LegCo Panel on Environmental Affairs

Meeting on
Monday, 28 January 2002, at 2:30 pm
in Conference Room A of the Legislative Council Building

Agenda

I.Confirmation of minutes of previous meeting
(2:30 pm - 2:35 pm)

LC Paper No. CB(1) 687/01-02-Minutes of the joint meeting with the Planning, Lands and Works Panel held on 1 November 2001

LC Paper No. CB(1) 867/01-02-Minutes of the joint meeting with the Planning, Lands and Works Panel and the Transport Panel held on 27 November 2001

LC Paper No. CB(1) 891/01-02-Minutes of the joint meeting with the Transport Panel held on 13 December 2001

LC Paper No. CB(1) 917/01-02-Minutes of the meeting held on 13 December 2001

II.Information paper issued since last meeting

LC Paper No. CB(1) 661/01-02-Referral from Duty Roster Members on the request of the Wong Tai Sin District Council for the decking of the Kai Tak Nullah

LC Paper No. CB(1) 689/01-02-Information note on the Progress of Tolo Harbour Sewerage of Unsewered Areas Stages 1 and 2 Works provided by the Administration

LC Paper No. CB(1) 766/01-02-Submission from a Mr CHOY Chi-ming, together with the Administration's reply to his concerns about the level of sulphur dioxide emissions from power generating facilities in Hong Kong

LC Paper No. CB(1) 822/01-02-A copied letter from Mr Manab CHAKRABORTY, Executive Director of Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden Corporation, to the Secretary for Security regarding the impact of development of Frontier Closed Area on ecologically important areas within its boundaries

III.Date of next meeting and items for discussion
(2:35 pm - 2:40 pm)

LC Paper No. CB(1) 918/01-02(01) -List of follow-up actions arising from discussion

LC Paper No. CB(1) 918/01-02(02) -List of outstanding items for discussion

*IV.Proposed amendments to the Technical Memorandum on effluent standards under the Water Pollution Control Ordinance
(2:40 pm - 3:10 pm)

LC Paper No. CB(1) 918/01-02(03) -Information paper provided by the Administration

V.Mechanism of Environmental Impact Assessment
(3:10 pm - 4:30 pm)

Meeting with deputations

Prof LAM Kin-che , Chinese University of Hong Kong

LC Paper No. CB(1) 918/01-02(04)-Submission from Prof LAM Kin-che (English version only)

Conservancy Association

LC Paper No. CB(1) 566/01-02(03)-Submission from the Association (English version only)(issued for the meeting on 13 December 2001)

World Wide Fund for Nature for Hong Kong

LC Paper No. CB(1) 566/01-02(05)-Submission from the World Wide Fund for Nature for Hong Kong (issued for the meeting on 13 December 2001)

The Association of Consulting Engineers of Hong Kong

LC Paper No. CB(1) 918/01-02(05)-Submission from the Association (English version only)

Hong Kong Institute of Architects

LC Paper No. CB(1) 604/01-02(02)-Submission from the Institute (English version only) (issued for the meeting on 13 December 2001)

Hong Kong Institution of Engineers

LC Paper No. CB(1) 566/01-02(06)-Submission from the Institution (English version only) (issued for the meeting on 13 December 2001)

Hong Kong Institute of Environmental Impact Assessment

LC Paper No. CB(1) 604/01-02(01)-Submission from the Institute (English version only) (issued for the meeting on 13 December 2001)

Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors

LC Paper No. CB(1) 566/01-02(07)-Submission from the Institute (English version only) (issued for the meeting on 13 December 2001)

Real Estate Developers Association of Hong Kong

Submissions from the following organizations not attending the meeting

LC Paper No. CB(1) 566/01-02(04)-Submission from the Friends of the Earth (issued for the meeting on 13 December 2001)

LC Paper No. CB(1) 566/01-02(08)-Submission from the Institute of Planners (English version only) (issued for the meeting on 13 December 2001)

LC Paper No. CB(1) 566/01-02(09)-Submission from the Advisory Council on the Environment (English version only) (issued for the meeting on 13 December 2001)

Meeting with the Administration

LC Paper No. CB(1) 566/01-02(10)-Background brief prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat (issued for the meeting on 13 December 2001)

LC Paper No. CB(1) 566/01-02(11)-Information paper provided by the Administration (issued for the meeting on 13 December 2001)

LC Paper No. CB(1) 918/01-02(06)-Summary of views on the mechanism of Environmental Impact Assessment

LC Paper No. CB(1) 918/01-02(07)-Administration's response to CB(1) 918/01-02(06)

VI.Any other business

* Non-Panel members are invited to attend for discussion on agenda item IV.

Legislative Council Secretariat
25 January 2002