Report of the Select Committee to Inquire into
Matters about the Agreement between
Mr LEUNG Chun-ying and
the Australian firm UGL Limited

July 2020



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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Preamble

Part I Establishment of the Select Committee and its work

 

Chapter 1 Introduction 1 - 2
Establishment of the Select Committee 1 - 2

Chapter 2 Matters relating to the Select Committee 3 - 15
Membership of the Select Committee at the inception stage 3
Terms of reference 4
Practice and procedure 5 - 6
Work plan 6 - 7
Areas of study and issues arising therefrom 7 - 15

Part II Issues considered by the Select Committee in concluding its work

 

Chapter 3 Conclusion of the Select Committee based on the information obtained 16 - 25
Obtaining information/evidence from relevant parties/witnesses to assist the Select Committee in its inquiry 16 - 21
Actions considered to be taken by the Select Committee for the purposes of the inquiry 21 - 23
Difficulties encountered by the Select Committee 23 - 24
Concluding the work of the Select Committee 25

Signatures of members of the Select Committee 26 - 27

Abbreviations 30

Appendices

Appendix 1 Relevant provisions in the Rules of Procedure referred to in this Report

34 - 35

Appendix 2 Petition jointly presented by Hon Kenneth LEUNG and Hon Andrew WAN

36

Appendix 3 Extract from Hansard of the Legislative Council meeting of 2 November 2016 showing the 28 Members supporting the request for referring the petition to a select committee

37 - 38

Appendix 4 Practice and procedure of the Select Committee

39 - 49

Appendix 5 Proposed major areas of study prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat for the Select Committee's consideration at the open meeting on 3 March 2017

50 - 51

Appendix 6 Revised proposed major areas of study prepared for the Select Committee's consideration at the open meeting on 29 March 2017

52 - 53

Appendix 7 Amendments proposed by Mr Holden CHOW to the Chinese text of the revised proposed major areas of study prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat with track changes feature

54 - 55

Appendix 8 Amendments pursued by Mr Holden CHOW after discussion on Appendix 7 at the open meeting on 25 April 2017

56

Appendix 9 Endorsed major areas of study of the Select Committee

57 - 58

Appendix 10 Wording of the motion jointly moved by Dr Junius HO and Dr Priscilla LEUNG in relation to making of statutory declaration

59 - 62

Appendix 11 Confidentiality undertaking on which seven Select Committee members had signed

63

Appendix 12 Wording of the motion moved by Mr WONG Kwok-kin proposing that the Select Committee should request Mr Kenneth LEUNG to resign from the Select Committee

64

Appendix 13 Voting result in respect of the motion requesting Mr Kenneth LEUNG to resign from the Select Committee

65 - 67

Appendix 14 List of information to be obtained by the Select Committee

68 - 70

Appendix 15 List of witnesses to be invited to assist the Select Committee in its inquiry

71

Appendix 16 Summary table on information provided by various parties upon the Select Committee's request

72 - 81

Appendix 17 Voting results in respect of the proposals that the Select Committee should (a) seek the Legislative Council's authorization to exercise the powers under section 9(1) of the Legislative Council (Powers and Privileges) Ordinance (Cap. 382) and (b) invite the Department of Justice to provide any information in its possession that could assist the Select Committee's inquiry

82 - 84

Appendix 18 Summary of information obtained and relevant to the matters to be inquired by the Select Committee

85 - 92

Lists of documents

 

A. Documents provided by Mr LEUNG Chun-ying

97

B. Documents provided by UGL Limited

97

C. Documents provided by the Judiciary Administration

97

D. Documents provided by the Executive Council Secretariat

98

E. Documents provided by the Administration

98

F. Documents provided by Ernst & Young LLP, Joint Administrators of DTZ Holdings plc

98

G. Documents referred to by the Select Committee

99

Minutes of proceedings

102 - 118