Issues referred by DRMs to LegCo Committees
from 1 July 1998 to 30 June 2000


Subject Panel/Committee Date of Panel/
Committee Meeting
(1)Request for assistance from the HK Housing Society in addressing prospective owners' financial hardship resulting from tumbling property prices Housing23.7.1998
(2)Request for a 30% reduction of rent for all commercial premises in public housing estates Housing23.7.1998
(3)Construction of a pedestrian subway at the junction of Austin Road and Canton Road, Kowloon proposed by the Administration Public Works Subcommittee of the Finance Committee4.9.1998
(4)Views on the allocation of quotas for the export of textiles to the United States from small and medium garment manufacturers Trade and Industry7.9.1998
(5)Request for assistance in offering second mortgage to owners of a housing development under the Sandwich Class Housing Scheme Housing7.9.1998
(6)Rehousing tenants affected by Tsuen Wan "Seven Streets" redevelopment project & Kennedy Town "Five Streets" redevelopment project Housing/Planning, Lands and Works9.9.1998 (Debate at Council)
(7)Request for enhancement of legislative measures on protection against anti-union discrimination Manpower*16.9.1998
(8)Objection to the construction of a multi-storey car park at Stanley Transport25.9.1998
(9)Views on the Bedspace Apartments Ordinance and housing needs of bedspace lodgers Housing5.10.1998
(10)Views on protection for employees in relation to change of employment terms by employers Manpower*4.11.1998
(11)Proposal for the Administration to formulate policies on unemployment & labour issues Manpower26.11.1998
(12)Project delay or failure of uncompleted residential properties in China Housing/Administration of Justice and Legal Services *26.11.1998
(13)Request to the Administration for permission to carry out outer wall painting using rope slings Subcommittee on Regulations Relating to Occupational Safety and Health8.12.1998
(14)Views on the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme Welfare Services14.12.1998
(15)Request for reduction in rental for public housing units & modification in the standard of allocation Housing*29.12.1998
(16)Request to the Administration to finance medical fees paid by elderly Comprehensive Social Security Assistance recipients to private medical practitioners of Western and Chinese medicine Welfare Services11.1.1999
(17)Views on the review of the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme Welfare Services25.1.1999
(18)Enforcement action against unauthorized installation of air-conditioners in public rental housing units Housing*21.1.1999
(19)Complaint about proposed deletion of certain villagers from the provisional electoral roll Home Affairs8.2.1999
(20)Community centre in Lee On Estate Home Affairs8.2.1999
(21)Request for the addition of adult children of single elderly tenants to public rental housing tenancies Housing/Welfare Services1.3.1999
(22)Complaint about unfair registration requirements for Chinese registered medical practitioners Health Services8.3.1999
(23)Preparation of the Chiropractors (Registration & Disciplinary Procedure) Rules Health Services8.3.1999
(24)Request for rehousing tenants living in temporary housing areas since 23 September 1995 to public housing rental units Housing30.3.1999
(25)Request for allocation of public housing units Housing30.3.1999
(26)Seven year's residence in HK rule for allocation of public housing flats to applicants on the waiting list Housing30.3.1999
(27)Request for the Administration to reduce the rent for the newly built housing estate at Lei Muk Shue Housing*16.4.1999
(28)Proposal for amending the Control of Obscene & Indecent Articles Ordinance (Cap. 390) Home Affairs/Information Technology and Broadcasting10.5.1999 & 14.6.1999
(29)Objection to the employment of Social Welfare Department's contract staff members at 70% of the original salary Finance Committee/Public Service17.5.1999
(30)Appeal to the Government for review of the suspension of driving instructors' licences since 1972 Transport28.5.1999
(31)Dismissal of a group of cabin attendants by a ferry company Manpower*3.6.1999
(32)Old age allowance and date for adjustment of Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Health Services/Welfare Services*9.6.1999
(33)Proposal for amending certain marriage and family laws in HK which affect women Home Affairs/Housing/Welfare Services14.6.1999
(34)Designation of district boundary for electoral purpose Subcommittee on Subsidiary Legislation Relating to District Councils Election *29.6.1999
(35)Request for replacement of water pipes with copper pipes and the repair and maintenance of Wah Ming Estate garden and playground Housing5.7.1999
(36)Request for the HK Housing Society to give priority to sandwich class estate owners concerned to buy back their units and to consult owners prior to determining the prices of the unsold units and proposal to appoint owners as members of the Executive Committee of the HK Housing Society Housing5.7.1999
(37)Issues relating to the fringe benefits of employees in subvented organizations Public Service19.7.1999
(38)Views on public medical services Health Services*14.8.1999
(39)Objection to the conversion of a public rental housing block in Ho Man Tin South Estate (Phase III) to a Home Ownership Scheme block Housing*9.9.1999
(40)New conditions imposed by Commissioner of Police on licences to operate massage establishments Security*13.9.1999
(41)Objection to the levying of land and sea departure tax Financial Affairs/Transport*20.10.1999
(42)Bought Place Scheme for private homes for the elderly Welfare Services*27.10.1999
(43)Views on the implementation of the Building Safety Inspection Scheme Planning, Lands and Works28.10.1999
(44)Request for the demolition of the communal toilet at the waterfront promenade of a private residential property at Tsing Yi Planning, Lands and Works*29.11.1999
(45)Issues related to proposed cancellation of partitioned flats by phase Housing6.12.1999
(46)Proposal to amend Regulation 26(1) of Radiation (Control of Irradiating Apparatus) Regulations Health Services13.12.1999
(47)The effect of the tightening of Comprehensive Social Security Assistance policy on families of new arrivals Welfare Services13.12.1999
(48)Rehousing arrangements for single and two-person elderly households in the Diamond Hill squatter area Housing (Subcommittee on Rehousing Arrangements for Residents Affected by Clearance of Squatter Areas) 15.12.1999
10.1.2000
15.2.2000
(49)Views on Strategic Sewage Disposal Scheme and Environmental Impact of Disneyland Hong Kong Environmental Affairs20.12.1999
(50)Corporatization of Survey and Mapping Office of Lands Department Public Service17.1.2000
(51)The Deep Bay Area as Wetland and its Conservation Area Environmental Affairs10.2.2000
(52)Request to exempt some rehabilitation agencies from the Enhanced Productivity Programme Welfare Services14.2.2000
(53)Issues related to the prevention, compensation and rehabilitation of employees suffering from occupational diseases involving strain injury of the hand Health Services/Manpower6.3.2000*
7.3.2000*
(54)Flooding in Yick Yuen Tsuen (Tuen Mun) alleged to have been caused by the West Rail Project Planning, Lands and Works18.5.2000
(55)Issues related to the splitting of tenancy for San Fat Estate Housing5.6.2000
(56)Views on the effect of the Court of Final Appeal ruling on the right of abode for Mainland children born to HK residents Home Affairs12.6.2000
(57)Request for introduction of legislation to control the delivery of used motor cycles in containers Security15.6.2000
(58)New conditions for massage establishment licences and proposed increase in licence fee Security15.6.2000
(59)Request to convert Model Scale 1 Category B officers into Category A officers Public Service19.6.2000
(60)Request to set up a compensation mechanism for shop operators affected by the drainage project in Nathan Road Planning, Lands and Works
(61)Request for the Labour Department to resume stationing officers in hospitals to offer assistance to employee compensation cases victims Manpower
(62)Request for the Housing Department to follow up promptly various repair and maintenance issues at Yiu On Estate Housing
(63)Maintenance responsibility of owners of Chuk Yuen (North) Estate under the Tenants Purchase Scheme Housing
(64)Request for review of the ex-gratia allowance arising from the clearance of squatter area Housing
(65)Detention of Hong Kong residents in the Mainland Security
(66)Request for assistance concerning rental increase for sawmill tenancies in Tuen Mun Area 40 Planning, Lands and Works
(67)Issues relating to the sale of flats in Phase 3 under the Tenants Purchase Scheme Housing
(68)Request for early allocation of public housing to residents of Tseung Kwan O Temporary Housing AreaHousing

* Paper circulated to members