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Questions(Year 2007 - 2008)

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October 2007	10^*	11^*	17	24, 25 & 26⁺	31
November 2007	7	14	21	28
December 2007	5	12	19 & 20
January 2008	9	16	17^*	23	30
February 2008	20	27⁺
March 2008	5	12
April 2008	9	16 & 17⁺	23⁺	30
May 2008	7	14	15^*	21	28 & 29
June 2008	4	11	18 & 19	25, 26 & 27
July 2008	2 & 3	9, 10, 11, 12 & 13	16^*

^{* No questions will be scheduled for such meetings.
+ No oral questions will be scheduled for such meetings.}

	List of Questions as grouped by :	meeting dates / Members' names / replying officials
	List on the numbers of Questions and Supplementaries asked by individual Members

Council meeting on 17.10.2007

Question No. (Type)	Raised by	Subject	Reply
Q. 1 (Oral)	Sophie LEUNG	Regulation of placing cargo compartments on roadsides	Reply
Q. 2 (Oral)	Fernando CHEUNG	Issue of communication between Legislative Council functional constituency Members and their constituents	Reply
Q. 3 (Oral)	Albert HO	Holding the District Council elections and Legislative Council by-election on different days	Reply
Q. 4 (Oral)	LAU Kong-wah	Enforcement of the Control of Obscene and Indecent Articles Ordinance	Reply
Q. 5 (Oral)	CHAN Yuen-han	Protection for workers engaged in outdoor work in hot weather	Reply
Q. 6 (Oral)	James TIEN	Allowing mainland residents with Macao visit endorsement to visit Hong Kong	Reply
Q. 7 (Written)	WONG Ting-kwong	Operation of the Shenzhen Bay Port	Reply
Q. 8 (Written)	CHEUNG Man-kwong	Students crossing the boundary daily for school	Reply
Q. 9 (Written)	LI Kwok-ying	Smuggling of foodstuffs	Reply
Q. 10 (Written)	Albert CHAN	Handling of carcasses of dead birds	Reply
Q. 11 (Written)	KWOK Ka-ki	Statistics on the specialties in public hospitals	Reply
Q. 12 (Written)	SIN Chung-kai	Provision of Internet workstations and computer facilities at public libraries	Reply
Q. 13 (Written)	Bernard CHAN	Admitting children to racecourses	Reply
Q. 14 (Written)	Alan LEONG	Mechanism for regulating the betting on horse races	Reply
Q. 15 (Written)	TAM Heung-man	Emission of air pollutants by vessels	Reply
Q. 16 (Written)	Frederick FUNG	Sanitary fitments for children in toilets in public places	Reply
Q. 17 (Written)	Emily LAU	Sub-prime mortgage problem	Reply
Q. 18 (Written)	David LI	Conditions for the allocation of school sites for private independent schools	Reply
Q. 19 (Written)	TSANG Yok-sing	Provision of international school places	Reply
Q. 20 (Written)	Joseph LEE	Sale of drugs	Reply

Council meeting on 24.10.2007

Question No. (Type)	Raised by	Subject	Reply
Q. 1 (Written)	Hon LAU Wong-fat	Problems arising from the partitioning of residential flats into cubicle apartments	Reply
Q. 2 (Written)	Hon LAU Kong-wah	Marking Scheme for Estate Management Enforcement	Reply
Q. 3 (Written)	Hon Albert HO	Vetting and approving of plans of building works	Reply
Q. 4 (Written)	Hon LI Fung-ying	Regulation of Internet computer services centres	Reply
Q. 5 (Written)	Dr Hon YEUNG Sum	Preservation of buildings of historic value	Reply
Q. 6 (Written)	Hon LEUNG Yiu-chung	Environmental protection measures in public housing estates and government premises	Reply
Q. 7 (Written)	Hon Frederick FUNG	Pilot Transport Support Scheme	Reply
Q. 8 (Written)	Dr Hon KWOK Ka-ki	Handling patient complaints by The Prince Philip Dental Hospital	Reply
Q. 9 (Written)	Hon Albert CHAN	Prosecutions instituted in relation to the breeding of mosquitoes found on government and private lands	Reply
Q. 10 (Written)	Hon TSANG Yok-sing	Regulation of clinical psychology consultation services and courses concerned	Reply
Q. 11 (Written)	Hon LAU Wong-fat	Retraining for the unemployed	Reply
Q. 12 (Written)	Hon LAU Kong-wah	Illegal entrants committing crimes in Hong Kong in order to receive medical treatment in prison	Reply
Q. 13 (Written)	Hon Alan LEONG	Shatin to Central Link	Reply
Q. 14 (Written)	Hon Emily LAU	Handling complaints about plagiarism in tertiary institutions	Reply
Q. 15 (Written)	Hon SIN Chung-kai	Electronic Service Delivery Scheme	Reply
Q. 16 (Written)	Hon LEUNG Yiu-chung	One-way Permits	Reply
Q. 17 (Written)	Dr Hon David LI	Car park adjacent to the MTR Sunny Bay Station	Reply
Q. 18 (Written)	Hon Frederick FUNG	Arrangements for marathons	Reply
Q. 19 (Written)	Hon TSANG Yok-sing	Financial Assistance Scheme for Designated Evening Adult Education Courses	Reply
Q. 20 (Written)	Hon Albert CHENG	Suspension of trading in stocks of listed companies	Reply

Council meeting on 31.10.2007

Question No. (Type)	Raised by	Subject	Reply
Q. 1 (Oral)	TAM Heung-man	Shatin to Central Link depot	Reply
Q. 2 (Oral)	LAU Wong-fat	Counselling services for ex-mental patients	Reply
Q. 3 (Oral)	Frederick FUNG	Promoting the development of social enterprises	Reply
Q. 4 (Oral)	CHEUNG Man-kwong	Common descriptors for associate degree programmes	Reply
Q. 5 (Oral)	Alan LEONG	Appointed members of District Councils	Reply
Q. 6 (Oral)	WONG Ting-kwong	Promotion of Hong Kong brands	Reply
Q. 7 (Written)	Miriam LAU	Throughput of the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Western Corridor	Reply
Q. 8 (Written)	CHOY So-yuk	Enforcement of the Control of Obscene and Indecent Articles Ordinance	Reply
Q. 9 (Written)	CHEUNG Hok-ming	Seat belts for public light bus passengers	Reply
Q. 10 (Written)	Joseph LEE	Upgrading nursing education to degree level	Reply
Q. 11 (Written)	LAU Kong-wah	Burst fresh and salt water pipes	Reply
Q. 12 (Written)	Albert CHAN	Increase in tuition fees by subsidized kindergartens	Reply
Q. 13 (Written)	Emily LAU	Inflation problem	Reply
Q. 14 (Written)	SIN Chung-kai	Monthly profits tax income	Reply
Q. 15 (Written)	David LI	Work of the Business Facilitation Advisory Committee	Reply
Q. 16 (Written)	Frederick FUNG	Facilities in community centres	Reply
Q. 17 (Written)	TSANG Yok-sing	School Textbook Assistance Scheme	Reply
Q. 18 (Written)	SIN Chung-kai	Establishment of Qualifications Framework	Reply
Q. 19 (Written)	LAU Kong-wah	Crimes committed by illegal entrants	Reply
Q. 20 (Written)	Patrick LAU	Statistics on hotlines providing emotional counselling services	Reply

Council meeting on 7.11.2007

Question No. (Type)	Raised by	Subject	Reply
Q. 1 (Oral)	Fred LI	Genetically-modified food labelling requirements	Reply
Q. 2 (Oral)	Margaret NG	Salaries of workers in low-income trades and industries	Reply
Q. 3 (Oral)	James TO	Opinion surveys relating to the Legislative Council by-election	Reply
Q. 4 (Oral)	Miriam LAU	Child care service	Reply
Q. 5 (Oral)	Selina CHOW	Crackdown on red light jumping	Reply
Q. 6 (Oral)	LEUNG Yiu-chung	Occupational deafness compensation	Reply
Q. 7 (Written)	Audrey EU	Inventory of Hong Kong's intangible cultural heritage and a "Hong Kong Memory" central database	Reply
Q. 8 (Written)	James TO	Continuing Education Fund	Reply
Q. 9 (Written)	CHOY So-yuk	Green lunch	Reply
Q. 10 (Written)	Patrick LAU	Medical and dental benefits for senior civil servants	Reply
Q. 11 (Written)	KWOK Ka-ki	Dental grants for recipients of Comprehensive Social Security Assistance	Reply
Q. 12 (Written)	Albert CHAN	Supply of secondary school places in Tin Shui Wai and Tung Chung	Reply
Q. 13 (Written)	David LI	Making government forms available electronically	Reply
Q. 14 (Written)	Frederick FUNG	Review on the Deposit Protection Scheme	Reply
Q. 15 (Written)	SIN Chung-kai	Income from stamp duty on stock sales and purchases	Reply
Q. 16 (Written)	LAU Kong-wah	Monitoring contents of advertisements in the electronic media	Reply
Q. 17 (Written)	Frederick FUNG	Post-2008 regulatory arrangements for the electricity market	Reply
Q. 18 (Written)	LAU Kong-wah	Foreign domestic helpers with criminal records	Reply
Q. 19 (Written)	Bernard CHAN	Revitalising Historic Buildings Through Partnership Scheme	Reply
Q. 20 (Written)	Audrey EU	Subsidies for pre-primary education	Reply

Council meeting on 14.11.2007

Question No. (Type)	Raised by	Subject	Reply
Q. 1 (Oral)	Andrew LEUNG	Enhancing the business licensing system	Reply
Q. 2 (Oral)	Jeffrey LAM	Promoting creative industries and Hong Kong brands	Reply
Q. 3 (Oral)	LEE Cheuk-yan	Supply of and demand for motorcycle parking spaces	Reply
Q. 4 (Oral)	KWOK Ka-ki	Social services for children borne in Hong Kong to mainland women and their families	Reply
Q. 5 (Oral)	LEE Wing-tat	Tenant Purchase Scheme	Reply
Q. 6 (Oral)	Joseph LEE	Illegal entrants committing crimes in Hong Kong in order to receive medical treatment in institutions of the Correctional Services Department	Reply
Q. 7 (Written)	WONG Ting-kwong	Cross-boundary ferry services	Reply
Q. 8 (Written)	CHEUNG Hok-ming	High oil prices	Reply
Q. 9 (Written)	KWOK Ka-ki	Provision of a helipad in Wan Chai	Reply
Q. 10 (Written)	Albert CHAN	High Intensity Gas Discharge headlamps	Reply
Q. 11 (Written)	David LI	Energy saving measures	Reply
Q. 12 (Written)	SIN Chung-kai	Developing Hong Kong into a key data centre in the region	Reply
Q. 13 (Written)	Frederick FUNG	Statutory paternity leave	Reply
Q. 14 (Written)	LAU Kong-wah	Nurturing gifted children	Reply
Q. 15 (Written)	Frederick FUNG	Rights and benefits for employees who are parents	Reply
Q. 16 (Written)	LAU Kong-wah	Crimes involving ATM cards and credit cards	Reply
Q. 17 (Written)	Audrey EU	Promoting the use of biodiesel	Reply
Q. 18 (Written)	Emily LAU	Provision of seats on train platforms	Reply
Q. 19 (Written)	Howard YOUNG	Reception quality of free TV signals	Reply
Q. 20 (Written)	Emily LAU	Pay level of junior employees in the film industry	Reply

Council meeting on 21.11.2007

Question No. (Type)	Raised by	Subject	Reply
Q. 1 (Oral)	SIN Chung-kai	Energy efficiency of public lighting systems	Reply
Q. 2 (Oral)	Audrey EU	Air pollutants emitted by liquefied petroleum gas taxis	Reply
Q. 3 (Oral)	Emily LAU	Legislative amendments to the Sex Discrimination Ordinance and Disability Discrimination Ordinance	Reply
Q. 4 (Oral)	CHEUNG Hok-ming	Investigations on media organizations conducted by the Police	Reply
Q. 5 (Oral)	Martin LEE	The Chief Executive and principal officials' involvement in electioneering activities	Reply
Q. 6 (Oral)	TAM Heung-man	Non-civil service contract staff in the professional grades	Reply
Q. 7 (Written)	CHEUNG Man-kwong	Apportioning of expenditures for construction of school premises, academic buildings and student halls	Reply
Q. 8 (Written)	TAM Heung-man	Foreign domestic helpers with criminal records	Reply
Q. 9 (Written)	KWOK Ka-ki	Funding for and donations received by public hospitals	Reply
Q. 10 (Written)	Albert CHAN	Language used in demand notes issued by the Government	Reply
Q. 11 (Written)	David LI	Retention of non-local students to work in Hong Kong upon graduation	Reply
Q. 12 (Written)	SIN Chung-kai	Transport information system	Reply
Q. 13 (Written)	Frederick FUNG	Government rent	Reply
Q. 14 (Written)	LAU Kong-wah	Emotional health of school children	Reply
Q. 15 (Written)	Frederick FUNG	School-based after-school learning and support programmes	Reply
Q. 16 (Written)	LAU Kong-wah	Physiotherapy service provided by public hospitals	Reply
Q. 17 (Written)	Fred LI	Revised inspection scheme for food premises which have obtained the ISO 22000 certification	Reply
Q. 18 (Written)	LEE Wing-tat	Connecting the pedestrian footbridges in the Central and Western District and Wan Chai	Reply
Q. 19 (Written)	Andrew CHENG	Traffic accidents involving drivers with health problems	Reply
Q. 20 (Written)	Emily LAU	Stipulating the caps on the total emissions of air pollutants from power companies	Reply

Council meeting on 28.11.2007

Question No. (Type)	Raised by	Subject	Reply
Q. 1 (Oral)	Albert CHAN	Regulation of debt collection practices	Reply
Q. 2 (Oral)	LAU Kong-wah	Default payments of Mandatory Provident Fund contributions by employers	Reply
Q. 3 (Oral)	LUI Ming-wah	Boosting the local manufacturing industries	Reply
Q. 4 (Oral)	Andrew CHENG	Designation of public transport exchanges as no smoking areas	Reply
Q. 5 (Oral)	CHAN Kam-lam	Monitoring contractors in carrying out building inspection works for public housing estates	Reply
Q. 6 (Oral)	LAU Wong-fat	Fare reduction for students after rail merger	Reply
Q. 7 (Written)	Philip WONG	Estimate for the Legislative Council by-election	Reply
Q. 8 (Written)	CHAN Yuen-han	Pneumococcal diseases	Reply
Q. 9 (Written)	Fred LI	Burial grant under the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme	Reply
Q. 10 (Written)	LI Kwok-ying	Regulation of people engaged in the Chinese herbal medicines retail trade	Reply
Q. 11 (Written)	LEE Wing-tat	Distribution of souvenirs and gifts for the 10th anniversary of Re-unification	Reply
Q. 12 (Written)	LEE Wing-tat	Sponsoring activities held to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Re-unification	Reply
Q. 13 (Written)	KWOK Ka-ki	Service and manpower of clinical departments of public hospitals	Reply
Q. 14 (Written)	David LI	Quality of diesel sold in Hong Kong and on the Mainland	Reply
Q. 15 (Written)	SIN Chung-kai	Use of diesel sold on the Mainland by cross-boundary vehicles	Reply
Q. 16 (Written)	Frederick FUNG	Corporate social responsibilities	Reply
Q. 17 (Written)	LAU Kong-wah	Subsidies for mutual aid committees in public housing estates	Reply
Q. 18 (Written)	LI Kwok-ying	Piling of waste on agricultural land	Reply
Q. 19 (Written)	SIN Chung-kai	Sector-specific e-business promotion programmes	Reply
Q. 20 (Written)	Frederick FUNG	Measures to promote eye care	Reply

Council meeting on 5.12.2007

Question No. (Type)	Raised by	Subject	Reply
Q. 1 (Oral)	Albert CHENG	Use of trade plates	Reply
Q. 2 (Oral)	CHOY So-yuk	Work of inspection staff of the Television and Entertainment Licensing Authority	Reply
Q. 3 (Oral)	LI Kwok-ying	Transport arrangements for students crossing the boundary each day for school	Reply
Q. 4 (Oral)	David LI	Economic benefits brought by the Hong Kong Disneyland	Reply
Q. 5 (Oral)	Frederick FUNG	Family Council	Reply
Q. 6 (Oral)	Alan LEONG	Funding for and services of the Kowloon East Hospital Cluster	Reply
Q. 7 (Written)	Martin LEE	Illegal felling of trees	Reply
Q. 8 (Written)	Selina CHOW	Integrated Registration Information System Online Services of the Land Registry	Reply
Q. 9 (Written)	LEUNG Kwok-hung	Wages of cleansing workers and security guards employed by school outsourced service contractors	Reply
Q. 10 (Written)	Fernando CHEUNG	Non-emergency ambulance transfer service of the Hospital Authority	Reply
Q. 11 (Written)	Abraham SHEK	Pilot scheme on processing of lease modification and land exchange applications	Reply
Q. 12 (Written)	James TIEN	Emissions from vessels	Reply
Q. 13 (Written)	LI Fung-ying	Traffic accidents involving public light bus drivers	Reply
Q. 14 (Written)	LEE Wing-tat	Operation of mutual aid committees	Reply
Q. 15 (Written)	Albert CHAN	Nuisance caused by telemarketing calls	Reply
Q. 16 (Written)	KWOK Ka-ki	Pilot project to purchase primary care services from the private sector	Reply
Q. 17 (Written)	Emily LAU	Timing of consultation on the 2008-2009 Budget	Reply
Q. 18 (Written)	SIN Chung-kai	Continuing Education Fund	Reply
Q. 19 (Written)	LAU Kong-wah	Stipulation on period of absence from Hong Kong for Old Age Allowance	Reply
Q. 20 (Written)	Martin LEE	Introduction of vehicles using cleaner fuels	Reply

Council meeting on 12.12.2007

Question No. (Type)	Raised by	Subject	Reply
Q. 1 (Oral)	Jeffrey LAM	Determination of the level of statutory minimum wages	Reply
Q. 2 (Oral)	CHEUNG Man-kwong	Telecommunications Ordinance	Reply
Q. 3 (Oral)	Audrey EU	Subsidizing schools and organizations to procure environmental protection facilities	Reply
Q. 4 (Oral)	Selina CHOW	Licensing examination for doctors	Reply
Q. 5 (Oral)	LEE Wing-tat	Healthcare services for Yuen Long, including Tin Shui Wai	Reply
Q. 6 (Oral)	Albert HO	Clearance of unauthorized building works	Reply
Q. 7 (Written)	Abraham SHEK	Improvements to urban planning, land administration and approval procedures for building construction	Reply
Q. 8 (Written)	LEUNG Kwok-hung	Souvenirs and tickets of celebration activities of the 10th anniversary of Re-unification used in electioneering activities	Reply
Q. 9 (Written)	Martin LEE	Management of nullahs	Reply
Q. 10 (Written)	WONG Ting-kwong	Use of pirated software by private companies	Reply
Q. 11 (Written)	CHOY So-yuk	Cooperation Arrangement on Control of Waste Movements between the Mainland and HKSAR	Reply
Q. 12 (Written)	KWOK Ka-ki	Development of new private hospitals	Reply
Q. 13 (Written)	Emily LAU	Remuneration level of principal officials	Reply
Q. 14 (Written)	David LI	Level of fiscal reserves	Reply
Q. 15 (Written)	Albert CHAN	Nuisance caused by faxed advertisements	Reply
Q. 16 (Written)	SIN Chung-kai	Digital Trade and Transportation Network System	Reply
Q. 17 (Written)	Frederick FUNG	Supply of Dongjiang water to Hong Kong	Reply
Q. 18 (Written)	LAU Kong-wah	Health of elderly residents in residential homes for the elderly	Reply
Q. 19 (Written)	Abraham SHEK	Assisting students with special educational needs	Reply
Q. 20 (Written)	CHEUNG Hok-ming	Worsening traffic congestion	Reply

Council meeting on 19.12.2007

Question No. (Type)	Raised by	Subject	Reply
Q. 1 (Oral)	CHEUNG Hok-ming	Installation of reversing video devices in vehicles	Reply
Q. 2 (Oral)	Andrew LEUNG	Boosting investments in scientific research, development and encouraging creativity	Reply
Q. 3 (Oral)	CHOY So-yuk	Disposal of old television sets upon the rollout of digital broadcasting	Reply
Q. 4 (Oral)	Fred LI	Injection of funds into the Hong Kong Disneyland	Reply
Q. 5 (Oral)	KWOK Ka-ki	Apportioning of income from private consultations to teaching staff of medical faculties	Reply
Q. 6 (Oral)	Martin LEE	Types of work and trades covered by the Correctional Services Industries	Reply
Q. 7 (Written)	James TIEN	Time frame for the surrender of public housing flats	Reply
Q. 8 (Written)	CHEUNG Man-kwong	Student finance assistance schemes	Reply
Q. 9 (Written)	WONG Ting-kwong	Financial arrangements regarding the Hong Kong Disneyland	Reply
Q. 10 (Written)	Abraham SHEK	Autistic children being bullied at school	Reply
Q. 11 (Written)	TSANG Yok-sing	Applications for conversion to non-profit-making kindergartens	Reply
Q. 12 (Written)	Albert CHAN	Section fares for franchised bus routes	Reply
Q. 13 (Written)	Emily LAU	Impact of rising food prices on the grass roots	Reply
Q. 14 (Written)	David LI	Employment of mainland arrivals under the One-way Permit Scheme	Reply
Q. 15 (Written)	SIN Chung-kai	Computerization of various bureaux and departments	Reply
Q. 16 (Written)	Frederick FUNG	Services provided by maternal and child health centres	Reply
Q. 17 (Written)	LAU Kong-wah	Staphylococcus aureus infections	Reply
Q. 18 (Written)	Abraham SHEK	Use of mobile phones by drivers while driving	Reply
Q. 19 (Written)	TSANG Yok-sing	Regulating the sources of animals for sale in pet shops	Reply
Q. 20 (Written)	Frederick FUNG	Government's assistance to low-income people	Reply

Council meeting on 9.1.2008

Question No. (Type)	Raised by	Subject	Reply
Q. 1 (Oral)	WONG Kwok-hing	Health hazard posed by overnight work	Reply
Q. 2 (Oral)	YEUNG Sum	Preservation of King Yin Lei	Reply
Q. 3 (Oral)	TSANG Yok-sing	Assisting employees in recovering outstanding wages	Reply
Q. 4 (Oral)	Daniel LAM	Rural improvement works	Reply
Q. 5 (Oral)	TAM Yiu-chung	Non-ethnic Chinese illegal entrants	Reply
Q. 6 (Oral)	WONG Yung-kan	Sale of poisonous puffer fish	Reply
Q. 7 (Written)	YEUNG Sum	Education and vocational training for the ethnic minorities	Reply
Q. 8 (Written)	James TO	Monitoring public comments made by adjudicators of the Obscene Articles Tribunal	Reply
Q. 9 (Written)	Albert HO	Human rights education	Reply
Q. 10 (Written)	LEUNG Yiu-chung	Law enforcement against the sale of tobacco products to underage persons	Reply
Q. 11 (Written)	Fred LI	Services provided by the United Christian Hospital	Reply
Q. 12 (Written)	TAM Heung-man	Shortage of manpower in the accounting sector	Reply
Q. 13 (Written)	LAU Kong-wah	Coming into operation of the rental right provisions on video discs and comic books	Reply
Q. 14 (Written)	CHOY So-yuk	Office removal and renovation works undertaken because of reorganization of policy bureaux	Reply
Q. 15 (Written)	LEE Wing-tat	Mortgage arrangements for Home Ownership Scheme flats	Reply
Q. 16 (Written)	WONG Ting-kwong	Sponsoring the setting up of commercial web sites	Reply
Q. 17 (Written)	Albert CHAN	Nuisance caused by private barbeque sites	Reply
Q. 18 (Written)	Emily LAU	Registration of electors and voting arrangements	Reply
Q. 19 (Written)	David LI	People who have not benefited from the rates concession granted by the Government	Reply
Q. 20 (Written)	SIN Chung-kai	Hong Kong Education City	Reply

Council meeting on 16.1.2008

Question No. (Type)	Raised by	Subject	Reply
Q. 1 (Oral)	LAU Kong-wah	The guideline capping the loan-to-value ratio for residential mortgage lending at 70%	Reply
Q. 2 (Oral)	CHAN Yuen-han	Provision of disregarded earnings under the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme	Reply
Q. 3 (Oral)	Emily LAU	Exit polls	Reply
Q. 4 (Oral)	Albert CHENG	Structural safety of franchised buses	Reply
Q. 5 (Oral)	James TIEN	Crackdown on dangerous driving	Reply
Q. 6 (Oral)	TAM Heung-man	Sub-prime mortgage problem	Reply
Q. 7 (Written)	KWONG Chi-kin	Occupational health clinics	Reply
Q. 8 (Written)	TAM Yiu-chung	Criminal intimidation cases	Reply
Q. 9 (Written)	James TO	Public housing tenants' claims for compensation from the Hong Kong Housing Authority	Reply
Q. 10 (Written)	YEUNG Sum	Enforcement actions against unauthorized building works	Reply
Q. 11 (Written)	LI Fung-ying	Manpower shortage of the Fire Services Department	Reply
Q. 12 (Written)	Fred LI	Food products containing chemical substances	Reply
Q. 13 (Written)	CHOY So-yuk	Dogs kept on construction sites	Reply
Q. 14 (Written)	LEE Wing-tat	Removal of unauthorized building works	Reply
Q. 15 (Written)	TSANG Yok-sing	Promoting the use of electric vehicles	Reply
Q. 16 (Written)	SIN Chung-kai	Making available public facilities for installation of Wi-Fi antennas	Reply
Q. 17 (Written)	LEE Wing-tat	Commissioning of opinion surveys by the Government	Reply
Q. 18 (Written)	Frederick FUNG	Durability of smart identity cards	Reply
Q. 19 (Written)	Daniel LAM	Law enforcement against smoking in no smoking area	Reply
Q. 20 (Written)	Fred LI	Installation of metal gates for public housing units	Reply

Council meeting on 23.1.2008

Question No. (Type)	Raised by	Subject	Reply
Q. 1 (Oral)	Vincent FANG	Management of Women's Street	Reply
Q. 2 (Oral)	Daniel LAM	Safety measures at Light Rail platforms	Reply
Q. 3 (Oral)	David LI	Non-local media organisations and journalists based in Hong Kong	Reply
Q. 4 (Oral)	Frederick FUNG	Mainland's export control and tariff on grain flour	Reply
Q. 5 (Oral)	Alan LEONG	Toll levels of cross harbour tunnels	Reply
Q. 6 (Oral)	Jeffrey LAM	Usage of the Shenzhen Bay Port	Reply
Q. 7 (Written)	WONG Kwok-hing	Functions of smart identity cards	Reply
Q. 8 (Written)	Tommy CHEUNG	Importation of chilled pork	Reply
Q. 9 (Written)	CHOY So-yuk	Prevention of hill fires	Reply
Q. 10 (Written)	TSANG Yok-sing	Default repayment of student loans	Reply
Q. 11 (Written)	Emily LAU	Support Scheme to Schools in using Putonghua as a Medium of Instruction for the Chinese Language	Reply
Q. 12 (Written)	LAU Kong-wah	Smuggling activities	Reply
Q. 13 (Written)	SIN Chung-kai	Migration to Internet Protocol version 6	Reply
Q. 14 (Written)	Daniel LAM	Car parks in public housing estates in New Territories	Reply
Q. 15 (Written)	TSANG Yok-sing	Hazards posed by pools in public parks	Reply
Q. 16 (Written)	Emily LAU	Implementation of universal suffrage for the Chief Executive and Legislative Council in 2012	Reply
Q. 17 (Written)	LAU Kong-wah	Use of octopus cards	Reply
Q. 18 (Written)	Frederick FUNG	Government's assets operated on commercial principles	Reply
Q. 19 (Written)	CHEUNG Man-kwong	Projects to expand campus space of University Grants Committee-funded institutions	Reply
Q. 20 (Written)	KWOK Ka-ki	Preservation of Nursing Quarter - Block A in Queen Mary Hospital	Reply

Council meeting on 30.1.2008

Question No. (Type)	Raised by	Subject	Reply
Q. 1 (Oral)	WONG Kwok-hing	Promoting the use of paper coffins	Reply
Q. 2 (Oral)	LEE Wing-tat	The Department of Justice's handling of a case of speeding detected by a laser gun	Reply
Q. 3 (Oral)	Selina CHOW	Vacant government quarters	Reply
Q. 4 (Oral)	CHOY So-yuk	Reduction in emission of air pollutants in the Pearl River Delta Region	Reply
Q. 5 (Oral)	Fred LI	Prices and supply of pork and beef	Reply
Q. 6 (Oral)	Audrey EU	Pneumococcal diseases	Reply
Q. 7 (Written)	Jeffrey LAM	Introduction of group loss relief and loss carry-back for profits tax	Reply
Q. 8 (Written)	CHAN Yuen-han	Childhood Immunisation Programme	Reply
Q. 9 (Written)	Daniel LAM	Disposal of old television sets upon the rollout of digital terrestrial television broadcasting	Reply
Q. 10 (Written)	James TO	The role and operation of public libraries	Reply
Q. 11 (Written)	LEUNG Yiu-chung	Assistance provided for local residents who are illiterate in Chinese (and English)	Reply
Q. 12 (Written)	KWOK Ka-ki	Contract renewal for Hospital Authority's doctors	Reply
Q. 13 (Written)	David LI	Support for Hong Kong students studying on the Mainland	Reply
Q. 14 (Written)	Emily LAU	Separate collection of waste at public housing estates	Reply
Q. 15 (Written)	SIN Chung-kai	Tendering for the development of a new cruise terminal	Reply
Q. 16 (Written)	LAU Kong-wah	Control on the sale of unregistered drugs	Reply
Q. 17 (Written)	Frederick FUNG	The plan to improve the homes of elderly people in relatively poor communities	Reply
Q. 18 (Written)	Daniel LAM	Eradicate the inflow of substandard and poisonous mainland products into Hong Kong	Reply
Q. 19 (Written)	James TO	Governance of statutory bodies	Reply
Q. 20 (Written)	Emily LAU	Promotion of gender equality	Reply

Council meeting on 20.2.2008

Question No. (Type)	Raised by	Subject	Reply
Q. 1 (Oral)	HO Chung-tai	Hygiene conditions of civilian passenger aircraft	Reply
Q. 2 (Oral)	Bernard CHAN	Promotion of local art	Reply
Q. 3 (Oral)	Ronny TONG	Police's handling of searches of detained persons	Reply
Q. 4 (Oral)	Albert CHAN	Scheduling of mid-term examinations by schools	Reply
Q. 5 (Oral)	Andrew CHENG	Extension of franchises for air cargo terminals	Reply
Q. 6 (Oral)	LUI Ming-wah	Hygiene conditions and product safety of disposable tableware	Reply
Q. 7 (Written)	LAU Chin-shek	Collection of data according to the races of stakeholders	Reply
Q. 8 (Written)	Timothy FOK	Promoting arts education in schools and the community	Reply
Q. 9 (Written)	Anson CHAN	Work of the Employees Retraining Board	Reply
Q. 10 (Written)	CHAN Kam-lam	Offsetting long service payments and severance payments by accrued benefits in employees' Mandatory Provident Fund accounts	Reply
Q. 11 (Written)	Fernando CHEUNG	Provision of barrier-free access and facilities in special schools	Reply
Q. 12 (Written)	LAU Wong-fat	Gratuities and medical benefits for District Council members	Reply
Q. 13 (Written)	Joseph LEE	Childhood Immunisation Programme	Reply
Q. 14 (Written)	Albert HO	Protection of personal data	Reply
Q. 15 (Written)	CHAN Yuen-han	Education for non-Chinese speaking students	Reply
Q. 16 (Written)	James TIEN	The problem of young children being left alone at home	Reply
Q. 17 (Written)	Audrey EU	Electronic water bills	Reply
Q. 18 (Written)	CHEUNG Hok-ming	Promotion of wireless Internet access	Reply
Q. 19 (Written)	YEUNG Sum	Health care expenditure	Reply
Q. 20 (Written)	CHEUNG Man-kwong	Civil service entry system	Reply

Council meeting on 27.2.2008

Question No. (Type)	Raised by	Subject	Reply
Q. 1 (Written)	Andrew CHENG	Concessionary interchange scheme	Reply
Q. 2 (Written)	LAU Wong-fat	Open sewers	Reply
Q. 3 (Written)	Joseph LEE	Members of the public being interviewed alone in police stations	Reply
Q. 4 (Written)	James TIEN	Removal arrangements for elderly tenants in Housing for Senior Citizens units	Reply
Q. 5 (Written)	Audrey EU	Remission of sentences for sentenced persons transferred from other jurisdictions	Reply
Q. 6 (Written)	Daniel LAM	Electricity tariffs	Reply
Q. 7 (Written)	YEUNG Sum	Exercise of discretion by the Student Financial Assistance Agency	Reply
Q. 8 (Written)	CHEUNG Hok-ming	Taxi Hiring Scheme	Reply
Q. 9 (Written)	Abraham SHEK	Children's ability to face up to adversity	Reply
Q. 10 (Written)	CHEUNG Man-kwong	Teacher-librarians in primary and secondary schools	Reply
Q. 11 (Written)	CHOY So-yuk	Management of telephone numbers	Reply
Q. 12 (Written)	James TO	Veterinary surgeons and their services	Reply
Q. 13 (Written)	LEE Wing-tat	Bedspace apartments and cubicle apartments	Reply
Q. 14 (Written)	Albert CHAN	Use of plastic bags by government departments	Reply
Q. 15 (Written)	KWOK Ka-ki	Dental services	Reply
Q. 16 (Written)	Emily LAU	Governance of the Equal Opportunities Commission	Reply
Q. 17 (Written)	SIN Chung-kai	Protection of intellectual property rights of inventors	Reply
Q. 18 (Written)	LAU Kong-wah	Amusement game machines with gambling elements	Reply
Q. 19 (Written)	Frederick FUNG	Avian influenza	Reply
Q. 20 (Written)	LAU Wong-fat	Residential and day care services for mentally or physically handicapped people	Reply

Council meeting on 5.3.2008

Question No. (Type)	Raised by	Subject	Reply
Q. 1 (Oral)	Anson CHAN	Elderly health centres under the Department of Health	Reply
Q. 2 (Oral)	Emily LAU	Cultivating cultural literacy at schools and in the community	Reply
Q. 3 (Oral)	Margaret NG	Compliance by real estate developers with land lease condition on the provision of public open space	Reply
Q. 4 (Oral)	SIN Chung-kai	Enforcement of the Control of Obscene and Indecent Articles Ordinance	Reply
Q. 5 (Oral)	James TO	Prosecution against publishing obscene articles on the Internet	Reply
Q. 6 (Oral)	Fernando CHEUNG	Assistance for discharged offenders	Reply
Q. 7 (Written)	LEE Cheuk-yan	Use of paper by the Government	Reply
Q. 8 (Written)	Andrew CHENG	Use of medical services by non-residents of Hong Kong	Reply
Q. 9 (Written)	Martin LEE	Services for street sleepers	Reply
Q. 10 (Written)	Joseph LEE	Prevention and control of communicable diseases spreading in residential homes for the elderly	Reply
Q. 11 (Written)	CHOY So-yuk	Licence requirement for the provision of amusement game machines in clubhouses	Reply
Q. 12 (Written)	Albert CHAN	Public light bus drivers being extorted money by triad members	Reply
Q. 13 (Written)	KWOK Ka-ki	Control on materials containing asbestos	Reply
Q. 14 (Written)	LAU Kong-wah	Classification system for electronic toy products	Reply
Q. 15 (Written)	Frederick FUNG	Child care services	Reply
Q. 16 (Written)	Fernando CHEUNG	Telephone booking service provided by the general out-patient clinics of the Hospital Authority	Reply
Q. 17 (Written)	James TO	New measures to safeguard the rights and interests of consumers	Reply
Q. 18 (Written)	Emily LAU	Hiring consultant for public consultation on health care reforms	Reply
Q. 19 (Written)	SIN Chung-kai	Organ donation	Reply
Q. 20 (Written)	LAU Kong-wah	Use of radar detectors by motorists	Reply

Council meeting on 12.3.2008

Question No. (Type)	Raised by	Subject	Reply
Q. 1 (Oral)	Martin LEE	Overtime allowance for staff of government departments and subvented organizations	Reply
Q. 2 (Oral)	WONG Kwok-hing	Structural safety guarantee for Tenants Purchase Scheme flats	Reply
Q. 3 (Oral)	KWOK Ka-ki	Working Group on Mental Health Services	Reply
Q. 4 (Oral)	YEUNG Sum	Number of places for publicly-funded first-degree programmes	Reply
Q. 5 (Oral)	Albert HO	Hiring a consulting firm for the work relating to public consultation on health care reforms	Reply
Q. 6 (Oral)	LAU Kong-wah	Travel subsidy for students	Reply
Q. 7 (Written)	Anson CHAN	Protection for women not in employment	Reply
Q. 8 (Written)	LEUNG Kwok-hung	Provision of shops and facilities in public housing estates	Reply
Q. 9 (Written)	Joseph LEE	Application for medical fee waivers by the elderly	Reply
Q. 10 (Written)	CHEUNG Hok-ming	Crimes involving the use of chloroform	Reply
Q. 11 (Written)	CHOY So-yuk	Maintenance of the Register of Old and Valuable Trees	Reply
Q. 12 (Written)	James TO	Number of places for first-degree programmes	Reply
Q. 13 (Written)	David LI	Public Policy Research Funding Scheme	Reply
Q. 14 (Written)	Emily LAU	Handling by the Police of cases involving the ethnic minorities	Reply
Q. 15 (Written)	SIN Chung-kai	Control of Obscene and Indecent Articles Ordinance	Reply
Q. 16 (Written)	Frederick FUNG	Arrangements for and promotion of marathon	Reply
Q. 17 (Written)	CHEUNG Hok-ming	Cultural heritage of New Territories villages	Reply
Q. 18 (Written)	James TO	Mitigation of traffic noise	Reply
Q. 19 (Written)	KWOK Ka-ki	Retirement and promotion arrangements for academic staff of the University of Hong Kong	Reply
Q. 20 (Written)	Emily LAU	Structural safety of elevated roads	Reply

Council meeting on 9.4.2008

Question No. (Type)	Raised by	Subject	Reply
Q. 1 (Oral)	Howard YOUNG	Allowing pay television operators to transmit the digital broadcast signals of free television broadcasters	Reply
Q. 2 (Oral)	Tommy CHEUNG	Maintenance of water meters	Reply
Q. 3 (Oral)	HO Chung-tai	Private aircraft movements at the Hong Kong International Airport	Reply
Q. 4 (Oral)	Ronny TONG	Exit polls	Reply
Q. 5 (Oral)	Anson CHAN	Influenza outbreak	Reply
Q. 6 (Oral)	Margaret NG	Transfer of sentenced persons between Hong Kong and the Mainland	Reply
Q. 7 (Written)	LEE Cheuk-yan	Employment statistics for 2007	Reply
Q. 8 (Written)	LAU Chin-shek	Statistics relating to public meetings and public processions	Reply
Q. 9 (Written)	Bernard CHAN	Begging and illegal fund raising on the street	Reply
Q. 10 (Written)	CHAN Yuen-han	Construction of the Shatin to Central Link depot at Diamond Hill	Reply
Q. 11 (Written)	Fernando CHEUNG	Green features of residential projects	Reply
Q. 12 (Written)	Andrew CHENG	Owners of stolen van-type light goods vehicles being extorted ransom	Reply
Q. 13 (Written)	LEUNG Yiu-chung	Religious discrimination in the provision of public services	Reply
Q. 14 (Written)	Martin LEE	Global warming	Reply
Q. 15 (Written)	Audrey EU	Code on Access to Information	Reply
Q. 16 (Written)	Fred LI	Regulation of animal breeding farms	Reply
Q. 17 (Written)	YEUNG Sum	Education for children born to mainland women	Reply
Q. 18 (Written)	WONG Ting-kwong	Procedure adopted by government departments for vetting expenses	Reply
Q. 19 (Written)	Joseph LEE	Expenditure on electricity and use of renewable energy by government departments	Reply
Q. 20 (Written)	Abraham SHEK	Review of hospital manpower in view of medical incidents	Reply

Council meeting on 16.4.2008

Question No. (Type)	Raised by	Subject	Reply
Q. 1 (Written)	Andrew CHENG	Illegal modification of vehicles and illegal motor racing	Reply
Q. 2 (Written)	Martin LEE	Emissions from franchised buses	Reply
Q. 3 (Written)	Fred LI	Power breakdown	Reply
Q. 4 (Written)	WONG Ting-kwong	Retirement age	Reply
Q. 5 (Written)	CHEUNG Man-kwong	Kindergarten teachers leaving their jobs or transferring to other schools	Reply
Q. 6 (Written)	YEUNG Sum	Medical services for AIDS patients and HIV infected individuals	Reply
Q. 7 (Written)	Joseph LEE	Investment by public organizations	Reply
Q. 8 (Written)	CHEUNG Hok-ming	Issue of Closed Area Permits	Reply
Q. 9 (Written)	James TO	Admission schemes for mainland people	Reply
Q. 10 (Written)	CHOY So-yuk	Enforcement of legislation to prevent cruelty to animals	Reply
Q. 11 (Written)	Albert CHAN	Nuisances caused by aircraft noises	Reply
Q. 12 (Written)	David LI	Capital Investment Entrant Scheme	Reply
Q. 13 (Written)	KWOK Ka-ki	Liver transplantation	Reply
Q. 14 (Written)	Emily LAU	Handling of exhibits by the Police	Reply
Q. 15 (Written)	SIN Chung-kai	Installation of Wi-Fi antennas on lamp posts	Reply
Q. 16 (Written)	Frederick FUNG	Services and development of public libraries	Reply
Q. 17 (Written)	LAU Kong-wah	Drug addiction and abuse of psychotropic substances among adolescents	Reply
Q. 18 (Written)	WONG Ting-kwong	Comprehensive Social Security Assistance fraud cases	Reply
Q. 19 (Written)	Fred LI	Liquefied petroleum gas vehicles queuing up for gas refills	Reply
Q. 20 (Written)	CHEUNG Hok-ming	Enforcement of speed limits	Reply

Council meeting on 23.4.2008

Question No. (Type)	Raised by	Subject	Reply
Q. 1 (Written)	Howard YOUNG	Travel insurance agents	Reply
Q. 2 (Written)	James TIEN	Replacement and Rehabilitation Programme of Water Mains	Reply
Q. 3 (Written)	Andrew CHENG	Traffic congestion in the three road-harbour crossings	Reply
Q. 4 (Written)	Martin LEE	Air pollution in districts with heavy traffic	Reply
Q. 5 (Written)	YEUNG Sum	Financial assistance schemes for post-secondary and tertiary level students	Reply
Q. 6 (Written)	Joseph LEE	Operation of the Supplementary Medical Professions Council	Reply
Q. 7 (Written)	Fred LI	Transparency of and public participation in heritage assessment	Reply
Q. 8 (Written)	LEE Wing-tat	Disclosure to prospective property buyers of the requirement to provide facilities in private developments for public use	Reply
Q. 9 (Written)	CHOY So-yuk	Management of Chater Road Pedestrian Precinct	Reply
Q. 10 (Written)	James TO	Public transport service plying Route 8	Reply
Q. 11 (Written)	David LI	e-Certs embedded in smart identity cards	Reply
Q. 12 (Written)	KWOK Ka-ki	Filling vacancies of doctors in Hospital Authority	Reply
Q. 13 (Written)	Emily LAU	Handling of sexual harassment cases by the Police	Reply
Q. 14 (Written)	SIN Chung-kai	Non-means tested loan schemes for tertiary students	Reply
Q. 15 (Written)	Frederick FUNG	Regulating junk food TV advertisements in order to tackle childhood obesity	Reply
Q. 16 (Written)	LAU Kong-wah	Installation of television broadcasting systems in private estates	Reply
Q. 17 (Written)	James TO	Stock options known as accumulators	Reply
Q. 18 (Written)	Emily LAU	Conduct of breath tests for drivers suspected of drink driving	Reply
Q. 19 (Written)	Frederick FUNG	Promotion of social enterprises	Reply
Q. 20 (Written)	LAU Kong-wah	Financing the construction of new railway lines	Reply

Council meeting on 30.4.2008

Question No. (Type)	Raised by	Subject	Reply
Q. 1 (Oral)	KWONG Chi-kin	Elderly persons in residential care homes being defrauded of Comprehensive Social Security Assistance payments	Reply
Q. 2 (Oral)	LAU Chin-shek	Default payment of Mandatory Provident Fund contributions	Reply
Q. 3 (Oral)	Howard YOUNG	Increasing flight movements	Reply
Q. 4 (Oral)	Daniel LAM	Provision of parks which admit dogs	Reply
Q. 5 (Oral)	LEUNG Yiu-chung	Construction of new public hospitals in Tin Shui Wai and North Lantau	Reply
Q. 6 (Oral)	Vincent FANG	Hawker licence fee waiver	Reply
Q. 7 (Written)	LEE Cheuk-yan	Non-civil service contract staff's paid leave entitlement	Reply
Q. 8 (Written)	Albert HO	Coroner's court	Reply
Q. 9 (Written)	Martin LEE	Traffic noise in Kowloon	Reply
Q. 10 (Written)	Abraham SHEK	Measures to boost fertility rate	Reply
Q. 11 (Written)	CHOY So-yuk	Display of notices concerning excessive gambling in off-course betting branches	Reply
Q. 12 (Written)	David LI	Rents for private residential properties	Reply
Q. 13 (Written)	Emily LAU	Energy efficiency of newly-built buildings	Reply
Q. 14 (Written)	SIN Chung-kai	Operation of the Unsolicited Electronic Messages Ordinance	Reply
Q. 15 (Written)	Frederick FUNG	Childhood Immunization Programme	Reply
Q. 16 (Written)	LAU Kong-wah	Assistance to elderly people residing on the Mainland and those who have returned to settle in Hong Kong	Reply
Q. 17 (Written)	LEUNG Yiu-chung	Differences in the charges for cultural and recreational facilities in different districts	Reply
Q. 18 (Written)	Abraham SHEK	Industry safety for working at height	Reply
Q. 19 (Written)	Emily LAU	Recovery of outstanding student loans	Reply
Q. 20 (Written)	Frederick FUNG	Cycling facilities and the promotion of cycling	Reply

Council meeting on 7.5.2008

Question No. (Type)	Raised by	Subject	Reply
Q. 1 (Oral)	CHAN Yuen-han	Measures to assist low-income people	Reply
Q. 2 (Oral)	Fernando CHEUNG	Staff salary structures of non-governmental welfare organizations subvented under the Lump Sum Grant Subvention System	Reply
Q. 3 (Oral)	James TO	Use of public facilities on private land by the public	Reply
Q. 4 (Oral)	LAU Wong-fat	Community Garden Programme	Reply
Q. 5 (Oral)	SIN Chung-kai	Management of public facilities on private land	Reply
Q. 6 (Oral)	James TIEN	Utilization of wards and beds in public hospitals	Reply
Q. 7 (Written)	Albert HO	Sewage treatment facilities and water quality of rivers and streams in Tuen Mun and Yuen Long	Reply
Q. 8 (Written)	Audrey EU	Management of public open space in private developments	Reply
Q. 9 (Written)	Fred LI	Services of public light buses	Reply
Q. 10 (Written)	CHOY So-yuk	Promoting Fuwa - mascots of the Beijing Olympics	Reply
Q. 11 (Written)	Albert CHAN	Using low-platform buses to provide bus service	Reply
Q. 12 (Written)	David LI	Prohibition of smoking in covered walkways	Reply
Q. 13 (Written)	Emily LAU	Provision of male and female lavatories in public places	Reply
Q. 14 (Written)	LAU Kong-wah	Consumption of fresh water	Reply
Q. 15 (Written)	Frederick FUNG	Viability of the ferry service between Central and Tsim Sha Tsui	Reply
Q. 16 (Written)	LAU Wong-fat	Counterfeit Hong Kong $10 coins	Reply
Q. 17 (Written)	LAU Kong-wah	Departure of civil servants	Reply
Q. 18 (Written)	Frederick FUNG	Provision of lifeguard services at public swimming pools and beaches	Reply
Q. 19 (Written)	Martin LEE	Franchised bus services	Reply
Q. 20 (Written)	SIN Chung-kai	Hiring consultants for the introduction of a competition law	Reply

Council meeting on 14.5.2008

Question No. (Type)	Raised by	Subject	Reply
Q. 1 (Oral)	Patrick LAU	Remuneration of government employees	Reply
Q. 2 (Oral)	CHEUNG Hok-ming	Frontier Closed Area	Reply
Q. 3 (Oral)	CHEUNG Man-kwong	The Government taking the lead in enhancing recognition for associate degree qualification	Reply
Q. 4 (Oral)	Frederick FUNG	Measures to alleviate poverty	Reply
Q. 5 (Oral)	Alan LEONG	Outlying island ferry services	Reply
Q. 6 (Oral)	Jeffrey LAM	Operation of Ngong Ping 360	Reply
Q. 7 (Written)	LAU Chin-shek	Voter registration	Reply
Q. 8 (Written)	Albert HO	Default cases of non-means tested loan schemes	Reply
Q. 9 (Written)	YEUNG Sum	Applications for deferring repayment of student loans	Reply
Q. 10 (Written)	Martin LEE	Air Pollution Index and Air Quality Objectives	Reply
Q. 11 (Written)	Joseph LEE	Departure of nurses in the Hospital Authority	Reply
Q. 12 (Written)	CHOY So-yuk	Loss of and damage to books in public libraries	Reply
Q. 13 (Written)	KWOK Ka-ki	Working hours of doctors in public hospitals	Reply
Q. 14 (Written)	David LI	Visa applications for entry to the Mainland by foreign nationals	Reply
Q. 15 (Written)	SIN Chung-kai	Development of a platform for geospatial information	Reply
Q. 16 (Written)	Emily LAU	High prices of goods in supermarkets	Reply
Q. 17 (Written)	LAU Kong-wah	Utilization of indoor cultural, recreational and sports facilities under the Leisure and Cultural Services Department	Reply
Q. 18 (Written)	Albert HO	Assistance to unwed pregnant girls and unwed mothers who are underage	Reply
Q. 19 (Written)	CHEUNG Hok-ming	Effectiveness in energy conservation of the measure of maintaining the indoor temperature at 25.5°C	Reply
Q. 20 (Written)	Frederick FUNG	Improvement to roads to reduce traffic accidents	Reply

Council meeting on 21.5.2008

Question No. (Type)	Raised by	Subject	Reply
Q. 1 (Oral)	Fred LI	Enactment of a competition law	Reply
Q. 2 (Oral)	Ronny TONG	Liberalization measures under the Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement relating to the film industry	Reply
Q. 3 (Oral)	CHOY So-yuk	Air quality in Guangdong and Hong Kong	Reply
Q. 4 (Oral)	Audrey EU	Protection of personal data	Reply
Q. 5 (Oral)	Selina CHOW	Tendering arrangements for petrol filling station sites	Reply
Q. 6 (Oral)	HO Chung-tai	Indiscriminate sounding of horns by drivers	Reply
Q. 7 (Written)	TAM Yiu-chung	Review of sentences of prisoners and rehabilitation services for discharged prisoners	Reply
Q. 8 (Written)	Anson CHAN	Subventions for residential child care service providers	Reply
Q. 9 (Written)	Howard YOUNG	Bankruptcy and winding-up of airlines	Reply
Q. 10 (Written)	Albert HO	Foster care service	Reply
Q. 11 (Written)	CHEUNG Man-kwong	Recurrent subsidies for direct subsidy schools	Reply
Q. 12 (Written)	LAU Kong-wah	Emergency ambulance service	Reply
Q. 13 (Written)	James TO	Operation of the Fire Safety (Buildings) Ordinance	Reply
Q. 14 (Written)	David LI	Impact of closer links across the Taiwan Strait	Reply
Q. 15 (Written)	Emily LAU	Review of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance	Reply
Q. 16 (Written)	LAU Kong-wah	Food safety of canned food	Reply
Q. 17 (Written)	Frederick FUNG	Enteroviral infection cases	Reply
Q. 18 (Written)	CHEUNG Man-kwong	Implementation of small-class teaching in special schools	Reply
Q. 19 (Written)	CHEUNG Hok-ming	Security of patient information	Reply
Q. 20 (Written)	Fred LI	Appointment of District Council members	Reply

Council meeting on 28.5.2008

Question No. (Type)	Raised by	Subject	Reply
Q. 1 (Oral)	TSANG Yok-sing	Protection of personal data by government departments and public organizations	Reply
Q. 2 (Oral)	Daniel LAM	Traditional and festive events in the community	Reply
Q. 3 (Oral)	CHEUNG Hok-ming	Pilot scheme on basic health and community health centres	Reply
Q. 4 (Oral)	TAM Heung-man	Traffic accident black spots	Reply
Q. 5 (Oral)	CHAN Yuen-han	Impact of rising prices of motor vehicle fuels on the relevant trades	Reply
Q. 6 (Oral)	Fernando CHEUNG	Polling arrangements for disabled persons	Reply
Q. 7 (Written)	HO Chung-tai	Corruption cases involving private building maintenance works	Reply
Q. 8 (Written)	Andrew CHENG	Franchised bus services	Reply
Q. 9 (Written)	Joseph LEE	Allied health staff of Hospital Authority	Reply
Q. 10 (Written)	James TO	Nuisance caused by lights from government venues	Reply
Q. 11 (Written)	Albert CHAN	Stench near Siu Ho Wan Water Treatment Works	Reply
Q. 12 (Written)	CHOY So-yuk	Impact of air quality and weather conditions on the equestrian events of the 2008 Olympic Games	Reply
Q. 13 (Written)	KWOK Ka-ki	Doctors and dentists employed by the Government	Reply
Q. 14 (Written)	David LI	Restrictions on height of new buildings	Reply
Q. 15 (Written)	SIN Chung-kai	Regulation of dealing in devices and provision of services which aim to circumvent technological measures applied in the protection of copyright works	Reply
Q. 16 (Written)	Emily LAU	Rationalization of the usage of the three road harbour crossings	Reply
Q. 17 (Written)	Frederick FUNG	Review of policy on control and licensing of hawking activities	Reply
Q. 18 (Written)	LAU Kong-wah	Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Passport	Reply
Q. 19 (Written)	TSANG Yok-sing	Providing medical consultation service and nursing advice using video conferencing systems	Reply
Q. 20 (Written)	Emily LAU	Loss of computer server containing personal data of customers by a bank	Reply

Council meeting on 4.6.2008

Question No. (Type)	Raised by	Subject	Reply
Q. 1 (Oral)	Albert CHAN	Infection of pine trees	Reply
Q. 2 (Oral)	YEUNG Sum	Development restrictions imposed on land granted by way of land exchange	Reply
Q. 3 (Oral)	WONG Kwok-hing	Measures to combat wage default and assist employees in enforcing Labour Tribunal awards	Reply
Q. 4 (Oral)	Frederick FUNG	Rising inflation	Reply
Q. 5 (Oral)	Martin LEE	Appointment of Under Secretaries at the rank of Deputy Director of Bureau and Political Assistants to Directors of Bureaux	Reply
Q. 6 (Oral)	LAU Wong-fat	Matching Grant Scheme for tertiary institutions	Reply
Q. 7 (Written)	TAM Heung-man	Standard working hours	Reply
Q. 8 (Written)	LEUNG Kwok-hung	Sickness allowance	Reply
Q. 9 (Written)	Albert HO	Measures and facilities relating to catastrophes	Reply
Q. 10 (Written)	CHEUNG Hok-ming	Abuse of drugs by youngsters	Reply
Q. 11 (Written)	James TO	Cycle tracks	Reply
Q. 12 (Written)	CHOY So-yuk	Handling of the media by police officers	Reply
Q. 13 (Written)	David LI	Studies on tourism	Reply
Q. 14 (Written)	LAU Kong-wah	The requirements for tenants of public rental housing to declare household income and assets	Reply
Q. 15 (Written)	Frederick FUNG	Requirement for cyclists to wear protective helmets	Reply
Q. 16 (Written)	LAU Kong-wah	Consumption of paper by the Government	Reply
Q. 17 (Written)	LAU Wong-fat	Village sewerage projects	Reply
Q. 18 (Written)	KWOK Ka-ki	Expansion project of the United Christian Hospital	Reply
Q. 19 (Written)	WONG Kwok-hing	Passing on rates concession to tenants of the Hong Kong Housing Authority and Hong Kong Housing Society	Reply
Q. 20 (Written)	Emily LAU	The Police's handling of matters relating to the news covering activities of the media	Reply

Council meeting on 11.6.2008

Question No. (Type)	Raised by	Subject	Reply
Q. 1 (Oral)	LEUNG Kwok-hung	Management of common areas in public housing estates	Reply
Q. 2 (Oral)	Albert HO	Development of Park Island and Ma Wan Park in Ma Wan	Reply
Q. 3 (Oral)	Ronny TONG	Government departments' handling of incidents of leakage of personal data	Reply
Q. 4 (Oral)	KWOK Ka-ki	Public expenditure on health	Reply
Q. 5 (Oral)	LAU Kong-wah	Scheme to encourage owners to replace old diesel commercial vehicles	Reply
Q. 6 (Oral)	SIN Chung-kai	Using information technologies to serve people	Reply
Q. 7 (Written)	Frederick FUNG	Web sites using domain names ending with ".gov.hk"	Reply
Q. 8 (Written)	Fernando CHEUNG	Residential care homes	Reply
Q. 9 (Written)	LEUNG Yiu-chung	Service life of the Cross-Harbour Tunnel	Reply
Q. 10 (Written)	LEE Wing-tat	Development of a theme park in Ma Wan	Reply
Q. 11 (Written)	Fred LI	Exemptions and exclusions under the proposed competition law	Reply
Q. 12 (Written)	Albert CHAN	Information on trees	Reply
Q. 13 (Written)	CHOY So-yuk	Meals provided in residential care homes for the elderly	Reply
Q. 14 (Written)	David LI	Evaluation of government-funded training programmes	Reply
Q. 15 (Written)	LI Kwok-ying	Designation of a sitting-out area adjacent to a liquefied petroleum gas store as a smoking area	Reply
Q. 16 (Written)	LEUNG Yiu-chung	Foster care service	Reply
Q. 17 (Written)	Albert HO	Organ donation	Reply
Q. 18 (Written)	Frederick FUNG	Studies on public participation in physical activities	Reply
Q. 19 (Written)	LAU Kong-wah	Accidents in public places in public housing estates	Reply
Q. 20 (Written)	Bernard CHAN	Hospital beds	Reply

Council meeting on 18.6.2008

Question No. (Type)	Raised by	Subject	Reply
Q. 1 (Oral)	Andrew CHENG	Concessionary bus-bus interchange schemes implemented by franchised bus companies	Reply
Q. 2 (Oral)	Jeffrey LAM	Requirements on qualifications of primary and secondary school teachers	Reply
Q. 3 (Oral)	TAM Heung-man	Appointment of Under Secretaries and Political Assistants to Directors of Bureaux	Reply
Q. 4 (Oral)	KWOK Ka-ki	Medical services provided to residents in Kwun Tong	Reply
Q. 5 (Oral)	Fernando CHEUNG	Financial assistance schemes for students	Reply
Q. 6 (Written)	Audrey EU	Tree transplantation	Reply
Q. 7 (Written)	WONG Kwok-hing	Rates concession for properties of the Hong Kong Housing Society	Reply
Q. 8 (Written)	LEUNG Kwok-hung	Access to small houses in the New Territories	Reply
Q. 9 (Written)	CHEUNG Man-kwong	Development of self-financing degree-awarding institutions and private universities	Reply
Q. 10 (Written)	Albert HO	The impact of the pollutants generated by the Castle Peak Power Station on the environment of the Tuen Mun district	Reply
Q. 11 (Written)	James TO	Light pollution	Reply
Q. 12 (Written)	Albert CHAN	Penalties for public cleanliness offences and smoking offences	Reply
Q. 13 (Written)	CHOY So-yuk	Postal services	Reply
Q. 14 (Written)	David LI	Determination of mean site formation level	Reply
Q. 15 (Written)	SIN Chung-kai	Use of personal data of electors kept by professional bodies	Reply
Q. 16 (Written)	Emily LAU	Drug administration in public hospitals	Reply
Q. 17 (Written)	Frederick FUNG	Childhood Immunization Programme	Reply
Q. 18 (Written)	LAU Kong-wah	Property development rights granted to railway corporations	Reply
Q. 19 (Written)	LEUNG Kwok-hung	Automatic discharge from bankruptcy	Reply

Council meeting on 25.6.2008

Question No. (Type)	Raised by	Subject	Reply
Q. 1 (Oral)	WONG Ting-kwong	Monitoring of fund-raising activities	Reply
Q. 2 (Oral)	Andrew LEUNG	Security problem of web sites using domain names ending with ".hk"	Reply
Q. 3 (Oral)	LEUNG Yiu-chung	Chinese Medical Practitioners Licensing Examination	Reply
Q. 4 (Oral)	LEE Wing-tat	Property projects at the Tsuen Wan West Station	Reply
Q. 5 (Oral)	Alan LEONG	Nuisance caused to Kwun Tong residents by public cargo working areas, scrap metal recovery factory and refuse transfer station	Reply
Q. 6 (Oral)	CHOY So-yuk	Flooding problems in the Central and Western District	Reply
Q. 7 (Written)	Vincent FANG	Registration fees for small volume exemption for prepackaged food	Reply
Q. 8 (Written)	TAM Yiu-chung	Disaster relief work of the Government	Reply
Q. 9 (Written)	CHAN Yuen-han	Nuisance caused by piling works of the Hong Kong Housing Authority	Reply
Q. 10 (Written)	LEUNG Kwok-hung	Protection of wild birds	Reply
Q. 11 (Written)	Andrew CHENG	Management of sick leave taken by civil servants	Reply
Q. 12 (Written)	Audrey EU	Banning the sale of bird	Reply
Q. 13 (Written)	CHEUNG Man-kwong	Funding matters relating to community colleges or continuing education arms of institutions funded by the University Grants Committee	Reply
Q. 14 (Written)	CHEUNG Hok-ming	Fare concessions provided by bus companies	Reply
Q. 15 (Written)	Fred LI	Supply of pork from the Mainland	Reply
Q. 16 (Written)	James TO	Hawker management and control	Reply
Q. 17 (Written)	David LI	Assistance to relief work undertaken by non-governmental organizations	Reply
Q. 18 (Written)	Emily LAU	Detection of H5N1 avian influenza virus at poultry stalls	Reply
Q. 19 (Written)	Frederick FUNG	Provision of water dispensers in public facilities under the Leisure and Cultural Services Department	Reply
Q. 20 (Written)	LAU Kong-wah	Public car parks managed by The Link Management Limited	Reply

Council meeting on 2.7.2008

Question No. (Type)	Raised by	Subject	Reply
Q. 1 (Oral)	TAM Yiu-chung	Installation of automatic platform gates at MTR stations	Reply
Q. 2 (Oral)	Vincent FANG	Management of wholesale food markets	Reply
Q. 3 (Oral)	Emily LAU	Selection of the Chief Executive and election of Members of Legislative Council by universal suffrage	Reply
Q. 4 (Oral)	LEUNG Yiu-chung	Emergency situation caused by a rainstorm	Reply
Q. 5 (Oral)	CHEUNG Hok-ming	New Liantang-Heung Yuen Wai boundary control point	Reply
Q. 6 (Oral)	LAU Wong-fat	Public housing blocks without lifts	Reply
Q. 7 (Written)	LEE Cheuk-yan	Employment statistics of selected trades and occupations	Reply
Q. 8 (Written)	CHEUNG Man-kwong	Contract staff of institutions funded by the University Grants Committee	Reply
Q. 9 (Written)	James TO	Provision of lifts and escalators	Reply
Q. 10 (Written)	CHOY So-yuk	Recycling of used computer equipment	Reply
Q. 11 (Written)	James TO	Inclusion of cash values of insurance policies in the calculation of capital assets in assets tests	Reply
Q. 12 (Written)	SIN Chung-kai	Increase of Fixed-Mobile Interconnection Charge	Reply
Q. 13 (Written)	Frederick FUNG	Computer Recycling Programme	Reply
Q. 14 (Written)	LAU Kong-wah	Traffic accident black spots	Reply
Q. 15 (Written)	LEUNG Yiu-chung	Provision of Chinese medical treatments for prisoners	Reply
Q. 16 (Written)	SIN Chung-kai	De-regulation of Fixed-Mobile Interconnection Charge arrangement	Reply
Q. 17 (Written)	Emily LAU	Police's conduct of body searches of persons	Reply
Q. 18 (Written)	Frederick FUNG	Solid waste management	Reply
Q. 19 (Written)	LAU Kong-wah	Handling of vacant public housing units	Reply

Council meeting on 9.7.2008

Question No. (Type)	Raised by	Subject	Reply
Q. 1 (Oral)	Sophie LEUNG	Impact of the Labour Contract Law on Hong Kong enterprises on the Mainland	Reply
Q. 2 (Oral)	Joseph LEE	Primary health care services	Reply
Q. 3 (Oral)	LEE Cheuk-yan	Selection and appointment of the first batch of Under Secretaries and Political Assistants to Directors of Bureaux	Reply
Q. 4 (Oral)	TAM Yiu-chung	Assistance for home purchases	Reply
Q. 5 (Oral)	Vincent FANG	Impact of total cessation of business of the live poultry trade	Reply
Q. 6 (Oral)	Emily LAU	Appointment of Under Secretaries and Political Assistants to Directors of Bureaux	Reply
Q. 7 (Written)	WONG Kwok-hing	Recognition of sick leave certificates issued by chiropractors	Reply
Q. 8 (Written)	LAU Chin-shek	Overnight bus routes serving the New Territories	Reply
Q. 9 (Written)	TAM Heung-man	Services of the Company Registry	Reply
Q. 10 (Written)	Bernard CHAN	Statistics on salaries tax payers	Reply
Q. 11 (Written)	Andrew CHENG	Handling of complaints by the Medical Council of Hong Kong	Reply
Q. 12 (Written)	Audrey EU	Use of natural gas in electricity generation	Reply
Q. 13 (Written)	YEUNG Sum	Cross-boundary marriages	Reply
Q. 14 (Written)	Martin LEE	Duty on and prices of tobacco products	Reply
Q. 15 (Written)	Albert HO	Human rights education	Reply
Q. 16 (Written)	CHEUNG Man-kwong	Places in schools for social development	Reply
Q. 17 (Written)	KWOK Ka-ki	Reporting of medical incidents	Reply
Q. 18 (Written)	CHOY So-yuk	Loophole in the Town Planning Ordinance	Reply
Q. 19 (Written)	James TO	Digital broadcasting	Reply
Q. 20 (Written)	David LI	Expenditure weights for compiling Consumer Price Index	Reply