Subcommittee to Study the Subject of Combating Poverty

Meeting on Thursday, 21 July 2005 at 4:30 pm
in Conference Room A of the Legislative Council Building

Revised agenda

I.	Date of next meeting and items for discussion (4:30 pm - 4:35 pm)
II.	Social security system for retirement protection (4:35 pm - 6:25 pm)
	(a)	Research report on social security system for retirement protection in selected places
		LC Paper No. RP09/04-05 (English version issued on 15 July 2005, Chinese version attached)	-	Research report prepared by Research and Library Services Division of the Legislative Council (LegCo)
		Relevant papers
		LC Paper No. CB(2) 1132/04-05(02) (Issued on 21.3.2005) (Chinese version only)	-	Letter dated 18 March 2005 from Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing and Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hung
		LC Paper No. RP06/04-05 (Issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2) 1751/04-05 dated 3 June 2005 for the meeting of the Panel on Welfare Services on 13 June 2005)	-	Research report provided by Research and Library Services Division of LegCo on "Social Security System in Support of the Elderly in Poverty in Selected Places"
		LC Paper No. CB(2) 2203/04-05 (Issued on 6 July 2005)	-	Minutes of meeting of the Panel on Welfare Services on 13 June 2005
	(b)	Meeting with Joint Alliance for Universal Retirement Protection to discuss proposals for retirement protection for Hong Kong
		LC Paper No. CB(2) 2297/04-05(01)	-	Written submission from Joint Alliance for Universal Retirement Protection (Chinese version only)
	(c)	Provision of an old age retirement scheme in Hong Kong
		LC Paper No. FS18/04-05 (attached)	-	Fact sheet prepared by Research and Library Services Division of LegCo on "Historical Development of Retirement Schemes in Hong Kong"
III.	Any other business (6:25 pm - 6:30 pm)

Council Business Division 2
Legislative Council Secretariat
21 July 2005