Bills Committee on
Public Health and Municipal Services (Amendment) Bill 2005

Meeting on Tuesday, 17 January 2006 at 10:45 am
in Conference Room A of the Legislative Council Building

Further updated agenda

I.Applications from four Members for joining the Bills Committee under Rule 23 of House Rules
(10:45 am - 10:50 am)

LC Paper No. CB(2) 854/05-06(01)
(Issued on 12 January 2006)

-Letter dated 1 June 2005 from Hon CHEUNG Hok-ming applying to join the Bills Committee

LC Paper No. CB(2) 854/05-06(02)
(Issued on 12 January 2006)

-Letter dated 20 December 2005 from Hon Daniel LAM Wai-keung applying to join the Bills Committee

LC Paper No. CB(2) 892/05-06(01)
(attached)

-Letter dated 16 January 2006 from Hon Andrew CHENG Kar-foo applying to join the Bills Committee

LC Paper No. CB(2) 892/05-06(02)
(attached)

-Letter dated 16 January 2006 from Dr Hon KWOK Ka-ki applying to join the Bills Committee

II.Meeting with the Administration
(10:50 am - 12:40 pm)

LC Paper No. CB(2) 854/05-06(03)
(attached)

-Updated brief prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat

LC Paper No. CB(2) 854/05-06(04)
(attached)

-Paper provided by the Administration on the results of the consultation exercise on the Public Health and Municipal Services (Amendment) Bill 2005 [revised version of LC Paper No. CB(2) 675/05-06(01)]

LC Paper Nos. CB(2) 854/05-06(05) & (06)
(attached)

-Letter dated 7 June 2005 from Hon WONG Yung-kan to the Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food (SHWF) and SHWF's reply dated 4 July 2005

LC Paper No. CB(2) 854/05-06(07)
(attached)

-Extract from the minutes of the House Committee meeting on 16 December 2005

Papers previously issued

LC Paper No. CB(2) 2379/04-05
(Issued on 26 July 2005)

-Minutes of meeting on 24 May 2005

LC Paper No. CB(2) 675/05-06(01)
(Issued on 12 December 2005)

-Paper provided by the Administration on 12 December 2005

LC Paper No. CB(2) 740/05-06(01)
(Issued on 20 December 2005)

-Letter dated 15 December 2005 from Heung Yee Kuk seeking clarification from the Administration on the results of the consultation with Heung Yee Kuk

III.Way forward
(12:40 pm - 12:45 pm)

Other relevant papers

Please refer to the Appendix.

Council Business Division 2
Legislative Council Secretariat
16 January 2006

Appendix

Relevant papers

Background information on the Bill

HWF(F)CR 7/7/1 Pt. 2

-Legislative Council (LegCo) Brief issued by the Health, Welfare and Food Bureau on 20 April 2005

LS 62/04-05
(Issued circulated vide LC Paper No. CB(2) 1471/04-05 dated 5 May 2005 for the House Committee meeting on 6 May 2005)

-Legal Service Division Report on the Bill

LC Paper No. CB(2) 1598/04-05(02)
(Issued on 19.5.2005)

-Extract from the minutes of the House Committee meeting on 6 May 2005

LC Paper No. CB(2) 1598/04-05(07)
(Issued on 19.5.2005)

-Background brief prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat

The Bill and marked-up copy
LC Paper No. CB(3) 521/04-05
(Issued on 22.4.2005)

-The Bill

LC Paper No. CB(2) 1598/04-05(03)
(Issued on 19.5.2005)

-Marked-up copy of the Bill

Papers provided by the Administration

LC Paper No. CB(2) 1598/04-05(04)
(Issued on 19.5.2005)

-Letter dated 4 May 2005 from Assistant Legal Adviser to the Administration

LC Paper No. CB(2) 1598/04-05(06)
(Issued on 19.5.2005)

-Letter dated 18 May 2005 from Assistant Legal Adviser to the Administration seeking further clarification on the Bill

LC Paper No. CB(2) 1645/04-05(01)
(Issued on 23.5.2005)

-Written response from the Administration to the letter dated 18 May 2005 from Assistant Legal Adviser seeking further clarification on the Bill