AGENDA FOR FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETINGS
| (a) | on Friday, 5 July 2019, from 3:00 pm NOTELegend symbol denoting If the preceding House Committee meeting ends before 2:45 pm, the Finance Committee meeting will start at 2:45 pm; if the preceding House Committee meeting ends between 2:45 pm and 3:00 pm, the Finance Committee meeting will start immediately after the House Committee meeting. to 7:00 pm;
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| (b) | on Monday, 8 July 2019, from 8:45 am to 10:45 am;
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| (c) | on Monday, 8 July 2019, from 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm;
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| (d) | on Tuesday, 9 July 2019, from 8:45 am to 10:45 am; and
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| (e) | on Wednesday, 10 July 2019, from 8:45 am to 10:45 am.
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| 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(2019-20)28 | RECOMMENDATION OF THE PUBLIC WORKS SUBCOMMITTEE MADE ON 29 MAY 2019
(PWSC(2019-20)7#Legend symbol denoting Items requested by members for discussion and separate voting by the Finance Committee. – | |||
| 81MM | Redevelopment of Kwai Chung Hospital, phases 2 and 3
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| 75MM | Redevelopment of Prince of Wales Hospital, phase 2 (stage 1)
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| 3MI | Expansion of North District Hospital
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| 114MH | Expansion of Lai King Building in Princess Margaret Hospital)
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| (This item seeks approval of the recommendation of the Public Works Subcommittee made at its meeting held on 29 May 2019.)
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| (In attendance: Under Secretary for Food and Health/Principal Assistant Secretary for Food and Health (Health)2/Director of Architectural Services/Senior Project Manager 234, Architectural Services Department/Chief Project Manager 201, Architectural Services Department/Deputy Hospital Chief Executive (Operations), Prince of Wales Hospital/Hospital Chief Executive, Kwai Chung Hospital/Cluster Chief Executive (Kowloon West Cluster), Hospital Authority/Deputy Hospital Chief Executive (Operations), Princess Margaret Hospital/Hospital Chief Executive, North District Hospital/Deputizing Hospital Chief Executive, North District Hospital/Chief Manager (Capital Planning), Hospital Authority/Chief Project Manager (Capital Projects)1, Hospital Authority/Senior Manager (Planning and Commissioning) (Kowloon West Cluster), Hospital Authority)
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| 2. | FCR(2019-20)29 | RECOMMENDATION OF THE ESTABLISHMENT SUBCOMMITTEE MADE ON 11 JUNE 2019
(EC(2019-20)6#Legend symbol denoting Items requested by members for discussion and separate voting by the Finance Committee. – Rationalisation of the salaries of school heads and deputy heads and improvement of the manpower at the middle management level in public sector primary schools in the Education Bureau; and an increase in the ceiling placed on the total notional annual mid-point salary value of all non-directorate posts in the establishment in 2019-20 from $4,016,284,000 by $56,664,240 to $4,072,948,240 to implement the above proposal) (This item seeks approval of the recommendation of the Establishment Subcommittee made at its meeting held on 11 June 2019.) | |||
| (In attendance: Under Secretary for Education/Deputy Secretary for Education (3)/Principal Assistant Secretary for Education (Professional Development and Training)/Principal Education Officer (Professional Development and Training), Education Bureau)
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| 3. | FCR(2019-20)30 | HEAD 156 – GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT : EDUCATION BUREAU
Subhead 000 Operational expenses (This item invites Members to approve a supplementary provision of $503 million under Head 156 Government Secretariat: Education Bureau Subhead 000 Operational expenses in 2019-20 to meet the estimated expenditure for rationalising the salaries of school heads and deputy heads and improving the manpower at the middle management level in public sector primary schools with effect from 1 September 2019.) | |||
| (In attendance: Under Secretary for Education/Deputy Secretary for Education (3)/Principal Assistant Secretary for Education (Professional Development and Training)/Principal Education Officer (Professional Development and Training), Education Bureau)
(Discussed by Panel on Education on 29 March 2019) | |||||
| 4. | FCR(2019-20)31 | RECOMMENDATION OF THE PUBLIC WORKS SUBCOMMITTEE MADE ON 31 MAY 2019
(PWSC(2019-20)13#Legend symbol denoting Items requested by members for discussion and separate voting by the Finance Committee. – | |||
| 61EF | Construction of a teaching-research complex in Tai Po Area 39
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| 65EG | Enhancement of facilities cum medical campus development)
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| (This item seeks approval of the recommendation of the Public Works Subcommittee made at its meeting held on 31 May 2019.)
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| (In attendance: Under Secretary for Food and Health/Deputy Secretary for Food and Health (Health)3/Principal Assistant Secretary for Education (Higher Education)/Deputy Secretary-General (1), University Grants Committee Secretariat/Chief Technical Adviser (Subvented Projects), Architectural Services Department/Associate Dean (Development and Infrastructure) (LKS Faculty of Medicine), The University of Hong Kong/Senior Assistant Director (Estates Office), The University of Hong Kong/Head of IT and Technology (LKS Faculty of Medicine), The University of Hong Kong/Associate Dean (Development) (Faculty of Medicine), The Chinese University of Hong Kong/Associate Dean (Institutional Affairs) (Faculty of Medicine), The Chinese University of Hong Kong/Director of Campus Development, The Chinese University of Hong Kong/Director, Resources Management and Development Planning Office (Faculty of Medicine), The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
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| 5. | FCR(2019-20)32 | RECOMMENDATION OF THE PUBLIC WORKS SUBCOMMITTEE MADE ON 19 JUNE 2019
(PWSC(2019-20)17 – 30EK Campus Expansion at Ho Man Tin Slope) (This item seeks approval of the recommendation of the Public Works Subcommittee made at its meeting held on 19 June 2019.) | |||
| 6. | FCR(2019-20)33 | 2019-20 CIVIL SERVICE PAY ADJUSTMENT
(This item invites Members to approve –
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| (A) | with effect from 1 April 2019, the following adjustments to the civil service pay scales arising from the 2019-20 civil service pay adjustment –
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| (a) | an increase of 4.75% in the dollar value of the pay points in the directorate and upper salary band subject to the pay points referred to in (i) and (ii) below the dollar values of which should be as specified –
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| (i) | Master Pay Scale (MPS) 34 at $74,515 and MPS 35 at $75,265; and
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| (ii) | General Disciplined Services (Officer) Pay Scale (GDS(O)) 20 and Police Pay Scale (PPS) 36 at $74,390, and GDS(O) 21 and PPS 37 at $75,135; and
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| (b) | an increase of 5.26% in the dollar value of the pay points in the middle and lower salary bands;
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| (B) | corresponding adjustments to the provisions for aided schools;
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| (C) | corresponding adjustments to the provisions for the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC); and
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| (D) | corresponding adjustments to subventions which are price-adjusted on the basis of formulae that include a factor on civil service pay adjustment.)
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| (In attendance : Secretary for the Civil Service/Permanent Secretary for the Civil Service/Deputy Secretary for the Civil Service (2)/Principal Assistant Secretary for the Civil Service (Pay and Leave))
(Discussed by Panel on Public Service on 21 June 2019) | |||||
| 7. | FCR(2019-20)34 | HEAD 22 – AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT
Subhead 700 General non-recurrent New Item "Financial Commitment for Culling of Pigs due to African Swine Fever" (This item invites Members to approve the creation of a new commitment of $333 million for providing statutory compensation and ex-gratia payments to affected pig owners on a timely basis in case of culling operations due to African Swine Fever.) | |||
| (In attendance : Under Secretary for Food and Health/Principal Assistant Secretary for Food and Health (Food)3/Assistant Director of Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation (Agriculture)/Assistant Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene (Operations) 3)
(Discussed by Panel on Food Safety and Environmental Hygiene on 11 June 2019) | |||||
| 8. | FCR(2019-20)35 | RECOMMENDATION OF THE PUBLIC WORKS SUBCOMMITTEE MADE ON 1 JUNE 2019
(PWSC(2019-20)3 – 188TB Footbridge near MTR Kowloon Bay Station Exit B) (This item seeks approval of the recommendation of the Public Works Subcommittee made at its meeting held on 1 June 2019.) | |||
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Note If the preceding House Committee meeting ends before 2:45 pm, the Finance Committee meeting will start at 2:45 pm; if the preceding House Committee meeting ends between 2:45 pm and 3:00 pm, the Finance Committee meeting will start immediately after the House Committee meeting.
# Items requested by members for discussion and separate voting by the Finance Committee.