year whereby the brightness of about 3 000 street lamps along three road sections is reduced by 10% to 25% at night. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
    (a)how the rate of traffic accidents of the relevant road sections before the pilot scheme was launched compares to the rate thereafter;

    (b)if the rate of traffic accidents of the relevant road sections has risen, whether the authorities will immediately terminate the pilot scheme to safeguard the safety of the public; and

    (c)as the pilot scheme only targets roads of the L3 illumination level, whether the authorities plan to extend the pilot scheme to cover roads of other illumination levels; if so, of the roads (road sections) involved?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works

*13. Hon Bernard CHAN to ask: (Translation)

It was reported that in late July this year, a 13-year old girl was suspected to have died in the street due to abuse of psychotropic substances. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
    (a)of the number of young people aged 18 or below (in age groups of two years each) who were reported to engage in drug abuse over the past three years, and the change as expressed in percentage each year;

    (b)of the respective numbers of people in the three age groups, namely, those below 16, between 18 and 20, and 21 or above, who engaged in cross-boundary drug abuse over the past three years, and the change as expressed in percentage; and

    (c)whether it will allocate additional resources for stepping up the prevention of drug abuse and encouraging drug abusers to receive drug treatment and related services?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Security

*14. Hon Albert Jinghan CHENG to ask: (Translation)

I notice that building attendants and security personnel of many hotels, commercial buildings, luxury properties and private carparks in Hong Kong are required to undertake the duty of controlling vehicular traffic to and from the premises. They often have to stop pedestrians and even vehicles on driveways so as to make way for vehicles entering or leaving such premises. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
    (a)whether, according to the laws of Hong Kong, building attendants and security personnel have the authority to direct traffic and stop pedestrians and vehicles on driveways; if not, whether the Police has looked at the above situation and taken actions accordingly; and

    (b)whether it has studied if such attendants and personnel are injured while directing traffic, they will not be covered by employees' compensation insurance on the ground that such a duty falls outside the scope of responsibilities of building attendants and security personnel; if it has, of the study results?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works

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

I have recently conducted a survey, the result of which revealed that nearly 40% of the women did not take regular gynaecological check-up. Moreover, according to the information from the Department of Health, at present, only three Women Health Centres and 10 Maternal and Child Health Centres provide health services for women, with some 20 000 women enrolled in such services each year. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council whether it will consider:
    (a)stepping up publicity to encourage more women to enrol in the health services provided by the Department of Health; if it will, of the details of the specific publicity programme;

    (b)increasing the number of centres that provide women health services so that women in various districts can obtain such services in their neighbourhood; and

    (c)providing subsidies to all women in Hong Kong for them to seek health services in private medical institutions or take annual gynaecological check-up; if it will, when the policy study concerned will commence; if not, the reasons for that?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food

*16. Hon Frederick FUNG to ask: (Translation)

Regarding the authorities' review on the responsibilities of various policy bureaux, will the Government inform this Council:
    (a)whether it has conducted a review on the distribution of work among various bureaux; if so, of the reasons and the methodology adopted for conducting the review as well as its preliminary results; whether it will hold public consultation and has drawn up an implementation timetable; if no review has been conducted, the reasons for that;

    (b)whether it will consider designating one single policy bureau to be responsible for coordinating and handling all labour matters (including employment assistance, unemployment assistance, protection of labour rights, and upgrading of skills, etc), so as to better coordinate the relevant work and to achieve more effective allocation and utilization of resources;

    (c)whether it has assessed if the arrangement whereby the Environment, Transport and Works Bureau ("ETWB") is concurrently responsible for environmental protection, transport and public works has resulted in ETWB playing a confusing role due to the lack of focus and contradicting policy objectives; if there is such a situation, whether it will consider setting up an environmental protection bureau with dedicated responsibility for the environmental protection work for which ETWB is now responsible, so that the Government can take forward environmental protection work in a more focused and independent manner; and

    (d)given that cultural affairs concern the sustainable development of a society and affect the life and quality of people and even the development of its economy, whether it will consider setting up a cultural affairs bureau to be responsible for all the Government's efforts on the cultural front, and allowing the involvement of personnel from that bureau in the formulation of policies by other policy bureaux, so that cultural concerns can be reflected in government policies?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Constitutional Affairs

*17. Hon CHEUNG Man-kwong to ask: (Translation)

The Committee on Teachers' Work, set up in January this year by the Administration to review the current work situation of teachers, submitted an interim report to the Secretary for Education and Manpower in August. As the authorities have not published the report, the public cannot have a detailed understanding of the sources of pressure on teachers as identified therein, nor can they comment on or analyse the research methodology adopted by and conclusions of the report. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
    (a)of the contents of the report, including the research methodology adopted, subjects interviewed, bases of its arguments and the preliminary conclusions;

    (b)given that the relevant expenses of the Committee were paid out of public funds, of the authorities' justifications for not publishing the report; and

    (c)whether the authorities will require that reports submitted by public-funded committees be published; if they will, of the details; if not, the reasons for that?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Education and Manpower

*18. Hon James TO to ask: (Translation)

Regarding the placement of ovitraps for mosquito surveillance, will the Government inform this Council:
    (a)in view of the Government's remarks that ovitraps should be placed at locations with heavy pedestrian flow, whether the authorities have reviewed if the ovitraps in Kowloon City are placed at locations which meet this criterion, and if the relevant ovitrap indexes can fully reflect the situation of mosquito problem in that district;

    (b)how the Government ensures that the ovitrap indexes can reflect the mosquito problem in all districts of Hong Kong;

    (c)whether the Government will consider moving the ovitraps which have consistently recorded low level of readings to new locations for optimum use of resources; if it will, when the measure will be implemented; if not, the reasons for that;

    (d)whether the Government will review the locations of ovitraps more frequently, which are currently reviewed once a year;

    (e)whether the Government will inject additional resources so that ovitraps may be placed at more locations in order to extend the coverage of mosquito surveillance; and

    (f)in view of the dual roles of Food and Environmental Hygiene Department in monitoring mosquito problem and carrying out anti-mosquito work, which may give rise to conflict of interests, whether the Government has considered assigning the relevant duties to different government departments?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food

*19. Hon Andrew CHENG to ask: (Translation)

Statistics from the Department of Health indicate that there has been a rise in the number of cases of infection of human immunodeficiency virus ("HIV") in the Men-having-Sex-with-Men ("MSM") community. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
    (a)of the measures taken by the authorities to curb such a trend, and whether they will step up the publicity work among the MSM community on preventing HIV infection;

    (b)of the measures to curb the transmission of HIV in the communities practising unprotected sex and to prevent the development of any new infected communities; and

    (c)how the authorities monitor and review the effectiveness of the above efforts?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food

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

The industry has relayed to me that non-affiliated content providers in the market suffer from discrimination by certain mobile network operators ("MNOs"), including access speed and price discrimination, whereas affiliated content providers are given favourable treatment. In this regard, will the Government inform this Council:
    (a)of the total number of complaints received since 2004 which are related to the above situation and the number of cases being handled;

    (b)of the procedures for handling such complaints and the average time required to conclude a complaint case;

    (c)whether it has ever reviewed the existing regulatory mechanism to assess if the mechanism is effective in enhancing the compliance of MNOs' commercial acts with the "Open Network Access" requirement in respect of content providers, ie, "the traffic of non-affiliated content or service providers ("CSPs") of a certain class or type will be treated on a non-discriminatory basis compared with CSPs of the same class or type affiliated with the MNO"; if it has, of the outcome; if not, the reasons for that; and

    (d)whether it will consider enhancing the existing regulatory mechanism or implementing other measures, such as requiring MNOs to publish regularly their network access levels, so as to promote fair competition among content providers; if it will, of the relevant details?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology

*For written reply.

III. Bills

Second Reading (Debate to resume), Committee Stage and Third Reading

Smoking (Public Health) (Amendment) Bill 2005:Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food

IV. Motions

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 25 September 2006, be approved -

(a)the Pharmacy and Poisons (Amendment)(No. 4) Regulation 2006; and

(b)the Poisons List (Amendment)(No. 4) Regulation 2006.

(The two Regulations were issued on 29 September 2006
under LC Paper No. CB(3) 9/06-07)


V. Members' Bills

First Reading

City University of Hong Kong (Amendment) Bill 2006

Second Reading (Debate to be adjourned)

City University of Hong Kong (Amendment) Bill 2006:Ir Dr Hon HO Chung-tai

Public Officer to attend:Secretary for Education and Manpower

Second Reading (Debate to resume), Committee Stage and Third Reading

Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children Incorporation (Amendment) Bill 2006:Hon Bernard CHAN

VI. Members' Motions

  1. Proposed resolution under the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance

    Hon Tommy CHEUNG to move the following motion:

    RESOLVED that in relation to the Public Health (Animals and Birds) (Exhibitions) (Amendment) Regulation 2006, published in the Gazette as Legal Notice No. 167 of 2006 and laid on the table of the Legislative Council on 10 July 2006, the period for amending subsidiary legislation referred to in section 34(2) of the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance (Cap. 1) and deemed to be extended under section 34(3) of that Ordinance, be extended under section 34(4) of that Ordinance to the meeting of 8 November 2006.

  2. Proposed resolution under the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance

    Hon Tommy CHEUNG to move the following motion:

    RESOLVED that in relation to the Food Business (Amendment) Regulation 2006, published in the Gazette as Legal Notice No. 169 of 2006 and laid on the table of the Legislative Council on 10 July 2006, the period for amending subsidiary legislation referred to in section 34(2) of the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance (Cap. 1) and deemed to be extended under section 34(3) of that Ordinance, be extended under section 34(4) of that Ordinance to the meeting of 8 November 2006.

  3. Proposed resolution under the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China

    Hon TSANG Yok-sing to move the following motion:

    RESOLVED that the Rules of Procedure of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region be amended -

    (a)in Rule 79(2), in the English text, by adding "and the place" after "at the time";

    (b)in Rule 79A(4), by repealing "a joint subcommittee appointed under Rule 77(9A) (Panels) and";

    (c)by adding -

    "79B. Determining the Time and the Place of a Meeting of a Committee by the Deputy Chairman of the Committee

    Where a Rule of this Part provides that a committee shall meet at the time and the place determined by the chairman of the committee, if a member of the committee makes a request for a meeting to discuss a specific issue of urgent importance for consideration by the chairman and within 48 hours of the request being made, the chairman cannot be contacted for making any such determination, the determination may be made by the deputy chairman (if any), who may also direct that a shorter notice of the meeting be given as provided in that Rule.";

    (d)in Rule 93(e), by adding ", including a joint subcommittee appointed under Rule 77(9A) (Panels)" after "such committees".

  4. Opposing the introduction of a Goods and Services Tax

    Dr Hon YEUNG Sum: (Translation)

    That this Council opposes the introduction of a Goods and Services Tax.

    Amendment to motion
    Dr Hon David LI:     (Translation)

    To add "urges the Government to continue the public consultation on the introduction of a Goods and Services Tax as a means to broaden the tax base, and if there are other feasible options that are accepted by the majority of the public, this Council" after "That this Council".

    Public Officer to attend : Financial Secretary

  5. Introducing legislation to regulate clandestine photo-taking

    Hon Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen: (Translation)

    That, as there are from time to time complaints about serious invasion of personal privacy by some media organizations and earlier on, peep photos of a female artiste changing her clothes had been taken and published by a magazine which seriously invaded the privacy of the artiste and trampled on women's dignity, thereby causing a great public outcry; this Council urges the Government to expeditiously take measures, including:

    (a)reviewing the imposition of sentence under the existing Control of Obscene and Indecent Articles Ordinance so that penalty with deterrent effect is imposed on the offenders;

    (b)criminalizing the invasion of privacy on the basis of the recommendations made by the Law Reform Commission on the protection of personal privacy in March this year, and encouraging in-depth discussion among the media, the performing arts sector and the general public about the contents of the bill concerned; and

    (c)urging the media to exercise more self-discipline,

    so as to strike a proper balance between protection of personal privacy and freedom of the press.

    Amendment to motion
    Hon Albert HO:     (Translation)

    To add "and its overall implementation" after "Control of Obscene and Indecent Articles Ordinance"; to add "studying the proposals on" before "criminalizing the invasion of privacy" and to add ", establishing a self-regulating commission and enacting additional civil tort law on privacy" thereafter; and to add "and December 2004" after "in March this year".

    Amendments to Hon Albert HO's amendment
    (i)Hon Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung: (Translation)

    To add "the implementation of" after "studying"; and to add "consisting of representatives from the trade and the public," after "self-regulating commission".

    (ii)Hon Albert CHAN: (Translation)

    To delete ", establishing a self-regulating commission" after "criminalizing the invasion of privacy".

    Public Officers to attend:Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology
    Secretary for Home Affairs
Clerk to the Legislative Council