Committee on Members' Interests

Second Meeting
to be held on Tuesday, 12 December 2000 at 10:45 am
in Conference Room B of the Legislative Council Building

AGENDA

  1. Confirmation of Minutes of the last meeting held on 7 November 2000

    2. (Draft minutes, LegCo Paper No. CMI/11/00-01, attached)

  2. Matters arising
    -Uploading of the Register of Members' Interests onto the LegCo Website
    (Draft paper for House Committee, LegCo Paper No. CMI/14/00-01, attached)

  3. Information papers issued since the last meeting

    -"Advisory Guidelines on Matters of Ethics in relation to the conduct of Members of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in their capacity as such"
    (Issued vide LegCo Paper No. CMI/5/00-01 to all Members for reference on 8 November 2000)

    -"The Procedure of the Committee on Members' Interests for handling complaints received in relation to the registration and declaration of Members' Interests"
    (Issued vide LegCo Paper No. CMI/5/00-01 to all Members for information on 8 November 2000)
    -Statutory Definition of the term 'advantage' in the Laws of Hong Kong
    (Issued vide LegCo Paper No. CMI/10/00-01 to members on 24 November 2000)

    -Reply letter to Independent Commission Against Corruption
    (Issued vide LegCo Paper No. CMI/7/00-01 to members on 9 November 2000)

  4. Review of registration requirements

    -Information note: a comparison of registrable pecuniary interests in Hong Kong, the United Kingdom and the United States
    (LegCo Paper No. CMI/13/00-01, attached)

    -Information note: gifts received by Members of the legislatures of Hong Kong, the United Kingdom and the United States that must be registered if they exceed a certain value
    (LegCo Paper No. CMI/8/00-01, attached)

    -Proposal to require submission of copies of tax returns (para. 8 of the minutes of the last meeting)

  5. Any other business

  6. Date of next meeting
Legislative Council Secretariat
1 December 2000