Finance Committee Meeting

held on Friday, 14 December 2007, at 3:00 p.m.

Record of decisions

Item	Paper No.	Subject	Decisions
1.	FCR(2007-08)37	Recommendations of the Establishment Subcommittee made on 28 November 2007 -	Approved
	EC(2007-08)10	To retain two supernumerary posts of Principal Education Officer in the Education Bureau of Government Secretariat for a period of two years and six months up to 30 June 2010 to follow through the implementation of the New Academic Structure for Senior Secondary Education and Higher Education	Approved
	EC(2007-08)11	To create 24 non-civil service positions (11 Deputy Directors of Bureau and 13 Political Assistants to Directors of Bureau) with effect from 1 April 2008 under the Political Appointment System and remuneration for positions at these two ranks	Approved (Division ordered : Yes - 29 No - 16 Abstention - 0)
2.	FCR(2007-08)38	Recommendations of the Public Works Subcommittee made on 22 and 30 November 2007 -	Approved
	PWSC(2007-08)52	Yuen Long, Kam Tin, Ngau Tam Mei and Tin Shui Wai drainage improvements, stage 1, phase 2B - remaining works	Approved
	PWSC(2007-08)53	Siu Sai Wan Complex	Approved
	PWSC(2007-08)54	Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park and Swimming Pool Complex	Approved
	PWSC(2007-08)55	Uprating of Sha Tin salt water supply system	Approved
	PWSC(2007-08)56	Water supply to housing development at Anderson Road	Approved
	PWSC(2007-08)57	Development at Anderson Road	Approved
	PWSC(2007-08)58	Retrofitting of noise barriers at Kwun Tong Bypass	Approved
	PWSC(2007-08)59	Mass Transit Railway West Island Line - funding support	Approved (Division ordered : Yes - 22 No - 2 Abstention - 1)
	PWSC(2007-08)60	Multi-media Building - stage 2, City University of Hong Kong	Approved
3.	FCR(2007-08)39	To adjust the standard payment rates under the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme and the rates of the Disability Allowance under the Social Security Allowance Scheme to take account of inflation	Approved
4.	FCR(2007-08)40	To create a new commitment to provide funding support for the promotion of Olympism to tie in with the Beijing 2008 Olympic and Paralympic Games and the staging of the 2008 Olympic and Paralympic Equestrian Events in Hong Kong	Approved (Division ordered : Yes - 16 No - 0 Abstention - 2)