| I. | Meeting with the Administration
(4:30 pm - 6:25 pm) | ||
| LC Paper No. CB(2)963/06-07(01) (attached) | - | List of issues raised by members at the meeting on 16 January 2007
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| LC Paper No. CB(2)963/06-07(02) (English version attached, Chinese version to follow) | - | Paper entitled "Definition of 'race' " provided by the Administration
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| LC Paper No. CB(2)963/06-07(03) (English version attached, Chinese version to follow) | - | Paper entitled "Compatibility of the Race Discrimination Bill with the Basic Law and international human rights treaties" provided by the Administration
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| LC Paper No. LS32/06-07 (English version attached, Chinese version to follow) | - | Paper entitled "The meaning of 'race' in race discrimination legislation of certain relevant overseas jurisdictions" prepared by Legal Service Division of the Legislative Council Secretariat
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| LC Paper No. CB(3)176/06-07 (issued on 1 December 2006) | - | The Bill
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| Ref : HAB/CR/1/19/102 (issued by the Home Affairs Bureau on 29 November 2006) | - | Legislative Council Brief
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| (A list of relevant papers previously issued is available on the LegCo website at http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr06-07/english/bc/bc52/agenda/bc520129.htm)
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| II. | Any other business
(6:25 pm - 6:30 pm) Proposed meeting schedule Proposed timeslots for holding meetings from February to July 2007 (to follow). | ||
LC Paper No. CB(2)969/06-07(01)
| Proposed timeslot | Meeting(s) clashed | Overlapping membership |
| One meeting to be held in the first half of February 2007 | ||
| 8.2.2007 (Thursday) 8:30 am in Conference Room A or 5.2.2007 (Monday) 8:30 am in Conference Room A | ------ ------ | ------ ------ |
| One meeting to be held in the second half of February 2007 | ||
| 28.2.2007 (Wednesday) 8:30 am in Conference Room A | ------ | ------ |
| One meeting to be held in the first half of March 2007 | ||
| 3.3.2007 (Saturday) 9:00 am in the Chamber | ------ (Already scheduled) | ------ |
| One meeting to be held in the second half of March 2007 | ||
| 23.3.2007 (Friday) 8:30 am in Conference Room A | ------ | ------ |
| One meeting to be held around the first half of April 2007 | ||
| 19.4.2007 (Thursday) 8:30 am in Conference Room A | ------ | ------ |
| One meeting to be held in the second half of April 2007 | ||
| 23.4.2007 (Monday) 8:30 am in Conference Room A | ------ | ------ |
| Two meetings to be held in the first half of May 2007 | ||
| 3.5.2007 (Thursday) 2:30 pm in Conference Room A and 15.5.2007 (Tuesday) 8:30 am in Conference Room A | ------ ------ | ------ ------ |
| One meeting to be held in the second half of May 2007 | ||
| 31.5.2007 (Thursday) 10:45 am in Conference Room A | ------ | ------ |
| One meeting to be held around the first half of June 2007 | ||
| 18.6.2007 (Monday) 10:45 am in Conference Room A | ------ | ------ |
| One meeting to be held in the second half of June 2007 | ||
| 26.6.2007 (Tuesday) 10:45 am in Conference Room A | ------ | ------ |
| One meeting to be held in the first half of July 2007 | ||
| 6.7.2007 (Friday) 10:45 am in Conference Room A | ------ | ------ |
| One meeting to be held in the second half of July 2007 | ||
| 24.7.2007 (Tuesday) 10:45 am in Conference Room A | ------ | ------ |
| The Bill and background information
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| LC Paper No. LS18/06-07 (issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)647/06-07 on 13 December 2006) | - | Legal Service Division Report on the Bill
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| Appendix III to LC Paper No. CB(2)859/06-07 (issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)859/06-07 on 15 January 2007) | - | Marked-up copy of the relevant provisions of ordinances to be amended by the Bill
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| LC Paper No. CB(2)859/06-07(01) (issued on 15 January 2007) | - | Background brief prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat
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| Papers provided by the Administration
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| LC Paper No. CB(2)884/06-07(01) (issued on 18 January 2007) | - | Paper entitled "Home Affairs Bureau - Race Relations Unit"
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| LC Paper No. CB(2)884/06-07(02) (English version issued on 18 January 2007; Chinese version issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)909/06-07 on 19 January 2007) | - | Paper entitled "Support measures for non-Chinese speaking students"
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| LC Paper No. CB(2)2642/05-06(04) (issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)884/06-07 on 18 January 2007) | - | Paper entitled "Education for children of ethnic minorities" previously issued for discussion at the meeting of the Panel on Education on 10 July 2006
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| Written submissions
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| LC Paper No. CB(2)859/06-07(02) (English version only)(issued on 15 January 2007) | - | Submission from "15 Teachers in the Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong"
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| LC Paper No. CB(2)859/06-07(03) (Chinese version only)(issued on 15 January 2007) | - | Submission from HKSKH Lady Maclehose Centre
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