AGENDA FOR FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING
TO BE HELD ON FRIDAY, 30 APRIL 2010, AT 3:00 P.M.

Declaration of interest :Please refer to Rules 83A and 84 of the Rules of Procedure of the Legislative Council for rules regarding pecuniary interest to be disclosed.

Item No.Subject
1.FCR(2010-11)7RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE PUBLIC WORKS SUBCOMMITTEE MADE ON 14 APRIL 2010

(This item seeks approval of the recommendations of the Public Works Subcommittee made at its meeting held on 14 April 2010.)

(In attendance : The Permanent Secretary for Development (Works)/the Commissioner for Tourism/Deputy Commissioner for Tourism/the Chief Project Manager of Architectural Services Department/the Head of Civil Engineering Office, Civil Engineering and Development Department/the Chief Engineer(Boundary Control Point) of Civil Engineering and Development Department/the District Lands Officer(District Lands Office, North) of Lands Department)

2.FCR(2010-11)8HEAD 26 -CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT
Subhead 700 General non-recurrent
New Item "59th World Statistics Congress"

(This item invites Members to approve the creation of a new commitment of $15.2 million for organising the 59th World Statistics Congress of the International Statistical Institute in 2013.)

(In attendance : The Commissioner for Census and Statistics/the Senior Statistician (Development) of Census and Statistics Department/the Principal Assistant Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury (Financial Services))

(Circulated to Financial Affairs Panel on 22 March 2010)

3.FCR(2010-11)9HEAD 190 - UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMITTEE
Subhead 700 General non-recurrent
New Item "Fifth matching grant scheme for local degree-awarding institutions"

(This item invites Members to approve a new commitment of $1,000 million for awarding grants to University Grants Committee-funded institutions, the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and three self-financing degree-awarding institutions to match the private donations they secure.)

(In attendance : The Under Secretary for Education/the Deputy Secretary for Education)

(Discussed by Education Panel on12 April 2010)

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