Bills Committee on Karaoke Establishments Bill

Ninth meeting to be held on Monday, 22 October 2001 at 8:30 am
in Conference Room A of the Legislative Council Building

A G E N D A

I.Confirmation of minutes

LC Paper No. CB(2)75/01-02 -Minutes of meeting on 2 April 2001 issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)76/01-02 on 15 October 2001

II.Meeting with the Administration
(8:30 am - 10:30 pm)

(A)Outstanding issues arising from previous meetings

LC Paper No. CB(2)2382/00-01(01) - Administration's response to issues raised at the meeting on 28 May 2001 (issued)

(From item 3 onwards)

(B)Articles of Professor W K CHOW

(a)LC Paper Nos. CB(2)1387/00-01(04) - (10) -six articles of Professor W K CHOW published by the International Journal on Engineering Performance-Based Fire Codes and the International Journal on Architectural Science respectively (issued)

(b)LC Paper No. CB(2)1547/00-01(01) -Administration's comments on the six articles written by Professor W K CHOW of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (issued)

(c)LC Paper No. CB(2)1624/00-01(01) - a submission dated May 2001 from Professor W K CHOW of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University on the Bill (issued)

(d)LC Paper No. CB(2)1895/00-01(03) - Administration's response to the submission dated May 2001 from Professor W K CHOW of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (issued)

(C)LC Paper No. CB(2)2358/00-01(01) - Letter dated 26 September 2001 from Karaoke Requirements Concern Group (issued)

(D)LC Paper No. CB(2)108/01-02(01)-Letter dated 18 October 2001 from Karaoke Requirements Concern Group (attached)


III.Clause by clause examination of the Bill

(a) the Bill circulated vide LC Paper No.CB(3)334/00-01 dated 19 January 2001 (issued)

(b)LC Paper No. CB(2)966/00-01(02) - marked-up copies of the relevant Ordinances (issued)

(c)LS77/00-01 circulated under LC Paper No. CB(2)1639/00-01

-Administration's response to issues raised by the Legal Service Division (issued)

IV.Date of next meeting

Other papers previously issued
(a)the Legislative Council Brief issued by the Security Bureau on 10 January 2001 (File Ref : SBCR 2/1866/97 Pt. 20);

(b)the Legal Service Division Report on the Bill (LC Paper No. LS47/00-01 circulated vide LC Paper No. CB(2)829/00-01 dated 8 February 2001 for the House Committee meeting on 9 February 2001);

(c)LC Paper No. CB(2)966/00-01(03)-extract of the minutes of the meeting of the Panel on Security on 7 January 1999;

(d) LC Paper No. CB(2)988/00-01(01) - a written submission from The Karaoke Requirements Concern Group on the Bill;

(e) LC Paper No. CB(2)1140/00-01 - written submissions received by the Bills Committee;

(f) LC Paper No. CB(2)1153/00-01(01) -a summary of written submissions prepared by the Secretariat;

(g) LC Paper No. CB(2)1153/00-01(02) - Administration's response to issues raised at the meeting on 1 March 2001;

(h) LC Paper No. CB(2)1165/00-01(01) -a written submission from Hong Kong Federation of Restaurants & Related Trades;

(i) LC Paper No. CB(2)1204/00-01(01) - Executive Summary (bilingual versions) and Final Report on Regulatory Impact Assessment on the Licensing Control of Karaoke Establishments;

(j) LC Paper No. CB(2)1387/00-01(01) -a list of questions raised by Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan;

(k) LC Paper No. CB(2)1387/00-01(02) - a submission dated 10 April 2001 from the Karaoke Requirements Concern Group;

(l) LC Paper No. CB(2)1494/00-01(01) - Administration's response to a list of questions raised by Hon Tommy CHEUNG Yu-yan;

(m) LC Paper No. CB(2)1494/00-01(02) - Administration's response to submission dated 10 April 2001 from the Karaoke Requirements Concern Group;

(n) LC Paper No. CB(2)1408/00-01(02) - Administration's response to issues raised at the meeting on 26 March 2001;

(o) LC Paper No. CB(2)1408/00-01(03) -Administration's response to issues raised at the meeting on 2 April 2001;

(p) LC Paper No. CB(2)1895/00-01(01) - Administration's response to issues raised at the meeting on 3 May 2001;

(q) LC Paper No. CB(2)1895/00-01(02) - Administration's response to issues raised at the meeting on 14 May 2001; and

(r) LC Paper No. CB(2)29/01-02 - Paper on "Proposed Regulation of Dance Parties under the Places of Public Entertainment Ordinance, Cap. 172".

Legislative Council Secretariat
19 October 2001