AGENDA FOR FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING
TO BE HELD ON FRIDAY, 4 JANUARY 2019,
FROM 3:15 PM (OR AN EARLIER TIME BETWEEN
3:00 PM AND 3:15 PM)NOTELegend symbol denoting If the preceding House Committee meeting ends before 3:00 pm, the Finance Committee meeting will start at 3:00 pm; if the preceding House Committee meeting ends between 3:00 pm and 3:15 pm, the Finance Committee meeting will start immediately after the House Committee meeting. TO 7:00 PM
| 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.
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| 1. | FCR(2018-19)68*Legend symbol denoting Items carried over from the meeting held on 14 December 2018. | RECOMMENDATION OF THE PUBLIC WORKS SUBCOMMITTEE MADE ON 7 NOVEMBER 2018
(PWSC(2018-19)30#Legend symbol denoting Items requested by members for discussion and separate voting by the Finance Committee. – 45CG District Cooling System at the Kai Tak Development) (This item seeks approval of the recommendation of the Public Works Subcommittee made at its meeting held on 7 November 2018.) | ||
| (In attendance : Principal Assistant Secretary for the Environment (Energy)/Deputy Director of Electrical and Mechanical Services (Regulatory Services)/Chief Engineer (Energy Efficiency B), Electrical and Mechanical Services Department)
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| (This item was discussed by the Panel on Development on 26 June 2018. Supplementary information paper CB(1)1356/17-18(01) has been provided by the Administration to the Panel)
(This item was discussed by the Public Works Subcommittee on 7 November 2018 and information paper PWSC50/18-19(01) has been provided by the Administration to the Subcommittee)) | ||||
| 2. | FCR(2018-19)69*Legend symbol denoting Items carried over from the meeting held on 14 December 2018. | HEAD 53 – GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT: HOME AFFAIRS BUREAU
Subhead 700 General non-recurrent Funding Support for Sports Development New Item "Major Sports Events Matching Grant Scheme" New Item "Injection into Arts and Sport Development Fund (Sports Portion)" New Item "Injection into Elite Athletes Development Fund" New Item "District Sports Programmes Funding Scheme" (This item invites Members to approve – | ||
| (a) | a new commitment of $500 million for the implementation of the Major Sports Events Matching Grant Scheme;
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| (b) | a new commitment of $1 billion for injection into the Arts and Sport Development Fund (Sports Portion);
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| (c) | a new commitment of $6 billion for injection into the Elite Athletes Development Fund; and
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| (d) | a new commitment of $100 million for the implementation of the District Sports Programmes Funding Scheme. )
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| (In attendance : Secretary for Home Affairs/Principal Assistant Secretary for Home Affairs (Recreation and Sport) 1/Principal Assistant Secretary for Home Affairs (Recreation and Sport) 2)
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| (This item was discussed by the Panel on Home Affairs on 28 May 2018 and 25 June 2018. Supplementary information papers CB(2)2072/17-18(01) and CB(2)309/18-19(01) have been provided by the Administration to the Panel)
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| 3. | FCR(2018-19)70 | RECOMMENDATION OF THE ESTABLISHMENT SUBCOMMITTEE MADE ON 5 DECEMBER 2018
(EC(2018-19)16#Legend symbol denoting Items requested by members for discussion and separate voting by the Finance Committee.– Creation of one permanent post of Chief Labour Officer (D1) in the Labour Department to take up various new tasks in relation to the abolition of the "offsetting" of severance payment and long service payment with employers' mandatory contributions under the Mandatory Provident Fund System) (This item seeks approval of the recommendation of the Establishment Subcommittee made at its meeting held on 5 December 2018.) | ||
| (In attendance : Under Secretary for Labour and Welfare/Commissioner for Labour/Assistant Commissioner for Labour (Labour Relations))
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| (The item was discussed by the Panel on Manpower on 21 November 2017)
(The item was discussed by the Establishment Subcommittee on 21 November and 5 December 2018. Supplementary information paper (ESC31/18-19(01) and ESC40/18-19(01)) provided by the Administration to the Subcommittee) (Written questions from Hon SHIU Ka-chun on 22 November 2018 (ESC26/18-19(01)) and information paper from the Administration on 4 December 2018 (ESC33/18-19(01))) | ||||
| 4. | FCR(2018-19)71 | RECOMMENDATION OF THE PUBLIC WORKS SUBCOMMITTEE MADE ON 12 DECEMBER 2018
(PWSC(2018-19)33#Legend symbol denoting Items requested by members for discussion and separate voting by the Finance Committee.– 75MC Community health centre-cum-residential care home for the elderly at Tuen Mun Area 29 West) (This item seeks approval of the recommendation of the Public Works Subcommittee made at its meeting held on 12 December 2018.) | ||
| (In attendance : Chief Civil Engineer (Public Works Programme), Transport and Housing Bureau/Project Director 2, Architectural Services Department/Senior Project Manager 229, Architectural Services Department/Principal Assistant Secretary for Food and Health (Health)5/Assistant Director of Social Welfare (Elderly)/Chief Architect (2), Housing Department/Service Director (Primary and Community Health Care), Hospital Authority (New Territories West Cluster))
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| (The item was discussed by the Panel on Housing on 5 November 2018. Supplementary information paper CB(1)221/18-19(01) has been provided by the Administration to the Panel)
(The item was discussed by the Public Works Subcommittee on 28 November and 12 December 2018. Supplementary information papers (PWSC49/18-19(01) and PWSC65/18-19(01)) have been provided by the Administration to the Subcommittee) (Written question from Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hung on 28 November 2018 (PWSC38/18-19(01)) and information paper from the Administration on 10 December 2018 (PWSC49/18-19(02))) (Written question from Hon CHU Hoi-dick on 11 December 2018 (PWSC53/18-19(01)) and information paper from the Administration on 31 December 2018 (PWSC65/18-19(02))) (Written question from Dr Hon KWOK Ka-ki on 20 December 2018 (FC81/18-19(01)) and information paper from the Administration on 31 December 2018 (FC81/18-19(02))) (Written question from Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hung on 3 January 2019 (FC84/18-19(01))) | ||||
| 5. | FCR(2018-19)72 | HEAD 138 – GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT : DEVELOPMENT BUREAU (PLANNING AND LANDS BRANCH)
Subhead 700 General non-recurrent New Item "Funding Scheme to Support the Use of Vacant Government Sites by Non-government Organisations" (This item invites Members to approve a new non-recurrent commitment of $1 billion for the implementation of a funding scheme to support the use of vacant government sites by non-government organisations.) | ||
| (In attendance : Permanent Secretary for Development (Planning and Lands)/Principal Assistant Secretary for Development (Planning and Lands)7/Assistant Director of Lands (Specialist 2))
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| (Discussed by Panel on Development on 27 November 2018)
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# Items requested by members for discussion and separate voting by the Finance Committee.
* Items carried over from the meeting held on 14 December 2018.
Note If the preceding House Committee meeting ends before 3:00 pm, the Finance Committee meeting will start at 3:00 pm; if the preceding House Committee meeting ends between 3:00 pm and 3:15 pm, the Finance Committee meeting will start immediately after the House Committee meeting.