Bills Committee on
Companies (Amendment) Bill 2003

Seventh Meeting on
Thursday, 27 November 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 13 November 2003	CB(1)386/03-04 (issued on 26 November 2003)
II.	Meeting with the Administration (10:50 am - 12:40 pm) Correspondence between Assistant Legal Adviser 7 (ALA7) and the Administration on Schedule 1 of the Bill ALA7's letter Administration'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 versionsissued on 15 and 20 October 2003 respectively) LLetter dated 9 October 2003 from ALA7 to the Administration on Schedule 1 of the Bill CB(1)74/03-04(02) (issued on15 October 2003) CB(1)84/03-04(01) (English and Chinese versionsissued on 16 and 20 October 2003 respectively) Letter dated 25 November 2003 from ALA7 to the Administration on the proposed Committee Stage amendments to Schedule 1 of the Bill CB(1)419/03-04(01) (issued on 26 November 2003) (To follow) 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 on30 September and3 October 2003 respectively) Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong(Submission dated14 October 2003) CB(1)74/03-04(03) (issued on 15 October 2003) CB(1)387/03-04(01) (English and Chinese versions issued on21 and 26 November 2003 respectively) Ms Alice CHAN, Lecturer, Department of Professional Legal Education, The University of Hong Kong(Submission dated18 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 issuedon 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 dated4 November 2003) CB(1)266/03-04(01) (English version only) (issued on 5 November 2003) CB(1)387/03-04(02) (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 issuedon 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 issuedon 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 issuedon 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) (issued on 14 November 2003) Other papers
		LC Paper No.
	Marked-up copy of the proposed Committee Stage amendments	CB(1)419/03-04(02) (issued on 26 November 2003)
	Proposed Committee Stage amendments provided by the Administration on 21 November 2003	CB(1)387/03-04(03) (issued on 21 November 2003)
	Administration's paper on "Registration of Material Contracts"	CB(1)387/03-04(04) (English and Chinese versions issued on 21 and 26 November 2003 respectively)
	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 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(Position as at 26 November 2003)	CB(1)387/03-04(05) (issued on 26 November 2003)
	List of issues requiring follow-up actions by the Administration (Position as at 26 November 2003)	CB(1)387/03-04(06) (issued on 26 November 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
26 November 2003

Appendix to Agenda

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 versionsissued 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
26 November 2003