A 12/13-22

Legislative Council

Agenda

Wednesday 20 March 2013 at 11:00 am

I. Tabling of Papers



Subsidiary Legislation / InstrumentsL.N. No.
1.Rating (Exemption) Order 201326/2013
2.Revenue (Reduction of Business Registration Fees) Order 201327/2013
3.Legislation Publication (Revision) Order 201328/2013
4.Telecommunications (Telecommunications Apparatus) (Exemption from Licensing) (Amendment) Order 2012 (Commencement) Notice29/2013
5.Toys and Children's Products Safety Ordinance (Amendment of Schedules 1 and 2) Notice 201330/2013

Other Papers

1.No. 75-Estimates
for the year ending 31 March 2014
General Revenue Account
- Consolidated Summary of Estimates
- Revenue Analysis by Head
(to be presented by the Financial Secretary)

2.No. 76-Hong Kong Rotary Club Students' Loan Fund
Financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2012
(to be presented by Secretary for Education)

3.No. 77-Sing Tao Charitable Foundation Students' Loan Fund
Financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2012
(to be presented by Secretary for Education)

4.No. 78-Hong Kong Arts Development Council
Annual Report 2011/12
(to be presented by the Chief Secretary for Administration)

5.No. 79-The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
Annual Report 2011-2012 and financial statements for the year ended 30th June 2012
(to be presented by the Chief Secretary for Administration)

6.No. 80-Self-financing Post-secondary Education Fund
Financial statements for the period from 26 August 2011 to 31 August 2012
(to be presented by Secretary for Education)

7.No. 81-HKSAR Government Scholarship Fund
Financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2012
(to be presented by Secretary for Education)

8.No. 82-The Lord Wilson Heritage Trust
Annual Report 2011-2012
(to be presented by Secretary for Home Affairs)

9.No. 83-AIDS Trust Fund
Financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2012
(to be presented by Secretary for Food and Health)

10.Report No. 12/12-13 of the House Committee on Consideration of Subsidiary Legislation and Other Instruments
(to be presented by Hon Andrew LEUNG, Chairman of the House Committee)

II. Questions



1. Hon Emily LAU to ask: (Translation)


In April 2011, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ("HKSAR") Government submitted, through the Central People's Government, its third report in the light of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ("Covenant") to the United Nations Human Rights Committee ("Committee"). The Committee adopted a "List of issues to be taken up in connection with the consideration of the third periodic report of Hong Kong, China" ("List of Issues") in November 2012, and conducted a hearing on that report in Geneva, Switzerland on the 12th and 13th of this month. In this connection, will the Executive Authorities inform this Council:
  • (a) given that paragraph 3 of the List of Issues requested the HKSAR Government to "indicate what further steps have been taken to ensure that the next Chief Executive and Legislative Council elections take place by universal suffrage in compliance with the Covenant", of the details of HKSAR Government's response to the Committee in this respect; and

    (b)given that paragraph 3 of the List of Issues requested the HKSAR Government to describe "the conditions for nomination, e.g., age limits, and any other qualifications or restrictions" for the candidates for the next Chief Executive election, of the details of HKSAR Government's response to the Committee in this respect; and given the recent comment of the spokesman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference that he believed that Hong Kong people would elect a person who loved the country and Hong Kong to be the Chief Executive, whether the authorities will set "loving the country and Hong Kong" as one of the conditions for candidacy for the next Chief Executive election?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs

2. Hon SIN Chung-kai to ask: (Translation)


At present, the daily quota for mainland residents coming to Hong Kong for settlement on Permits for Proceeding to Hong Kong and Macao ("One-way Permits" or "OWPs") is 150. The Chief Executive indicated earlier that there was hardly any room for reducing this quota because it involved the issue of Hong Kong people's mainland spouses and their children born in the Mainland coming to Hong Kong for settlement. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
  • (a) of the total number of mainland residents who came to Hong Kong for settlement on OWPs since 1 July 1997, together with a breakdown by the reason for which they were granted OWPs;

    (b)whether the authorities will consider discussing with the relevant mainland authorities the adjustment of the OWP quota granted for reasons other than family reunion; whether they will consider afresh requesting the relevant mainland authorities to review the existing system for the issuance of OWPs, including handing over to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government the work of vetting and approving as well as issuing OWPs; if they will not, of the reasons for that; and

    (c)whether the authorities have assessed the impact brought about by tens of thousands of mainland residents coming to Hong Kong for settlement on OWPs every year on the population policy, land planning, job market, livelihood issues of Hong Kong, as well as the demand for welfare, transport and housing, etc.; if no assessment has been made, of the reasons for that?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Security

3. Hon MA Fung-kwok to ask: (Translation)


According to the development parameters in the draft South West Kowloon Outline Zoning Plan, the maximum plot ratio for the West Kowloon Cultural District ("WKCD") is 1.81. There have been comments that such a plot ratio is too low (cf. the maximum domestic plot ratio for Kowloon being 7.5), rendering the WKCD site not being fully utilized and difficult to incorporate facilities (including literary museum, more space for artists' creative work and hotels for accommodating arts groups visiting Hong Kong) which have all along been advocated by the arts and cultural sectors. Moreover, some members of the public consider that the development plan drawn up by the WKCD Authority based on the Conceptual Plan "City Park", under which the public transport terminus and station are to be provided underground and the various arts and cultural facilities to be scattered within WKCD, will result in an insufficient flow of visitors in WKCD. On the other hand, the estimated cost for building the proposed Xiqu Centre in WKCD has doubled from $1.3 billion in 2006 to $2.7 billion, arousing concern that the $21.6 billion funding allocation to the WKCD Authority in 2008 will be insufficient to meet the capital cost of WKCD. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
  • (a) whether the Government had based on clear and scientific criteria for setting the maximum plot ratio of WKCD at 1.81; if it had, of the details of such criteria; if not, of the Government's justifications for adopting that plot ratio;

    (b)whether the Government will consider, on the premise of not affecting the development progress of WKCD, raising the plot ratio for WKCD so as to add the aforesaid venues and facilities advocated by the arts and cultural sectors and to increase the floor areas for residential and commercial uses in the district, thereby bringing sufficient flow of visitors to WKCD on the one hand and boosting WKCD Authority's income on the other; if it will consider, of the details; if not, how the authorities will address the aforesaid demand of the arts and cultural sectors; and

    (c)whether the Government has assessed the capital cost of WKCD to find out if the construction costs of WKCD will exceed the $21.6 billion funding allocation; if it has, of the details, and whether the Government has formulated measures for dealing with any over-budget situation; of the measures put in place by the Government to strictly control the capital cost of WKCD and at the same time maintain the building quality of various facilities?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Home Affairs

4. Hon WONG Ting-kwong to ask: (Translation)


Some members of the tourism industry have pointed out that while the Government has been actively developing the tourism industry, travel agents vary in standard, and a number of incidents detrimental to the interests and reputation of the tourism industry have occurred in recent years. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
  • (a) whether it knows the number of complaints received from tourists by the Travel Industry Council of Hong Kong ("TICHK") against travel agents and tourist guides in the past three years, together with a breakdown by the content of such complaints (e.g. coerced shopping, and itineraries not matching the descriptions); the number of such complaints in which the travel agents or tourist guides who had breached the rules were penalized, together with a breakdown by the penalty imposed;

    (b)whether the Government and TICHK have reviewed the effectiveness of the 10 enhanced regulatory measures introduced in 2011 (including the Demerit Point System); if they have, of the review results; if not, the reasons for that; and

    (c)given that an independent Travel Industry Authority is expected to be established in 2014 at the earliest, how the authorities will enhance their regulatory work before the Authority is established; given that inbound mainland tours are in general received jointly by the travel agents of Hong Kong and those of the Mainland, whether the authorities will further liaise and collaborate with the relevant mainland authorities to enhance the regulation of travel agents in the two places; if they will, of the details; if not, the reasons for that?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development

5. Hon CHAN Han-pan to ask: (Translation)


Quite a number of owners of old buildings have received fire safety directions ("directions") issued by the authorities under the Fire Safety (Buildings) Ordinance, requiring them to improve the fire service facilities of their buildings by a certain deadline. However, for some buildings for which owners' corporations ("OCs") have not been formed and with fragmented ownerships, the owners have difficulties in coordinating the relevant works; and for some buildings with OCs, such works cannot commence either for reasons such as divergent views among owners, the owners (most of them being indigent elderly) being unable to afford the relevant expenses, and a small number of owners refusing to share the expenses. These owners have difficulties in complying with the directions, and are liable to prosecution by the Government as a result. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
  • (a) of the number of buildings which have not met the fire safety requirements at present; the number of such buildings the owners of which have been issued with the directions so far; among them, the respective numbers of tenement buildings of seven or less storeys, or old buildings aged 40 years or above; among such tenement buildings or old buildings, the respective numbers of buildings with and without OCs, as well as those having complied with the directions;

    (b)of the number of prosecutions instituted by the authorities against the offenders since the implementation of the aforesaid Ordinance in 2007; among them, the number of cases involving tenement buildings or old buildings; whether the Government knows the reasons for non-compliance with the directions by the relevant parties, and whether the reasons include the absence of OCs to coordinate the relevant works, or the refusal by a small number of owners to share the expenses; if such reasons are included, and as the authorities will institute prosecutions against all owners of the buildings for non-compliance with the directions, whether they have examined if this is unfair to those owners who are willing to carry out improvement works; and

    (c)regarding the cases in which the works cannot commence because of refusal of some owners to share the relevant expenses and the absence of OCs, what measures the authorities currently have to assist the owners concerned to comply with the directions; whether the Government will consider introducing any subsidy schemes similar to the "Operation Building Bright", so as to expeditiously improve the fire service facilities of buildings; if it will, of the specific arrangements; if not, the reasons for that; given the application of the aforesaid Ordinance to different types of composite buildings and domestic buildings of different ages and heights, etc., whether the authorities will consider amending the Ordinance, so as to exercise regulation for different types of buildings more appropriately?
Public Officers to reply:Secretary for Security
Secretary for Development

6. Hon TANG Ka-piu to ask: (Translation)


On the 2nd of this month, a lift in a building in North Point plunged from the first floor to the ground, injuring several passengers. It has been reported that the situation was very serious as all four suspension cables of the lift had snapped. As pointed out by some members of the trade, lift accidents have occurred from time to time in recent years, reflecting loopholes in the existing regulatory mechanism, and such accidents are also related to the shortage of manpower for lift repair and maintenance. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
  • (a) whether the authorities will conduct a comprehensive review of the Registered Lift Contractors' Performance Rating Scheme and consider linking the Scheme to law enforcement work to enhance its effectiveness, e.g. revoking directly the licence of a contractor whose performance score is zero;

    (b)whether it knows the number of registered lift contractors who had provided training to lift workers who newly joined the trade and the respective numbers of new entrants who had completed the training and those who stayed in the trade afterwards, in the past three years; and which institutions had provided training courses for such entrants and the respective numbers of entrants who had completed the courses and those who stayed in the trade afterwards; as the "Code of Practice for Lift Works and Escalator Works" stipulates that lift maintenance and repair works must be carried out by two or more lift workers together, and the number of storeys of new buildings has been increasing, whether the authorities have assessed if the number of trained workers can meet the demand; whether the authorities have any new measures to attract new blood to the trade; if so, of the details; if not, the reasons for that; and

    (c)of the number of lifts inspected each month by the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department ("EMSD") at present; whether EMSD has conducted more frequent inspections and spot checks on lifts which are maintained and repaired by contractors with low ranking in performance rating; if it has, of the details; if not, the reasons for that?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Development

*7. Hon IP Kwok-him to ask: (Translation)


It has been reported that at the auction of personalized vehicle registration marks ("PVRMs") held on 16 February this year, the Transport Department ("TD") sold a PVRM with the combination of "CSD HK". Since that combination was very similar to the English abbreviation of the Hong Kong Correctional Services Department ("CSD"), CSD had requested TD to withdraw the PVRM from sale before the auction, but to no avail. Some CSD staff members had expressed the worry that had the PVRM been successfully bid by people with ulterior motives and the PVRM been displayed on a motor vehicle used in illegal activities, the image of law enforcement agencies would be tarnished, and law and order problems might even be caused. On the other hand, the vetting criteria of the PVRMs Scheme prescribe that an application will be refused if the PVRM in the application is likely to cause a reasonable person to believe that the motor vehicle on which the PVRM is displayed belongs to any department of the Government or any specified organization, or to believe that the person using the vehicle represents such a department or organization. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
  • (a) how the authorities had vetted the application for the aforesaid PVRM in accordance with the established criteria; and

    (b)in the light of the aforesaid incident, whether the authorities will review the vetting criteria for PVRMs and specify in the criteria that applications for PVRMs with a combination containing "CSD" will not be accepted?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury

*8. Hon Michael TIEN to ask: (Translation)


Many members of the public have complained to me about water seepage on the walls or ceilings of their residential units. There is one complainant whose unit has been plagued by the water seepage problem since 2003, and the problem has remained unresolved even though he has complained to various government departments and bodies, including the Water Supplies Department ("WSD"), the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department ("FEHD"), the Buildings Department ("BD"), the Office of The Ombudsman and the dedicated Joint Office ("JO") set up by BD and FEHD to handle complaints about water seepage in buildings. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
  • (a) of the total number of complaints and enquiries received by JO since its establishment in 2006 and the number of cases which have not yet been processed, with a breakdown by District Council district and type of buildings (residential, industrial and commercial buildings); the longest waiting time for processing and the reasons for those cases having to wait for so long; the average processing time per case; whether the authorities will review the work efficiency of JO with a view to shortening the average waiting time by a certain percentage within a particular period of time and formulate the relevant performance pledges; if they will not, of the reasons for that;

    (b)among the cases processed by JO, of the number of those classified as cases in which "the source of water seepage/leakage cannot be identified"; of the operational guidelines based on which the inspecting personnel made such classification; whether the relevant complainants may request for a review of the cases which were classified by JO as those in which "the source of water seepage/leakage cannot be identified" and the investigation into which was terminated; whether the Government has any specific ways to further assist such members of the public in resolving their problems; if it has not, of the reasons for that;

    (c)among the complaints received by JO, of the number of those involving seepage/leakage of fresh water mains; why the authorities have not accepted the recommendation of including WSD in JO, made in paragraph 42 of the investigation report published by the Office of The Ombudsman in 2008 on handling of water seepage complaints by the aforesaid three government departments;

    (d)given that the authorities conducted an interim review of the operation mode of JO only in 2008, whether they will conduct thorough examinations and reviews of the operation and management of JO within 2013; if they will not, of the reasons for that;

    (e)of the existing staffing structure of JO; whether the authorities will set up a dedicated department to head JO officially, establish its power and provide clear lines of command regarding staff deployment and office management to prevent the occurrence of a loose cooperative relationship between the two departments; if they will not, of the reasons for that; and

    (f)whether the authorities will review and examine the methods and equipment currently used by JO for testing water seepage as well as consider introducing other testing methods (e.g. microwave moisture and acoustics tests), so as to enhance the testing efficiency?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Development

*9. Ir Dr Hon LO Wai-kwok to ask: (Translation)


In an accident earlier this month in which a lift dropped suddenly, all four suspension cables of the lift involved had snapped, and its safety protection system had not functioned as designed to stop the lift from dropping. The authorities subsequently inspected the other lifts which were maintained by the contractor concerned, and found that quite a number of them had problems and had to suspend service immediately. It has been learnt that the ranking of the contractor in the "Registered Lift Contractors' Performance Rating" of the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department ("EMSD") has all along been low. Some members of the public have pointed out that such incidents reflect that the regulatory system for the repair and maintenance of lifts is plagued with problems, and it fails to ensure proper repair and maintenance of lifts by contractors. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
  • (a) whether, apart from issuing warning letters to the registered lift contractors with low ranking in performance rating for a long period of time and repeatedly involved in safety problems, the authorities have taken other follow-up measures targeting at such contractors; if they have, of the details; if not, the reasons for that;

    (b)whether EMSD will, in the light of the aforesaid lift accident, conduct a comprehensive review of the regulatory system for the repair and maintenance of lifts, and correspondingly increase the resources needed and employ additional professional staff so as to step up its monitoring work; if it will, of the details; if not, the reasons for that;

    (c)whether the authorities have considered stepping up publicity and promotion work, so as to provide guidance for property owners and property management companies on the factors (including the contractor's manpower arrangements, past performance and performance scores, etc.) to be considered when selecting contractors for the repair and maintenance of their lifts; if they have, of the details; if not, the reasons for that;

    (d)whether the authorities have conducted a comprehensive review to ascertain the number of lifts in Hong Kong which are so dilapidated that their replacement is required; whether the authorities have considered providing subsidies for property owners with financial hardship to pay the costs for such lift replacement works, to obviate the continued use of those lifts compellably; if they have, of the details; if not, the reasons for that; and

    (e)apart from enacting the Lifts and Escalators Ordinance (Cap. 618), which came into full operation on 17 December 2012, to enhance the safety standards for the repair and maintenance of lifts and to strengthen regulatory control, whether the authorities have any complementary measures to assist the trade in tackling its major business difficulties (e.g. vicious price competition, etc.), and to sort out the structural problems of the trade; if so, of the details; if not, the reasons for that?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Development

*10. Hon WONG Kwok-kin to ask: (Translation)


According to the Final Recommended Outline Development Plan for the Planning Study on Future Land Use at Anderson Road Quarry submitted to this Council by the authorities in February this year, the Quarry site will provide 9 410 residential units housing 25 000 people. The Development at Anderson Road, a neighbouring project which is underway, will provide about 18 000 public rental housing units housing 48 300 people. Upon the completion of these two development projects, the population of Sau Mau Ping district will increase by about 73 000. Regarding the ancillary transport facilities concerned, will the Government inform this Council:
  • (a) of the traffic volume of the roads in the vicinity of the Quarry site in the past two years, and the projected traffic volume of these roads from this year to 2016 (set out in the table below);

    Traffic volumeJunction at Lin Tak Road / Tseung Kwan O RoadLin Tak Road leading to Sau Mau Ping RoadSau Mau Ping Road (near Po Lam Road)New Clear Water Bay Road (near Sienna Garden) Junction at Anderson Road / Clear Water Bay RoadJunction at Anderson Road / Po Lam Road
    2011Peak hours





    Non-peak hours





    2012Peak hours





    Non-peak hours





    2013*






    2014*






    2015*






    2016*







    * Projected traffic volume

    (b)how the authorities will enhance the public transport services (including franchised buses and public light buses, etc.) in the area around the Quarry site to tie in with the two development projects, and of the relevant details (set out in table form); if no details are currently available, when the Government will draw up the details;

    (c)whether it has assessed if Hip Wo Street and Hong Ning Road can cope with the additional traffic volume arising from vehicles travelling from the Quarry site to Kwun Tong Road as well as the Kwun Tong redevelopment project; if the assessment results are in the negative, whether the Government will widen the two roads; if it will, of the work schedule; if not, the reasons for that;

    (d)given that the authorities plan to build footbridges with lift towers and/or escalators to link the Quarry site with the surrounding areas, of the detailed plan and work schedule of such projects; and

    (e)given that the Quarry site is far away from the existing railway network, whether the authorities will consider including that area in the service coverage of the envisaged "environmentally friendly linkage system for Kowloon East" (which is envisaged to adopt an elevated monorail system linking the Kai Tak Development area, Kwun Tong and Kowloon Bay with the existing MTR Kwun Tong Line and the future Shatin to Central Link), to enhance the external transport facilities for that area; if they will, of the details; if not, the reasons for that and whether the authorities will examine afresh the feasibility of building the MTR Kwun Tong Line Extension, so as to cover that area by the railway network; if they will examine, of the timetable?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Development

*11. Hon POON Siu-ping to ask: (Translation)


In order to ease the traffic congestion at the Cross Harbour Tunnel ("CHT") in Hung Hom, the Government has proposed to implement traffic diversion measures, i.e. to increase the tolls at CHT and at the same time reduce the tolls at the Eastern Harbour Crossing through reimbursing the tunnel users, while maintaining the tolls at the Western Harbour Crossing. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council of the names of the connecting roads to the three tunnels, as well as the current capacity and average daily throughput, morning rush hours (i.e. 7 am to 9 am) throughput and afternoon rush hours (i.e. 5 pm to 7 pm) throughput of each of these roads on weekdays which are not public holidays?

Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Transport and Housing

*12. Hon Steven HO to ask: (Translation)


After weathering the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in 2003, the Government has organized a number of large-scale clean-up activities and conducted publicity campaigns with a view to improving the hygiene conditions at the community level. Yet, it has been reported earlier in the press that an organization has located 100-odd hygiene black spots when inspecting various communities, reflecting that with the passage of time, the hygiene awareness of both the Government and the public has been gradually weakening, hygiene efforts at the community level have slackened, and hygiene problems are still severe. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
  • (a) of the numbers of Fixed Penalty Notices issued separately by the various government departments to persons committing public cleanliness offences in the past five years; whether the Government has conducted any review of the enforcement of the relevant legislation and the level of the fine; if it has, of the details; if not, the reasons for that;

    (b)of the work carried out by the Government to enhance the environmental hygiene awareness of the public in the past five years; whether it has assessed the effectiveness of such work; of the new planning or development direction that the Government is going to formulate in respect of the relevant work;

    (c)whether the authorities have regularly assessed the hygiene conditions of the 18 District Council districts ("18 districts") and carried out clean-up work targeting at the hygiene black spots in the various districts; if they have, of the details; if not, the reasons for that;

    (d)whether the authorities have conducted studies on holding the "Team Clean" campaign again to mobilize the 18 districts to collaborate with one another in enhancing the overall hygiene level of Hong Kong and carrying out thorough cleaning and disinfecting work targeting at public places, public housing estates and back alleys, etc., so as to reduce the risk of spreading diseases; if they have, of the relevant plans; if not, the reasons for that; and

    (e)whether the authorities have conducted studies on holding a "territory-wide hygiene black spot reporting campaign" to require the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department ("FEHD") to formulate a performance pledge stipulating that FEHD must handle the reported cases properly within a specified period of time upon receipt of hygiene black spot reports made by the public; if they have, of the relevant plans; if not, the reasons for that?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Food and Health

*13. Hon WONG Kwok-hing to ask: (Translation)


It has been reported that on the Mainland in recent years, various types of hazardous chemical substances have been found in some rivers, lakes, coastal waters and even in the bodies of wild animals and human beings, and the drinking water in many places has been contaminated. It has also been reported that the Ministry of Environmental Protection has recently acknowledged for the first time the existence of hundreds of cancer villages on the Mainland. There are 25 such villages in Guangdong Province, and two of them are even in Huizhou, which is situated along the riverbank of Dongjiang - the main source of water supply for Hong Kong. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
  • (a) as Hong Kong has adopted the Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality ("the Guidelines") published by the World Health Organization as the water-quality standard for treated drinking water, whether the Guidelines have been updated in recent years in response to the environmental pollution problems which have emerged worldwide one after another; and whether the authorities have devised any new and corresponding strategies for monitoring water quality;

    (b)of the items which failed to meet the relevant water quality standards in the outcome of tests of the quality of Dongjiang raw water supplied to Hong Kong in each of the past three years; and whether drinking such substandard water is harmful to health; if it is, of the details;

    (c)given the worsening environmental pollution problems on the Mainland in recent years, whether the authorities have discussed with the relevant Guangdong Provincial authorities the implementation of measures to further improve the quality of Dongjiang raw water, including reducing the pollution to the source of Dongjiang water, with a view to reducing the use of chemicals for purifying drinking water; if they have, of the details; if not, the reasons for that; and

    (d)given the frequent droughts and revelation of pollution problems on the Mainland in recent years, whether the authorities have formulated any contingency measures to deal with the situations in which Dongjiang water cannot be supplied to Hong Kong or is unsafe to drink due to unexpected incidents, so as to ensure a steady supply of safe drinking water to Hong Kong; if they have, of the details; if not, the reasons for that, and whether the authorities will consider seriously formulating such contingency measures?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Development

*14. Hon WONG Yuk-man to ask: (Translation)


It is learnt that some people who have settled in Hong Kong are ineligible to register for "Scheme $6,000" so as to receive $6,000 as they have not attained the Hong Kong permanent resident status, and they are also ineligible to apply for an allowance of $6,000 under the "Allowance for New Arrivals Programme of the Community Care Fund" as they have lived in Hong Kong for seven years. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
  • (a) whether it has compiled statistics on the number of the aforesaid group of residents in Hong Kong at present; if it has, of the number of such residents; if not, the reasons for that;

    (b)whether it has made any special arrangement to enable the aforesaid group of residents to receive $6,000; and

    (c)whether the Government has, in setting the eligibility criteria for the aforesaid scheme, considered if such criteria will give rise to a situation being unfair to or discriminating against a certain group of residents, and avoided such a situation?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury

*15. Hon Alice MAK to ask: (Translation)


The Government launched a three-year pilot project on outreach primary dental care services for the elderly ("the pilot project") in April 2011 to provide free outreach primary dental care and oral health care services to the elderly in need in residential care homes or day care centres through non-governmental organizations. The authorities estimated that services would be provided for 100 000 persons (in terms of head counts) under the pilot project, and they undertook to conduct an interim review two years after its implementation. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
  • (a) of the number of attendances of the elderly receiving the aforesaid services hitherto, with a breakdown by type of service (e.g. dental examination, scaling and polishing, pain relief and emergency dental treatment);

    (b)of the expenditure incurred by the pilot project hitherto; given that quite a number of elderly people have lost most of their teeth and therefore need to wear dentures, whether the authorities will consider afresh extending the scope of the services provided under the pilot project to cover crowning and tooth-filling; if they will, of the details, including the estimated additional expenditure to be incurred annually; if not, the reasons for that;

    (c)whether the authorities will consider expanding the service targets of the pilot project to cover all elderly people in Hong Kong; if they will, of the details; if not, the reasons for that; and

    (d)when the authorities will announce the results of the interim review of the pilot project; of the criteria based on which the authorities assess the effectiveness of the pilot project, and whether they have set targets for the project; if they have, of the details; if not, the reasons for that?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Food and Health

*16. Hon NG Leung-sing to ask: (Translation)


It has been reported that the Hong Kong Monetary Authority has tightened the maximum loan-to-value ratio for residential mortgage loans for a number of times since 2009, and the amount of loans involving co-financing schemes and the percentage of such loans in the new mortgage loans approved increased from $1.479 billion and 0.45% in 2010 to $3.859 billion and 2.01% in 2012 respectively. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
  • (a) of the total amount of loans involving co-financing schemes and the percentage of such loans in the new mortgage loans approved in each year since 2009; and

    (b)whether the aforesaid percentages have shown a rising trend since 2009; if so, whether it has assessed what risks such a trend has posed to the stability of Hong Kong's financial system; if it has made such an assessment, of the details; if not, whether it will do so?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury

*17. Hon LEUNG Yiu-chung to ask: (Translation)


Recently, I have received complaints from Hong Kong permanent residents who are employed to work on the Mainland and receive salaries through mainland bank accounts. They claimed that some banks in Hong Kong did not accept the account records of mainland banks as income proofs, and rejected their applications for home mortgage loans, rendering them unable to purchase homes. These members of the public have been forced to rent and reside in private residential flats on a long-term basis, and the high rental expenses have imposed a heavy burden on their livelihood. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
  • (a) whether it knows which banks in Hong Kong currently do not accept account records of non-Hong Kong banks as income proofs when dealing with home mortgage loan applications of Hong Kong permanent residents, the reasons why such banks have adopted such a practice, and if such banks accept other income proofs; if they do not, the reasons for that; and

    (b)whether the Government will assist the aforesaid group of people in resolving the difficulties they encounter in applying for home mortgage loans; if it will, of the details; if not, the reasons for that?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury

*18. Dr Hon Helena WONG to ask: (Translation)


The Hong Kong Police Force ("HKPF"), in collaboration with the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Hong Kong), veterinary associations and animal concern groups, introduced the Animal Watch Scheme in 2011 to fight against cruelty to animals through a four-pronged approach of education, publicity, intelligence gathering and investigation, including referring such cases to the professional crime investigation teams under HKPF for investigation. Meanwhile, HKPF indicated earlier that it had forwarded the requests of animal welfare concern groups and individuals for the establishment of "animal police" to the Food and Health Bureau ("FHB"), which is responsible for overall animal welfare matters. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
  • (a) of the number of reports received by the authorities in each of the past five years on suspected cases of cruelty to animals; the number of animals which were injured or killed and abusers in such cases; a breakdown on the number of reports by the type of harm done to the animals, the number of abusers and District Council district;

    (b)of the detection rates of such cases, the number of persons arrested as well as the number of persons convicted and the respective maximum and minimum penalties imposed on them by the court, in each of the past five years;

    (c)of the respective resources deployed by the authorities since 2011 (broken down by month) to fight against cruelty to animals in respect of education, publicity, intelligence gathering and investigation;

    (d)whether it has assessed the effectiveness of the Animal Watch Scheme on the whole and in respect of the aforesaid four aspects; if it has, of the assessment criteria, as well as details of publicity and education activities, the amount of intelligence gathered and the number of cases investigated since the introduction of the Scheme; if not, the reasons for that;

    (e)of the number of cases of cruelty to animals handled by the crime investigation teams each month since 2011; whether the team members have received professional training relevant to animal rights and welfare; if they have, of the details; if not, the reasons for that, and how it ensures that the team members have adequate professional knowledge in handling cases of cruelty to animals; and

    (f)whether HKPF, FHB and the Security Bureau had conducted inter-departmental meetings on the establishment of "animal police" in the past five years; if they had, of the details (including the dates, time, venues and conclusions, etc.) of such meetings each year; whether they have considered providing the crime investigation team members in various police districts or individual police districts or other members of HKPF with relevant professional knowledge and training, and designating such members of HKPF to handle animal-related cases specifically; if they have, of the details; if not, the reasons for that?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Food and Health

*19. Hon Alan LEONG to ask: (Translation)


It has been reported that following revelation in August last year that a mainland hospital had administered fake varicella (commonly known as chickenpox) vaccines to children, and the death of a boy in Hong Kong caused by varicella in November last year, the number of children receiving varicella vaccines in Hong Kong has surged, resulting in stockout of varicella vaccines since the end of last year. All three varicella vaccine suppliers for Hong Kong have indicated that they are not sure when stable supplies can be resumed. In addition, the Government has planned to incorporate varicella vaccines into the Hong Kong Childhood Immunization Programme ("CIP") in 2014. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
  • (a) whether the Department of Health ("DH") had compiled statistics on the respective numbers of persons receiving varicella vaccines in each of the past three years; if it had not, of the reasons for that; if it had, whether the statistics differentiated among children born to women who are Hong Kong permanent residents ("HKPRs"), children born in Hong Kong to mainland women whose spouses are HKPRs, children born in Hong Kong to mainland women whose spouses are not HKPRs, as well as children from the Mainland;

    (b)whether DH has compiled statistics on the number of children receiving varicella vaccines in the first quarter of this year;

    (c)whether DH has assessed the current situation of shortage of varicella vaccines; if it has, of the assessment outcome; if not, the reasons for that;

    (d)according to the information obtained by DH from its liaison with the varicella vaccine suppliers, of the causes of the current shortage of varicella vaccines and when stable supplies can be resumed;

    (e)whether the Government will consider introducing other suppliers of varicella vaccines in the near future in order to meet the urgent demand for the vaccines;

    (f)of the number of children receiving varicella vaccines each year under CIP as estimated by DH;

    (g)whether DH has assessed if the current suppliers will be able to supply sufficient vaccines after varicella vaccines are incorporated into CIP; and

    (h)whether, in the light of the incident of shortage of varicella vaccines, DH has taken the initiative to monitor if there will be a shortage of supply of other types of vaccines?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Food and Health

*20. Hon LEUNG Che-cheung to ask: (Translation)


Some residents in Yuen Long district have relayed to me that the following areas in Yuen Long have been occupied by large stalls of itinerant hawkers for a long period of time: the pavements at Fau Tsoi Street, Yuen Long New Street, Yau Sun Street and Hong King Street; Chung Sing Path; and the areas in the vicinity of the at-grade fire escapes of Kwong Wah Plaza, Tong Yick Building, Citimall and Tin Yiu Estate. Such hawkers have continuously expanded their trading areas, causing obstruction to pedestrians and blocking pedestrians' view when they cross the roads. Also, their hawking activities have caused noise and refuse problems, affecting the daily lives of the residents nearby. A committee under the Yuen Long District Council had requested the authorities at a meeting to step up law enforcement, but the problems have not yet been solved. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
  • (a) of the respective numbers of complaints received and prosecutions instituted by the authorities against hawking activities at the aforesaid locations in the past three years;

    (b)of the policy on licensing of itinerant hawkers (including the specified hawking conditions);

    (c)of the existing number of itinerant hawker licences; given that the Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene may specify in a hawker licence the trading area of the licencee, of the existing number of itinerant hawkers who are allowed to hawk in Yuen Long district; and

    (d)of the details of the management of and law enforcement actions in relation to the hawking activities of itinerant hawkers; what penalties will be imposed on itinerant hawkers who are repeated offenders, and whether the penalties include revocation of licences?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Food and Health

* For written reply

III. Bills



First Reading

1. Pilotage (Amendment) Bill 2013

2. Air Pollution Control (Amendment) Bill 2013

Second Reading (Debates to be adjourned)

1.Pilotage (Amendment) Bill 2013:Secretary for Transport and Housing

2.Air Pollution Control (Amendment) Bill 2013:Secretary for the Environment


IV. Motions



1.Proposed resolution under the Public Bus Services Ordinance

Secretary for Transport and Housing to move the following motion:

Resolved that the franchise granted on 24 April 2012 under section 5 of the Public Bus Services Ordinance (Cap. 230) to New World First Bus Services Limited (新世界第一巴士服務有限公司) and published in the Gazette as G.N. 3180 of 2012 is not subject to sections 27, 28, 29 and 31 of that Ordinance for the entire period of the franchise.

2.Proposed resolution under the Public Bus Services Ordinance

Secretary for Transport and Housing to move the following motion:

Resolved that the franchise granted on 24 April 2012 under section 5 of the Public Bus Services Ordinance (Cap. 230) to Long Win Bus Company Limited (龍運巴士有限公司) and published in the Gazette as G.N. 3181 of 2012 is not subject to sections 27, 28, 29 and 31 of that Ordinance for the entire period of the franchise.

3.Proposed resolution under the Public Bus Services Ordinance

Secretary for Transport and Housing to move the following motion:

Resolved that the franchise granted on 24 April 2012 under section 5 of the Public Bus Services Ordinance (Cap. 230) to Citybus Limited (城巴有限公司) and published in the Gazette as G.N. 3182 of 2012 is not subject to sections 27, 28, 29 and 31 of that Ordinance for the entire period of the franchise.

4.Proposed resolution under the Public Finance Ordinance

Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury to move the motion in the Appendix.

(The motion was also issued on 28 February 2013
under LC Paper No. CB(3) 396/12-13)

V. Members' Motions



1.Proposed resolution under section 34(4) of the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance

Hon WONG Ting-kwong to move the following motion:

Resolved that in relation to the Import and Export (General) (Amendment) Regulation 2013, published in the Gazette as Legal Notice No. 25 of 2013, and laid on the table of the Legislative Council on 27 February 2013, the period for amending subsidiary legislation referred to in section 34(2) of the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance (Cap. 1) be extended under section 34(4) of that Ordinance to the meeting of 17 April 2013.

2.Motion under Rule 49E(2) of the Rules of Procedure

Hon Andrew LEUNG to move the following motion:

That this Council takes note of Report No. 12/12-13 of the House Committee laid on the Table of the Council on 20 March 2013 in relation to the subsidiary legislation and instrument(s) as listed below:

Item NumberTitle of Subsidiary Legislation or Instrument

(1)Personal Data (Privacy) (Amendment) Ordinance 2012 (Commencement) Notice (L.N. 5/2013).

Public Officer to attend : Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs

3.Proposed resolution under Article 75 of the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China

Hon TAM Yiu-chung to move the following motion:

Resolved that the Rules of Procedure of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region be amended as set out in the Schedule.

Schedule

Amendments to Rules of Procedure of the Legislative Council of the
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

1.Rule 23 amended (question time)
(1)Rule 23(1)-
Repeal
"addresses the Council on the policies of the Government"
Substitute
"delivers a Policy Address to the Council".
(2)Rule 23(2)-
Repeal
"20"
Substitute
"22".

4.Promoting Hong Kong's economic restructuring

Hon Martin LIAO to move the following motion: (Translation)

That, in the light of the general direction of the transformation of the Mainland's economic development mode, and recent changes in the international economic situation, this Council urges the Government to seize the opportunity by utilizing financial resources and policy measures appropriately to promote Hong Kong's economic restructuring.

Amendments to the motion
(i)Hon Kenneth LEUNG to move the following amendment: (Translation)

To delete ", in the light of the general direction of the transformation of the Mainland's economic development mode, and recent changes in the international economic situation," after "That"; to add ", lands" after "utilizing financial resources"; and to add ", including fostering economic diversification and the development of industries, other than the four pillar industries, with competitive edge" immediately before the full stop.

Amendment to Hon Kenneth LEUNG's amendment
Hon Christopher CHEUNG to move the following amendment: (Translation)

To add "diversified development within individual industries," after "including fostering".

(ii)Hon TANG Ka-piu to move the following amendment: (Translation)

To delete "in the light of" after "That," and substitute with "as Hong Kong's economy has long relied on service industries such as financial, real estate and sales services and overlooked manufacturing, creative and craft industries, etc., resulting in the economic structure lacking diversified development; and the lack of emphasis on vocational education on skills and crafts in training has given rise to a human resource succession gap in Hong Kong; in response to"; and to add ", including transforming into manufacturing, creative and craft industries, etc.; and as dovetailing with the development of such industries requires training and support for developing the relevant talents, the authorities should adopt the following measures: (1) to comprehensively examine and project Hong Kong's manpower supply, provide suitable training to people at various age levels, comprehensively review the articulation of vocational education and the new senior secondary academic structure, and promote a learning culture for academic studies, crafts and skills in society, so as to train up the manpower required by economic restructuring; (2) to review the existing development potential of industries that ‘cannot be moved out of' Hong Kong, such as construction, ship repairs, aircraft engineering, lift and escalator, and energy, etc., set down clear development ladders for talents in these industries, and step up resource inputs, so as to encourage people to join and develop in these industries, and resolve problems such as the shortage of local maritime talents despite the booming of shipping-related industries; and (3) to review land uses, and make good use of idle Government land lots, public spaces in buildings or under flyovers, etc., so as to provide business starters, local researchers, craft workers or cultural and creative workers with low-priced and time-limited land, allowing new industries to have room and soil for development" immediately before the full stop.

(iii)Hon Mrs Regina IP to move the following amendment: (Translation)

To delete "in the light of the general direction of the transformation of the Mainland's economic development mode, and recent changes in the international economic situation" after "That," and substitute with "as the Central Government and provincial and municipal governments on the Mainland dovetail with the global economic development trend by vigorously promoting economic upgrading and restructuring to increase economic value added and create quality employment opportunities"; and to add ", so as to make Hong Kong a truly knowledge-based economy, with a view to enhancing its competitiveness and improving people's livelihood" immediately before the full stop.

(iv)Hon SIN Chung-kai to move the following amendment: (Translation)

To delete "in the light of" after "That," and substitute with "given"; and to add "; the relevant measures include: (1) to nurture the cultural and creative, innovation and technology, environmental protection and certification services industries, etc.; (2) to review the tax regime to allow the capital expenditure of enterprises on environment-friendly facilities 200% deductible under profits tax, so as to encourage enterprises to attach importance to environmental protection in their operation, thereby increasing the demand for companies providing environmental protection services and products, and offering an incentive for investing in environmental protection industries; (3) to prudently study the feasibility of developing a ‘percentage-based public cultural and arts policy', with a certain proportion of funding for construction works in Hong Kong being used for subsidizing cultural activities, or a specified ratio of space in construction facilities being directly allocated for the purpose of conducting cultural activities, so as to provide more resources to community organizations to participate in cultural and creative work and promote the development of cultural and creative industries; (4) through issuing additional free television licences, to enhance the development of a cultural and creative television industry; (5) to further promote the tourism industry to enhance the diversified development of Hong Kong's economy, including conducting a review of Hong Kong's tourism policy and a study on the number of visitors that Hong Kong can receive, and allocating additional resources for developing the Lantau Island into a regional ecological leisure park to attract visitors fond of nature to visit Hong Kong; and (6) to promote diversification of industries and encourage people to start up businesses by, for example, providing venues in various districts and designating a bazaar period every month for people to sell various kinds of goods" immediately before the full stop.

(v)Hon IP Kin-yuen to move the following amendment: (Translation)

To delete "in the light of the general direction of the transformation of the Mainland's economic development mode, and recent" after "That," and substitute with "given the"; to add "Mainland and" after "changes in the"; to add "and the deterioration of social and livelihood problems," after "international economic situation,"; to delete "seize the opportunity by utilizing financial resources and policy measures appropriately to" after "urges the Government to" and substitute with "restructure public finances and properly use budget surplus to increase recurrent expenditure to"; and to add ", so as to alleviate social conflicts" immediately before the full stop.

(vi)Hon Charles Peter MOK to move the following amendment: (Translation)

To add "capitalizing on Hong Kong's various advantages in freedom of information, intellectual property rights protection, the rule of law and communications infrastructure, etc. and" after "seize the opportunity by"; and to add "; in particular, regarding the innovation and information technology industry, the Government must implement the following measures: (1) to comprehensively review the existing scientific research assistance policies, formulate support policies to attract overseas or mainland enterprises to co-operate with the local scientific research sector, and allocate additional resources to encourage enterprises to undertake research and development projects, so as to develop Hong Kong into an international intellectual property trading hub, thereby creating more quality employment opportunities in scientific and technological industries; (2) through enhancing land planning, stable energy supply and manpower training, to attract more overseas and mainland enterprises in telecommunications and Internet, etc. to make long-term investments in Hong Kong, so as to develop Hong Kong into Asia's data centre, and a hub of cloud computing and wireless applications; and (3) to expand the scope of the business start-up support and incubation programmes provided by the Government and dovetail with the relevant policies to encourage the development of local ‘Angel Funds' and venture capital funds, so as to build an effective and sustainable ecological system for investment, and provide start-up companies with the capital required at various stages" immediately before the full stop.

(vii)Hon NG Leung-sing to move the following amendment: (Translation)

To add ", including enhancing human capital and increasing scientific and technological research inputs, so as to move forward to a knowledge-based economy" immediately before the full stop.

Public Officer to attend : Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development

5.Implementing the Kai Tak Planning to dovetail with Kowloon East development

Hon WONG Kwok-kin to move the following motion:(Translation)

That the Kai Tak New Development Area is currently the largest urban waterfront development project in Hong Kong with a total planning area of more than 320 hectares; as Kai Tak in the future will become a new core district in Kowloon and drive the overall development of Kowloon East, and the various works projects in the area will be completed one after another starting from this year, this Council urges the Government to expeditiously implement the various planning for the new development area and the ancillary work in nearby communities, including:

(1)to expeditiously give the public a full account of any plan to revise and adjust the planning for Kai Tak (including proposals relating to increasing the plot ratios and resident population, and whether to build a helipad on the runway, etc.);

(2)to closely keep in view the problem of big rent hikes in Kowloon East driven by the Kai Tak development, so as to ensure that small business traders and even workers in the creative and cultural sector in the district can continue their operation to provide residents with inexpensive and quality daily consumer goods amidst the transformation of Kowloon East;

(3)to expeditiously discuss with the relevant District Councils plans for support arrangements after the commissioning of the first berth of the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal this year (including traffic and transport arrangements, and on-shore power supply facilities, etc.), so as to avoid impacting and pressuring the nearby communities and the environment after the commissioning of the terminal;

(4)to ensure that the recreational and sports facilities in the Multi-purpose Sports Complex at Kai Tak are open for public use at all times in the future, so as to resolve the long-standing shortage of public sports facilities in Kowloon;

(5)to review the road transport network of Kowloon East, assess whether the traffic capacity of the existing roads in the various communities is adequate to meet the future development and population needs of Kai Tak and the various areas in Kowloon East, and expeditiously conduct improvement works in this regard;

(6)to expeditiously implement the construction of a monorail system to connect Kai Tak with the various areas in Kowloon East, and at the same time, study the extension of the system to the mid-levels areas of Kowloon East, so as to better meet the transport needs of residents in these communities;

(7)to expeditiously construct a general hospital in Kai Tak and expedite the expansion of the United Christian Hospital, so as to meet the medical needs arising from the future population growth and development of Kowloon East;

(8)to perfect the pedestrian linking systems and barrier-free facilities in the old areas of Kowloon East and Kai Tak new area, deepen the connection between Kai Tak and adjacent areas, and develop semi-sunken open underground street networks to merge pedestrian flows and add special features to the areas;

(9)to study the construction of cycle tracks along the waterfront and in the communities of Kowloon East to connect with the cycle track in the Kai Tak New Development Area, so as to develop an urban cycle track network;

(10)to integrate the cultural monuments and existing waterways in Kai Tak and the nearby communities, such as linking Nga Tsin Wai Village, Longjin Bridge and Kai Tak River to form an area with historical and ecological values, and develop a special heritage trail embracing environmental protection, historical monuments, local culture and tourism;

(11)to increase the space for greening and public art in Kai Tak and the various areas in Kowloon East, and introduce bazaars with local characteristics (e.g. temple fairs) to attract tourists and create employment opportunities;

(12)to make use of the site of the former Tai Hom Village and San Po Kong Industrial Area, etc. to develop cultural and creative industries, so as to develop Kai Tak and the relevant areas into a tourist spot related to Hong Kong movies; and

(13)to develop featured waterfront areas in Kai Tak and Kowloon East (including making good use of the vacant land under the flyovers near the Kwun Tong waterfront), so as to develop them into creative spaces, markets and community facilities with local cultural characteristics and styles.

Amendments to the motion
(i)Hon Frederick FUNG to move the following amendment: (Translation)

To add ", given that" after "That"; to delete "as" after "320 ;"; to delete "overall development of Kowloon East" after "drive the" and substitute with "development of the whole Kowloon Peninsula"; to delete "Kowloon East" after "rent hikes in" and substitute with "the adjacent areas"; to delete "of Kowloon East" after "the transformation"; to add "in June" after "Cruise Terminal"; to add "overall" after "to review the"; to delete "Kowloon East" after "transport network of" and substitute with "Kowloon"; to delete "Kowloon East" after "of Kai Tak and the various areas in" and substitute with "Kowloon"; to delete "with the various areas in Kowloon East" after "connect Kai Tak" and substitute with ", the various areas in Kowloon East and Kowloon City District"; to add "and Kowloon City District" after "and development of Kowloon East"; to add ", Kowloon City District" after "old areas of Kowloon East"; to delete "the construction of cycle tracks along the waterfront and in the communities of Kowloon East to connect with the cycle track in the Kai Tak New Development Area" after "to study" and substitute with "and implement the construction of cycle tracks along the coastline of Kowloon East to the waterfront of Kowloon West via the Kai Tak New Development Area and Kowloon City District and linking the adjacent communities"; to delete "and the various areas in Kowloon East" after "art in Kai Tak" and substitute with ", the various areas in Kowloon East and Kowloon City District"; and to delete "and Kowloon East" after "areas in Kai Tak" and substitute with ", Kowloon East and Kowloon West".

(ii)Hon CHAN Kam-lam to move the following amendment: (Translation)

To add "Energising Kowloon East is a key development project of Hong Kong in the future, in which" after "That"; to add "and the adjacent areas" after "overall development of Kowloon East"; to delete "ensure that" after "(4) to" and substitute with "expeditiously implement the plan for"; to add ", and ensure that such facilities" after "Complex at Kai Tak"; to add "a bridge connecting Kwun Tong Ferry Pier and the ex-runway tip as well as" after "implement the construction of"; to add "To Kwa Wan and" after "the system to"; to add "some land lots at" after "make use of"; to delete "and" after "Hong Kong movies;"; and to add "; and (14) to construct a new Kowloon harbourfront promenade from Lei Yue Mun to Sham Shui Po, construct a berthing area for yachts at the Kwun Tong Typhoon Shelter, and increase leisure water sports facilities, so as to perfect the planning for Kai Tak" immediately before the full stop.

Amendment to Hon CHAN Kam-lam's amendment
Hon Frankie YICK to move the following amendment: (Translation)

To add ", with a headroom allowing the passage of all marine working vessels," before "as well as"; to delete "construct" before "a berthing area" and substitute with "and study the feasibility of constructing"; to delete ", and increase" before "leisure water sports facilities" and substitute with "and increasing"; and to add "on the condition that the continued provision of enough berthing spaces for various types of marine working vessels will be guaranteed" before ", so as to perfect".

(iii)Hon WU Chi-wai to move the following amendment: (Translation)

To add "the 2013 Policy Address puts forward the plan of Energising Kowloon East, in which the Kai Tak Development Area, Kwun Tong and Kowloon Bay are important development areas, with" after "That"; to delete "is" before "currently the largest" and substitute with "being"; to add ", how to reduce the impact on nearby residence and provide ancillary transport facilities" after "resident population"; to add "; and retain the two government factory buildings in Kowloon Bay for promoting the development of creative industries and meeting the needs of persons in the creative industry;" after "transformation of Kowloon East"; to add ", expeditiously implement the expansion of Our Lady of Maryknoll Hospital," after "hospital in Kai Tak"; to add "(including the various MTR stations such as Ngau Tau Kok MTR station)" after "adjacent areas"; to add "; and include a cycling policy in the scope of the comprehensive public transport policy to encourage cycling as a means of transport" after "cycle track network"; to delete "and" after "Hong Kong movies;"; to add "and expeditiously construct a continuous harbourfront promenade connecting Lei Yue Mun to Sham Shui Po directly," after "(including making good use of the vacant land under the flyovers near the Kwun Tong waterfront),"; and to add "; (14) to expedite the progress of building the Trade and Industry Tower in Kai Tak, and enable government building clusters to move into Kai Tak expeditiously, so as to drive the economic development of the adjacent areas and create employment; (15) to develop waterborne transport, to enable Lei Yue Mun to dovetail with the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal development, and promote the development of local featured tourism projects; (16) to expedite the development of the commercial facilities near the cruise terminal and inside the Kai Tak Development Area, and encourage the development of local creative industries and shopping facilities, so as to support local culture and create employment; and (17) through improving the population planning criteria, to appropriately relax the plot ratios in Kai Tak and increase land supply, so as to construct more subsidized housing" immediately before the full stop.

(iv)Hon Alan LEONG to move the following amendment: (Translation)

To add ", given that" after "That"; to delete "as Kai Tak" after "320 ;"; to add ", it" before "will become"; to add "(4) to request ocean-going vessels to switch to low-sulphur diesel, install on-shore power supply facilities at the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal, and encourage cruise companies to deploy cruises equipped with on-shore power supply systems to Hong Kong, so as to reduce the air pollution in Hong Kong caused by cruises at berth;" after "of the terminal;"; to delete the original "(4)" and substitute with "(5)"; to add "(6) to actively study and respond to community proposals on fine-tuning the layout of the Multi-purpose Sports Complex at Kai Tak, on the premises of not reducing any public space under the original plan and retaining the original facilities of the Multi-purpose Sports Complex at Kai Tak, to build more public housing and Home Ownership Scheme units;" after "facilities in Kowloon;"; to delete the original "(5)" and substitute with "(7)"; to delete the original "(6)" and substitute with "(8)"; to add "or other more efficient green transportation systems" after "monorail system"; to delete the original "(7)" and substitute with "(9)"; to delete the original "(8)" and substitute with "(10)"; to delete the original "(9)" and substitute with "(11)"; to delete the original "(10)" and substitute with "(12)"; to delete the original "(11)" and substitute with "(13)"; to add "; to find ways to prevent large chain enterprises from monopolizing all business spaces and reserve some areas for the development of small and medium enterprises, so as to create a diversified business environment; and at the same time, to conduct public consultation and make reference to foreign experience such as Covent Garden in London for the formulation of rules to enable street arts performers to stage performances freely and orderly, so that all can share the gaiety" after "employment opportunities"; to delete the original "(12)" and substitute with "(14)"; and to delete the original "(13)" and substitute with "(15)".

(v)Dr Hon LEUNG Ka-lau to move the following amendment: (Translation)

To add "and to reserve sites in Kai Tak for planning the construction of private hospitals, Integrated Community Centres for Mental Wellness, elderly health centres, residential care homes for the elderly and residential care homes for persons with disabilities," after "United Christian Hospital,".

Public Officer to attend : Secretary for Development

Clerk to the Legislative Council