Legislative Council Annual Report 2016-2017

Chapter 3 Committees Major work • • The Committee deliberated and approved 35 financial proposals 1 which included 18 public works proposals costing about $55.47 billion in total, 6 establishment proposals and 11 other financial proposals involving a total commitment of $17.65 billion; • • The major financial proposals approved by the Committee included: -- a provision of $3.6 billion for the Education Bureau to implement a package of priority initiatives to support quality education at various levels; -- funding of $4.73 billion for the extension of Tuen Mun Hospital, redevelopment of Prince of Wales Hospital and construction of a new hospital at Kai Tak Development Area; -- a provision of $31.8 billion for the construction of Kai Tak Sports Park; -- an injection of $5.45 billion as equity to the Hongkong International Theme Parks Limited to support the expansion and development plan of the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort; and -- a commitment of $6 billion for Hong Kong's subscription to shares in the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank; • • The Committee held a series of special meetings comprising 21 sessions between 31 March and 7 April 2017 to examine the 2017-2018 Estimates of Expenditure; and • • Prior to the special meetings, members raised a total of 7 008 written questions seeking written replies from the Government on the Estimates of Expenditure. A total of 140 supplementary questions and requests for additional information were referred to theGovernment for reply after the specialmeetings. TheCouncil passed the Appropriation Bill 2017 at the Council meeting of 18 May 2017. [  Report on the examination of the Estimates of Expenditure 2017-2018] 1 These 35 financial proposals were incorporated in 29 Financial Committee papers issued and deliberated. Hon CHAN Kin-por (right) and Hon Michael TIEN Puk-sun (left), Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Finance Committee, speak at the end-of-session press conference. 38 Legislative Council Annual Report 2016-2017