Bills Committee on
Companies (Amendment) Bill 2003

Sixth Meeting on
Thursday, 13 November 2003, 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 30 October 2003

    CB(1)291/03-04
    (issued on 10 November 2003)


  3. Meeting with the Administration

  4. (10:50 am - 12:40 pm)

    Correspondence between Assistant Legal Adviser 7 (ALA7) and the Administration on Schedule 1 of the Bill

    ALA7's letterAdministration's reply

    Letter dated 10 September 2003 from ALA7 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)

    CB(1)74/03-04(01)
    (English and Chinese versions issued on 15 and 20 October 2003 respectively)

    Letter dated 9 October 2003 from ALA7 to the Administration on Schedule 1 of the Bill CB(1)74/03-04(02)
    (issued on 15 October 2003)
    CB(1)84/03-04(01)
    (English and Chinese versions issued on 16 and 20 October 2003 respectively)


    Written submissions and Administration's response relating to Schedule 1 of the Bill

    Organizations/individualsWritten submissionsAdministration's response

    LC Paper No.LC Paper No.

    Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong(Submission dated 16 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 dated 14 October 2003)

    CB(1)74/03-04(03)
    (issued on 15 October 2003)

    (to follow)

    Ms Alice CHAN, Lecturer, Department of Professional Legal Education, The University of Hong Kong(Submission dated 18 September 2003)

    CB(1)2504/02-03(07)
    (English version only)
    (issued on 25 September 2003)

    CB(1)84/03-04(02)
    (English and Chinese versions issued on 16 and 28 October 2003 respectively)

    CB(1)292/03-04(01)
    (issued on 10 November 2003)

    Ms Alice CHAN, Lecturer, Department of Professional Legal Education, The University of Hong Kong(Submission dated 4 November 2003)

    CB(1)266/03-04(01)
    (English version only)
    (issued on 5 November 2003)

    (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 and Chinese versions issued on 16 and 28 October 2003 respectively)

    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 and Chinese versions issued on 16 and 28 October 2003 respectively)

    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 and Chinese versions issued on 16 and 28 October 2003 respectively)

    Hong Kong Small and Medium Enterprises Association

    CB(1)217/03-04(01)
    (Chinese version only)
    (issued on 31 October 2003)

    CB(1)309/03-04(01)
    (to follow)


    Other papers

    LC Paper No.

    Administration's paper on "Resale restrictions on shares/debentures acquired under offers specified in the Seventeenth Schedule"

    CB(1)292/03-04(02)
    (English and Chinese versions issued on 10 and 12 November 2003 respectively)

    Administration's paper on "Inclusion of "dependents" as "qualifying persons" under section 8 of Part 1 of the Seventeenth Schedule"

    CB(1)292/03-04(03)
    (English and Chinese versions issued on 10 and 12 November 2003 respectively)

    Administration's paper on "Exemption powers of the Securities and Futures Commission"

    CB(1)217/03-04(02)
    (English and Chinese versions issued on 31 October and 4 November 2003 respectively)

    Administration's letter dated 24 October 2003 to various organizations on proposed amendments to the Companies Ordinance to facilitate offers of shares and debentures (Sections 38D and 342C)

    CB(1)173/03-04(03)
    (English version only)
    (issued on 28 October 2003)

    Administration's paper on "Comparison of the prospectus regulatory regime between Hong Kong and overseas jurisdictions"

    CB(1)84/03-04(06)
    (English and Chinese versions issued on 23 and 28 October 2003 respectively)

    Summary of deputations' views and the Administration's response on Schedule 1 of the Bill (as at 12 November 2003)

    CB(1)292/03-04(04)
    (issued on 12 November 2003)

    List of issues requiring follow-up actions by the Administration (position as at 12 November 2003)

    CB(1)309/03-04(02)
    (issued on 12 November 2003)

  5. Any other business

  6. (12:40 pm - 12:45 pm)

    (A list of other relevant papers previously issued is in the Appendix.)
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12 November 2003

Appendix to Agenda

List of other relevant papers issued previously



Paper No./Ref.

Papers

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
12 November 2003