AGENDA FOR FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING
TO BE HELD ON FRIDAY, 23 OCTOBER 2015

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Item No.Subject
1.FCR(2014-15)36B#Legend symbol denoting Items carried over from the meeting held on 16 Oct 2015. NEW HEAD "GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT : INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY BUREAU"
Subhead 000 Operational Expenses

(This item invites Members to consider FCR(2014-15)36B and to approve the creation of three non-civil service positions and four permanent civil service posts for the establishment of the Innovation and Technology Bureau with effect from the commencement date of the resolution passed under section 54A of the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance (Cap. 1) for the transfer of statutory functions (the 2015 resolution).)

(In attendance : Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development/ Permanent Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development (Communications and Technology)/Deputy Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development (Communications and Technology)/Commissioner for Innovation and Technology/Deputy Commissioner for Innovation and Technology/Government Chief Information Officer/Deputy Government Chief Information Officer (Consulting and Operations))

2.FCR(2014-15)37B#Legend symbol denoting Items carried over from the meeting held on 16 Oct 2015. NEW HEAD "GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT : INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY BUREAU"

HEAD 47 - GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT : OFFICE OF THE GOVERNMENT CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

HEAD 55 - GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT : COMMERCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BUREAU (COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY BRANCH)

HEAD 155 - GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT : INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY COMMISSION

(This item invites Members to consider FCR(2014-15)37B and to approve the following changes to the 2015-16 Estimates to give effect to the establishment of a new Innovation and Technology Bureau -

(a)creating a new Head of Expenditure entitled "Government Secretariat: Innovation and Technology Bureau" and a Recurrent Subhead under the General Revenue Account to account for the expenditure of Innovation and Technology Bureau, with the Permanent Secretary for Innovation and Technology as the Controlling Officer;

(b)renaming the Head of Expenditure for the Communications and Technology Branch of the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau, and renaming the Controlling Officer;

(c)providing a funding provision of up to $15,194,000 to the new Head of Expenditure, assuming the new Bureau can be established within 2015-16; and

(d)providing an establishment ceiling of $14,145,000 in terms of total notional annual mid-point salary value to the new Head of Expenditure and making consequential changes to the establishment ceilings of -

Head 47 - Government Secretariat : Office of the Government Chief Information Officer;

Head 55 - Government Secretariat : Commerce and Economic Development Bureau (Communications and Technology Branch) (to be renamed Government Secretariat : Commerce and Economic Development Bureau (Communications and Creative Industries Branch); and

Head 155 - Government Secretariat : Innovation and Technology Commission.)

(In attendance : Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development/ Permanent Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development (Communications and Technology)/Deputy Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development (Communications and Technology)/Commissioner for Innovation and Technology/Deputy Commissioner for Innovation and Technology/Government Chief Information Officer/Deputy Government Chief Information Officer (Consulting and Operations))

(Discussed at Information Technology and Broadcasting Panel meeting on 14.4.2014 and 3.5.2014)
(Discussed at Commerce and Industry Panel meeting on 15.4.2014)

LC Paper No. FC9/15-16(01) issued on 22 October 2015

# Items carried over from the meeting held on 16 Oct 2015.

≠ If the House Committee ("HC") needs to resume its meeting at 5:00 pm, the second Finance Committee meeting will start immediately after the HC meeting has finished its business.


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