Panel on Information Technology and Broadcasting

Meeting on
Monday, 13 January 2014, at 2:30 pm
in Conference Room 1 of the Legislative Council Complex

Agenda

I.	Confirmation of minutes of meeting
	LC Paper No. CB(4)270/13-14 (issued vide LC Paper No. CB(4) 271/13-14 on 6 January 2014)	-	Minutes of meeting held on 8 November 2013
	LC Paper No. CB(4)274/13-14 (issued vide LC Paper No. CB(4) 275/13-14 on 2 January 2014)	-	Minutes of meeting held on 11 November 2013
II.	Information papers issued since the last meeting Nil
III.	Date of next meeting and items for discussion (2:30 pm - 2:35 pm)
	LC Paper No. CB(4)272/13-14(01) (issued on 7 January 2014)	-	List of outstanding items for discussion
	LC Paper No. CB(4)272/13-14(02) (issued on 7 January 2014)	-	List of follow-up actions
	LC Paper No. CB(4)280/13-14(01) (issued on 7 January 2014)	-	Letter from Hon Charles Peter MOK dated 18 December 2013 on public consultation on the review of the regulation of editorial programmes and personal view programmes (Chinese version only)
	LC Paper No. CB(4)280/13-14(02) (issued on 7 January 2014)	-	Letter from Hon Charles Peter MOK dated 3 January 2014 on issues relating to the application to the Communications Authority regarding the proposed acquisition of CSL New World Mobility Limited by HKT Limited (Chinese version only)
	LC Paper No. CB(4)294/13-14(01) (issued on 9 January 2014)	-	Letter from Hon Claudia MO dated 8 January 2014 on issues relating to the sharing of use of transmitting stations for the provision of mobile television services (Chinese version only)
*Legend symbol denoting All other Hon Members of the Legislative Council are invited to take part in the discussion of items IV and V.IV.	Arrangements for the frequency spectrum in the 1.9 - 2.2 GHz Band upon expiry of the existing frequency assignments for 3G mobile services (2:35 pm - 3:45 pm)
	LC Paper No. CB(4)272/13-14(03) (issued on 7 January 2014)	-	Administration's paper on the arrangements for the frequency spectrum in the 1.9 - 2.2 GHz Band upon expiry of the existing frequency assignments for the provision of 3G mobile services and the spectrum utilisation Fee
	LC Paper No. CB(4)152/13-14(01) (issued on 18 November 2013)	-	Press release dated 15 November 2013 regarding the decision of the Communications Authority ("CA") on the 3G spectrum re-assignment arrangements and the considerations of the Secretary of Commerce and Economic Development ("SCED") on the relevant spectrum utilisation fee
	LC Paper No. CB(4)152/13-14(02) (issued on 18 November 2013)	-	Joint statement dated 15 November 2013 regarding the decision of the CA on the 3G spectrum re-assignment arrangements and the considerations of the SCED on the relevant spectrum utilisation fee
	LC Paper No. CB(4)152/13-14(03) (issued on 18 November 2013)	-	Consultancy report regarding the quantitative assessment on the service quality of adopting a hybrid approach for 3G spectrum re-assignment (English version only)
	LC Paper No. CB(4)152/13-14(04) (issued on 18 November 2013)	-	Executive summary of the consultancy Report (Chinese version only)
	LC Paper No. CB(4)174/13-14(01) (issued on 22 November 2013)	-	Letter from Hon Claudia MO dated 18 November 2013 on issues relating to the arrangements for the frequency spectrum in the 1.9-2.2 GHz Band upon expiry of the existing frequency assignments for the provision of third generation mobile services and the spectrum utilization fee (Chinese version only)
	LC Paper No. CB(4) 272/13-14(04) (issued on 7 January 2014)	-	Paper on issues relating to the arrangements for the frequency spectrum in the 1.9 - 2.2 GHz Band upon expiry of the existing frequency assignments for the provision of third generation mobile services and the spectrum utilization fee prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat (background brief)
*Legend symbol denoting All other Hon Members of the Legislative Council are invited to take part in the discussion of items IV and V.V.	Issues relating to the unequal sharing of the Multiple Frequency Network for digital terrestrial television services by Asia Television Limited and Television Broadcasts Limited (3:45 pm - 4:30 pm)
	LC Paper No. CB(4)272/13-14(05) (issued on 8 January 2014)	-	Administration's paper on unequal sharing of the Multiple Frequency Network for digital terrestrial television services by Asia Television Limited and Television Broadcasts Limited
	LC Paper No. CB(4)173/13-14(01) (issued on 22 November 2013)	-	Letter from Hon Charles Peter MOK dated 13 November 2013 on issues relating to the unequal sharing of the Multiple Frequency Network for digital terrestrial television services by Asia Television Limited and Television Broadcasts Limited (Chinese version only)
VI.	Any other business (4:30 pm)

^{* All other Hon Members of the Legislative Council are invited to take part in the discussion of items IV and V.}

Council Business Division 4
Legislative Council Secretariat
10 January 2014