Bills Committee on Race Discrimination Bill

Papers Papers from the Administration Letter dated 7 July 2008 from the Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs on support measures for ethnic minorities and new arrivals [CB(2)2552/07-08(01)] (issued on 8 July 2008) Letter from the Administration conveying the Home Affairs Bureau's view on the amendments of the relevant provisions of the Chinese Temples Ordinance and the Chinese Permanent Cemeteries Ordinance originally proposed in the Bill [CB(2)2571/07-08(01)] (issued on 9 July 2008) Administration's further response to the major issues raised by the Bills Committee [CB(2)1292/07-08(01)] (26 and 12 March 2008) Administration's paper on administrative guidelines on promotion of racial equality [CB(2)2219/07-08(01)] (11 June 2008) Administration's paper on admission of local non-Chinese speaking students to institutions funded by University Grants Committee and further flexibility on application of Chinese language requirement [CB(2)377/07-08(01)] (21 November 2007) Administration's paper on clauses on employment, especially on offer of overseas terms and employment by airlines and shipping companies [CB(2)1046/07-08(01)] (13 February 2008) Administration's paper on clauses on employment : specified exceptions under Clause 10 [CB(2)1046/07-08(02)] (13 February 2008) Administration's paper on equality protection under Article 22 of the Hong Kong Bill of Rights [CB(2)513/07-08(01)] (7 December 2007) Administration's paper on follow-up action on outstanding issues concerning education for ethnic minorities [CB(2)1200/07-08(01)] (26 and 12 March 2008) Administration's paper on further information on the administrative guidelines on the promotion of racial equality [CB(2)2301/07-08(01)] (17 June 2008) Administration's paper on progress of support measures for non-Chinese speaking students including ethnic minorities issued for the meeting of the Panel on Education on 29 February 2008 [CB(2)1180/07-08(05)] (26 and 12 March 2008) Administration's paper on race equality scheme [CB(2)2121/07-08(02)] (3 June 2008) Administration's paper on responses to questions raised on education matters [CB(2)1576/07-08(01)] (16 April 2008) Administration's paper on services for new arrivals from the Mainland [CB(2)1773/07-08(02)] (6 May 2008) Administration's paper on the Race Discrimination Bill and the Hong Kong Bill of Rights [CB(2)362/07-08(01)] (21 November 2007) Administration's paper on vocational training and interpretation services at hospitals for ethnic minorities [CB(2)1385/07-08(01)] (16 April 2008 and 26 March 2008) Administration's paper providing supplementary information in response to questions raised at the meeting held on 26 March 2008 [CB(2)1600/07-08(01)] (16 April 2008) Administration's response to further issues related to employment and partnership [CB(2)1173/07-08(01)] (25 February 2008) Administration's response to issues raised by Members relating to new arrivals from the Mainland [CB(2)1576/07-08(02)] (21 and 16 April 2008) Administration's response to questions raised at the meeting held on 25 April 2008 [CB(2)2046/07-08(01)] (26 May 2008) Administration's response to questions raised at the meeting held on 9 April 2008 [CB(2)1773/07-08(01)] (6 May 2008) The Administration's response to the Legislative Council Secretariat's paper on "Scrutiny progress of the Bill" [CB(2)2753/06-07(01)] (21, 10 January 2008 and 29, 8 October 2007) Administration's response to the outstanding general issues on education raised by members of the Bills Committee [CB(2)2308/07-08(01)] (14 June 2008) Administration's response to the outstanding general issues raised by members of the Bills Committee [CB(2)2297/07-08(01)] (14 June 2008) Administration's response to views received from deputations on vocational training and on interpretation services at hospitals [CB(2)2297/07-08(02)] (14 June 2008) Administration's response to views received from deputations/individuals on specific clauses of the Bill [CB(2)2152/07-08(01)] (11 and 6 June 2008) Full text of the judgment of the Belgian Linguistics case (English version only) [CB(2)1152/06-07(04)] (28 February 2007) Letter dated 5 June 2008 from Director of Legal Aid [CB(2)2187/07-08(01)] (26 May 2008) Letter dated 30 May 2008 from the Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs to the Chairman of the Bills Committee enclosing a list of further Committee Stage amendments to be proposed by the Administration [CB(2)2121/07-08(01)] (3 June 2008) Letter dated 27 February 2008 from Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs to Chairman of the Bills Committee [CB(2)1221/07-08(01)] (26 and 12 March 2008) Letter dated 18 January 2008 from the Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs to the Chairman of the Bills Committee [CB(2)895/07-08(01)] (21 January 2008) Letter dated 15 January 2008 from the Administration entitled "Enquiry on the Race Discrimination Bill" [CB(2)862/07-08(01)] (21 January 2008) Notes of a meeting of the Committee on the Promotion of Racial Harmony forwarded by the Administration (English version only) [CB(2)1146/06-07(01)] (28 February 2007) Paper entitled "Affirmative action in the United States" provided by the Administration [CB(2)1351/06-07(01)] (23 March 2007) Paper entitled "Affirmative action" provided by the Administration [CB(2)1152/06-07(01)] (28 February 2007) Paper entitled "Comment of the United Nations Human Rights Committee on the applicability of the rationality and proportionality principle" provided by the Administration [CB(2)2753/06-07(02)] (8 October 2007) Paper entitled "Compatibility of the Race Discrimination Bill with the Basic Law and international human rights treaties" provided by the Administration [CB(2)963/06-07(03)] (29 January 2007) Paper entitled "Compatibility with Articles 24 and 25 of Basic Law" provided by the Administration [CB(2)1019/06-07(04)] (23 March 2007, 28 and 5 February 2007) Paper entitled "Consequential amendments to other ordinances" provided by the Administration [CB(2)1019/06-07(03)] (28 and 5 February 2007) Paper entitled "Definition of 'race' " provided by the Administration [CB(2)963/06-07(02)] (29 January 2007) Paper entitled "Discrimination by, or in relation to, barristers" provided by the Administration [CB(2)2753/06-07(04)] (8 October 2007) Paper entitled "Discriminatory advertisements" provided by the Administration [CB(2)1019/06-07(02)] (28 and 5 February 2007) Paper entitled "Education for the ethnic minorities" provided by the Administration [CB(2)1019/06-07(01)] (5 February 2007) Paper entitled "Flexibility in the Application of Chinese Language Requirement for the Admission of Non-Chinese Speaking Students into UGC-funded Institutions" provided by the Administration [CB(2)2573/06-07(01)] (8 October 2007) Paper entitled "Follow-up information on education for the ethnic minorities" provided by the Administration [CB(2)1351/06-07(02)] (23 March 2007) Paper entitled "Indirect discrimination and assessment of justifiability" provided by the Administration [CB(2)1823/06-07(01)] (15 May 2007) Paper entitled "Measures taken to assist new arrivals' integration to the local society" provided by the Administration [CB(2)2753/06-07(03)] (8 October 2007) Paper entitled "Propriety of support measures for ethnic minorities" provided by the Administration [CB(2)1152/06-07(03)] (23 March 2007 and 28 February 2007) Paper entitled "The Belgian Linguistics case" provided by the Administration [CB(2)1152/06-07(02)] (23 March 2007 and 28 February 2007) Paper entitled "The difference between the 'reasonable practicability' test and the 'unjustifiable hardship' defence" provided by the Administration [CB(2)2231/06-07(03)] (26 June 2007) Paper provided by the Education and Manpower Bureau on "Education for children of ethnic minorities" previously issued for discussion at the meeting of the Panel on Education on 10 July 2006 [CB(2)2642/05-06(04)] (16 January 2007) Paper provided by the Home Affairs Bureau on "Race Relations Unit" [CB(2)884/06-07(01)] (16 January 2007) Paper provided by the Home Affairs Bureau on "Support measures for non-Chinese speaking students" [CB(2)884/06-07(02)] (16 January 2007) Powerpoint presentation materials provided by the Administration on the Race Discrimination Bill (Chinese version only) [CB(2)883/06-07] (16 January 2007) Response by the Administration to the outstanding issues raised by Bills Committee Members in relation to Clause 3 [CB(2)513/07-08(02)] (7 December 2007)