Bills Committee on
Companies (Amendment) Bill 2003

Fourth Meeting on
Friday, 17 October 2003, at 10:45 am
in Conference Room B of the Legislative Council Building

Agenda

I.	Confirmation of minutes of meeting (10:45 am - 10:50 am)
			LC Paper No.
	Minutes of meeting on 2 October 2003		CB(1)73/03-04 (issued on 15 October 2003)
II.	Meeting with the Administration (10:50 am - 12:40 pm) Correspondence between Assistant Legal Adviser 7 and the Administration on Schedule 1 of the Bill
			LC Paper No.
	Letter dated 10 September 2003 from Assistant Legal Adviser 7 to the Administration on Schedule 1 of the Bill		CB(1)2441/02-03(01) (English and Chinese versions issued on 10 and 18 September 2003 respectively)
	Administration's response dated 26 September 2003		CB(1)74/03-04(01) (English and Chinese versions issued on 15 and 20October 2003 respectively)
	Letter dated 9 October 2003 from Assistant Legal Adviser 7 to the Administration on Schedule 1 of the Bill		CB(1)74/03-04(02) (issued on 15 October 2003)
	Administration's response dated 15 October 2003		CB(1)84/03-04(01) (English and Chinese versions issued on 16 and 20October 2003 respectively)
	Written submissions and Administration's response relating to Schedule 1 of the Bill Organizations/individuals Written submissions Administration's response LC Paper No. LC Paper No. Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong(Submission dated16 September 2003)       CB(1)2504/02-03(05) (issued on 25 September 2003)       CB(1)2521/02-03(05) (English and Chinese versions issued on 30 September and 3 October 2003 respectively) Office of the Privacy Commissioner forPersonal Data, Hong Kong(Submission dated14 October 2003)       CB(1)74/03-04(03) (issued on 15 October 2003)       (to follow) Ms Alice CHAN,Lecturer,Department ofProfessional Legal Education,The University of Hong Kong       CB(1)2504/02-03(07) (English version only)(issued on 25 September 2003)       CB(1)84/03-04(02) (English version issued on 16 October 2003, Chinese version to follow) Linklaters       CB(1)2504/02-03(11) (English and Chinese versions issued on 25 and 30 September 2003 respectively)       CB(1)84/03-04(03) (English version issued on 16 October 2003, Chinese version to follow) The Hong Kong Institute of Company Secretaries       CB(1)2504/02-03(13) (English version only)(issued on 25 September 2003)       CB(1)84/03-04(04) (English version issued on 16 October 2003, Chinese version to follow) The Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association       CB(1)2521/02-03(01) (English version only)(issued on 30 September 2003)       CB(1)84/03-04(05) (English version issued on 16 October 2003, Chinese version to follow)
	Other papers
			LC Paper No.
	"Comparison of the prospectus regulatory regime between Hong Kong and overseas jurisdictions" provided by the Administration		CB(1)84/03-04(06) (to follow)
	Summary of deputations' views prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat (position as at 15 October 2003)		CB(1)74/03-04(04) (issued on 15 October 2003)
	List of issues requiring follow-up actions by the Administration (position as at 15 October 2003)		CB(1)74/03-04(05) (issued on 15 October 2003)
III.	Any other business (12:40 pm - 12:45 pm) (A list of other relevant papers previously issued is in the Appendix)

Council Business Division 1
Legislative Council Secretariat
16 October 2003

Appendix to Agenda

Papers		Paper No./Ref.
LC Paper No. CB(3)733/02-03 (issued on 13 June 2003)	-	Bill gazetted on 13 June 2003
File Ref : L/M to C2/1/57(03) Pt 2 (issued by the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau on 12 June 2003)	-	Legislative Council Brief
LC Paper No. LS134/02-03 (issued vide LC Paper No.CB(2) 2693/02-03 dated 26 June 2003)	-	Legal Service Division Report
LC Paper No. CB(1)2423/02-03 (issued on 9 September 2003)	-	Background Brief prepared by the LegCo Secretariat
LC Paper No. CB(1)2434/02-03(03) (English and Chinese versions issued on 9 and 10 September 2003 respectively)	-	Paper provided by the Administration on "Summary of the Proposals in the Companies (Amendment) Bill 2003"
LC Paper No. CB(1)2228/02-03(03) (issued on 17 July 2003)	-	Marked-up copy of Schedule 1 and related consequential and other amendments in Schedule 5 of the Bill

Council Business Division 1
Legislative Council Secretariat
16 October 2003