UPDATED AGENDA FOR FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING
TO BE HELD ON FRIDAY, 9 NOVEMBER 2012, AT 3:30 P.M.

Pecuniary interest : Please refer to Rules 83A and 84 of the Rules of Procedure of the Legislative Council for rules regarding pecuniary interest to be disclosed and voting in case of direct pecuniary interest.

Item No.Subject
1.FCR(2012-13)54HEAD 170 – SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT
Subhead 000 Operational expenses
Subhead 180 Social security allowance scheme

(This item invites Members to approve –

(a)a total supplementary provision of $2,575.2 million in 2012-13 under Head 170 Social Welfare Department, with $2,567.9 million under Subhead 180 Social security allowance scheme and $7.3 million under Subhead 000 Operational expenses, for introducing the Old Age Living Allowance; and

(b)an increase in the ceiling placed on the total notional annual mid-point salary value of all non-directorate posts in the permanent establishment of Social Welfare Department in 2012-13 from $1,982,675,000 by $23,264,040 to $2,005,939,040 to create 90 non-directorate civil service posts for implementing the Old Age Living Allowance in paragraph (a) above.)

(In attendance : Secretary for Labour and Welfare/Deputy Secretary for Labour and Welfare (Welfare)/Director of Social Welfare/Deputy Director of Social Welfare (Administration)/Assistant Director of Social Welfare (Social Security))

(Discussed by Welfare Services Panel on 22, 25 and 29 October 2012)

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