Bills Committee on
Companies (Amendment) Bill 2003

Nineteenth Meeting on
Thursday, 25 March 2004, at 10:45 am
in Conference Room B of the Legislative Council Building

Agenda

  1. Confirmation of minutes of meeting

    2. (10:45 am - 10:50 am)

    LC Paper No.
    Minutes of meeting on 11 March 2004CB(1)1368/03-04
    (issued on 24 March 2004)

  2. Meeting with the Administration

    3. (10:50 am - 12:40 pm)

    Matters arising from previous meetings

    LC Paper No.

    Administration's paper on follow-up actions arising from the discussion at the meetings on 20 and 28 February 2004 and 11 March 2004

    		CB(1)1369/03-04(01)
    (issued on 24 March 2004)

    Draft Committee Stage amendments on "statutory derivative actions" (sections 168BA to 168BI) provided by the Administration on 24 March 2004

    		CB(1)1369/03-04(02)
    (English version only)
    (issued on 24 March 2004)

    Revised draft Committee Stage amendments on "order for inspection" (sections 152FA to 152FE) and "unfair prejudice remedy" (section 168A) provided by the Administration on 24 March 2004

    		CB(1)1369/03-04(03)
    (English version issued on 24 March 2004, Chinese version to follow)

    List of issues requiring follow-up actions by the Administration on Schedule 4 of the Bill (Position as at 24 March 2004)

    		CB(1)1369/03-04(04)
    (issued on 24 March 2004)

    Written submissions and Administration's response relating to Schedule 4 of the Bill

    Organizations/individualsWritten submissionsAdministration's response

    LC Paper No.LC Paper No.
    Mr Winston POON, SC
    Mr Godfrey LAM, Barrister
    Ms Linda CHAN, Barrister
    (Submission dated 9 March 2004)

    		CB(1)1251/03-04(04)
    (English and Chinese versions issued on 10 and 18 March 2004 respectively)

    		CB(1)1318/03-04(02)
    (issued on 18 March 2004)

    Hong Kong Institute of Directors

    		CB(1)1239/03-04(01)
    (English and Chinese versions issued on 8 and 10 March 2004 respectively)

    		CB(1)1318/03-04(03)
    (issued on 18 March 2004)

    Summary of written submissions and the Administration's response on Schedule 4 of the Bill (Position as at 19 February 2004)

    		CB(1)1041/03-04(04)
    (issued on 19 February 2004)

    Correspondence between Assistant Legal Adviser 7 (ALA7) and the Administration on Schedule 4 of the Bill

    ALA7's letterAdministration's reply

    LC Paper No.LC Paper No.

    Letter dated 29 August 2003 from ALA7 to the Administration on Schedule 4 of the Bill

    		CB(1)2425/02-03(01)
    (issued on 8 September 2003)

    		CB(1)849/03-04(01)
    (English and Chinese versions issued on26 and 28 January 2004 respectively)

    Letter dated 27 February 2004 from ALA7 to the Administration on the draft Committee Stage amendments to proposed sections 152FA to 152FD

    		CB(1)1251/03-04(05)
    (issued on 10 March 2004)     		-

    Letter dated 17 March 2004 from Assistant Legal Adviser 7 to the Administration on the draft Committee Stage amendments to provisions on "Inspection of records" and "Unfair prejudice remedies"

    		CB(1)1339/03-04(01)-

    Other papers

    LC Paper No.

    Bill gazetted on 13 June 2003

    		CB(3)733/02-03
    (issued on 13 June 2003)

    Marked-up copy of Schedule 4

    		CB(1)2228/02-03(06)
    (issued on 17 July 2003)

    Administration's paper on international comparisons of shareholders' remedies

    		CB(1)798/03-04(07)
    (English and Chinese versions issued on 16 and 26 January 2004 respectively)

    Corporate Governance Review by the Standing Committee on Company Law Reform - A Consultation Paper on proposals made in Phase I of the Review (July 2001)

    		CB(1)2282/02-03
    (issued on 25 July 2003)
    Revised draft Committee Stage amendments on"order for inspection" (sections 152FA to 152FE) provided by the Administration on 18 March 2004

    		CB(1)1331/03-04(01)
    (issued on 18 March 2004)

    Draft Committee Stage amendments provided by the Administration on 10 March 2004

    		CB(1)1251/03-04(02)
    (English version only)(issued on 10 March 2004)

    Administration's paper on follow-up actions arising from the discussion at the meetings on 20, 26 and 28 February 2004

    		CB(1)1251/03-04(01)
    (English and Chinese versions issued on 10 and 11 March 2004 respectively)

    Administration's paper on follow-up actions arising from the discussion at the meeting on 12 February 2004 on Schedule 4

    		CB(1)1108/03-04(01)
    (issued on 25 February 2004)

    Administration's paper on follow-up actions arising from the discussion at the meeting on 5 February 2004 on Schedule 4

    		CB(1)1041/03-04(01)
    (issued on 19 February 2004)
    Administration's paper on follow-up actions arising from the discussion at the meeting on 29 January 2004 on Schedule 4

    		CB(1)934/03-04(01)
    (issued on 4 February 2004)
    Administration's paper on follow-up actions arising from the discussion at the meeting on 2 October 2003 on Schedule 4

    		CB(1)798/03-04(06)
    (English and Chinese versions issued on 16 and 26 January 2004 respectively)

  3. Any other business

    4. (12:40 pm - 12:45 pm)
Council Business Division 1
Legislative Council Secretariat
24 March 2004