Panel on Financial Affairs

Meeting on
Monday, 2 December 2013, at 9:00 am
in Conference Room 1 of the Legislative Council Complex

Agenda

I.	Information papers issued since last meeting
	LC Paper No. CB(1)201/13-14(01) (issued on 31 October 2013)	-	2012-2013 Annual Report of the Process Review Panel for the Securities and Futures Commission
	LC Paper No. CB(1)336/13-14(01) (issued on 18 November 2013)	-	Third Quarter Economic Report 2013 and the press release
	LC Paper No. CB(1)356/13-14(01) (issued on 20 November 2013)	-	Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited's paper on extension of trading hours in the securities markets
II.	Date of next meeting and items for discussion (9:00 am – 9:05 am)
	LC Paper No. CB(1)390/13-14(01) (issued on 28 November 2013)	-	List of outstanding items for discussion
	LC Paper No. CB(1)390/13-14(02) (issued on 28 November 2013)	-	List of follow-up actions
*Legend symbol denoting All other Hon Legislative Council Members are invited to join the discussion of Agenda Items III to VI. Item V involves a legislative proposal while Item VI is related to a financial proposal.III.	Briefing by the Financial Secretary on Hong Kong's latest overall economic situation (9:05 am – 10:20 am)
	LC Paper No. CB(1)336/13-14(01) (issued on 18 November 2013)	-	Third Quarter Economic Report 2013 and the press release
	LC Paper No. CB(1)390/13-14(03) (issued on 26 November 2013)	-	Administration's paper on Hong Kong's recent economic situation and near-term outlook
*Legend symbol denoting All other Hon Legislative Council Members are invited to join the discussion of Agenda Items III to VI. Item V involves a legislative proposal while Item VI is related to a financial proposal.IV.	2014-2015 Budget consultation (10:20 am – 11:20 am)
	LC Paper No. CB(1)390/13-14(04) (to be tabled at the meeting)	-	Information pack for the Financial Secretary's consultations on the 2014-2015 Budget
*Legend symbol denoting All other Hon Legislative Council Members are invited to join the discussion of Agenda Items III to VI. Item V involves a legislative proposal while Item VI is related to a financial proposal.V.	Briefing on proposed legislation to enable the issuance of Islamic Bond under the Government Bond Programme (11:20 am – 11:50 am)
	LC Paper No. CB(1)390/13-14(05) (issued on 25 November 2013)	-	Administration's paper on "Implementation of the Government Bond Programme: (a) legislative proposal to enhance the issuance of Islamic bond; and (b) liquidity enhancement measures"
	LC Paper No. CB(1)390/13-14(06) (issued on 28 November 2013)	-	Background brief on implementation of the Government Bond Programme: (a) legislative proposal to enhance the issuance of Islamic bond; and (b) liquidity enhancement measures prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat
	LC Paper No. IN03/13-14 (issued on 28 November 2013)	-	Information note on facilitation measures for the development of Islamic bond market in selected places prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat
*Legend symbol denoting All other Hon Legislative Council Members are invited to join the discussion of Agenda Items III to VI. Item V involves a legislative proposal while Item VI is related to a financial proposal.VI.	Plan for 2016 Population By-census (11:50 am – 12:25 pm)
	LC Paper No. CB(1)390/13-14(07) (issued on 25 November 2013)	-	Administration's paper on "Plan for the 2016 Population By-census"
	LC Paper No. CB(1)390/13-14(08) (issued on 28 November 2013)	-	Background brief on the plan for 2016 Population By-census prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat
VII.	Any other business (12:25 pm – 12:30 pm)

^{* All other Hon Legislative Council Members are invited to join the discussion of Agenda Items III to VI. Item V involves a legislative proposal while Item VI is related to a financial proposal.}

Council Business Division 1
Legislative Council Secretariat
28 November 2013