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| 1. | FCR(2008-09)34 | RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE ESTABLISHMENT SUBCOMMITTEE MADE ON 20 JUNE 2008
(This item seeks approval of the recommendations of the Establishment Subcommittee made at its meeting held on 20 June 2008.)
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| 2. | FCR(2008-09)35 | RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE PUBLIC WORKS SUBCOMMITTEE MADE ON 4, 13, 18 and 20 JUNE 2008
(This item seeks approval of the recommendations of the Public Works Subcommittee made at its meetings held on 4, 13, 18 and 20 June 2008.)
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| (In attendance : The Secretary for Home Affairs/the Permanent Secretary for Home Affairs/the Deputy Secretary for Home Affairs (West Kowloon Cultural District)/the Chief Treasury Accountant (West Kowloon Cultural District) of Home Affairs Bureau/the Government Economist/the Director of GHK Hong Kong Limited/the Senior Consultant of GHK Hong Kong Limited/the Permanent Secretary for Transport and Housing (Transport)/the Deputy Secretary for Transport and Housing (Transport)/the Director of Highways/ /the Deputy Principal Government Counsel (Treaties and Law)/the Head of Project Engineering of MTR Corporation Limited/ the Deputy Secretary for Food and Health (Health)1/the Director of Architectural Services/the Director (Cluster Services) of Hospital Authority/the Cluster Chief Executive (Kowloon East Cluster) of Hospital Authority/the Chief Manager (Strategy and Service Planning) of Hospital Authority/the Hospital Chief Executive of Tseung Kwan O Hospital/the Senior Hospital Administrator of Tseung Kwan O Hospital/the Deputy Secretary for Education/the Principal Assistant Secretary for Education (Infrastructure and Research Support)/the Deputy Secretary for Food and Health (Health)2/the Principal Assistant Secretary for Food and Health (Health)/the Commissioner for Rehabilitation of Labour and Welfare Bureau/the Assistant Director of Social Welfare (Rehabilitation and Medical Social Services)/the Service Director (Community Care) of Hospital Authority)
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| 3. | FCR(2008-09)36 | LOTTERIES FUND
HEAD 341 - NON-RECURRENT GRANTS
Subhead 035 Architectural Services Department
(This item invites Members to approve an allocation of $156.8 million from the Lotteries Fund for the design and construction of an Integrated Community Mental Health Support Services Centre and a Long Stay Care Home in a public works project in Tin Shui Wai Area 109.)
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| (In attendance : The Deputy Secretary for Food and Health (Health)2/the Principal Assistant Secretary for Food and Health (Health)/the Commissioner for Rehabilitation of Labour and Welfare Bureau/the Assistant Director of Social Welfare (Rehabilitation and Medical Social Services)/the Chief Manager (Strategy and Service Planning) of Hospital Authority/the Service Director (Community Care) of Hospital Authority)
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(Discussed by Welfare Services Panel on 14 April 2008)
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| 4. | FCR(2008-09)37 | 2008-09 CIVIL SERVICE PAY ADJUSTMENT
(This item invites Members to
| (a) | approve, with effect from 1 April 2008, an increase in pay -
| | (i) | by 6.30% for civil servants on the directorate pay scales and in the upper salary band;
| | (ii) | by 5.29% for civil servants in the middle and lower salary bands;
| | (b) | approve the same pay adjustments to Independent Commission Against Corruption staff;
| | (c) | approve the same pay adjustments to teaching and non-teaching staff of aided schools who are remunerated on the civil service pay scales; and those subvented sector staff who are paid according to the civil service pay scales;
| | (d) | approve corresponding adjustment to the subventions of those subvented organisations with funding price-adjusted on the basis of formulae including a factor of civil service pay adjustment;
| | (e) | approve, with effect from 1 April 2008, an increase in pay for judges and judicial officers, ranging from 0.19% to 6.29%, to bring their pay to the same level as their respective civil service counterparts; and
| | (f) | note the financial implications of about $6,818 million arising from items (a) to (e) above.
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| (In attendance : The Secretary for the Civil Service/the Permanent Secretary for the Civil Service/the Deputy Secretary for the Civil Service)
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(Discussed by Public Service Panel on 16 June 2008)
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| 5. | FCR(2005-09)39 |
HEAD 22 - AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT
Subhead 700 General non-recurrent
New item "Ex-gratia payments to live poultry farmers, wholesalers and related transporters and one-off grants to assist affected live poultry farm, wholesale and transport workers under the buyout package"
HEAD 49 - FOOD AND ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE DEPARTMENT
Subhead 700 General non-recurrent
New item "Ex-gratia payment and compensation to live poultry retailers and one-off grant to assist affected live poultry retail workers under the buyout package"
(This item invites Members to -
For Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (Head 22 Subhead 700)
| | (a) | approve the creation of a new commitment of $520.5 million for -
| | (i) | making ex-gratia payments to live poultry farmers who surrender their Livestock Keeping Licences and cease rearing live poultry permanently; to live poultry wholesalers who surrender their poultry stall tenancies at the Cheung Sha Wan Temporary Wholesale Poultry Market and cease operation at the wholesale market permanently; to live poultry transporters who cease operation of delivery of live poultry permanently and surrender their monthly car park tenancies at the wholesale market if applicable;
| | (ii) | providing one-off grants to assist the affected local workers of the live poultry farm/wholesale/transport industry; and
| | (iii) | making ex-gratia payments to live poultry farmers as a relief to deal with their chickens past the average marketable age.
| For Food and Environmental Hygiene Department
(Head 49 Subhead 700)
| | (b) | approve the creation of a new commitment of
$602.5 million for -
| | (i) | making ex-gratia payment to live poultry retailers who surrender the permission to sell live poultry on their Fresh Provision Shop licences or public market tenancies permanently, as appropriate;
| | (ii) | providing a one-off grant to assist the affected local workers of the live poultry retail industry; and
| | (iii) | providing compensation to live poultry retailers for live poultry slaughtered as well as dressed poultry and chilled/frozen poultry products seized; and
| | (c) | note that, except for the ex-gratia payment to farmers and compensation to retailers as per (a)(iii) and (b)(iii) above, only when a substantial majority, say around 85%, of the number of retailers accept the buyout package would the ex-gratia payments/one-off grants as detailed in (a)(i) and (ii) and (b)(i) and (ii) be offered and payable.
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| (In attendance : The Permanent Secretary for Food and Health (Food)/the Deputy Secretary for Food and Health (Food)/the Director of Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation/the Deputy Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene (Environmental Hygiene)/the Assistant Director of Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation (Agriculture))
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(Discussed by Food Safety and Environmental Hygiene Panel on 27 June 2008)
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| 6. | FCR(2008-09)38 | HEAD 144 - GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT :
CONSTITUTIONAL AND MAINLAND
AFFAIRS BUREAU
Subhead 700 General non-recurrent
New Item "HKSAR's Participation in the World Exposition 2010 Shanghai China"
(This item invites Members to approve the creation of a new commitment of $201 million to provide financial support for HKSAR's participation in the World Exposition 2010 Shanghai China.)
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| (In attendance : The Permanent Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs/the Deputy Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs/the Deputy Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development (Communications and Technology)/the Deputy Director of Information Services/the Assistant Director of Leisure and Cultural Services (Performing Arts)/the Director of Hong Kong Economic and Trade Affairs, Shanghai)
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(Discussed by Commerce and Industry Panel on 17 June 2008)
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