Bills Committee on
Public Officers Pay Adjustments (2004/2005) Bill

Fifth meeting
on Friday, 7 November 2003, at 8:30 am
in Conference Room A of the Legislative Council Building

AGENDA

I.Confirmation of minutes of meeting
(8:30 am - 8:32 am)

LC Paper No.

Minutes of fourth meeting held on 24 October 2003

CB(1)248/03-04(issued vide LC Paper No. CB(1)260/03-04 on 5 November 2003)

II.Meeting with the Administration
(8:32 am - 10:25 am)

Part A: Matters arising from the fourth meeting on 24 October 2003

LC Paper No.

"Follow-up to the fourth meeting on 24 October 2003" prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat

CB(1)247/03-04(01)(issued on 5 November 2003)

Letter dated 4 November 2003 from the Administration on "Follow-up to the meeting on 24 October 2003" with the following Annexes:

CB(1)247/03-04(02)(issued on 5 November 2003)

- Annex A

(English version issued vide LC Paper No. CB(1)273/03-04 on 6 November 2003)(Chinese version issued vide LC Paper No. CB(1)281/03-04 on 6 November 2003)

- Annex B

(issued on 5 November 2003)

- Annex C

(issued on 6 November 2003)

Submission dated 24 October 2003 from the Hong Kong Bar Association

CB(1)180/03-04(01)(issued on 28 October 2003)

Response of the Administration to the further submission dated 24 October 2003 from the Hong Kong Bar Association

CB(1)247/03-04(03)(issued on 6 November 2003)

Letter dated 4 November 2003 from Hon Margaret NG on Clause 3(1)(b)(i)(A)

CB(1)247/03-04(04)(issued on 5 November 2003)

Response of the Administration to the letter dated 4 November 2003 from Hon Margaret NG on Clause 3(1)(b)(i)(A)

CB(1)247/03-04(07)(issued on 6 November 2003)

Letter dated 5 November 2003 from Hon Michael MAK Kwok-fung on Clause 6

CB(1)247/03-04(08)(Chinese version only)(issued on 6 November 2003)

Part B: Clause-by-clause examination of the Bill

The Bill

CB(3)648/02-03(issued on 16 May 2003)

A comparison table on the provisions of the Bill and the provisions of the Public Officers Pay Adjustment Ordinance (Cap. 574) provided by the Administration

CB(1)2116/02-03(03)(issued on 30 June 2003)

Letter dated 21 October 2003 from the Assistant Legal Adviser to the Administration

CB(1)125/03-04(03)(issued on 22 October 2003)

Reply dated 3 November 2003 from the Administration to the Assistant Legal Adviser

CB(1)247/03-04(05)(issued on 5 November 2003)

Proposed Committee Stage amendments provided by the Administration

CB(1)247/03-04(06)(issued on 6 November 2003)

III.Any other business
(10:25 am - 10:30 am)

Council Business Division 1
Legislative Council Secretariat
6 November 2003