Finance Committee Meeting

held on Friday, 13 April 2012, at 4:00 pm

Record of decisions

ItemPaper No.SubjectDecisions
1.FCR(2012-13)1Recommendations of the Establishment Subcommittee made on 18 January 2012 –

Approved

EC(2011-12)14
  • Proposed creation of one supernumerary post of Chief Town Planner (D1) in the Planning Department with effect from the date of approval to 31 March 2017 to head a new Housing and Office Land Supply Section to implement measures to increase housing and office land resources
Approved

EC(2011-12)15
  • Proposed creation of one supernumerary post of Deputy Principal Government Counsel (DL2) in the Legal Policy Division of the Department of Justice for a period of five years with immediate effect to handle the legal work in respect of constitutional development and electoral affairs
Approved

EC(2011-12)16
  • Proposed retention of one supernumerary post of Administrative Officer Staff Grade B (D3) in the Financial Services Branch of the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau for a period of 24 months from 1 August 2012 to 31 July 2014 to provide high-level policy steer for the exercise to complete the first phase of the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32) Rewrite, modernise Hong Kong’s corporate insolvency law and take forward other major policy initiatives
Approved

EC(2011-12)17
  • Proposed creation of one supernumerary post of Administrative Officer Staff Grade C (D2) in the Mainland Affairs Division of the Financial Services Branch of the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau for a period of two years to co-ordinate the implementation of Central People’s Government’s new measures to support the economic and social development in Hong Kong
Approved

EC(2011-12)18
  • Proposed creation of one permanent post of Chief Chemist (D1) in the Government Laboratory to cope with the increasing complexity of and workload arising from work relating to food safety
Approved

2.FCR(2012-13)2Recommendations of the Public Works Subcommittee made on 9 January and 8 February 2012 –

Approved

PWSC(2011-12)43
  • Hung Shui Kiu development, stage 2-widening of Tin Ha Road and Tan Kwai Tsuen Road
Approved

PWSC(2011-12)44
  • Cycle track between Tsuen Wan and Tuen Mun (detailed design and site investigation (advance and stage 1 works))
Approved

PWSC(2011-12)45
  • West Kowloon Law Courts Building
Approved

PWSC(2011-12)46
  • Open space in Area 117, Tin Shui Wai
Approved

PWSC(2011-12)47
  • Revitalisation Scheme-Revitalisation of the Blue House Cluster into Viva Blue House
Approved

PWSC(2011-12)48
  • Revitalisation Scheme-Revitalisation of Old Tai Po Police Station into a Green Hub
Approved

PWSC(2011-12)49
  • Drainage improvement works in upper Lam Tsuen River, She Shan River, upper Tai Po River, Ping Long and Kwun Hang
Approved

PWSC(2011-12)50
  • Improvement to Pok Oi Interchange
Approved

PWSC(2011-12)51
  • Mainlaying along Fanling Highway and near She Shan Tsuen-stage 2
Approved

3.FCR(2012-13)3HEAD 55 - GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT: COMMERCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BUREAU (COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY BRANCH)
Subhead 700 General non-recurrent
Item 897 Hong Kong Design Centre
New item "Business of Design Week and Hong Kong Design Centre Awards"
New item "Design Incubation Programme"


Approved

4.FCR(2012-13)4CAPITAL WORKS RESERVE FUND
HEAD 710 - COMPUTERISATION
Fire Services Department
New Subhead "Development of Asset Management and Maintenance System"


Approved

5.FCR(2012-13)5CAPITAL WORKS RESERVE FUND
HEAD 708 - CAPITAL SUBVENTIONS AND MAJOR SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT
Transport Department
New Subhead "Expansion of Red Light Camera System, Phase 4"


Approved

6.FCR(2012-13)6HEAD 95 - LEISURE AND CULTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT
Subhead 700 General non-recurrent
New Item "Organising an exhibition on Bruce Lee"


Approved

7.FCR(2012-13)7HEAD 44 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT
Subhead 700 General non-recurrent
New Item "One-off subsidy to assist vehicle owners to replace the catalytic converters and oxygen sensors of their petrol and liquefied petroleum gas taxis and light buses"


Approved