Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region - Finance Committee (Results) 20 March 2015

Finance Committee Meetings

held on Friday, 20 March 2015, at 3:00 pm

Record of decisions

Item	Paper No.	Subject	Decisions
1.	FCR(2014-15)56	RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE ESTABLISHMENT SUBCOMMITTEE MADE ON 10 DECEMBER 2014, 7, 23, 28 JANUARY AND 11 FEBRUARY 2015	Approved
	EC(2014-15)11	Proposed creation of seven permanent judicial posts of three Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of the High Court (JSPS 17), one Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court (JSPS 16), one Judge of the District Court (JSPS 13) and two Magistrate (JSPS 7-10); one non-civil service position of Executive Director; and two permanent civil service posts of one Chief Systems Manager (D1) and one Chief Treasury Accountant (D1) to be offset by the deletion of a Senior Treasury Accountant to strengthen the directorate structure of the Judiciary Administration in the Judiciary with immediate effect	Approved
	EC(2014-15)12 & 12A	Proposed retention of two supernumerary posts of one Administrative Officer Staff Grade B (D3) and one Administrative Officer Staff Grade C (D2) for three years to provide continued directorate support to the Healthcare Planning and Development Office under the Health Branch of the Food and Health Bureau	Approved
	EC(2014-15)13	Proposed retention of two supernumerary posts of one Principal Government Engineer (D3) and one Administrative Officer Staff Grade C (D2) in the Home Affairs Bureau for four years from 1 April 2015 to continue monitoring the implementation of the West Kowloon Cultural District project	Approved
	EC(2014-15)14	Proposed retention of a supernumerary post of Administrative Officer Staff Grade C (D2) in the Narcotics Division of the Security Bureau for three years up to 16 February 2018 to sustain the efforts in combating drug abuse	Approved
	EC(2014-15)15	Proposed retention of two supernumerary posts of one Administrative Officer Staff Grade B (D3) and one Administrative Officer Staff Grade C (D2) in the Health Branch of the Food and Health Bureau for three years from 1 April 2015 or with immediate effect upon approval of Finance Committee, whichever the later, to provide continued steer and leadership to the Electronic Health Record Office in taking forward the Electronic Health Record Programme	Approved
	EC(2014-15)16	Proposed making permanent of one post of Deputy Principal Government Counsel (DL2) in the Civil Division of the Department of Justice with effect from 1 April 2015 or with immediate effect upon approval of Finance Committee to take forward the work required in sustaining the promotion and development of the wider use of mediation as a means of dispute resolution in Hong Kong and to undertake duties relating to mediation and other forms of dispute resolution	Approved
	EC(2014-15)17	Proposed retention of a supernumerary post of Administrative Officer Staff Grade C (D2) for 26 months from 1 November 2015 and a supernumerary post of Assistant Commissioner of Insurance (D2) for 11 months from 1 November 2015; and creation of a supernumerary post of Principal Executive Officer (Dl) for 18 months in 2015-16 in the Financial Services Branch of the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau to undertake the essential tasks related to the establishment of an independent Insurance Authority	Approved
2.	FCR(2014-15)54	2014-15 JUDICIAL SERVICE PAY ADJUSTMENT	Approved
3.	FCR(2014-15)52	LOAN FUND HEAD 252 – LOANS TO SCHOOLS/TEACHERS Subhead 106 Start-up loan for post-secondary education providers	Approved
4.	FCR(2014-15)59	RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE PUBLIC WORKS SUBCOMMITTEE MADE ON 14, 30 JANUARY AND 28 FEBRUARY 2015
	PWSC(2014-15)38	Reprovisioning of Pak Tin Community Hall and special child care centre-cum-early education and training centre in Pak Tin Estate redevelopment site, and construction of footbridge link at Nam Cheong Street, Sham Shui Po	Approved (Division ordered - Yes - 42 No - 1 Abstention - 1)
	PWSC(2014-15)42	Sports centre in Area 24D, Sha Tin	Approved
	PWSC(2014-15)43	Shek Wu Hui sewage treatment works—further expansion phase 1A	Approved
	PWSC(2014-15)51	Retrofitting of noise barriers on Tuen Mun Road (Town Centre section)	Approved
	PWSC(2014-15)49	Tuen Mun sewerage, stage 1 Upgrading of Tuen Mun sewerage, phase 1	Under deliberation