Bills Committee on Arbitration Bill

Meeting on Monday, 5 October 2009, at 2:30 pm
in Conference Room A of the Legislative Council Building

Revised agenda
(as at 29 September 2009)

I.Meeting with deputations and the Administration
(2:30 pm - 4:25 pm)

Deputations attending

  1. Mr Samuel C C WONG
    LC Paper No. CB(2)2497/08-09(01)
    (issued on 18 September 2009) (English version only)

  2. The Hong Kong Institute of Architects
    LC Paper No. CB(2)2508/08-09(02)
    (issued on 22 September 2009) (English version only)

  3. International Chamber of Commerce - Hong Kong, China

  4. The Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors
    LC Paper No. CB(2)2508/08-09(03)
    (issued on 22 September 2009) (English version only)

  5. Hong Kong Construction Association
    LC Paper No. CB(2)2508/08-09(01)
    (issued on 22 September 2009) (English version only)

  6. The Hong Kong Federation of Electrical and Mechanical Contractors Limited
    LC Paper No. CB(2)2546/08-09(01) (attached) (English version only)

  7. Mr Peter Scott Caldwell

  8. Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre

  9. The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers
Written submissions from organisations not attending the meeting

  1. The Law Society of Hong Kong
    LC Paper No. CB(2)2494/08-09(01)
    (issued on 17 September 2009) (English version only)

  2. The Real Estate Developers Association of Hong Kong
    LC Paper No. CB(2)2497/08-09(02)
    (issued on 18 September 2009) (English version only)

  3. Construction Industry Council
    LC Paper No. CB(2)2508/08-09(04) (attached) (Revised)
    (English version only)
Administration's responses to issues raised at previous meetings

LC Paper No. CB(2)2546/08-09(02)
(attached)

-Administration's paper entitled "Elaborations on the drafting approach of the Arbitration Bill"

LC Paper No. CB(2)2546/08-09(03)
(attached)

-Administration's paper entitled "(1) Costs of Conducting Arbitral Proceedings in Hong Kong; (2) The objective of facilitating the Fair and Speedy Resolution of Disputes and (3) Simplified Procedures for Arbitral Proceedings"

LC Paper No. CB(2)2546/08-09(04)
(attached)

-Administration's paper entitled "(1) Concerns Raised by the Construction Industry on the Proposed Arbitration Regime and (2) Comparison of Specific Provisions in the Arbitration Bill with International Arbitration Practices"

LC Paper No. CB(2)2546/08-09(05)
(attached)

-Administration's paper entitled "Arbitration Practices adopted by Hong Kong's Major Competitors"

LC Paper No. CB(2)2469/08-09(03)
(issued on 10 September 2009)

-Administration's paper entitled "Summary of submissions and comments on the Consultation Paper on Reform of the Law of Arbitration in Hong Kong and Draft Arbitration Bill"

Relevant papers

LC Paper No. CB(3)747/08-09
(issued on 26 June 2009)

-The Bill

issued by the Department of Justice on 24 June 2009
(File Ref : LP 19/00/3C Pt. 38)

-Legislative Council Brief

LC Paper No. CB(2)2261/08-09(01)
(issued on 27 July 2009)

-Background brief prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat, enclosing a comparison on the differences between the domestic and international arbitration regimes under the Arbitration Ordinance provided by the Department of Justice

LC Paper No. CB(2)2261/08-09(02)
(issued on 27 July 2009)

-Consultation Paper on Reform of the Law of Arbitration in Hong Kong and draft Arbitration Bill published in 2007

(A list of relevant papers previously issued is available on the LegCo website at http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr08-09/english/bc/bc59/general/bc59.htm)

II.Any other business
(4:25 pm - 4:30 pm)

Council Business Division 2
Legislative Council Secretariat
29 September 2009