UPDATED AGENDA FOR FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING
TO BE HELD ON FRIDAY, 12 JULY 2013, AT 3:30 P.M.

Pecuniary 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 and voting in case of direct pecuniary interest.

Item No.Subject
1.FCR(2013-14)31RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE PUBLIC WORKS SUBCOMMITTEE MADE ON 24 JUNE AND 2 JULY 2013

(This item seeks approval of the recommendations of the Public Works Subcommittee made at its meetings held on 24 June and 2 July 2013.)

(In attendance : Deputy Secretary for Education/Principal Assistant Secretary for Education (Further Education)/Chief Technical Adviser (Subvented Projects), Architectural Services Department/Senior Assistant Executive Director (Corporate Governance), Vocational Training Council/Head (Estates, Health and Safety Division), Vocational Training Council/Deputy Commissioner for Tourism/Secretary for the Environment/Deputy Director of Environmental Protection/Assistant Director of Environmental Protection (Environmental Infrastructure)/Principal Environmental Protection Officer (Waste Facilities), Environmental Protection Department)

2.FCR(2013-14)282013-14 CIVIL SERVICE PAY ADJUSTMENT

(This item invites Members to -

(a)approve, with effect from 1 April 2013, an increase in pay -

(i)by 2.55% for civil servants in the directorate and upper salary band; and

(ii)by 3.92% for civil servants in the middle and lower salary bands;

(b)approve the same pay adjustment to Independent Commission Against Corruption staff;

(c)approve the same pay adjustment to teaching and non-teaching staff of aided schools who are remunerated according to the civil service pay scales, and to those subvented sector staff who are remunerated according to the civil service pay scales;

(d)approve corresponding adjustment to the provisions for subvented bodies whose funding is price-adjusted on the basis of formulae including a factor of civil service pay adjustment; and

(e)note the financial implications of about $5,729 million arising from items (a) to (d) above.)

(In attendance : Secretary for the Civil Service/Permanent Secretary for the Civil Service/Deputy Secretary for the Civil Service/Principal Assistant Secretary for the Civil Service (Pay and Leave))

(Discussed by Public Service Panel on 17 June 2013)

3.FCR(2013-14)29HEAD 156 – GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT :
EDUCATION BUREAU
Subhead 700 General non-recurrent
New Item "Injection into the HKSAR Government Scholarship Fund"
New Item "Injection into the Self-financing Post-secondary Education Fund"

(This item invites Members to approve –

(a)a new commitment of $20 million for injection into the HKSAR Government Scholarship Fund; and

(b)a new commitment of $20 million for injection into the Self-financing Post-secondary Education Fund.)

(In attendance : Under Secretary for Education/Principal Assistant Secretary for Education (Further Education))

(Discussed by Education Panel on 10 June 2013)

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