UPDATED AGENDA FOR FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING
TO BE HELD ON FRIDAY, 15 NOVEMBER 2013, AT 4:30 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)34*Legend symbol denoting Urgent itemHEAD 184 – TRANSFERS TO FUNDS
Subhead 990 Payment to the Disaster Relief Fund

(This item invites Members to approve supplementary provision of $40 million under Head 184 Transfers to Fund Subhead 990 Payment to the Disaster Relief Fund.)

(In attendance : Director of Administration/Principal Executive Officer (Administration), Administration Wing)

2.FCR(2013-14)32HEAD 44 – ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT
Subhead 700 General non-recurrent New Item "One-off subsidy for retrofitting refuse collection vehicles to meet the new equipment standards"

(This item invites Members to approve the creation of a new commitment of $18.8 million for providing a one-off subsidy to assist private refuse collection vehicle owners to retrofit their vehicles for meeting the new equipment standards.)

(In attendance : Deputy Director of Environmental Protection/Assistant Director of Environmental Protection (Environmental Infrastructure)/Officer-in-Charge (Refuse Transfer Station Development), Environmental Protection Department)

(Discussed by Environmental Affairs Panel on 28 October 2013)

3.FCR(2013-14)33CAPITAL WORKS RESERVE FUND
HEAD 701 – LAND ACQUISITION

(a)Ex-gratia Allowance for Permitted Occupiers of Licensed Domestic Structures and Surveyed Domestic Squatter Structures Affected by Clearance

(b)Domestic Removal Allowance

(c)Ex-gratia Allowance for Shops, Workshops, Godowns, Slipways, Schools, Churches and Ornamental Fish Breeding Undertakings

(d)Ex-gratia Allowance for the Clearance of Graves, Kam Taps and Shrines

(This item invites Members to approve–

(a)enhancements to four existing types of ex-gratia allowances for clearees affected by the Government's development clearance exercises by relaxing the current eligibility criteria and revising the basis of assessment; and

(b)an extension of applicability of the ex-gratia allowance for permitted occupiers of licensed domestic structures and surveyed domestic squatters affected by clearance to eligible clearees who opt for the ex-gratia allowance in lieu of rehousing to public housing units.)

(In attendance : Deputy Secretary for Development (Planning and Lands)/ Principal Assistant Secretary for Development (Planning and Lands)/ Director of Lands/Assistant Director of Lands (Acquisition))

(Discussed by Development Panel on 22 July 2013)

* Urgent item

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