House Committee of the Legislative Council
23rd meeting on Friday, 8 May 2015, at 2:30 pm
in Conference Room 1 of the Legislative Council Complex

AGENDA

I.

Confirmation of the minutes of the 22nd meeting held on 24 April 2015


(LC Paper No. CB(2)1384/14-15)

II.

Matters arising



Report by the Chairman on his meeting with the Chief Secretary for Administration

III.

Business arising from previous Council meetings



(a)Legal Service Division reports on bills referred to the House Committee in accordance with Rule 54(4)

(i)Inland Revenue (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015
(LC Paper No. LS61/14-15)

(ii)Peak Tramway (Amendment) Bill 2015
(LC Paper No. LS64/14-15)

(b)Legal Service Division report on subsidiary legislation gazetted on 24 April 2015 and tabled in Council on 29 April 2015
(LC Paper No. LS62/14-15)

(c)Legal Service Division report on subsidiary legislation gazetted on 30 April 2015
(LC Paper No. LS63/14-15)

IV.

Business for the Council meeting of 13 May 2015



(a)Tabling of papers

Report No. 19/14-15 of the House Committee on Consideration of Subsidiary Legislation and Other Instruments
(LC Paper No. CB(2)1386/14-15 issued vide LC Paper No. CB(3)660/14-15 dated 7 May 2015)

(b)Questions
(LC Paper No. CB(3)654/14-15)

(c)Bill - First Reading and moving of Second Reading

Bankruptcy (Amendment) Bill 2015

(d)Government motion

No notice has been received yet.

(e)Members' motions

(i)Proposed resolution to be moved by Hon Cyd HO under section 34(4) of the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance (Cap. 1) in relation to the:

-Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution by Garbage) Regulation; and

-Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution by Garbage) Regulation (Repeal) Regulation

(Wording of the proposed resolution issued vide LC Paper No. CB(3)638/14-15 dated 29 April 2015)

(ii)Motion on “Stepping up regulation on the repair and maintenance works of private buildings” to be moved by Hon Tony TSE
(Wording of the motion issued vide LC Paper No. CB(3)617/14-15 dated 22 April 2015)

(iii)Motion on “New challenges faced by Hong Kong as an international financial centre” to be moved by Hon NG Leung-sing
(Wording of the motion issued vide LC Paper No. CB(3)615/14-15 dated 22 April 2015)

V.

Business for the Council meeting of 20 May 2015



(a)Questions
(LC Paper No. CB(3)655/14-15)

(b)Bills - First Reading and moving of Second Reading

No notice has been received yet.

(c)Government motions

Two proposed resolutions under section 54A of the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance (Cap. 1) in relation to the establishment of the Innovation and Technology Bureau to be moved by the Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development
(Wording of the proposed resolutions issued vide LC Paper No. CB(3)646/14-15 dated 30 April 2015)

(d)Members' motions

(i)Motion on “Report on the Visit of the Delegation of the Legislative Council to Finland, Norway and Denmark” to be moved by Hon Emily LAU
(Wording of the motion issued vide LC Paper No. CB(3)633/14-15 dated 28 April 2015)

(ii)Motion on “Implementation and continuance of ‘one country, two systems’” to be moved by Hon Dennis KWOK
(Wording of the motion issued vide LC Paper No. CB(3)639/14-15 dated 29 April 2015)

VI.

Report of Bills Committees and subcommittees



Report of the Subcommittee on the Two Proposed Resolutions Relating to the Establishment of the Innovation and Technology Bureau
(LC Paper No. CB(4)849/14-15)

VII.

Position on Bills Committees and subcommittees


(LC Paper No. CB(2)1385/14-15)

VIII.

Any other business



Council Business Division 2
Legislative Council Secretariat
7 May 2015