A 14/15-33

Legislative Council

Agenda

Wednesday 24 June 2015 at 11:00 am

I. Tabling of Papers



1.No. 102-Correctional Services Children's Education Trust
Report by the Trustee
for the period from 1st September 2013 to 31st August 2014
(to be presented by Secretary for Security)

2.No. 103-Hong Kong Trade Development Council
Annual Report 2014/15
(to be presented by Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development)

3.No. 104-Sir David Trench Fund for Recreation
Annual Report 2014-2015
(to be presented by Secretary for Home Affairs)

4.No. 105-Independent Commission Against Corruption
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Annual Report 2014
(to be presented by Hon Andrew LEUNG, member of the Advisory Committee on Corruption of the Independent Commission Against Corruption, who will address the Council)

5.No. 106-Independent Commission Against Corruption Complaints Committee
Annual Report 2014
(to be presented by Hon Jeffrey LAM, member of the Committee, who will address the Council)

6.No. 107-The Ombudsman, Hong Kong
Annual Report 2015
(to be presented by the Chief Secretary for Administration)

7.No. 108-Airport Authority Hong Kong
Annual Report 2014/15
(to be presented by the Financial Secretary)

8.Report No. 24/14-15 of the House Committee on Consideration of Subsidiary Legislation and Other Instruments
(to be presented by Hon Andrew LEUNG, Chairman of the House Committee)

9.Report of the Panel on Information Technology and Broadcasting 2014-2015
(to be presented by Dr Hon Elizabeth QUAT, Chairman of the Panel, who will address the Council)

10.Report of the Panel on Environmental Affairs 2014-2015
(to be presented by Hon CHAN Hak-kan, Chairman of the Panel, who will address the Council)

11.Report of the Panel on Security 2014-2015
(to be presented by Hon IP Kwok-him, Chairman of the Panel, who will address the Council)

12.Report of the Panel on Public Service 2014-2015
(to be presented by Hon POON Siu-ping, Chairman of the Panel, who will address the Council)

13.Report of the Panel on Administration of Justice and Legal Services 2014-2015
(to be presented by Dr Hon Priscilla LEUNG, Chairman of the Panel, who will address the Council)

14.Report of the Panel on Commerce and Industry 2014-2015
(to be presented by Hon WONG Ting-kwong, Chairman of the Panel, who will address the Council)

15.Report of the Panel on Home Affairs 2014-2015
(to be presented by Hon Starry LEE, Chairman of the Panel, who will address the Council)

16.Report of the Panel on Welfare Services 2014-2015
(to be presented by Hon CHEUNG Kwok-che, Chairman of the Panel, who will address the Council)

17.Report of the Panel on Financial Affairs 2014-2015
(to be presented by Hon CHAN Kin-por, Chairman of the Panel, who will address the Council)

II. Questions



1. Hon WONG Kwok-kin to ask: (Translation)


Under the Employment Ordinance ("EO"), the amount of severance payment ("SP") and long service payment ("LSP") of a monthly rated employee is calculated by multiplying his last month's wages or the average monthly wages in the last 12 months (which is capped at $22,500, "monthly wage cap") by reckonable years of service and then by two-thirds. The maximum amount of SP or LSP payable to an employee is $390,000 ("the maximum amount"). In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
  • (1)among the employees in Hong Kong, of the respective numbers and percentages of those whose monthly employment earnings were equivalent to the monthly wage cap and above such amount, and the percentile of such amount in the monthly wages of Hong Kong employees, in the past five years, together with a breakdown by year;

    (2)of the respective numbers of employees who were paid SPs and LSPs in the past five years; among these employees, the respective numbers and percentages of those whose last month's wages or average monthly wages in the last 12 months were equivalent to or above the monthly wage cap and of those who were paid the maximum amount, together with a breakdown by year; and

    (3)of the respective numbers of adjustments made to the monthly wage cap and the maximum amount since the inclusion of the provisions related to SP and LSP in EO, the years in which such adjustments were made and the rates of such adjustments, as well as the criteria based on which the authorities determined the new levels of such amounts and decided whether a review was necessary; the reasons for the authorities not making any adjustment to such amounts since the last adjustment and whether they have any plan to make adjustments expeditiously to tie in with the current wage level of employees; if they do, of the details; if not, the reasons for that?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Labour and Welfare

2. Hon Vincent FANG to ask: (Translation)


After samples of live chickens imported from the Mainland had been tested positive for avian influenza H7 virus, the authorities suspended at the end of last year the supply of live chickens from the Mainland, which was resumed in February this year. Some members of the trade have relayed to me that although no avian influenza virus has been discovered again at the mainland farms supplying poultry to Hong Kong, the daily number of live chickens imported from the Mainland has increased from about 1 000 in February this year only to about 4 000 at present, which is far less than the previous normal level of about 7 000 chickens each day. Furthermore, the supply of mature chickens to Hong Kong from the Guangdong Province, which was previously a major supplier of live chickens to Hong Kong, has not resumed, while the quantity of day-old chickens imported from the Mainland has restored to the previous level. This reflects that there is a communication problem between the Hong Kong authorities and the Guangdong authorities in this regard. As a result, live poultry importers, wholesalers and transporters have been "on saline drip", with their livelihood affected. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
  • (1)of the respective average daily quantities of live chickens and day-old chickens imported from the Mainland since February this year, as well as the respective places of origin and market shares for such live chickens and day-old chickens; whether the Hong Kong authorities have approached the Guangdong authorities to gain an understanding of the reasons why the current quantity of imported live chickens still has not restored to the previous level and the expected time for the restoration;

    (2)as the authorities have indicated that they will study the future of the live poultry trade and whether the sale of live poultry should continue, of the progress of the study; whether they have examined ways for relieving the business difficulties faced by live poultry wholesalers and retailers; given that the authorities are progressively phasing out pre-Euro IV diesel commercial vehicles, whether the authorities will consider giving live poultry transporters a longer grace period so as to alleviate their plight; and

    (3)whether the authorities have assessed the prospect for restoring the quantity of live chickens imported from the Mainland to the previous normal level; if the prospect is dim, whether they will consider re-launching the scheme for surrender of business licences for live poultry trade; if they will, of the details; if not, the reasons for that?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Food and Health

3. Hon Steven HO to ask: (Translation)


It has been reported that a number of fires occurred at the typhoon shelters of Hong Kong in recent years, resulting in the burning down of a number of fishing vessels, including a hang trawler which was ravaged by fire near Castle Peak Bay on the 21st of last month. Quite a number of fishermen have expressed concern about marine fire safety, particularly a surge in fire hazards during the fishing moratorium and certain festivals (e.g. the Lunar New Year, Tin Hau Festival as well as Spring and Autumn Ancestral Offerings Ceremonies) when a large number of fishing vessels are berthed close to each other at the typhoon shelters. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
  • (1)of the respective average response times for fireboats to arrive at various typhoon shelters to fight fire in the past three years, with a breakdown by typhoon shelter;

    (2)as some fishermen have repeatedly relayed to me that their lives and properties lack protection due to insufficient fire-fighting equipment in typhoon shelters, whether the Fire Services Department ("FSD") will, before the next peak season of fishing vessels berthing at typhoon shelters, expeditiously put in place more effective fire-fighting measures (e.g. deploying fireboats to station round the clock at typhoon shelters, ports and bays where fire hazards are high and inspecting whether the existing marine fire-fighting equipment is in good functionality); if FSD will, of the details; if not, the reasons for that; and

    (3)as the implementation of a number of major infrastructure projects (e.g. the construction of an artificial island for the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge and the expansion of the airport into a three-runway system) and the designation of a new marine park in the waters of the New Territory West ("NTW") will create constraints to the accessibility of the waters, whether FSD has assessed if fireboats can promptly arrive in the NTW waters where a fire has broken out to fight fire, particularly in the vicinity of the Castle Peak Bay Typhoon Shelter; whether FSD will enhance the marine fire-fighting equipment in the NTW waters or make appropriate deployment to address the fire hazards that may arise in the next peak season of fishing vessels berthing at typhoon shelters; if FSD will, of the details; if not, the reasons for that?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Security

4. Hon James TO to ask: (Translation)


The Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs said early this month in a media interview that he was worried about the intensifying social conflicts over the constitutional reform issues. Following the voting on the constitutional reform proposals by this Council, Hong Kong would move on to the "post-constitutional reform" era, in which the Government would focus on rebuilding the relationship between the Central Authorities and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, in particular that between Beijing and members from the pan-democratic camp. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
  • (1)whether the Government has, after the discussions on the constitutional reform issues by various sectors of the community in the last two years, reassessed Hong Kong people's aspirations for the selection of the Chief Executive by means of genuine universal suffrage without screening;

    (2)of the work plan and timetable set by the Government for implementing the provisions in the Basic Law on the selection of the Chief Executive and the formation of the Legislative Council ultimately by universal suffrage after the voting on the constitutional reform proposals by this Council; and

    (3)whether it has assessed how the relationship between the Central Authorities and members from the pan-democratic camp may be improved and mutual trust may be built, so that the governance by the Government will better meet the overall interests of Hong Kong and uphold the core values of Hong Kong?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs

5. Hon WU Chi-wai to ask: (Translation)


It has been reported that the Head of the Central Policy Unit had earlier pointed out that if the selection of the Chief Executive by universal suffrage was implemented in 2017, dissension within society might be intensified, while the Chief Secretary for Administration commented that if the constitutional reform proposals were negatived by this Council, dissension within society would continue. According to what they said, dissension within Hong Kong society is inevitable after the voting on the constitutional reform proposals by this Council. Moreover, when exchanging views on constitutional reform with Members of this Council in Shenzhen on the 31st of last month, the Director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council said that members from the pan-democratic camp could be grouped into two categories, one of which being not only "the opposition", but also "the uncompromising faction" or "the obstinate faction". The stance of the Central Authorities was to resolutely fight against this category of people. When asked by the media if the Government would also fight against "the uncompromising faction", the Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs ("the Secretary") said that "[I] do not quite grasp the subtlety of it". The Secretary also does not support the establishment of a new platform to serve as a normal communication channel with the pan-democratic camp for resolving the constitutional reform issues. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
  • (1)whether measures are in place to resolve dissension within society; if so, of the details; if not, the reasons for that;

    (2)whether it has assessed if the remarks on fighting given by the aforesaid official of the Central Authorities will intensify dissension within Hong Kong society; if the assessment outcome is in the affirmative, whether the Secretary, who has not quite grasped the subtlety of the matter, will carry out the instructions on fighting given by the officials of the Central Authorities; if he will, of the details; if not, the reasons for that; and

    (3)of the reasons for the Government not supporting the establishment of the aforesaid platform; whether it has assessed if the establishment of such a platform can help resolve the constitutional reform issues and the problem of dissension within society; if the assessment outcome is in the affirmative, of the details; if the assessment outcome is in the negative, the reasons for that?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs

6. Hon Frankie YICK to ask: (Translation)


In its Report on Study of Road Traffic Congestion in Hong Kong published in December last year, the Transport Advisory Committee ("TAC") put forward a number of recommendations, which included reviewing parking policy, disseminating real-time information on vacant parking spaces, and examining how to solicit the cooperation of operators of commercial off-street car parks to make available information on vacant parking spaces, so that motorists would not need to circulate and wait on roads looking for available parking spaces, which might cause congestion. The authorities announced last month that the various recommendations in the Report will be taken forward in phases. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
  • (1)as I have learnt that The Hong Kong Polytechnic University has developed an Advanced Automobile Parking Navigation Platform, an award-winning system in an international exhibition of inventions, which enables motorists to know the number of remaining parking spaces in nearby car parks through mobile phone applications, but at present only a few private car parks support the system, whether the Government will consider installing facilities which support the system in government car parks and encouraging more private car parks to follow suit; if it will, of the details; if not, the reasons for that;

    (2)whether the authorities had, before closing the Middle Road Multi-storey Car Park on 1 July last year, conducted a study on the demand and supply situation of the parking spaces in the Tsimshatsui district; if they had, of the details, including the shortage of parking spaces in the district and the authorities' mitigation measures in place; if they had not conducted such a study, the reasons for that; and

    (3)whether it will consider reviewing the standards and guidelines on the provision of parking facilities in the Hong Kong Planning Standards and Guidelines and launching again a study on the demand for parking spaces, in order to plan for the number of parking spaces in response to the changes in the number of vehicles; if it will, of the details; if not, the reasons for that?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Transport and Housing

*7. Hon Ronny TONG to ask: (Translation)


There are comments that as the Government has been actively implementing development plans and launching infrastructure projects in recent years, it has deliberately appointed a number of persons with property development backgrounds as members of related advisory and statutory bodies (including the (i) Town Planning Board, (ii) Advisory Council on the Environment, (iii) Country and Marine Parks Board, (iv) Energy Advisory Committee and (v) Lantau Development Advisory Committee), in order to reduce the resistance the authorities may encounter when implementing development plans. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
  • (1)among the unofficial members on the aforesaid five boards/councils/ committees in the past five years, of the respective numbers of those who had the following backgrounds or expertise: environmental conservation, land planning and property development (set out the information in the table below); the considerations and criteria based on which the authorities determined the numbers and ratios of persons with these three types of backgrounds among the members of these boards/councils/ committees; and

    Background/ expertise Number of unofficial members
    (i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(v)
    Environmental conservation          
    Land planning          
    Property development          

    (2)given that a number of major infrastructure projects will be carried out in the western waters (including the construction of the third runway of the airport and related infrastructural facilities, extension of Tung Chung New Town and reclamation works at Lung Kwu Tan, Siu Ho Wan and Sunny Bay), and that concurrent implementation of these major projects may affect the marine ecosystem and marine life such as Chinese white dolphins in the western waters, whether the authorities will consider appointing more people with expertise in environmental conservation (such as ecological experts and marine specialists) to the aforesaid five boards/councils/committees; if they will not, of the reasons for that?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for the Environment

*8. Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung to ask: (Translation)


Quite a number of members of the public have complained to me that in recent years, organizers of concerts held in Hong Kong Coliseum, Kowloonbay International Trade and Exhibition Centre, Queen Elizabeth Stadium and AsiaWorld-Expo allocated large quantities of admission tickets of the concerts for sponsors' consignment or for priority booking by holders of specified credit cards, with the result that only small quantities of admission tickets were available for sale to the public through Urban Ticketing System ("URBTIX") or Hong Kong Ticketing. These members of the public have also complained that quite a number of lawbreakers openly sold admission tickets for profit at prices two to three times higher than the original prices on the Internet or outside the aforesaid venues, and some even sold fake admission tickets. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
  • (1)given that as indicated in a paper submitted by the authorities to the Central and Western District Council in August 2012, the terms and conditions of hire for Hong Kong Coliseum and Queen Elizabeth Stadium provided that for all programmes held in these venues (including concerts), the total number of consignment tickets in each event corresponding to any ticket prices set out in the approved ticket price list must not exceed 80% of the total numbers of seats specified for such ticket prices on the approved seating plan of the event, whether the authorities have revised this percentage; if they have, of the latest percentage;

    (2)among the admission tickets sold for the concerts given by local artistes or groups in Hong Kong Coliseum in the past five years, of the numbers and percentages of the tickets sold through URBTIX, and set out the relevant information by name of concert in the table below;

    Date Name of concert Tickets sold through URBTIX
    Quantity Percentage
        
        
        
        
    　 　 　 　
    (3)whether it will immediately incorporate provisions into the terms and conditions for hiring Hong Kong Coliseum and Queen Elizabeth Stadium to require that all admission tickets of the concerts held by hirers in these two venues must be sold through URBTIX rather than being allocated for sponsors' consignment or for priority booking by holders of specified credit cards, so as to avoid causing unfairness to those members of the public who are not holders of the relevant credit cards; if it will, when it will do so; if not, the reasons for that;

    (4)whether the authorities deployed any personnel in the past five years to investigate if there were lawbreakers engaged in the scalping of concert admission tickets through various auction web sites or mobile phone software platforms and outside Hong Kong Coliseum; if they did, of the findings; if not, whether the authorities will immediately deploy personnel to conduct such an investigation; and

    (5)of the respective numbers of persons arrested and prosecuted by the authorities in the past five years for engaging in the following activities: (i) scalping of concert admission tickets through auction web sites and mobile phone software platforms, (ii) scalping of concert admission tickets outside Hong Kong Coliseum, (iii) selling of fake concert admission tickets through auction web sites and mobile phone software platform, and (iv) selling of fake concert admission tickets outside Hong Kong Coliseum?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Home Affairs

*9. Hon James TIEN to ask: (Translation)


The Environment Bureau is conducting public consultation on the future development of the electricity market. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
  • (1)as an independent energy consultant has suggested that consideration be given to lowering the permitted rate of return of the two power companies from the current 9.99% to 6%-8%, but some experts have pointed out that the Government has failed to clearly explain how the magnitude of the suggested rates of return were computed and this approach lacks transparency, whether the authorities will make public the relevant information on the computation methods (including the relevant contents of the consultancy report); if they will not, of the reasons for that;

    (2)as there are views that Hong Kong is now in a period when the interest rate is close to zero, a permitted rate of return at 6%-8% is already a very high level of investment return, whether the authorities have studied the possibility of further lowering the rate of permitted return, or negotiating with the two power companies the addition of provisions during the future interim review to stipulate that the authorities may further revise the rate of permitted return, in the light of the then prevailing business conditions and tariff levels of the two power companies;

    (3)as there are views that since the Mainland has been vigorously developing nuclear power generation in recent years, even if Hong Kong increases its import of nuclear power from the Mainland, the impact on the Mainland’s total nuclear power capacity will be minimal and therefore nuclear safety risks will not increase significantly, and given that the prices of nuclear power are relatively cheap and stable, whether the authorities have studied if it is feasible to increase the share of nuclear power in the fuel mix for electricity generation, so as to reduce the financial burden on members of the public; if they have, of the details; if not, the reasons for that;

    (4)as the Government introduced a "stranded costs" provision to the Scheme of Control Agreements ("SCAs") in 2008, enabling the two power companies to receive compensation for the impacts they sustain as a result of the Government's opening up of the electricity market, whether the authorities will consider discussing with the two power companies the removal of the provision from the new SCAs to be signed in 2018, so as to safeguard public interest; if they will not, of the reasons for that;

    (5)whether the authorities will, when they discuss with the two power companies on the new SCAs in 2018, explore the possibility of controlling tariff increases and introducing competition, including requiring the two power companies to implement power interconnection as well as introduce the technologies and hardware of third-party competitors when the authorities vet and approve the new electricity generation networks and power generation units of the two power companies in future;

    (6)whether the authorities will consider phased implementation of the voluntary emission reduction targets of the two power companies to avoid any drastic increases in tariff levels within a short period, with a view to balancing the considerations of environmental protection and the tariff affordability of members of the public as well as small and medium enterprises; and

    (7)as the Government has indicated that the introduction of competition to the electricity market will continue to be its objective, whether the authorities have formulated detailed and concrete work indicators and timetable; if they have, of the details; if not, the reasons for that?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for the Environment

*10. Hon Tony TSE to ask: (Translation)


The Government announced in January 2011 that the Neighbourhood Support Child Care Project ("NSCCP") would be regularized and extended to the 18 districts in Hong Kong. Some home-based child carers under NSCCP have relayed to me that since the launch of NSCCP in 2008, their incentive payments have all along remained at hourly rates between $18 and $22, which are even lower than the Statutory Minimum Wage rate. In addition, some organizations operating NSCCP ("NSCCP operators") have pointed out to me that since the incentive payment rates for home-based child carers have been on the low side, it is difficult for them to recruit carers, resulting in a short supply of home-based child care service. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
  • (1)whether it has reviewed the situation of the rates of the incentive payments received by home-based child carers being on the low side; if it has, why it has all along not raised such payment rates; whether it will consider raising the incentive payment rates to attract more people to work as home-based child carers, with a view to increasing and stabilizing the manpower provision of such carers;

    (2)whether the authorities will consider providing suitable training for home-based child carers for the purpose of enhancing and standardizing the quality of home-based child care service;

    (3)of the number of home-based child carers in the territory at present; whether it has assessed the number of families in need of child care services; if it has not, of the reasons for that;

    (4)whether, in the past two years, it examined and compiled statistics on the recruitment situation of home-based child carers by various NSCCP operators and the monthly average person-times using such service; if it did, of the details; if not, the reasons for that; and

    (5)other than NSCCP, of the respective numbers of creches and child care centres currently providing occasional child care services for children aged two or below, as well as their respective service quotas; whether it knows the monthly average numbers of (i) enquiries on occasional child care services received by and (ii) service applications on the waiting lists of various NSCCP operators in the past two years, as well as (iii) for how long the applicants have to wait, in general, before they are provided with the services?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Labour and Welfare

*11. Hon WONG Kwok-hing to ask: (Translation)


It has been reported that in recent years, quite a number of franchised bus passengers have found that they were not given bus-bus interchange fare concessions when they interchanged for franchised buses of other routes using Octopus cards, resulting in their being overcharged. They have to lodge complaints with the franchised bus companies ("bus companies") on their own initiative and go through complicated procedures before they can recover the overcharged fares. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
  • (1)in each of the past five years, of (i) the total number of complaints received by the authorities and bus companies about overcharging of fares by bus companies (with a breakdown by bus company concerned and cause for overcharging), (ii) the respective total amounts of fares claimed by the complainants and refunded to them, and (iii) the longest and the shortest time taken by the bus companies concerned from commencement of an investigation into a complaint to a refund of the fares overcharged;

    (2)whether, in the past five years, the authorities issued any warning to and imposed any fine on bus companies under the Public Bus Services Ordinance (Cap. 230) for overcharging of fares; if they did, of the number of warnings issued and the total amount of fines imposed each year, broken down by bus company;

    (3)whether it knows if the bus companies currently have required their bus drivers to take the initiative to report incidents of overcharging of fares; if they have, of the number of reports received by the bus companies in the past five years; whether the bus companies are required under the existing legislation to take the initiative to contact the affected passengers and refund them the overcharged fares; if not, by what means such passengers are required to prove that they have been overcharged in order to get refunded the overcharged fares; and

    (4)as I have learned that bus drivers currently need to set up bus-bus interchange fare concessions by manually adjusting the Octopus processors during the journey, which may result in overcharging of fares due to human errors, and that the procedures for passengers to recover the overcharged fares are too complicated (e.g. passengers have to get the relevant transaction records as proof from the Octopus Company Limited ("OCL") for a fee), whether the authorities will demand the bus companies to review their refund procedures and ask OCL to waive the aforesaid fees; whether the authorities will demand the bus companies to improve the existing ways for setting up bus-bus interchange fare concessions so as to avoid overcharging of fares due to human errors?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Transport and Housing

*12. Hon IP Kin-yuen to ask: (Translation)


Some members of the education sector have pointed out that at present, the pay levels for principals and graduate teachers in government and aided primary schools are lower than those for their counterparts in government and aided secondary schools. For instance, while a primary school principal's pay points are Points 35 to 41 on the Master Pay Scale (the same applies below), those for a secondary school principal are Points 40 to 49; the starting pay points for a Headmaster/Headmistress I and a Headmaster/Headmistress II of primary schools (Points 38 and 35 respectively) are at roughly the same level as the starting pay point (Point 34) for a Senior Graduate Master/Mistress of secondary schools. Furthermore, the maximum pay point for an Assistant Primary School Master/Mistress ("APSM") is Point 29, but that for a Graduate Master/Mistress of secondary schools is Point 33. On the other hand, the requirements for promotion of a primary school teacher to a principal are stricter than those for promotion of a secondary school teacher to a principal. For instance, a primary school teacher is required to have one year's acting appointment before being substantively promoted to a primary school principal. However, there is no such a requirement for secondary schools. These members of the education sector consider that the authorities should raise the pay levels for principals and APSMs in primary schools, and review the requirements for promotion of primary school teachers to principals. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
  • (1)of the reasons why graduate teachers in government and aided primary schools are paid less than their counterparts in secondary schools; whether the authorities conducted any review last year to examine if such differences had constituted an unfair situation; if they did, of the details; if not, the reasons for that;

    (2)whether the authorities will review the pay levels for primary school principals and APSMs in the coming year; if they will, of the details, work schedule and estimated additional expenditure to be incurred; if not, the reasons for that;

    (3)of the differences and similarities between the current requirements for promotion of primary school teachers to principals and those for their counterparts in secondary schools, as well as the reasons for such differences; whether the authorities conducted any review last year to examine if such differences had constituted an unfair situation; if they did, of the details; if not, the reasons for that; and

    (4)whether the authorities will review the requirements for promotion of primary school teachers to principals in the coming year; if they will, of the details and work schedule; if not, the reasons for that?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Education

*13. Hon KWOK Wai-keung to ask: (Translation)


With regard to the development of vocational education in Hong Kong, will the Government inform this Council:
  • (1)how the total public expenditure on the area of vocational education and its percentage in the total expenditure on the area of education in each of the past five years compare with the relevant figures for the area of formal education;

    (2)of the amount of each expenditure item under the area of vocational education and its percentage in the total expenditure on this area, in each of the past five years; and

    (3)whether it has any plan to comprehensively review the existing policy on and implementation of vocational education (including whether it is necessary to increase the allocation of funding and other resources, so as to perfect and promote various related programmes); if it does, of the details; if not, the reasons for that?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Education

*14. Hon Emily LAU to ask: (Translation)


On the 29th of last month, when a Member of this Council arrived at Kuala Lumpur of Malaysia intending to attend a seminar on the 4 June Incident and the Umbrella Movement, he was refused entry. In response to media enquiries, the Secretary for Security said that the Hong Kong Government respected and would not intervene with the immigration decisions on foreigners made by other countries and regions according to their laws. In this connection, will the Executive Authorities inform this Council:
  • (1)whether they have enquired with the Malaysian authorities about the reasons and legal basis for refusing entry of the aforesaid Member; if they have, of the details, if not, the reasons for that; and

    (2)whether they will refuse entry of Malaysian officials to Hong Kong for conducting exchanges or attending seminars to show discontent over the Malaysian Government refusing entry of a Member of this Council?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Security

*15. Dr Hon Kenneth CHAN to ask: (Translation)


In June this year, the Education Bureau submitted a paper to the Panel on Education of this Council reporting on the measures to provide enhanced support for non-Chinese speaking ("NCS") students in learning the Chinese language. Regarding the issues relating to the learning of the Chinese language by NCS people and recognition of the relevant educational qualifications, will the Government inform this Council:
  • (1)whether it will consider providing additional funding for kindergartens admitting NCS students to support the NCS students of such kindergartens in learning the Chinese language; if it will, of the details; if not, the reasons for that;

    (2)given that the authorities have provided an additional funding ranging from $0.8 million to $1.5 million per annum to schools admitting 10 or more NCS students, while schools admitting a smaller number of NCS students (i.e. one to nine) may apply to the authorities for funding on a need basis, of the number of schools admitting NCS students in the 2014-2015 school year and the respective average funding received by them, and set out the relevant figures in the table below; whether the authorities will regularly review the funding policies concerned; if they will, of the details; if not, the reasons for that;

    Number of NCS students Number of schools Average funding received
    1-3   
    4-6   
    7-9   
    10-12   
    ...   
    91 or more   

    (3)given that the authorities introduced the Chinese Language Curriculum Second Language Learning Framework ("Learning Framework") in the 2014-2015 school year to help NCS students overcome the difficulties of learning Chinese as a second language, whether the authorities will review the actual operation of the Learning Framework and consider, in the light of the review outcomes, if there is a need to implement a separate curriculum for the Chinese language as a second language; if they will conduct such a review, of the specific work plan and timetable; if not, the reasons for that;

    (4)whether it knows which programmes of the University Grants Committee-funded institutions and other tertiary institutions currently accept "Attained" in the Applied Learning Chinese (for NCS students) ("ApL(C)") as an alternative Chinese language qualification for NCS students in meeting the basic admission requirements for the programmes concerned, with a breakdown by name of institution;

    (5)given that the Standing Committee on Language Education and Research has commissioned local tertiary institutions to design and operate vocational Chinese language courses to provide training for NCS school leavers, and on successful completion of the courses, such NCS people will obtain qualifications recognized as the Qualifications Framework Level 1/Level 2, which will enhance their employability, of the details of the plan, including the contents of the courses, how well such qualifications are recognized by employers and the employment situation of such NCS people; and

    (6)of the civil service grades currently accepting "Attained" and "Attained with Distinction" in ApL(C) as meeting the Chinese language proficiency requirements for the grades concerned?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Education

*16. Hon Paul TSE to ask: (Translation)


It has been reported that when the Chief Secretary for Administration met with several Members of this Council on the fourth of this month, she attempted to persuade them to support the passage of the constitutional reform proposals and undertook that if the constitutional reform proposals were passed by this Council, a study on how to handle the issue of the functional constituency ("FC") seats in the Legislative Council ("LegCo") might be conducted in the next step. Besides, at an earlier meeting of the Bills Committee on Electoral Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2015, several Members of this Council requested the Government to adjust and optimize the composition and electorate of FCs, so as to enhance their representativeness and recognition. A Member even accused the Government of procrastinating all along, and refusing to optimize the electoral system for FC seats in the LegCo, thus rendering FC elections being unable to remedy the inadequacy of a Legislative Council returned solely by geographical constituencies through direct elections and in turn impeding the political development of Hong Kong. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
  • (1)of its plans to handle the issue of FC seats in the LegCo;

    (2)apart from making the aforesaid undertaking to the aforesaid Members, whether the Government will make the same undertaking to other Members and set out the scope, direction and timetable of the study concerned; if it will, of the details; if not, the reasons for that;

    (3)whether it has studied if an announcement, before the voting on the constitutional reform proposals by this Council, by the authorities that a study would be conducted on the handling of the FC seats in the LegCo would be conducive to the passage of the proposals by this Council; and

    (4)whether the Government will continue, under the circumstances of the constitutional reform proposals being negatived by this Council, to actively study how to handle the issue of the FC seats in the LegCo within the current term of the Government?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs

*17. Hon Kenneth LEUNG to ask: (Translation)


At its hearing held in November 2008, the United Nations Committee Against Torture ("the Committee") expressed concern about the arrangements and approaches adopted by the law enforcement agencies of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ("SAR") for conducting body searches on detainees. The Committee put forward improvement proposals and urged the law enforcement agencies of the SAR to comply with the relevant provisions of the Convention Against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
  • (1)of the details concerning the use of equipment for conducting body searches on detainees by various law enforcement agencies at present; whether it has plans to study the wider use of equipment to conduct body searches, so as to protect the privacy and dignity of the persons being body-searched; if it does, of the details; if not, the reasons for that;

    (2)among the body searches involving the removal of underwear conducted by various law enforcement agencies in each of the past five years, of the respective numbers of cases in which drugs, weapons, stolen goods and other articles that may be lawfully seized by law enforcement personnel were found and the numbers of persons involved, with a breakdown by the searching method of the three sub-categories of body searches involving the removal of underwear (i.e. (i) looking into underwear, (ii) partial removal of underwear, and (iii) full removal of underwear);

    (3)as I have learnt that at present, the Police have put in place rather comprehensive guidelines and record-keeping methods in respect of conducting body searches on detainees (e.g. detailed categorization of the extents of and justifications for the conduct of body searches), whether the Customs and Excise Department as well as the Immigration Department will follow suit, so as to ensure that detainees will not be subjected to any unnecessary body searches by law enforcement personnel;

    (4)whether, in the past five years, the Police, the Customs and Excise Department as well as the Immigration Department studied the use of equipment, in place of the practices involving the removal of clothes and removal of underwear, in conducting body searches on detainees, so as to reduce the intrusion of the privacy of the persons being body-searched; if they did, of the details; if not, the reasons for that; and

    (5)whether, in the past five years, the Correctional Services Department examined the effectiveness of using X-ray body scanners in place of manual rectal searches; if it did, of the details; whether the Correctional Services Department has plans to fully implement the use of X-ray body scanners for rectal searches; if it does, of the details?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Security

*18. Hon CHAN Hak-kan to ask: (Translation)


Under the existing legislation, private cars aged six years or more (calculated from the year of manufacture) and goods vehicles aged one year or more have to undergo and pass an annual vehicle examination at any one of the 22 car testing centres designated by the Transport Department ("annual examination") before the licences of such vehicles may be renewed. Moreover, since September 2014, the Environmental Protection Department ("EPD") has deployed roadside remote sensing equipment to screen petrol and liquefied petroleum gas vehicles with excessive emissions ("roadside remote emission screening"). Owners of vehicles found to have excessive emissions will be issued an emission testing notice by EPD, demanding them to send their vehicles to one of the four designated vehicle emission testing centres in the territory within 12 working days for a dynamometer-based emission test ("emission test") so as to ensure the problem is rectified, or else the vehicle licences will be cancelled. It is learnt that the current waiting times for vehicles to undergo the annual examination and emission tests are as long as two to three months. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
  • (1)whether it knows the respective current average daily numbers of vehicles (i) undergoing the emission test and (ii) waiting for undergoing this test, with a breakdown by vehicle class;

    (2)of the average monthly number of vehicles in respect of which EPD issued emission testing notices since the launch of the roadside remote emission screening, with a breakdown by vehicle class;

    (3)whether it knows the respective average numbers of incidents of equipment breakdown in the two types of testing centres in each of the past three years, as well as the details of such incidents;

    (4)whether it has plans to implement measures for encouraging the two types of testing centres to extend their service hours so as to shorten the waiting times; if it has such plans, of the details;

    (5)whether it has plans to allocate lands for the provision of additional testing centers of the two types; if it has such plans, of the details; and

    (6)given that with effect from the 9th of this month, members of the public can check online the appointment status of the aforesaid 22 designated car testing centres, and after viewing the appointment status, they can directly call the centres with time slots available for booking to make appointments for the annual examination, of the current daily utilization rate of this online platform; of the average waiting time for the annual examination in this month?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for the Environment

*19. Hon Frederick FUNG to ask: (Translation)


I have recently received complaints about the Continuing Education Fund ("the Fund") from some members of the public who suspect that some course providers have deliberately marked up the fees for the courses reimbursable by the Fund ("reimbursable courses"), giving rise to a situation where persons subsidized by the Fund ("subsidized persons") and other persons pay different fees for taking the same course. As each subsidized person may apply for the reimbursement of 80% of the relevant course fees after completing a reimbursable course (subject to a maximum sum of $10,000), the actual course fee paid by subsidized persons may be significantly reduced, a selling point commonly used by course providers to solicit business. If persons enrolling for a reimbursable courses have not applied for subsidies from the Fund or have already used up the subsidies, course providers will offer them special concessions, e.g. a discount of 40% or more of the originally indicated course fees. These members of the public consider that course providers have allegedly made up various pretext. Course providers can in fact offer such courses at lower fees but they have deliberately marked up the fees. This practice is tantamount to gnawing the subsidies provided by the Government for applicants, causing loss of public money and reducing the opportunities for subsidized persons to take other courses. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
  • (1)of the number and main contents of the complaints about the Fund received by the authorities in the past three years;

    (2)whether it has provided course providers with guidelines or imposed regulations on the fee levels of reimbursable courses; if it has, of the details; if not, the reasons for that;

    (3)whether it has analyzed and investigated the fee levels of reimbursable courses; if it has, whether it has discovered (i) any deliberate mark-up of the fees for such courses by course providers, and (ii) the charging of different fee levels for the same course by course providers; and

    (4)of its measures to curb the practice of course providers of marking up course fees deliberately to snatch the subsidies otherwise available to subsidized persons, so as to safeguard the opportunities for subsidized persons to pursue study and tackle the moral hazard issue arising from the Fund?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Labour and Welfare

*20. Dr Hon Elizabeth QUAT to ask: (Translation)


Some members of the public have relayed to me that in recent years, Hongkong Post ("HKP") has incurred losses year after year and its performance has been declining, giving the public the impression that its management is chaotic and poor. It has also been reported that some swindlers have made use of the loopholes in HKP's compensation mechanism for loss of mails by orchestrating cases of mails lost by HKP for making repeated claims for compensation. Although HKP's frontline staff have relayed to the management their suspicions about the cases, the management did not take any action to curb those frauds. In the past five years, the total amount of compensation made by HKP for loss of mails amounted to $16 million. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
  • (1)of the number of cases handled by HKP in each of the past five years involving reported loss of mails by HKP, and the total amount of compensation made;

    (2)whether HKP has assessed the financial implications on the department of its deployment of resources in the past five years to handle cases of reported loss of mails by the department; if HKP has, of the outcome;

    (3)whether HKP currently has in place any mechanism to prevent abuse of the compensation mechanism for loss of mails; if so, of the details; if not, the reasons for that;

    (4)whether it has investigated if collusion between the management personnel of HKP and the swindlers, dereliction of duty or improper supervision on the part of the management personnel are involved in their not taking any follow-up action despite receiving reports of suspicious claims for compensation; if it has, of the outcome;

    (5)whether HKP stepped up training for frontline staff and staff at the middle level in the past five years so as to enhance their efficiency in handling the relevant matters and their ability to cope with contingencies; if HKP did, of the details; if not, the reasons for that; and

    (6)whether it will review the management and mode of operation of HKP; if it will, of the details; if not, the reasons for that?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development

*21. Hon WONG Kwok-kin to ask: (Translation)


Some members of the public have relayed to me that in recent years, quite a number of banks have reduced the number of their branches and instead set up self-service banking centres for providing services to the residents in the communities concerned. However, as some self-service banking centres do not provide comprehensive self-service facilities (i.e. automatic teller machines, cash deposit machines, cheque deposit machines and passbook updating machines), the elderly and people with disabilities ("PWDs") who need such services have to travel long distances to bank branches located in other communities, thereby causing inconvenience to them. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
  • (1)whether it knows the current number of self-service banking centres in the territory and, among them, the respective numbers of those which are equipped with all of the four aforesaid self-service facilities and those with only two or less of such facilities; whether it will consider requiring banks to equip each self-service banking centre with all of the four self-service facilities;

    (2)given that the self-service facilities operate under either of the two separate major systems of Electronic Teller Card and Joint Electronic Teller Services Limited, which are not compatible to each other, whether the authorities will consider requiring banks to ensure that self-service banking centres operating under both systems are concurrently available in the same community in their planning of the distribution of self-service banking centres;

    (3)whether it knows, among the four self-service facilities currently provided in the self-service banking centres in the territory, the respective numbers of such facilities which are suitable for use by PWDs, and the number of them which are equipped with audible navigation and height reduction function (with a breakdown by type of facility); and

    (4)whether it has provided banks with relevant guidelines on and standards for setting up self-service banking centres and installation of self-service facilities suitable for use by PWDs; if it has not, whether it will consider formulating such guidelines and standards; whether it has required banks to regularly conduct assessments on the demand for the relevant services; if it has not, of the reasons for that?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury

*22. Hon Steven HO to ask: (Translation)


Recently, some fishermen have relayed to me that a number of navigation aids (e.g. lighted buoys and beacons) assisting in the safe navigation of vessels are defective. For instance, in Sai Kung waters, no light signals are emitted from at least five beacons located respectively at Yeung Chau, outside Tsam Chuk Wan, Lo Fu Tiu Pai, Lo Chi Pai and Mong Chau Tsai at present. These fishermen have pointed out that the authorities' failure to expeditiously repair the damaged navigation aids will increase the risk of accidents when vessels navigate at night or in poor visibility conditions. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
  • (1)of the respective numbers of lighted buoys and beacons in Hong Kong waters in the past three years and, among such lighted buoys and beacons, the respective numbers of those which worked properly and those in need of repair (with a breakdown by waters area);

    (2)of the current procedures and the time taken in general for repairing navigation aids; the respective numbers of lighted buoys and beacons waiting to be repaired at present, and when the repair of such navigation aids is anticipated to be completed;

    (3)of the current staff establishment of the Aids to Navigation and Mooring Unit which is responsible for inspecting and repairing navigation aids; and

    (4)whether it will review the current mechanism for inspecting and repairing navigation aids; if it will, of the details; if not, the reasons for that?
Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Transport and Housing

* For written reply

III. Bills



First Reading

1.Securities and Futures (Amendment) Bill 2015

2.Inland Revenue (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2015

Second Reading (Debate to be adjourned)

1.Securities and Futures (Amendment) Bill 2015:Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury

2.Inland Revenue (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2015:Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury

IV. Members' Motions



1.Proposed resolution under section 34(4) of the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance

Hon Dennis KWOK to move the following motion:

Resolved that in relation to the -

(a)Foreign Lawyers Practice (Amendment) Rules 2015, published in the Gazette as Legal Notice No. 101 of 2015;

(b)Solicitors' Practice (Amendment) Rules 2015, published in the Gazette as Legal Notice No. 102 of 2015; and

(c)Limited Liability Partnerships (Top-up Insurance) Rules, published in the Gazette as Legal Notice No. 103 of 2015,

and laid on the table of the Legislative Council on 3 June 2015, the period for amending subsidiary legislation referred to in section 34(2) of the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance (Cap. 1) be extended under section 34(4) of that Ordinance to the first sitting (within the meaning of section 34(6) of that Ordinance) of the next session of the Legislative Council.

2.Proposed resolution under section 34(4) of the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance

Hon Andrew LEUNG to move the following motion:

Resolved that in relation to the -

(a)Import and Export (General) (Amendment) Regulation 2015, published in the Gazette as Legal Notice No. 105 of 2015;

(b)Imported Game, Meat and Poultry (Amendment) Regulation 2015, published in the Gazette as Legal Notice No. 106 of 2015; and

(c)Food Business (Amendment) Regulation 2015, published in the Gazette as Legal Notice No. 107 of 2015,

and laid on the table of the Legislative Council on 10 June 2015, the period for amending subsidiary legislation referred to in section 34(2) of the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance (Cap. 1) be extended under section 34(4) of that Ordinance to the first sitting (within the meaning of section 34(6) of that Ordinance) of the next session of the Legislative Council.

3.Motion under Rule 49E(2) of the Rules of Procedure

Hon Andrew LEUNG to move the following motion:

That this Council takes note of Report No. 23/14-15 of the House Committee laid on the Table of the Council on 17 June 2015 in relation to the subsidiary legislation and instrument(s) as listed below:

Item NumberTitle of Subsidiary Legislation or Instrument

(11)Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes (Amendment) Ordinance 2015 (Commencement) Notice 2015 (L.N. 98/2015).

Public Officer to attend : Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury

4.Report on the Visit of the Delegation of the Legislative Council to Finland, Norway and Denmark

Hon Emily LAU to move the following motion: (Translation)

That this Council notes the Report on the Visit of the Delegation of the Legislative Council to Finland, Norway and Denmark from 14 to 21 September 2014.

Public Officers to attend:Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs
Under Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs

5.Implementation and continuance of 'one country, two systems'

Hon Dennis KWOK to move the following motion: (Translation)

That this Council requests the SAR Government to earnestly invite the Central Government to implement and continue the state policy of 'one country, two systems' in Hong Kong in accordance with the original intent of 'one country, two systems'.

Amendments to the motion
(i)Hon IP Kin-yuen to move the following amendment: (Translation)

To add ", as Hong Kong people are increasingly worried about the implementation of 'one country, two systems' and there have been various incidents or signs in recent years indicating that 'one country, two systems' is being severely challenged, especially in safeguarding academic freedom and educational institutions' autonomy by the SAR Government," after "That"; and to add ", and while implementing the state policy of 'one country, two systems' and making the best endeavours to safeguard the Basic Law, to uphold the SAR Government's autonomy in education matters; and in formulating and implementing Hong Kong's education policy under 'one country, two systems', the SAR Government must safeguard academic freedom and educational institutions' autonomy in compliance with Articles 136 and 137 of the Basic Law to enable education policy to develop in a professional manner" immediately before the full stop.

(ii)Hon IP Kwok-him to move the following amendment: (Translation)

To add "'one country, two systems' is a basic state policy adopted by the Central Government to realize the peaceful reunification of the country with the aims to safeguard the country's sovereignty, security and development interests, and to maintain long-term prosperity and stability in Hong Kong; yet, in recent years, there are some people in Hong Kong blatantly advocating the idea of 'Hong Kong independence', and in respect of constitutional development, disrespecting the constitutional power of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and disregarding the need to safeguard the country's security, thereby deviating severely from the original intent of 'one country, two systems'; in this connection," after "That"; to delete "earnestly invite the Central Government to implement and continue the state policy of 'one country, two systems' in Hong Kong in accordance with" after "the SAR Government to" and substitute with "step up publicity of and education on 'one country, two systems' and the Basic Law among the public (especially young people), so as to ensure the correct understanding and comprehension of"; and to add ", and its successful implementation and continuance in Hong Kong" immediately before the full stop.

(iii)Hon LEE Cheuk-yan to move the following amendment: (Translation)

To delete "this Council" after "That" and substitute with ", in recent years, China-Hong Kong conflicts have turned increasingly acute, and its fundamental causes are that the Beijing authorities intervene excessively in Hong Kong affairs, while the SAR Government only acts submissively when facing Beijing's intervention, not only relinquishing Hong Kong's high degree of autonomy but also proactively making Hong Kong mainlandized; in this connection, this Council reiterates that maintaining Hong Kong's uniqueness is the essence of 'one country, two systems', and"; and to add "; this Council also urges the SAR Government to be courageous to refuse the Beijing authorities' intervention in Hong Kong affairs, to firmly uphold the autonomy of the SAR governance, and to strive to safeguard Hong Kong's core values and protect Hong Kong people's basic political, economic, social and cultural rights, etc" immediately before the full stop.

(iv)Hon Gary FAN to move the following amendment: (Translation)

To add "the 'one country, two systems' concept is a manifestation of the Central Government's recognition of the sense of local consciousness in Hong Kong, but since LEUNG Chun-ying assumed office as Chief Executive, the impact of the Central Government on the internal affairs of Hong Kong has been intensifying in various aspects; the white paper on The Practice of the 'One Country, Two Systems' Policy in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region issued by the State Council in June 2014 has even pointed out that the Central Government exercises 'overall jurisdiction' over Hong Kong, and that 'the high degree of autonomy of HKSAR is subject to the level of the central leadership's authorization[,] [t]here is no such thing called "residual power"', undermining seriously Hong Kong people's confidence in 'one country, two systems'; in this connection," after "That"; and to add "; to uphold the provision of Article 22 of the Basic Law which prescribe that no department of the Central Government and no province, autonomous region, or municipality directly under the Central Government may interfere in the affairs which the SAR Government administers on its own in accordance with the Basic Law, including Paragraph 4 of Article 22 to enable the SAR Government to exercise the power to vet and approve the entry under the dual vetting and approval system of the One-Way Permit for immigration for properly gatekeeping the long-term population policy of Hong Kong; and to uphold the stipulations in Annex I and Annex II to the Basic Law to enable the SAR Government to steer Hong Kong's constitutional reform and decide on its own a democratic constitutional reform package for Hong Kong based on the will of Hong Kong people" immediately before the full stop.

(v)Hon Martin LIAO to move the following amendment: (Translation)

To delete "requests" after "this Council" and substitute with "supports the Central Government and"; to delete "earnestly invite the Central Government to" after "the SAR Government to" and substitute with "persistently"; and to delete "original intent" after "in accordance with the" and substitute with "principle".

(vi)Hon WONG Yuk-man to move the following amendment: (Translation)

To delete "requests" after "this Council" and substitute with "urges"; to delete "earnestly invite" after "the SAR Government to" and substitute with "request"; and to add ", and to allow Hong Kong people to exercise their right to self-determination and establish a constitutional amendments convention on Hong Kong Affairs to amend the Basic Law, so as to lay down a direction for constitutional development that meets Hong Kong people's aspirations, and to realize genuine 'Hong Kong people ruling Hong Kong'" immediately before the full stop.

Public Officers to attend:Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs
Under Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs

Clerk to the Legislative Council