A 03/04-18
| Subsidiary Legislation / Instruments | L.N. No. | |
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| 1. | Specification of Public Office | 21/2004 |
| 2. | Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance (Public Pleasure Grounds) (Amendment of Fourth Schedule) Order 2004 | 22/2004 |
| 1.No.58 | - | Occupational Safety and Health Council Annual Report 2002-2003 |
| (to be presented by Secretary for Economic Development and Labour)
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| 2.No.59 | - | Equal Opportunities Commission Annual Report 2002/03 |
| (to be presented by Secretary for Home Affairs) | ||
| (a) | conducted any public opinion surveys in respect of the above topics; if so, of the results of the surveys;
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| (b) | monitored, on a long-term basis, the results of public opinion surveys on the above topics conducted by non-government organizations and implemented improvement measures accordingly; if so, of the details of its monitoring work and measures; and
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| (c) | assessed if the drop in the rate of satisfaction with the SAR Government's performance in handling its relations with CPG is attributable to its performance in relaying to CPG the public's aspirations for democracy; if so, of the results of the assessment? |
| (a) | whether it has studied the current breeding situation of wild birds such as crows and pigeons in the territory, as well as the impact of these wild birds on environmental hygiene; and
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| (b) | of the measures to reduce the nuisances caused by wild birds to the public? |
| (a) | it has assessed if additional laws and regulations or heavier penalties are necessary to facilitate more effective monitoring of the production of those factories which have been registered in accordance with the origin rules under the Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement ("CEPA"), so as to ensure that the products concerned are in compliance with the requirements of these rules; if it assesses that these are not necessary, of the reasons for that;
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| (b) | it has increased the manpower for inspection of the above factories to strengthen the efforts against illegal trans-shipment; and
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| (c) | in the course of assessing whether the factories are capable of producing products covered by the certificate of origin under CEPA, the authorities have enquired with the labour unions and associations or stakeholders of the trade about the production capability of these factories, or have relied solely on the information provided by the persons-in-charge of the factories? |
| (a) | whether it has assessed if the President's comments that he believed the Hong Kong community could reach a broad consensus on constitutional development would contradict the scholar's comments that the Central Authorities would exercise their authority to the end on Hong Kong's constitutional development; if it has, of the assessment results; and
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| (b) | of its efforts to facilitate the Hong Kong community to reach a broad consensus on constitutional development, for instance, whether it will invite officials of the Central Government to visit Hong Kong to exchange views with various sectors directly? |
| (a) | how it ensures that pig farmers will transport pig carcasses to the pig carcass collection points in accordance with the law;
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| (b) | whether there is any chance for the carcasses of pigs which died of foot-and-mouth disease to spread the disease if they are not properly treated before being buried in the pits dug by pig farmers in their farms; and
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| (c) | of the measures the authorities have in place to curb the spread of the recent outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease? |
| (a) | it will shelve various reclamation projects under planning; if so, of the details of such projects; and
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| (b) | it will revise the South East Kowloon Development project and the reprovisioning arrangements for Kwun Tong Public Cargo Working Area and the typhoon shelters in South East Kowloon; if so, of the details of such revisions; if not, the reasons for that? |
| Public Officer to reply | : | Secretary for Constitutional Affairs (in the absence of Secretary for Security) |
| (a) | of the items, contractor, cost and progress of each of the outsourced IT projects, broken down by the relevant policy bureau; and
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| (b) | whether the authorities have assessed the savings in manpower resources as well as the expenditure on staff salary and fringe benefits achieved by the outsourcing of the above projects; if so, of the number and ranks of posts deleted and the amount of expenditure saved; if not, the reasons for that? |
| (a) | of the respective total numbers of family violence reports to the Police and other government departments in the past three years, with a breakdown by gender of the abused, relations between the abused and the alleged abuser (including whether the abused is the abuser's husband, wife, child or parent; and the same applies below) as well as the type of abuse;
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| (b) | for the cases mentioned in (a) above,
(i) of the number of alleged abusers prosecuted and, among them, the respective numbers of those who were sentenced to imprisonment, bound over, put on probation and acquitted; the maximum, minimum and average term of imprisonment; and for cases in which the abusers were put on probation, a breakdown by the relations between the abused and the abusers and the average validity period of the probation orders; and(ii) of the number of cases in which prosecution was withdrawn, and the reasons for withdrawal; and
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| (c) | given that since January 2003, the Police can refer cases to the Social Welfare Department for follow-up without the consent of the abused/alleged abuser, of the total number of referrals made by the Police so far, broken down by the relations between the abused and the alleged abusers? |
| Public Officer to reply | : |
Secretary for Constitutional Affairs (in the absence of Secretary for Security) |
| (a) | the average amount of expenditure on ordering books and periodicals by institutions of higher education funded by the University Grants Committee in the past year;
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| (b) | the total estimated amount of savings that can be achieved by the universities under the above scheme; and
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| (c) | if the scheme will be extended to other universities; if so, of the details? |
| (a) | the mistakes made by LD as identified by The Ombudsman, and whether any officials have been held responsible for such mistakes; if so, of the details;
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| (b) | the recommendations made by The Ombudsman to LD; and
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| (c) | the details and progress of the implementation of such recommendations by LD? |
| (a) | whether the number of cases involving young people aged below 30 seeking psychological counselling has shown an upward trend in Hong Kong in the past three years;
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| (b) | of the percentage of young people receiving psychological treatment among people in the below-30 age group, and the percentage of such young people suffering from serious emotional or mental disorder;
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| (c) | whether the authorities have reviewed the adequacy of the private/public sector psychological counselling services available to young people in Hong Kong, and whether they have assessed if the future demand for such services will increase; if they have made such a review and assessment, of the respective results;
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| (d) | of the average waiting time for young people to receive psychological counselling services at present, and the measures in place to alleviate the shortfall of services; and
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| (e) | whether the authorities will step up publicity to encourage young people under mental stress due to work or family problems to care for their mental health and seek professional assistance? |
| (a) | of the expected time for the launch of a new strategy on ITEd; and
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| (b) | whether the authorities will continue to promote ITEd before the above study is completed; if they will, whether the resources to be allocated will be maintained at the existing level? |
| (a) | of the number of applications received last year for felling or relocating trees as well as the total number of trees involved and, among these, the respective numbers of applications involving government and private land; and
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| (b) | among the above applications, the respective numbers of applications that have been approved or rejected by the authorities, as well as the respective numbers of trees involved? |
| (a) | how the Secretary for the Civil Service and heads of government departments have followed up the above cases, and of the actions taken against the government employees concerned; and
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| (b) | of the measures in place to curb government employees' dereliction of duty or association with undesirable elements? |
| (a) | of the amount of public money wasted in this incident;
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| (b) | whether, upon their appointment, part-time court interpreters are provided with guidelines on their duties and responsibilities to ensure that they will truly and faithfully discharge their duties; and
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| (c) | of the mechanism the authorities have in place to monitor the performance of part-time court interpreters? |
| (a) | they had assessed the public health implications of the fee-charging policy before its implementation; if so, the justifications for its implementation;
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| (b) | there has been a drop in attendance rates at clinics by non-eligible persons for treating STD;
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| (c) | they are aware of the concern of sex workers with regard to the fee-charging policy; if so, the measures in place to address their concern;
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| (d) | they will re-assess the public health implications of the fee-charging policy; and
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| (e) | they will lower the charges for non-eligible persons' attendance at clinics for STD; if so, by how much; if not, the reasons for that? |
| (a) | whether it has assessed if the practice of requiring visitors to put down their personal data including identity card numbers and/or to produce identification documents on security grounds before entering residential buildings constitutes an infringement of privacy; if it has, of the assessment results;
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| (b) | as there is no legislation requiring visitors to disclose their identity card numbers to security guards, but visitors who refuse to do so may be refused entry to the buildings concerned, whether it will consider enacting legislation to prohibit the above security measure; if not, whether the authorities have examined the effectiveness of these measures and if such measures may result in visitors' personal data being stolen for illegal purposes; and
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| (c) | whether the authorities will review the effectiveness of the current practice of recording the identity card numbers of visitors who wish to enter a public housing block, or whether they will consider taking other forms of security measures? |
| (a) | the respective numbers of people reported missing in each of the past three years, with a breakdown by gender and age groups of five years;
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| (b) | the reasons why the people mentioned in (a) above have gone missing and the estimated number among them who have hidden themselves to evade debts; and
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| (c) | the measures to ensure that family members of the missing debtors will not be harassed? |
| Public Officer to reply | : |
Secretary for Constitutional Affairs (in the absence of Secretary for Security) |
SCHEDULE
| Amendments to Hon SIN Chung-kai's motion | |
| (i) | Hon NG Leung-sing:(Translation) To delete "affirm the importance" after "the existing policy on broadcasting," and substitute with "examine the necessity, role and mission"; to add "encourage operators to" after "of public broadcasting service, and"; to delete "which may be operated by public organizations" after "establish public access television channels"; and to delete "public" after "with a view to opening up opportunities for the" and substitute with "entire". |
| (ii) | Hon Howard YOUNG: (Translation) To add "public," after "for the broadcast of programmes produced by"; to add "; all public channels should be monitored by a committee that has credibility, so as to prevent the broadcast of programmes which have contents that are obscene, indecent, defamatory, discriminatory, and incite social violence" after "community groups and the public"; to add "all walks of life, including" after "so that the needs of"; and to add "and the creative industry," after "the socially disadvantaged groups". Amendment to Hon Howard YOUNG's amendment Hon Andrew CHENG: (Translation) To delete "all public channels should be monitored by a committee that has credibility" after "community groups and the public;" and substitute with "the public access television channels should be regulated by the Broadcasting Authority". |