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Questions(Year 2008 - 2009)

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October 2008	8^*	15^*	16^*	22	29, 30 & 31⁺
November 2008	5	12 & 13	19	26
December 2008	3	10 & 11	17
January 2009	7	14	15^*
February 2009	4	11	18	25⁺
March 2009	4	11	18
April 2009	1 & 2⁺	22⁺	29 & 30
May 2009	6	13	14^*	20	27
June 2009	3	10	17	24 & 25
July 2009	7^*	8 & 9

^{* 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 22.10.2008

Question No. (Type)	Raised by	Subject	Reply
Q. 1 (Oral)	TAM Yiu-chung	Measures to safeguard food safety	Reply
Q. 2 (Oral)	Jeffrey LAM	Stabilizing the financial system of Hong Kong	Reply
Q. 3 (Oral)	Andrew LEUNG	Laboratory tests on the presence of melamine in food products	Reply
Q. 4 (Oral)	WONG Ting-kwong	Replacement of ambulances	Reply
Q. 5 (Oral)	Fred LI	High level of pump prices of motor fuels	Reply
Q. 6 (Oral)	LAU Kong-wah	Fare concessions provided by the MTR Corporation Limited	Reply
Q. 7 (Written)	Frederick FUNG	Review of the Deposit Protection Scheme	Reply
Q. 8 (Written)	CHEUNG Hok-ming	Cross-boundary students	Reply
Q. 9 (Written)	James TO	Handling of water seepage complaints	Reply
Q. 10 (Written)	Raymond HO	Poor ventilation in some underground car parks	Reply
Q. 11 (Written)	Fred LI	Regulation on the sale of dogs	Reply
Q. 12 (Written)	LEE Wing-tat	Caring of trees	Reply
Q. 13 (Written)	James TO	Inspection and caring of trees	Reply
Q. 14 (Written)	Andrew CHENG	Designated clinics and centres providing assessment to children affected by melamine	Reply
Q. 15 (Written)	Jeffrey LAM	Measures to mitigate air pollution	Reply
Q. 16 (Written)	Starry LEE	Assisting grass-root elderly people in improving their livelihood	Reply
Q. 17 (Written)	Albert CHAN	Loss of mail items by the Hongkong Post	Reply
Q. 18 (Written)	LAU Kong-wah	Installation of air-conditioning systems in public markets	Reply
Q. 19 (Written)	Frederick FUNG	Public consultation on healthcare reform	Reply
Q. 20 (Written)	CHEUNG Man-kwong	Implementation of the Education (Amendment) Ordinance 2004	Reply

Council meeting on 29.10.2008

Question No. (Type)	Raised by	Subject	Reply
Q. 1 (Written)	LI Fung-ying	Diagnoses of occupational diseases	Reply
Q. 2 (Written)	WONG Ting-kwong	Hong Kong-Shenzhen Airports Link	Reply
Q. 3 (Written)	LAU Kong-wah	Public swimming pools	Reply
Q. 4 (Written)	Albert CHAN Wai-yip	Students forced to leave school	Reply
Q. 5 (Written)	CHEUNG Hok-ming	Regulation of the prices of liquefied petroleum gas	Reply
Q. 6 (Written)	Frederick FUNG Kin-kee	Prices of rice	Reply
Q. 7 (Written)	James TO Kun-sun	Building Maintenance Grant Scheme for Elderly Owners and Home Environment Improvement Scheme for the Elderly	Reply
Q. 8 (Written)	LAU Kong-wah	Release of employees when typhoon warnings are in force	Reply
Q. 9 (Written)	Frederick FUNG Kin-kee	Implementation of infrastructural projects	Reply
Q. 10 (Written)	WONG Kwok-hing	Light Rail service	Reply
Q. 11 (Written)	James TO Kun-sun	Handling of reports of cruelty to animals	Reply
Q. 12 (Written)	WONG Kwok-kin	Applications for Comprehensive Social Security Assistance by the elderly people	Reply
Q. 13 (Written)	LI Fung-ying	Control on materials containing asbestos	Reply
Q. 14 (Written)	Emily LAU Wai-hing	Assistance to small shop tenants	Reply
Q. 15 (Written)	Emily LAU Wai-hing	Paid paternity leave	Reply
Q. 16 (Written)	Andrew CHENG Kar-foo	Air pollution and noise to be generated by the vent shaft of the West Hong Kong Island Line	Reply
Q. 17 (Written)	CHEUNG Hok-ming	Measures to deal with the problems of an ageing population	Reply
Q. 18 (Written)	Joseph LEE Kok-long	Promotion of rooftop greening	Reply
Q. 19 (Written)	Andrew CHENG Kar-foo	Problems of road traffic noise	Reply
Q. 20 (Written)	CHEUNG Man-kwong	Piloting for Applied Learning courses	Reply

Council meeting on 5.11.2008

Question No. (Type)	Raised by	Subject	Reply
Q. 1 (Oral)	LEUNG Yiu-chung	Review of fire-fighting equipment and salary of firemen	Reply
Q. 2 (Oral)	Frederick FUNG Kin-kee	Retail price for fresh and chilled pork	Reply
Q. 3 (Oral)	Raymond HO Chung-tai	Investment losses incurred by the Hong Kong Housing Authority	Reply
Q. 4 (Oral)	PAN Pey-chyou	Dismissal of employees upon their return from maternity	Reply
Q. 5 (Oral)	WONG Kwok-hing	Disability Allowance	Reply
Q. 6 (Oral)	CHEUNG Hok-ming	Use of land for open storage and port back-up	Reply
Q. 7 (Written)	CHAN Hak-kan	Home Starter Loan Scheme	Reply
Q. 8 (Written)	Raymond HO Chung-tai	Measures to protect investors	Reply
Q. 9 (Written)	David LI Kwok-po	Formation of owners' corporations	Reply
Q. 10 (Written)	Emily LAU Wai-hing	Price surveillance of food and daily necessities	Reply
Q. 11 (Written)	LAU Kong-wah	Regulation on the safety of cosmetic and skin care products	Reply
Q. 12 (Written)	LAU Kong-wah	Safety of slab-paved pavements	Reply
Q. 13 (Written)	Frederick FUNG Kin-kee	Provision of meteorological information	Reply
Q. 14 (Written)	CHEUNG Kwok-che	Provision of subvented community services	Reply
Q. 15 (Written)	LAM Tai-fai	Assistance provided to small and medium enterprises	Reply
Q. 16 (Written)	LAU Wong-fat	Flying the national flag and the regional flag	Reply
Q. 17 (Written)	IP Kwok-him	Remuneration arrangements for District Council members	Reply
Q. 18 (Written)	CHAN Hak-kan	Provision of parks which admit pets	Reply
Q. 19 (Written)	James TO Kun-sun	Projects to improve pedestrian environment and beautify the harbourfront	Reply

Council meeting on 12.11.2008

Question No. (Type)	Raised by	Subject	Reply
Q. 1 (Oral)	Regina IP LAU Suk-yee	Building a section of the South Island Line (East) on viaduct	Reply
Q. 2 (Oral)	WONG Sing-chi	Medical incidents in public hospitals	Reply
Q. 3 (Oral)	Albert HO Chun-yan	Regulation of listed companies	Reply
Q. 4 (Oral)	KAM Nai-wai	Designation of low emission zones	Reply
Q. 5 (Oral)	WONG Yuk-man	Measures to tackle problems brought by the financial tsunami	Reply
Q. 6 (Oral)	WONG Kwok-kin	Electricity charges subsidy	Reply
Q. 7 (Written)	David LI Kwok-po	Setting the level of minimum wage vis-à-vis Comprehensive Social Security Assistance payments	Reply
Q. 8 (Written)	CHEUNG Hok-ming	Development of the agricultural and fisheries industries	Reply
Q. 9 (Written)	LAU Kong-wah	Facilities of cycle tracks and promotion of cycling tourism	Reply
Q. 10 (Written)	Frederick FUNG Kin-kee	"EatSmart@restaurant.hk" campaign	Reply
Q. 11 (Written)	LAU Kong-wah	Employment of students with disabilities and with special educational needs upon graduation	Reply
Q. 12 (Written)	Frederick FUNG Kin-kee	Impact of the financial tsunami on waste recycling activities	Reply
Q. 13 (Written)	KAM Nai-wai	Traffic control installations in private areas open for public use	Reply
Q. 14 (Written)	CHAN Tanya	Non-means Tested Loan Schemes	Reply
Q. 15 (Written)	LI Fung-ying	Emergency ambulance service	Reply
Q. 16 (Written)	Raymond HO Chung-tai	Buying the shares of the Eastern Harbour Crossing and the Western Harbour Crossing	Reply
Q. 17 (Written)	James TO Kun-sun	Carbon audit guidelines	Reply
Q. 18 (Written)	Emily LAU Wai-hing	Short selling activities	Reply
Q. 19 (Written)	CHAN Hak-kan	Assistance provided to the recycling industry	Reply
Q. 20 (Written)	Emily LAU Wai-hing	Assistance to small shop tenants	Reply

Council meeting on 19.11.2008

Question No. (Type)	Raised by	Subject	Reply
Q. 1 (Oral)	LI Fung-ying	Measures to protect investments of the Mandatory Provident Fund	Reply
Q. 2 (Oral)	Alan LEONG Kah-kit	The work of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority	Reply
Q. 3 (Oral)	Joseph LEE Kok-long	Problems brought by substations of power companies	Reply
Q. 4 (Oral)	James TO Kun-sun	Monitoring of lift maintenance	Reply
Q. 5 (Oral)	CHAN Tanya	Public space issue of the proposed Hopewell II project	Reply
Q. 6 (Written)	Vincent FANG Kang	Government's offices outside Hong Kong	Reply
Q. 7 (Written)	Paul CHAN Mo-po	Protection of Wages on Insolvency Fund	Reply
Q. 8 (Written)	KAM Nai-wai	Proposed footbridge at Kennedy Road	Reply
Q. 9 (Written)	Starry LEE Wai-king	Handling of water seepage complaints	Reply
Q. 10 (Written)	Fred LI Wah-ming	Eggs containing melamine	Reply
Q. 11 (Written)	David LI Kwok-po	SME Loan Guarantee Scheme	Reply
Q. 12 (Written)	CHEUNG Hok-ming	Light pollution	Reply
Q. 13 (Written)	Emily LAU Wai-hing	Competition in the foodstuffs and household necessities retailing sector	Reply
Q. 14 (Written)	LAU Kong-wah	Regulation of private columbaria	Reply
Q. 15 (Written)	Frederick FUNG Kin-kee	Reduction in interest rates	Reply
Q. 16 (Written)	James TO Kun-sun	Measures to enhance the road safety of public light buses	Reply
Q. 17 (Written)	LAU Kong-wah	Safety of lifts	Reply
Q. 18 (Written)	Frederick FUNG Kin-kee	Fuel Clause Charge in electricity tariff	Reply
Q. 19 (Written)	WONG Kwok-hing	Home Environment Improvement Scheme for the Elderly	Reply

Council meeting on 26.11.2008

Question No. (Type)	Raised by	Subject	Reply
Q. 1 (Oral)	Cyd HO Sau-lan	The proposed Hopewell Centre II project	Reply
Q. 2 (Oral)	CHEUNG Man-kwong	Review of the class sizes of special schools	Reply
Q. 3 (Oral)	Paul CHAN Mo-po	Business opportunities in the Mainland for local professionals and service sectors	Reply
Q. 4 (Oral)	Vincent FANG Kang	Assistance to small shop tenants and licensed hawkers	Reply
Q. 5 (Oral)	Ronny TONG Ka-wah	Schools admitting Band Three students in Shatin and Tai Po	Reply
Q. 6 (Oral)	Miriam LAU Kin-yee	Impact of "Three Direct Links" on the air and maritime transport, logistics and tourism sectors	Reply
Q. 7 (Written)	Alan LEONG Kah-kit	Anti-mosquito measures	Reply
Q. 8 (Written)	Audrey EU Yuet-mee	Electric vehicles	Reply
Q. 9 (Written)	LAU Wong-fat	Small house applications in the New Territories	Reply
Q. 10 (Written)	Starry LEE Wai-king	Young people engaged in prostitution activities	Reply
Q. 11 (Written)	CHAN Hak-kan	Overnight public transport service to and from Tseung Kwan O	Reply
Q. 12 (Written)	David LI Kwok-po	Passenger liaison groups	Reply
Q. 13 (Written)	CHEUNG Hok-ming	People being harassed following unauthorized use of their personal data by others	Reply
Q. 14 (Written)	Emily LAU Wai-hing	Appointment of the Monetary Authority	Reply
Q. 15 (Written)	James TO Kun-sun	Promotion of eco-tourism	Reply
Q. 16 (Written)	LAU Kong-wah	Telemarketing calls made to mobile telephone users	Reply
Q. 17 (Written)	Frederick FUNG Kin-kee	Prevention of childhood obesity	Reply
Q. 18 (Written)	CHEUNG Man-kwong	Temporary teachers in government schools	Reply
Q. 19 (Written)	CHAN Hak-kan	Assistance to families affected by the financial tsunami	Reply
Q. 20 (Written)	LAU Kong-wah	Blood donation	Reply

Council meeting on 3.12.2008

Question No. (Type)	Raised by	Subject	Reply
Q. 1 (Oral)	CHAN Kam-lam	Maintenance of lifts in public housing estates	Reply
Q. 2 (Oral)	Audrey EU Yuet-mee	Impact of the financial tsunami on recycling activities	Reply
Q. 3 (Oral)	LEE Wing-tat	Assistance to owners of Home Ownership Scheme flats and Sandwich Class Housing Scheme flats	Reply
Q. 4 (Oral)	Emily LAU Wai-hing	Population of District Council constituencies	Reply
Q. 5 (Oral)	LEE Cheuk-yan	Measures to deal with layoffs and unemployment	Reply
Q. 6 (Oral)	Paul TSE Wai-chun	Tourism facilities in Repulse Bay	Reply
Q. 7 (Written)	LEUNG Yiu-chung	Law enforcement against the sale of tobacco products to underage persons	Reply
Q. 8 (Written)	Sophie LEUNG LAU Yau-fun	Assistance provided to garment bleaching and dyeing factories	Reply
Q. 9 (Written)	LEUNG Kwok-hung	Recruitment of Workman II	Reply
Q. 10 (Written)	Cyd HO Sau-lan	Government records with historical value	Reply
Q. 11 (Written)	Vincent FANG Kang	Caring of trees	Reply
Q. 12 (Written)	Joseph LEE Kok-long	Hospice care services	Reply
Q. 13 (Written)	LAM Tai-fai	The ratings of emerging markets by the Hong Kong Export Credit insurance Corporation	Reply
Q. 14 (Written)	Fred LI Wah-ming	Auction of 2009 Lunar New Year Fair stalls	Reply
Q. 15 (Written)	Albert CHAN Wai-yip	Measures to mitigate road traffic noise	Reply
Q. 16 (Written)	CHEUNG Man-kwong	Support for schools admitting non-Chinese speaking students	Reply
Q. 17 (Written)	Starry LEE Wai-king	Removal of dangerous and abandoned signboards	Reply
Q. 18 (Written)	CHAN Hak-kan	Increased utilization of services of the public medical sector	Reply
Q. 19 (Written)	CHEUNG Hok-ming	Development of Hong Kong into an international arbitration centre	Reply
Q. 20 (Written)	James TO Kun-sun	Review on administration of Internet domain names in Hong Kong	Reply

Council meeting on 10.12.2008

Question No. (Type)	Raised by	Subject	Reply
Q. 1 (Oral)	Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun	Locations of funeral parlours	Reply
Q. 2 (Oral)	David LI Kwok-po	Structure of authorized institutions	Reply
Q. 3 (Oral)	Starry LEE Wai-king	Measures to boost employment	Reply
Q. 4 (Oral)	IP Wai-ming	Workers who maintain and repair lifts and escalators	Reply
Q. 5 (Oral)	LAM Tai-fai	Ngong Ping 360	Reply
Q. 6 (Oral)	Andrew CHENG Kar-foo	Implementation of the Smoking (Public Health) (Amendment) Ordinance 2006	Reply
Q. 7 (Written)	Paul TSE Wai-chun	Entry arrangements for visitors from Guangdong and Taiwan	Reply
Q. 8 (Written)	CHAN Hak-kan	Subvention provided to uniformed groups	Reply
Q. 9 (Written)	Samson TAM Wai-ho	Incidents of explosion in manhole	Reply
Q. 10 (Written)	Emily LAU Wai-hing	Control of transboundary movements of electronic wastes	Reply
Q. 11 (Written)	LEUNG Yiu-chung	Tung Chung Road	Reply
Q. 12 (Written)	Audrey EU Yuet-mee	Revenue from vehicle licence fees of diesel commercial vehicles	Reply
Q. 13 (Written)	Cyd HO Sau-lan	District minor works projects undertaken by District Councils	Reply
Q. 14 (Written)	CHEUNG Kwok-che	Arrangements of the Hospital Authority's obstetric services for non-local pregnant women	Reply
Q. 15 (Written)	LEE Wing-tat	Review of public service broadcasting policy	Reply
Q. 16 (Written)	Sophie LEUNG LAU Yau-fun	Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme	Reply
Q. 17 (Written)	Joseph LEE Kok-long	School nurses	Reply
Q. 18 (Written)	LAU Wong-fat	Smoking outside office buildings and shopping malls	Reply
Q. 19 (Written)	Albert CHAN Wai-yip	Fare concessions offered by bus companies	Reply
Q. 20 (Written)	CHEUNG Man-kwong	Vocational Training Council	Reply

Council meeting on 17.12.2008

Question No. (Type)	Raised by	Subject	Reply
Q. 1 (Oral)	Margaret NG	Free Legal Advice Scheme and Duty Lawyer Service	Reply
Q. 2 (Oral)	Albert CHAN Wai-yip	Specialist out-patient clinics	Reply
Q. 3 (Oral)	Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan	Assistance to the catering industry	Reply
Q. 4 (Oral)	LAU Kong-wah	Supporting documents required for applications for Old Age Allowances and Comprehensive Social Security Assistance	Reply
Q. 5 (Oral)	Frederick FUNG Kin-kee	Review of economic policy	Reply
Q. 6 (Oral)	CHEUNG Hok-ming	Traffic flow at the Shenzhen Bay Port	Reply
Q. 7 (Written)	Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun	Measures to assist young people in purchasing homes	Reply
Q. 8 (Written)	WONG Sing-chi	Access to computers and the Internet by students from recipient families under the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme	Reply
Q. 9 (Written)	Miriam LAU Kin-yee	Fare concessions offered to elderly passengers by the MTR Corporation Limited	Reply
Q. 10 (Written)	CHAN Kin-por	Assisting the insurance industry in operating in the Mainland	Reply
Q. 11 (Written)	CHAN Tanya	Non-Chinese speaking students with special educational needs	Reply
Q. 12 (Written)	Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung	Tax concessions for small and medium enterprises	Reply
Q. 13 (Written)	CHEUNG Kwok-che	Conversion of places in self-care hostels and homes for the aged	Reply
Q. 14 (Written)	LEE Wing-tat	Ma Wan Park	Reply
Q. 15 (Written)	KAM Nai-wai	Bus services on Hong Kong Island	Reply
Q. 16 (Written)	Audrey EU Yuet-mee	Replacement of printed publications by electronic copies	Reply
Q. 17 (Written)	LAU Wong-fat	Problems caused by wild pigs	Reply
Q. 18 (Written)	Joseph LEE Kok-long	Sulphur dioxide in food	Reply
Q. 19 (Written)	Starry LEE Wai-king	Coordinated Maintenance of Buildings Scheme	Reply
Q. 20 (Written)	CHEUNG Man-kwong	Student hostel places at University Grants Committee-funded institutions	Reply

Council meeting on 7.1.2009

Question No. (Type)	Raised by	Subject	Reply
Q. 1 (Oral)	IP Kwok-him	Light pollution	Reply
Q. 2 (Oral)	CHAN Hak-kan	Assistance to young applicants of public rental housing	Reply
Q. 3 (Oral)	Raymond HO Chung-tai	Transforming the Greater Pearl River Delta Region into a Green Quality living Sphere	Reply
Q. 4 (Oral)	Tanya CHAN	Caring of trees	Reply
Q. 5 (Oral)	LI Fung-ying	Registration of construction workers	Reply
Q. 6 (Oral)	LEUNG Yiu-chung	Smuggling of food into Hong Kong	Reply
Q. 7 (Written)	WONG Yung-kan	Public rental housing tenants with rent arrears	Reply
Q. 8 (Written)	Patrick LAU Sau-shing	Installation of radar facilities on the rooftop of North Point Government Offices	Reply
Q. 9 (Written)	Albert HO Chun-yan	Exercise of voting right by persons who have just reached 18 years of age	Reply
Q. 10 (Written)	TAM Yiu-chung	Property projects at Tsuen Wan West Station of West Rail	Reply
Q. 11 (Written)	Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun	Development of Cantonese Opera in Hong Kong	Reply
Q. 12 (Written)	LEUNG Kwok-hung	Impact of the North East New Territories New Development Areas on the residents	Reply
Q. 13 (Written)	Miriam LAU Kin-yee	Accidents of buses catching fire	Reply
Q. 14 (Written)	Paul TSE Wai-chun	Sightseeing facilities at the Aberdeen Typhoon Shelter area	Reply
Q. 15 (Written)	LAM Tai-fai	Making public the list of credit risk ratings assigned to countries and markets by the Hong Kong Export Credit Insurance Corporation	Reply
Q. 16 (Written)	Cyd HO Sau-lan	Permit for removal and burial of dead body	Reply
Q. 17 (Written)	KAM Nai-wai	Provision of restaurants on the podiums of housing estates	Reply
Q. 18 (Written)	CHEUNG Kwok-che	Crisis intervention and support centre	Reply
Q. 19 (Written)	Andrew CHENG Kar-foo	Day pass and monthly pass concessionary schemes offered by the MTR Corporation Limited	Reply
Q. 20 (Written)	LEE Wing-tat	Repair and maintenance of country trails and hiking trails	Reply

Council meeting on 14.1.2009

Question No. (Type)	Raised by	Subject	Reply
Q. 1 (Oral)	Emily LAU Wai-hing	Measures conducive to the development of political parties	Reply
Q. 2 (Oral)	LAM Tai-fai	The 2009 East Asian Games	Reply
Q. 3 (Oral)	Paul TSE Wai-chun	Building facilities to commend the achievements of Hong Kong celebrities	Reply
Q. 4 (Oral)	Alan LEONG Kah-kit	Impact of "Three Direct Links" on Hong Kong	Reply
Q. 5 (Oral)	WONG Sing-chi	Gambling policy	Reply
Q. 6 (Oral)	Joseph LEE Kok-long	Complaints Against Police Office	Reply
Q. 7 (Written)	Albert HO Chun-yan	Procurement of third party risks insurance by owners' corporations	Reply
Q. 8 (Written)	LEUNG Yiu-chung	Government's one-off injection into accounts of members of Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes and Occupational Retirement Schemes	Reply
Q. 9 (Written)	Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun	Refusal to offer property mortgage loans by banks	Reply
Q. 10 (Written)	Miriam LAU Kin-yee	Import and export declaration charges	Reply
Q. 11 (Written)	Raymond HO Chung-tai	Assistance to Hong Kong people who used to work outside Hong Kong upon their return	Reply
Q. 12 (Written)	LI Fung-ying	Civil Service Provident Fund Scheme	Reply
Q. 13 (Written)	Albert CHAN Wai-yip	Public toilets at the camp sites and barbarque areas	Reply
Q. 14 (Written)	KAM Nai-wai	The concrete batching plant at Tin Wan	Reply
Q. 15 (Written)	CHEUNG Kwok-che	Provision of residential care home services for the elderly and people with disabilities	Reply
Q. 16 (Written)	David LI Kwok-po	Statistics on Hong Kong-owned factories in the Pearl River Delta Region	Reply
Q. 17 (Written)	Andrew CHENG Kar-foo	Influenza pandemics drugs and vaccines	Reply
Q. 18 (Written)	Starry LEE Wai-king	Unauthorized building works of mobile telephone base stations	Reply
Q. 19 (Written)	CHEUNG Man-kwong	Implementation of the new senior secondary academic structure	Reply
Q. 20 (Written)	CHAN Hak-kan	Associate degrees	Reply

Council meeting on 4.2.2009

Question No. (Type)	Raised by	Subject	Reply
Q. 1 (Oral)	CHEUNG Kwok-che	Salary adjustment arrangements for staff in subvented non-governmental organizations	Reply
Q. 2 (Oral)	Regina IP LAU Suk-yee	Medical benefits for civil servants	Reply
Q. 3 (Oral)	PAN Pey-chyou	Services for mental and ex-mental patients	Reply
Q. 4 (Oral)	Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung	Holdover of provisional taxes	Reply
Q. 5 (Oral)	Fred LI Wah-ming	Regulation of advertisements	Reply
Q. 6 (Oral)	Miriam LAU Kin-yee	Cross-boundary passenger ferry services	Reply
Q. 7 (Written)	Timothy FOK Tsun-ting	Assistance to the Cantonese opera sector	Reply
Q. 8 (Written)	Abraham SHEK Lai-him	Vegetables imported from the Mainland	Reply
Q. 9 (Written)	WONG Ting-kwong	Do-not-call Registers	Reply
Q. 10 (Written)	WONG Sing-chi	Assisting students in adapting to the New Senior Secondary Academic Structure	Reply
Q. 11 (Written)	WONG Yung-kan	Abandoned or stray cats and dogs	Reply
Q. 12 (Written)	Paul CHAN Mo-po	The Indoor Air Quality Certification Scheme for Offices and Public Places	Reply
Q. 13 (Written)	Albert HO Chun-yan	Fly-tipping and illegal land filling activities	Reply
Q. 14 (Written)	LAM Tai-fai	Special Loan Guarantee Scheme	Reply
Q. 15 (Written)	Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun	Extending the expiry dates of drugs by public medical institutions	Reply
Q. 16 (Written)	Audrey EU Yuet-mee	Conserving old cinemas in Hong Kong	Reply
Q. 17 (Written)	Joseph LEE Kok-long	Hong Kong Monetary Authority awarding variable pay to its staff	Reply
Q. 18 (Written)	LI Fung-ying	Incidents of buses braking resulting in passenger casualties	Reply
Q. 19 (Written)	Raymond HO Chung-tai	Regulation of health food	Reply
Q. 20 (Written)	LEE Wing-tat	Storage and display of works of art	Reply

Council meeting on 11.2.2009

Question No. (Type)	Raised by	Subject	Reply
Q. 1 (Oral)	Audrey EU Yuet-mee	Prevention of outbreak of influenza and human infection of avian influenza	Reply
Q. 2 (Oral)	LEUNG Ka-lau	Provision of civil service medical benefits by the Hospital Authority	Reply
Q. 3 (Oral)	WONG Yuk-man	Composition and powers of District Councils	Reply
Q. 4 (Oral)	Albert HO Chun-yan	Interest rates charged by banks	Reply
Q. 5 (Oral)	Paul CHAN Mo-po	Outsourcing winding-up cases by the Official Receiver's Office	Reply
Q. 6 (Oral)	Starry LEE Wai-king	Services for building management	Reply
Q. 7 (Written)	WONG Sing-chi	Counselling and treatment services for problem and pathological gamblers	Reply
Q. 8 (Written)	Paul TSE Wai-chun	Visa requirements for visitors	Reply
Q. 9 (Written)	Fred LI Wah-ming	Cats and dogs kept by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department	Reply
Q. 10 (Written)	Miriam LAU Kin-yee	The requirement for employers to provide free medical treatment to foreign domestic helpers	Reply
Q. 11 (Written)	LAM Tai-fai	Development of soccer in Hong Kong	Reply
Q. 12 (Written)	Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun	Enforcement of the statutory smoking prohibition at amusement game centres and Internet computer services centres	Reply
Q. 13 (Written)	Emily LAU Wai-hing	Measures to assist working-poor women	Reply
Q. 14 (Written)	Albert CHAN Wai-yip	Regulation of debt collection practices	Reply
Q. 15 (Written)	Joseph LEE Kok-long	Implementation of the Marking Scheme for Estate Management Enforcement in Public Housing Estates in the estates under the Tenants Purchase Scheme	Reply
Q. 16 (Written)	CHEUNG Man-kwong	Shortage of classrooms after the implementation of the new senior secondary academic structure	Reply
Q. 17 (Written)	CHEUNG Kwok-che	Community work organizers' remuneration and their personal safety at work	Reply
Q. 18 (Written)	David LI Kwok-po	Monitoring of flight paths taken by departing aircraft	Reply
Q. 19 (Written)	LEE Wing-tat	Retrofitting noise barriers along the Tsing Yi section of the Airport Railway	Reply
Q. 20 (Written)	CHEUNG Hok-ming	Safety of school transport vehicles	Reply

Council meeting on 18.2.2009

Question No. (Type)	Raised by	Subject	Reply
Q. 1 (Oral)	Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun	Listed Chinese medicine practitioners	Reply
Q. 2 (Oral)	KAM Nai-wai	Safeguarding the interests of minority shareholders and investors	Reply
Q. 3 (Oral)	WONG Ting-kwong	Enhancing cooperation between the service industries in the Pearl River Delta Region and Hong Kong	Reply
Q. 4 (Oral)	WONG Kwok-hing	Proposed construction of the Tung Chung West Station	Reply
Q. 5 (Oral)	LEE Wing-tat	Hong Kong residents being refused entry into Macao	Reply
Q. 6 (Written)	James TO Kun-sun	Investigation into the affairs of CITIC Pacific Limited	Reply
Q. 7 (Written)	Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan	Counterfeit wine	Reply
Q. 8 (Written)	LEE Cheuk-yan	Complaints about the services of residential care homes for the elderly	Reply
Q. 9 (Written)	CHAN Kin-por	Regulation of recovery agents	Reply
Q. 10 (Written)	TAM Yiu-chung	Platform gaps at Light Rail stations	Reply
Q. 11 (Written)	Emily LAU Wai-hing	Salaries of staff of the Hospital Authority	Reply
Q. 12 (Written)	WONG Sing-chi	Assistance for street sleepers	Reply
Q. 13 (Written)	Miriam LAU Kin-yee	Accidents of passengers losing their footing on staircases in franchised buses	Reply
Q. 14 (Written)	LAM Tai-fai	Food surveillance programme implemented by the Centre for Food Safety	Reply
Q. 15 (Written)	Audrey EU Yuet-mee	Piped and cylinder liquefied petroleum gas	Reply
Q. 16 (Written)	Joseph LEE Kok-long	The quality of Dongjiang water	Reply
Q. 17 (Written)	Starry LEE Wai-king	Measures to protect children against influenza infections	Reply
Q. 18 (Written)	CHEUNG Hok-ming	Powers of the Director of Audit	Reply
Q. 19 (Written)	CHEUNG Man-kwong	Student Finance Assistance Schemes	Reply

Council meeting on 25.2.2009

Question No. (Type)	Raised by	Subject	Reply
Q. 1 (Written)	Regina IP LAU Suk-yee	Reunification and anniversary gifts from the Mainland	Reply
Q. 2 (Written)	WONG Yuk-man	Continuing Education Fund	Reply
Q. 3 (Written)	LEE Cheuk-yan	Provision of outreaching sex education for non-Chinese speaking students	Reply
Q. 4 (Written)	IP Kwok-him	Provision of community facilities on vacant government sites	Reply
Q. 5 (Written)	WONG Yung-kan	Illegal discharge of firecrackers and fireworks	Reply
Q. 6 (Written)	Paul CHAN Mo-po	Pharmaceutical products containing chloroform	Reply
Q. 7 (Written)	Albert HO Chun-yan	Regulation of developments in country parks and marine parks	Reply
Q. 8 (Written)	LEUNG Yiu-chung	Television announcements in the public interest on Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme	Reply
Q. 9 (Written)	Paul TSE Wai-chun	Measures to assist the tourism industry	Reply
Q. 10 (Written)	WONG Sing-chi	Monitoring the operation of small group homes	Reply
Q. 11 (Written)	KAM Nai-wai	Building developments in Mid-Levels	Reply
Q. 12 (Written)	Miriam LAU Kin-yee	Outlying island ferry services	Reply
Q. 13 (Written)	Audrey EU Yuet-mee	Recycling of used clothing	Reply
Q. 14 (Written)	CHEUNG Kwok-che	Occupational retirement schemes	Reply
Q. 15 (Written)	Starry LEE Wai-king	Protection of bank deposits	Reply
Q. 16 (Written)	Joseph LEE Kok-long	Student Health Service implemented by the Department of Health	Reply
Q. 17 (Written)	CHAN Hak-kan	Route 8	Reply
Q. 18 (Written)	CHEUNG Hok-ming	Upgrading works for Lam Kam Road	Reply
Q. 19 (Written)	Frederick FUNG Kin-kee	Re-examining the priority for the introduction of bills and policy proposals	Reply
Q. 20 (Written)	James TO Kun-sun	Enhancing efficiency in utilization of roads	Reply

Council meeting on 4.3.2009

Question No. (Type)	Raised by	Subject	Reply
Q. 1 (Oral)	Ronny TONG Ka-wah	Appointment of Executive Council Members	Reply
Q. 2 (Oral)	CHAN Kin-por	Assistance to families of victims of occupational injuries and deaths	Reply
Q. 3 (Oral)	WONG Yung-kan	Water pollution in Deep Bay	Reply
Q. 4 (Oral)	Patrick LAU Sau-shing	Promoting the use of automatic external defibrillators	Reply
Q. 5 (Oral)	CHAN Hak-kan	Extension of existing landfills	Reply
Q. 6 (Oral)	David LI Kwok-po	The role and function of credit rating agencies	Reply
Q. 7 (Written)	WONG Kwok-kin	Items for the elderly and people in need to keep warm	Reply
Q. 8 (Written)	WONG Kwok-hing	Burial services	Reply
Q. 9 (Written)	Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung	Gifts of precious species from the Mainland to the Ocean Park	Reply
Q. 10 (Written)	Paul TSE Wai-chun	Travel advice	Reply
Q. 11 (Written)	Fred LI Wah-ming	Dairy products containing unapproved additives	Reply
Q. 12 (Written)	WONG Sing-chi	Food bank services	Reply
Q. 13 (Written)	Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun	Building Maintenance Grant Scheme for Elderly Owners	Reply
Q. 14 (Written)	KAM Nai-wai	Use of Basement Level 1 of the Car Park Complex of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre	Reply
Q. 15 (Written)	CHEUNG Hok-ming	Improvement works in Mui Wo	Reply
Q. 16 (Written)	Audrey EU Yuet-mee	Construction of an oil refinery in Nansha District	Reply
Q. 17 (Written)	LAM Tai-fai	Special Loan Guarantee Scheme	Reply
Q. 18 (Written)	Emily LAU Wai-hing	Provision of banking services to ethnic minorities	Reply
Q. 19 (Written)	CHEUNG Kwok-che	Intensive Employment Assistance Projects	Reply
Q. 20 (Written)	LAU Kong-wah	Installing lifts to facilitate the use of footbridges by people with disabilities	Reply

Council meeting on 11.3.2009

Question No. (Type)	Raised by	Subject	Reply
Q. 1 (Oral)	WONG Yung-kan	Ex-gratia allowances for mariculturists affected by marine works projects in Hong Kong waters	Reply
Q. 2 (Oral)	CHEUNG Man-kwong	Legislation on the Hong Kong Monetary Authority	Reply
Q. 3 (Oral)	IP Wai-ming	Job-specific skills courses under Qualifications Framework	Reply
Q. 4 (Oral)	LAU Kong-wah	Conduct of the media	Reply
Q. 5 (Oral)	Frederick FUNG Kin-kee	Fares of the Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited	Reply
Q. 6 (Oral)	Paul TSE Wai-chun	Contribution of the tourism industry to the gross domestic product	Reply
Q. 7 (Written)	WONG Yuk-man	Protection of bank deposits	Reply
Q. 8 (Written)	WONG Ting-kwong	Counterfeit Hong Kong banknotes	Reply
Q. 9 (Written)	WONG Kwok-hing	Burial services	Reply
Q. 10 (Written)	Paul CHAN Mo-po	Film Development Fund	Reply
Q. 11 (Written)	Albert HO Chun-yan	The acting appointment of a government driver	Reply
Q. 12 (Written)	Fred LI Wah-ming	Labelling of prepackaged food	Reply
Q. 13 (Written)	Miriam LAU Kin-yee	Hong Kong Shaolin Wushu Culture Centre	Reply
Q. 14 (Written)	David LI Kwok-po	A site adjacent to Sunny Bay MTR Station	Reply
Q. 15 (Written)	Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun	Assistance to the unemployed middle-class and professionals	Reply
Q. 16 (Written)	WONG Sing-chi	Dispensation of medicines in residential care homes for the elderly	Reply
Q. 17 (Written)	KAM Nai-wai	Development of cycle tracks in urban areas	Reply
Q. 18 (Written)	LAM Tai-fai	Soccer development in Hong Kong	Reply
Q. 19 (Written)	Starry LEE Wai-king	Impact of infrastructural projects on the To Kwa Wan and Ma Tau Kok districts	Reply
Q. 20 (Written)	CHEUNG Kwok-che	Assistance provided for street sleepers	Reply

Council meeting on 18.3.2009

Question No. (Type)	Raised by	Subject	Reply
Q. 1 (Oral)	LEUNG Kwok-hung	Provision of subsidized nursing home places	Reply
Q. 2 (Oral)	TAM Yiu-chung	Undergraduate degree programme in veterinary science offered by local universities	Reply
Q. 3 (Oral)	IP Kwok-him	Construction of community halls and civic centres	Reply
Q. 4 (Oral)	James TO Kun-sun	Retrofitting of automatic platform gates	Reply
Q. 5 (Oral)	CHEUNG Hok-ming	Improving the design of roads to enhance road safety	Reply
Q. 6 (Oral)	Tanya CHAN	Promoting green lunch	Reply
Q. 7 (Written)	Abraham SHEK Lai-him	Rescue operations for hikers	Reply
Q. 8 (Written)	Regina IP LAU Suk-yee	Trade fairs organized by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council	Reply
Q. 9 (Written)	WONG Yung-kan	Water supply to remote villages in the New Territories	Reply
Q. 10 (Written)	WONG Ting-kwong	Pirated copies and parallel-imported copies of copyright works	Reply
Q. 11 (Written)	Paul TSE Wai-chun	Entry requirements applicable to travellers of Hong Kong	Reply
Q. 12 (Written)	Albert CHAN Wai-yip	Counterfeit $10 coins	Reply
Q. 13 (Written)	LEE Wing-tat	Resumption of land for a public purpose	Reply
Q. 14 (Written)	Joseph LEE Kok-long	Reusing medical instruments and consumables intended for single use	Reply
Q. 15 (Written)	KAM Nai-wai	Fare adjustments for green minibuses	Reply
Q. 16 (Written)	Starry LEE Wai-king	Drug abuse problems in schools	Reply
Q. 17 (Written)	CHAN Hak-kan	Implementation of energy saving measures in government buildings	Reply
Q. 18 (Written)	CHEUNG Kwok-che	People with autism	Reply
Q. 19 (Written)	Frederick FUNG Kin-kee	Impact of climate change	Reply
Q. 20 (Written)	Emily LAU Wai-hing	Control of transboundary movements of hazardous wastes	Reply

Council meeting on 1.4.2009

Question No. (Type)	Raised by	Subject	Reply
Q. 1 (Written)	PAN Pey-chyou	Medicine incidents	Reply
Q. 2 (Written)	IP Wai-ming	Work-related injuries and occupational diseases of massage and acupressure practitioners	Reply
Q. 3 (Written)	Alan LEONG Kah-kit	Mr Tsang Tsou-choi's valued pieces of calligraphy	Reply
Q. 4 (Written)	IP Kwok-him	Appointing District Council members to advisory and statutory bodies	Reply
Q. 5 (Written)	Tanya CHAN	Discrepancies between existing land use and planning intention	Reply
Q. 6 (Written)	Abraham SHEK Lai-him	Influenza Vaccination Subsidy Scheme	Reply
Q. 7 (Written)	LEUNG Kwok-hung	Provision of subsidized care and attention places for the elderly	Reply
Q. 8 (Written)	Regina IP LAU Suk-yee	Development of higher education at the Lok Ma Chau Loop	Reply
Q. 9 (Written)	Paul CHAN Mo-po	Vacant government sites for short-term use	Reply
Q. 10 (Written)	LAU Wong-fat	Pollution of streams by soya product factories	Reply
Q. 11 (Written)	WONG Ting-kwong	Development of warehouses for red wine	Reply
Q. 12 (Written)	Raymond HO Chung-tai	Lifts and escalators installed at the entrances/exits of MTR stations	Reply
Q. 13 (Written)	Paul TSE Wai-chun	Travellers deceived by fraudulent hotel car pick-up service	Reply
Q. 14 (Written)	Albert CHAN Wai-yip	Specialist out-patient services	Reply
Q. 15 (Written)	Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun	Road traffic nuisance caused to residents of Prosperous Garden in Yau Ma Tei	Reply
Q. 16 (Written)	Audrey EU Yuet-mee	Rehabilitation works for Shek O Quarry	Reply
Q. 17 (Written)	Joseph LEE Kok-long	Problems of spurious pharmaceutical products	Reply
Q. 18 (Written)	KAM Nai-wai	Obnoxious facilities at Praya Road area in Tin Wan	Reply
Q. 19 (Written)	Starry LEE Wai-king	Illegal entrants applying for political asylum	Reply
Q. 20 (Written)	CHAN Hak-kan	Fire safety of waste recycling facilities	Reply

Council meeting on 22.4.2009

Question No. (Type)	Raised by	Subject	Reply
Q. 1 (Written)	Ronny TONG Ka-wah	Mechanism for handling unclaimed dead bodies	Reply
Q. 2 (Written)	LEUNG Ka-lau	Accidents of work injury	Reply
Q. 3 (Written)	PAN Pey-chyou	Recruitment of medical practitioners by the Hospital Authority	Reply
Q. 4 (Written)	WONG Yuk-man	Assisting students from low-income families in making use of information technologies in learning	Reply
Q. 5 (Written)	CHAN Kin-por	Provision of elderly housing	Reply
Q. 6 (Written)	LEE Cheuk-yan	Employment statistics	Reply
Q. 7 (Written)	Abraham SHEK Lai-him	Hill fires caused by burning of joss sticks and joss papers	Reply
Q. 8 (Written)	LEUNG Kwok-hung	Elderly Commission	Reply
Q. 9 (Written)	Cyd HO Sau-lan	Compensation for the third party victims, or their families, in traffic accidents caused by drink driving	Reply
Q. 10 (Written)	Tanya CHAN	Identification of six economic areas by the Task force on Economic Challenges for further development	Reply
Q. 11 (Written)	Regina IP LAU Suk-yee	Declaration of interests by members of the Chief Executive's Committee of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority	Reply
Q. 12 (Written)	WONG Kwok-hing	Elderly Health Centres	Reply
Q. 13 (Written)	Paul TSE Wai-chun	Services for cruise travellers	Reply
Q. 14 (Written)	WONG Sing-chi	Funding provided under the Lump Sum Grant Subvention System to non-governmental organizations and their Reserves	Reply
Q. 15 (Written)	Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun	Development of the Cattle Depot Artist Village	Reply
Q. 16 (Written)	LAM Tai-fai	Development of the Chinese medicine sector	Reply
Q. 17 (Written)	Albert CHAN Wai-yip	Air Mail Centre situated at Chek Lap Kok	Reply
Q. 18 (Written)	CHEUNG Man-kwong	Loans under the Start-up Loan Scheme to self-financing institutions	Reply
Q. 19 (Written)	Joseph LEE Kok-long	Academic titles of teaching staff in tertiary institutions funded by University Grants Committee	Reply
Q. 20 (Written)	KAM Nai-wai	Concessionary interchange schemes for franchised buses and green minibuses	Reply

Council meeting on 29.4.2009

Question No. (Type)	Raised by	Subject	Reply
Q. 1 (Oral)	LAU Wong-fat	Problems caused by wild pigs	Reply
Q. 2 (Oral)	Cyd HO Sau-lan	Vacant military sites in Hong Kong	Reply
Q. 3 (Oral)	Margaret NG	Proof of employers' financial position submitted for application for renewal of contracts with foreign domestic helpers	Reply
Q. 4 (Oral)	LEUNG Kwok-hung	Appointment of members of the Elderly Commission	Reply
Q. 5 (Oral)	CHAN Kam-lam	Contamination of water in the Shenzhen Reservoir	Reply
Q. 6 (Oral)	Vincent FANG Kang	Assistance to commercial tenants in Mongkok Flower Market	Reply
Q. 7 (Written)	WONG Yuk-man	Recipients of old age allowance or disability allowance being denied short-term food assistance	Reply
Q. 8 (Written)	CHAN Kin-por	Office of the Commissioner of Insurance	Reply
Q. 9 (Written)	Joseph LEE Kok-long	Adverse reactions to medicines	Reply
Q. 10 (Written)	Abraham SHEK Lai-him	Assistance to unemployed workers in the construction industry	Reply
Q. 11 (Written)	Tanya CHAN	Sex education	Reply
Q. 12 (Written)	David LI Kwok-po	A footpath along a section of the Queen's Road Central	Reply
Q. 13 (Written)	Paul TSE Wai-chun	Impact of air pollution on the tourism industry	Reply
Q. 14 (Written)	WONG Sing-chi	Placement-tied courses of the Employees Retraining Board	Reply
Q. 15 (Written)	Albert CHAN Wai-yip	Aircraft noise mitigating measures	Reply
Q. 16 (Written)	Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun	Anti-rodent measures	Reply
Q. 17 (Written)	CHEUNG Kwok-che	Occupational injuries and deaths in non-governmental organizations within the purview of the Social Welfare Department	Reply
Q. 18 (Written)	Starry LEE Wai-king	Regulation of callable bull/bear contracts	Reply
Q. 19 (Written)	CHAN Hak-kan	Turnover of healthcare staff	Reply
Q. 20 (Written)	James TO Kun-sun	Public Chinese medicine clinics	Reply

Council meeting on 6.5.2009

Question No. (Type)	Raised by	Subject	Reply
Q. 1 (Oral)	LEE Cheuk-yan	Financial assistance for unemployed middle-class people	Reply
Q. 2 (Oral)	Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan	Home safety	Reply
Q. 3 (Oral)	Andrew CHENG Kar-foo	Regulation of the Octopus payment system	Reply
Q. 4 (Oral)	Alan LEONG Kah-kit	Assistance for bankrupts	Reply
Q. 5 (Oral)	Joseph LEE Kok-long	Regulation of the means of publicity used by private healthcare institutions and residential care homes for the elderly	Reply
Q. 6 (Oral)	Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung	Promoting cruise travelling on Hong Kong-based cruise liners	Reply
Q. 7 (Written)	Vincent FANG Kang	Public consultation for the 2009-2010 Budget	Reply
Q. 8 (Written)	LEUNG Kwok-hung	Day care centres for the elderly	Reply
Q. 9 (Written)	WONG Yuk-man	Assistance for Mucopolysaccharidoses patients	Reply
Q. 10 (Written)	Cyd HO Sau-lan	Assistance for fishermen	Reply
Q. 11 (Written)	CHAN Kin-por	Execution of court orders by bailiffs	Reply
Q. 12 (Written)	LAU Wong-fat	Smoking outside office buildings and shopping malls	Reply
Q. 13 (Written)	Abraham SHEK Lai-him	Premium valuation process	Reply
Q. 14 (Written)	Tanya CHAN	Building Environmental Assessment Method	Reply
Q. 15 (Written)	Albert HO Chun-yan	Mortality rates of patients and turnover rates of healthcare staff in public hospitals	Reply
Q. 16 (Written)	David LI Kwok-po	Advertising spaces on the external walls of government properties	Reply
Q. 17 (Written)	Paul TSE Wai-chun	Publication of annual reports by government departments	Reply
Q. 18 (Written)	Albert CHAN Wai-yip	Low-floor buses	Reply
Q. 19 (Written)	Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun	Policy on earth burial in Gallant Garden	Reply
Q. 20 (Written)	CHEUNG Hok-ming	Implementation of public works projects in the New Territories	Reply

Council meeting on 13.5.2009

Question No. (Type)	Raised by	Subject	Reply
Q. 1 (Oral)	Albert HO Chun-yan	Reform of the law relating to guardianship and custody of children	Reply
Q. 2 (Oral)	CHAN Hak-kan	Reuse of construction and demolition materials	Reply
Q. 3 (Oral)	KAM Nai-wai	Inclusion of the June 4th incident and the pro-democracy movement in 1989 in the curricula of senior secondary level	Reply
Q. 4 (Oral)	Starry LEE Wai-king	Emotional problems of the public under the impact of the financial tsunami	Reply
Q. 5 (Oral)	Paul CHAN Mo-po	Corporate rescue procedure	Reply
Q. 6 (Oral)	LEUNG Yiu-chung	Above-station property development projects at Nam Cheong Station and Yuen Long Station	Reply
Q. 7 (Written)	Ronny TONG Ka-wah	Replacement of the air traffic control system	Reply
Q. 8 (Written)	WONG Kwok-kin	Participation of elderly people in social and public affairs	Reply
Q. 9 (Written)	LEE Cheuk-yan	Drug abuse problem of ethnic minority youths	Reply
Q. 10 (Written)	LEUNG Kwok-hung	Release of information on elderly people waiting for subsidized care and attention places	Reply
Q. 11 (Written)	Tanya CHAN	High prices of school textbooks	Reply
Q. 12 (Written)	Abraham SHEK Lai-him	Measures to tackle the manpower problems in the construction industry	Reply
Q. 13 (Written)	Fred LI Wah-ming	Monitoring of dishonest trade practices of retailers	Reply
Q. 14 (Written)	LEE Wing-tat	Provision of babycare rooms in government premises	Reply
Q. 15 (Written)	Paul TSE Wai-chun	Unlicensed travel agents	Reply
Q. 16 (Written)	Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun	Traffic and directional signs on roads	Reply
Q. 17 (Written)	Albert CHAN Wai-yip	Cross-boundary fishing of mainland fishing vessels	Reply
Q. 18 (Written)	CHEUNG Kwok-che	Provision of social services to ethnic minorities	Reply
Q. 19 (Written)	LAU Kong-wah	Cross-boundary vehicles	Reply
Q. 20 (Written)	Frederick FUNG Kin-kee	Digital terrestrial television	Reply

Council meeting on 20.5.2009

Question No. (Type)	Raised by	Subject	Reply
Q. 1 (Oral)	Raymond HO Chung-tai	Registration requirements for persons carrying out lift and escalator works	Reply
Q. 2 (Oral)	Ronny TONG Ka-wah	The new cruise terminal at Kai Tak	Reply
Q. 3 (Oral)	Regina IP LAU Suk-yee	Training members of the Administrative Service to work in the financial affairs stream	Reply
Q. 4 (Oral)	Audrey EU Yuet-mee	Under Secretaries and Political Assistants	Reply
Q. 5 (Oral)	PAN Pey-chyou	Assistance to ex-mentally ill persons	Reply
Q. 6 (Oral)	Priscilla LEUNG Mei-fun	Promoting the culture of ethnic minorities in Hong Kong	Reply
Q. 7 (Written)	WONG Kwok-kin	Impact of the Bus Service Rationalization Plan	Reply
Q. 8 (Written)	Paul CHAN Mo-po	Regulation of the nicotine contents of cigarettes	Reply
Q. 9 (Written)	Andrew CHENG Kar-foo	Kowloon Southern Link	Reply
Q. 10 (Written)	Albert HO Chun-yan	Chinese Medicine Practitioners Licensing Examination	Reply
Q. 11 (Written)	LEUNG Kwok-hung	Provision of supplements to subvented residential care homes for the elderly for taking care of infirm and demented residents	Reply
Q. 12 (Written)	Tanya CHAN	Tree conservation work of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department	Reply
Q. 13 (Written)	Abraham SHEK Lai-him	Construction of joint hostels for tertiary students	Reply
Q. 14 (Written)	Miriam LAU Kin-yee	Commercial vehicle insurance provided by insurance companies	Reply
Q. 15 (Written)	LEE Wing-tat	Addition or alteration works carried out in private buildings	Reply
Q. 16 (Written)	LAM Tai-fai	Measures to assist Hong Kong enterprises and ease the unemployment problem	Reply
Q. 17 (Written)	KAM Nai-wai	Packaging materials discarded at landfills	Reply
Q. 18 (Written)	Paul TSE Wai-chun	Aberdeen Tourism Project	Reply
Q. 19 (Written)	James TO Kun-sun	Management of hawker permitted areas	Reply
Q. 20 (Written)	CHAN Hak-kan	Measures to reduce emissions of franchised buses	Reply

Council meeting on 27.5.2009

Question No. (Type)	Raised by	Subject	Reply
Q. 1 (Oral)	WONG Ting-kwong	Developing the mainland market for Hong Kong products	Reply
Q. 2 (Oral)	Miriam LAU Kin-yee	Driving a motor vehicle under the influence of drugs	Reply
Q. 3 (Oral)	CHEUNG Man-kwong	Problems of the Pre-primary Education Voucher Scheme	Reply
Q. 4 (Oral)	WONG Sing-chi	Support services for mental patients	Reply
Q. 5 (Oral)	WONG Kwok-hing	Regulation of price adjustments of domestic liquefied petroleum gas	Reply
Q. 6 (Oral)	IP Wai-ming	Measures to tackle the unemployment problem aggravated by the Influenza A (H1N1) epidemic	Reply
Q. 7 (Written)	Ronny TONG Ka-wah	Vacancy rate of the market stalls of Luen Wo Hui Market in Fanling	Reply
Q. 8 (Written)	Andrew CHENG Kar-foo	Implementation of the "trap-neuter-return" programme for stray dogs	Reply
Q. 9 (Written)	Raymond HO Chung-tai	Admission of non-JUPAS students by local universities	Reply
Q. 10 (Written)	LEUNG Kwok-hung	New rent adjustment mechanism under the Housing (Amendment) Ordinance 2007	Reply
Q. 11 (Written)	Fred LI Wah-ming	Assistance to the grass-roots who are renting bedspaces and cubicles	Reply
Q. 12 (Written)	Abraham SHEK Lai-him	Measures to prevent abuse of the elderly	Reply
Q. 13 (Written)	Tanya CHAN	Rodent infestation in indoor premises managed by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department	Reply
Q. 14 (Written)	Audrey EU Yuet-mee	Ranking of the Director of Environmental Protection	Reply
Q. 15 (Written)	LAM Tai-fai	Measures to assist Hong Kong enterprises to operate on the Mainland and to develop the mainland market	Reply
Q. 16 (Written)	Starry LEE Wai-king	Improving environmental hygiene in Hong Kong	Reply
Q. 17 (Written)	Paul TSE Wai-chun	Waiving the travel agents' licence fee	Reply
Q. 18 (Written)	Emily LAU Wai-hing	Provision of female toilets in public places	Reply
Q. 19 (Written)	CHEUNG Hok-ming	Processing of small house applications	Reply
Q. 20 (Written)	KAM Nai-wai	Promoting the use of electric vehicles	Reply

Council meeting on 3.6.2009

Question No. (Type)	Raised by	Subject	Reply
Q. 1 (Oral)	CHEUNG Kwok-che	Implementation of policies relating to children	Reply
Q. 2 (Oral)	Fred LI Wah-ming	Appointment of the successor of the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority	Reply
Q. 3 (Oral)	LEUNG Kwok-hung	Public car parks operating on government land under short term tenancies	Reply
Q. 4 (Oral)	Andrew CHENG Kar-foo	Democracy activists refused entry to Hong Kong	Reply
Q. 5 (Oral)	WONG Yuk-man	Allocating funds from the Lotteries Fund to provide more subvented nursing home places and care-and-attention home places	Reply
Q. 6 (Oral)	Vincent FANG Kang	Contraband and counterfeit cigarettes	Reply
Q. 7 (Written)	TAM Yiu-chung	Mobile phone signal reception at the tourist attractions on Lantau Island	Reply
Q. 8 (Written)	Miriam LAU Kin-yee	Measures to assist the tourism industry	Reply
Q. 9 (Written)	Abraham SHEK Lai-him	Population policy	Reply
Q. 10 (Written)	WONG Sing-chi	Assistance for family carers	Reply
Q. 11 (Written)	Tanya CHAN	The Fifth East Asian Games	Reply
Q. 12 (Written)	LEE Wing-tat	Remuneration of the management and fees for the Board members of the MTR Corporation Limited	Reply
Q. 13 (Written)	CHEUNG Man-kwong	Cases of plagiarism and frauds in University Grants Committee-funded institutions	Reply
Q. 14 (Written)	LAM Tai-fai	Economic downturn in Hong Kong	Reply
Q. 15 (Written)	Albert CHAN Wai-yip	Provision of subsidized residential places for the elderly, the mentally disabled and the severely disabled in the New Territories	Reply
Q. 16 (Written)	Joseph LEE Kok-long	Recruitment of senior staff of tertiary institutions	Reply
Q. 17 (Written)	LAU Kong-wah	Harassments by debt collection agencies	Reply
Q. 18 (Written)	Starry LEE Wai-king	Prices of school textbooks	Reply
Q. 19 (Written)	CHAN Hak-kan	Mechanism for cross-boundary public transport operators to report cases of infectious diseases	Reply
Q. 20 (Written)	Frederick FUNG Kin-kee	Impact of quantitative easing policy implemented by the Federal Reserve on Hong Kong's economy	Reply

Council meeting on 10.6.2009

Question No. (Type)	Raised by	Subject	Reply
Q. 1 (Oral)	Emily LAU Wai-hing	Measures to promote gender equality	Reply
Q. 2 (Oral)	Paul TSE Wai-chun	Monitoring of the operation of the Travel Industry Council of Hong Kong	Reply
Q. 3 (Oral)	Frederick FUNG Kin-kee	Energy saving and emission reduction plan to be implemented by the United States for new vehicles	Reply
Q. 4 (Oral)	CHEUNG Hok-ming	Traffic congestion along the link roads to the Aberdeen Tunnel	Reply
Q. 5 (Oral)	Tanya CHAN	Caring of trees	Reply
Q. 6 (Oral)	LAU Kong-wah	Incidents of objects being thrown from a height onto pedestrian precincts	Reply
Q. 7 (Written)	IP Wai-ming	The six economic areas identified by the Task Force on Economic Challenges	Reply
Q. 8 (Written)	Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung	Fuel clause charge	Reply
Q. 9 (Written)	Regina IP LAU Suk-yee	Challenges faced by Hong Kong as a maritime and logistics centre	Reply
Q. 10 (Written)	WONG Yuk-man	Accessibility of the Shek Kip Mei Health Centre	Reply
Q. 11 (Written)	Andrew CHENG Kar-foo	Regulatory system for drugs	Reply
Q. 12 (Written)	Fred LI Wah-ming	Banning the sale and breeding of pets with genetic defects in Hong Kong	Reply
Q. 13 (Written)	LEUNG Kwok-hung	Standardized Care Need Assessment Mechanism for Elderly Services	Reply
Q. 14 (Written)	Miriam LAU Kin-yee	Assistance to mental patients who have returned to the community	Reply
Q. 15 (Written)	Audrey EU Yuet-mee	Vetting and approving of entry applications by the authorities	Reply
Q. 16 (Written)	Abraham SHEK Lai-him	The Family Council and the related advisory committees	Reply
Q. 17 (Written)	CHEUNG Man-kwong	Teacher relief grant for aided schools with incorporated management committees	Reply
Q. 18 (Written)	CHEUNG Kwok-che	Lump Sum Grant Reserves	Reply
Q. 19 (Written)	LAM Tai-fai	Impacts of the financial tsunami and the Influenza A (H1N1) epidemic on various industries	Reply
Q. 20 (Written)	James TO Kun-sun	Implementation of greening works in various districts	Reply

Council meeting on 17.6.2009

Question No. (Type)	Raised by	Subject	Reply
Q. 1 (Oral)	Albert CHAN Wai-yip	Sanitary facilities in the public toilets in government premises	Reply
Q. 2 (Oral)	LAU Wong-fat	Rural schools	Reply
Q. 3 (Oral)	Patrick LAU Sau-shing	Setting up a temporary explosives magazine at Chung Hom Shan	Reply
Q. 4 (Oral)	LAM Tai-fai	Air quality of Hong Kong	Reply
Q. 5 (Oral)	Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung	Payment of tax by self-employed persons	Reply
Q. 6 (Oral)	CHAN Hak-kan	Impact of the Human Swine Influenza epidemic on the work of the Food and Health Bureau	Reply
Q. 7 (Written)	Samson TAM Wai-ho	Implementation of the Qualifications Framework	Reply
Q. 8 (Written)	TAM Yiu-chung	Building covers at Light Rail stop platforms	Reply
Q. 9 (Written)	Regina IP LAU Suk-yee	Protection of the interests of animals	Reply
Q. 10 (Written)	LI Fung-ying	Formaldehyde and other volatile organic compounds emitted by newly made wooden furniture and products	Reply
Q. 11 (Written)	WONG Yuk-man	Medical treatment for mental patients	Reply
Q. 12 (Written)	Raymond HO Chung-tai	Control of emission of oily fumes and cooking odour from restaurants	Reply
Q. 13 (Written)	Andrew CHENG Kar-foo	Examination fee for the General Certificate of Secondary Education (Chinese) Examination	Reply
Q. 14 (Written)	LEUNG Kwok-hung	Standardized care need assessment mechanism for elderly services	Reply
Q. 15 (Written)	David LI Kwok-po	Replacement of non-franchised buses with more environment-friendly vehicles	Reply
Q. 16 (Written)	Miriam LAU Kin-yee	Sticking of heat-insulating and light-transmitting colour films on windscreens and windows of vehicles	Reply
Q. 17 (Written)	Audrey EU Yuet-mee	Employment opportunities to be created by the development of green economy	Reply
Q. 18 (Written)	Emily LAU Wai-hing	Appointment of members to advisory and statutory bodies	Reply
Q. 19 (Written)	Abraham SHEK Lai-him	Provision of computers in government venues for Internet browsing by the public	Reply
Q. 20 (Written)	Paul TSE Wai-chun	Training courses organized by the Travel Industry Council of Hong Kong	Reply

Council meeting on 24.6.2009

Question No. (Type)	Raised by	Subject	Reply
Q. 1 (Oral)	Samson TAM Wai-ho	Regulation of person-to-person telemarketing calls	Reply
Q. 2 (Oral)	IP Kwok-him	Promotion of street performances	Reply
Q. 3 (Oral)	Cyd HO Sau-lan	Public assemblies and processions	Reply
Q. 4 (Oral)	TAM Yiu-chung	Licence fees of food businesses	Reply
Q. 5 (Oral)	KAM Nai-wai	Marches on 1 July	Reply
Q. 6 (Oral)	Starry LEE Wai-king	Relocation of Yau Ma Tei Fruit Market	Reply
Q. 7 (Written)	CHAN Kin-por	Assistance for insurance and finance sectors	Reply
Q. 8 (Written)	Raymond HO Chung-tai	Precautionary measures for earthquakes in Hong Kong	Reply
Q. 9 (Written)	Andrew CHENG Kar-foo	Books on the June 4 incident in public libraries	Reply
Q. 10 (Written)	Fred LI Wah-ming	Protecting consumers who purchase pre-paid services	Reply
Q. 11 (Written)	LEUNG Kwok-hung	Cases assessed under the Standardized Care Need Assessment Mechanism for Elderly Services	Reply
Q. 12 (Written)	David LI Kwok-po	Comprehensive report on consumer spending	Reply
Q. 13 (Written)	WONG Sing-chi	Support services for homosexuals	Reply
Q. 14 (Written)	Miriam LAU Kin-yee	Development of Hong Kong's air freight industry	Reply
Q. 15 (Written)	Audrey EU Yuet-mee	Handling cases of unlawful occupation of government land	Reply
Q. 16 (Written)	Abraham SHEK Lai-him	Book donation and sale campaign	Reply
Q. 17 (Written)	CHEUNG Hok-ming	MTR half-fare concessions for eligible persons with disabilities	Reply
Q. 18 (Written)	Albert CHAN Wai-yip	Measures to combat deception activities	Reply
Q. 19 (Written)	Joseph LEE Kok-long	Shortage of and manpower planning for nurses	Reply
Q. 20 (Written)	LAM Tai-fai	Financial assistance for local exhibitors	Reply

Council meeting on 8.7.2009

Question No. (Type)	Raised by	Subject	Reply
Q. 1 (Oral)	Sophie LEUNG LAU Yau-fun	Advance directives of patients in relation to healthcare or medical treatment	Reply
Q. 2 (Oral)	Andrew LEUNG Kwan-yuen	Electronic money systems of Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta Region	Reply
Q. 3 (Oral)	LEUNG Ka-lau	Promoting the development of private hospitals	Reply
Q. 4 (Oral)	LEE Cheuk-yan	Assistance for the working-poor households	Reply
Q. 5 (Oral)	Margaret NG	Assistance for school children in using computers and accessing the Internet	Reply
Q. 6 (Oral)	LEE Wing-tat	Using open space and government properties to display works of art	Reply
Q. 7 (Written)	Alan LEONG Kah-kit	Arrangements for liver transplants	Reply
Q. 8 (Written)	IP Wai-ming	Renewal of tourist guide passes	Reply
Q. 9 (Written)	PAN Pey-chyou	Assistance for social welfare service units to carry out epidemic-prevention work	Reply
Q. 10 (Written)	Samson TAM Wai-ho	Information technology staff	Reply
Q. 11 (Written)	Ronny TONG Ka-wah	Elderly people applying for Comprehensive Social Security Assistance	Reply
Q. 12 (Written)	Vincent FANG Kang	Impact of extending smoking ban to places of public entertainment	Reply
Q. 13 (Written)	Jeffrey LAM Kin-fung	Tenancy position of the Hong Kong Science Park	Reply
Q. 14 (Written)	LEUNG Yiu-chung	Statutory ban on idling vehicles with running engines	Reply
Q. 15 (Written)	WONG Yung-kan	Working dogs kept by various government departments	Reply
Q. 16 (Written)	Cyd HO Sau-lan	Arrangements for students with intellectual disability under the new senior secondary academic structure	Reply
Q. 17 (Written)	WONG Kwok-hing	Waiting list for public rental housing	Reply
Q. 18 (Written)	CHAN Kin-por	Capital Investment Entrant Scheme	Reply
Q. 19 (Written)	Paul CHAN Mo-po	Injection of money into Mandatory Provident Fund accounts	Reply
Q. 20 (Written)	Albert HO Chun-yan	School-based assessment	Reply