| Date
| Context
| Summary of development
| Action
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| 7.6.00
| CM
| The Council negatived a motion moved by Hon LAU Chin-shek urging the Administration to expeditiously legislate for regulating workers' working hours. [Hansard "page 151"]
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| 13.6.01
| CQ
| Hon LAU Chin-shek raised a question on "Implementation of recommendations concerning employee benefits" and enquired about the reasons for the Administration's failure to implement the recommendation made by the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, including making regulations on statutory minimum wage, working hours, paid weekly rest, rest breaks and compulsory overtime pay. [Hansard "page 15"]
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| 12.11.01
| WS
| At the meeting when the Panel met with deputations on measures to address poverty, some deputations urged the Administration to establish a statutory minimum wage system and maximum daily working hours. [Minutes]
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| 13.10.04
| CM
| The Council negatived a motion moved by Hon CHAN Yuen-han urging the Administration to legislate for a minimum wage and prescribe the maximum number of working hours. [Hansard "page 104"]
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| 18.11.04
| MP
| The Panel discussed with the Administration its initial position on the proposal for prescribing the maximum number of working hours in Hong Kong. [Paper]
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| 12.1.05
| PA
| The Chief Executive mentioned in the 2005 Policy Address that the Labour Advisory Board had already commenced discussion on the issues of "maximum working hours" and "minimum wage" and would study them in detail. [Policy Address "paragraph 33"]
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| 9.11.05
| CM
| A motion moved by Hon CHAN Yuen-han on minimum wage, standard working hours was negatived. [Hansard "page 110"]
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| 30.11.05
| CQ
| Hon Emily LAU raised a question on statutory minimum wage and standard working hours. [Hansard "page 93"]
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1.11.06
| CM
| A motion moved by Hon WONG Kwok-hing on minimum wage, standard working hours was negatived. [Hansard "page 125"]
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| 4.6.08
| CQ
| Hon TAM Heung-man raised a question on standard working hours. [Hansard "page 60"]
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| 25.6.10
| CM
| A motion on "Legislating for 'standard working hours'" moved by Dr Hon LEUNG Ka-lau as amended by Hon LI Fung-ying was passed. [Hansard "page 113"] [Progress report provided by the Administration]
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|
| 1.12.10
| CQ
| Hon IP Wai-ming raised a question on policy study on standard working hours. [Hansard "page 26"]
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| 6.4.11
| CQ
| Hon IP Wai-ming raised a question on uncompensated overtime work undertaken by staff of Labour and Welfare Bureau. [Hansard "page 38"]
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22.6.11
23.6.11
| CM
| A motion moved by Hon IP Wai-ming on expeditiously implementing the formulation of standard working hours was negatived. [Hansard "page 298"]
[Hansard "page 5"]
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| 30.11.11
| CQ
| Hon Frederick FUNG raised a question on review of statutory minimum wage rate and formulation of standard working hours. [Hansard "page 54"]
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| 15.2.12
| CM
| A motion on “Report of the Delegation of the Panel on Manpower to Study the Experience in the Implementation of Standard Working Hours in the Republic of Korea” moved by Hon LEE Cheuk-yan, Chairman of the Panel on Manpower, was passed. [Hansard "page 131"]
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