| Date
| Context
| Summary of development
| Action
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| 4/95 | -
| Subsequent to the enactment of the Sewage Services Ordinance and the two regulations detailing the scheme, viz the Sewage Services (Sewage Charge) Regulation and the Sewage Services (Trade Effluent Surcharge) Regulation, the sewage charging scheme was implemented in April 1995.
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| 21.6.95 | CQ
| Hon James TIEN raised a question on the impact of Trade Effluent Surcharge (TES) on catering industry. [Hansard "page 26"]
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| 29.5.96 | CQ
| Hon LEE Kai-ming raised a question on appeals against Sewage Charges and TES. [Hansard]
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| 30.5.96 | COU
| The Governor answered Members' questions on Sewage Charges. [Hansard]
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| 17.10.96 | EA
| The Panel discussed with the Administration and met with the Restaurant Trade TES Concern Group on the review of the sewage charging scheme (Sewage Charge and TES). [Minutes]
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| 20.6.97 | EA
| The Panel discussed the outcome of the consultation on the Final Report of TES Review. [Minutes]
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| 23.1.98 | EA
| The Panel discussed the outcome of the Administration's consideration of the recommendations made by the consultant in the Final Report of the Review of the Trade Effluent Surcharge (TES) Scheme. [Paper]
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| 30.3.98 | FC
| FC approved a commitment of $14 million for engaging consultants to conduct a study on TES Scheme to examine whether the Scheme should cover seven additional trades and to reassess the discharge factors for six existing trades. [Paper]
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| 30.7.98
| EA
| The Panel discussed the implementation of the various changes to the TES Scheme proposed in the TES Review. [Paper]
[Follow-up paper on TES Review]
[Follow-up paper on the proposal for setting up a loan scheme to facilitate small restaurants to lodge appeals under the TES Scheme]
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| 14.3.01 | CM
| At the meeting when the Council debated on the motion moved by Hon HUI Cheung-ching urging the Administration to adopt measures to alleviate the difficulties faced by the small and medium enterprises, some members expressed their concerns about the impact of TES on catering trade. [Hansard "page 189"]
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| 28.3.01 | CQ
| Hon Tommy CHEUNG raised a question on TES for restaurants. He was particularly concerned whether the Administration would review the basis for setting the surcharge as well as the cost of lodging the appeal, and relax the stipulation on sewage strengths of restaurant effluents so as to reduce the operating costs of restaurants. [Hansard "Page 11"]
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| 3.4.01 | EA
| The Panel discussed the Administration's paper which set out the operation of the TES Scheme. The subject was raised in the light of a recent incident where a caterer set himself on fire in the LegCo Building in an attempt to express his strong dissatisfaction over the imposition of TES in addition to the basic sewage charge. [Paper]
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| 28.11.01 | CM
| A motion moved by Hon Fred LI urging the Administration to expeditiously reduce water and sewage charges to alleviate burden on the public was passed by the Council. [Hansard "page 155"]
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| 22.3.02 | HC
| HC agreed to set up a subcommittee to scrutinize Revenue (Variation of Fees and Charges) Order 2002 which sought to waive the business registration fee and reduce the water charge, fresh water flushing charge, sewage charge and TES for the financial year 02/03.
The Subcommittee on Revenue (Variation and Reduction of Fees and Charges) Order 2002 held one meeting [Meeting schedule] and reported its deliberations to HC on 12.4.02 [Report]
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| 8.12.04 | CM
| A motion moved by Hon Tommy CHEUNG as amended by Hon Martin LEE on the reviewing the basis for charging the trade effluent surcharge and its appeal mechanism was passed.
Hon Tommy CHEUNG raised a question. [Hansard "page 180"]
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| 29.6.05 | CQ
| Hon LEE Wing-tat raised a question on reduction in volume of effluent discharge.
[Hansard "page 123"]
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| 18.3.08
| EA
| The Panel discussed the proposed revision of the chemical oxygen demand values and the Trade Effluent Surcharge rates. [Paper]
Development to date presented in background brief prepared by the Secretariat. [Background brief]
The Administration has provided information on the the spread of chemical oxygen demand (COD) values for the 384 samples of restaurant effluents, with information on the scale of operation of the restaurants, the basis upon which the generic COD value of 1630 grammes per cubic metre for the restaurant trade is arrived at and information on the effluent quality of restaurants which have been successful in their appeals. [Follow-up paper]
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