Finance Committee Meeting

held on Friday, 11 January 2019,
from 3:15 pm (or an earlier time between 3:00 pm and 3:15 pm) to 7:00 pm

Record of decisions

ItemPaper No.SubjectDecisions
1.FCR(2018-19)70RECOMMENDATION OF THE ESTABLISHMENT SUBCOMMITTEE MADE ON 5 DECEMBER 2018

Approved
(Division ordered -
Yes - 35
No - 5
Abstention - 2)

EC(2018-19)16
  • 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
2.FCR(2018-19)71RECOMMENDATION OF THE PUBLIC WORKS SUBCOMMITTEE MADE ON 12 DECEMBER 2018

Approved

PWSC(2018-19)33
  • Community health centre-cum-residential care home for the elderly at Tuen Mun Area 29 West)
3.FCR(2018-19)72HEAD 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"

Not dealt with
4.FCR(2018-19)73RECOMMENDATION OF THE ESTABLISHMENT SUBCOMMITTEE MADE ON 19 DECEMBER 2018

Not dealt with

EC(2018-19)17
  • Creation of two permanent posts of Principal Government Counsel (DL3), one each in the Civil Division and the Law Drafting Division of the Department of Justice to better cope with the substantial increase in workload arising from the existing and new initiatives in the two Divisions
5.FCR(2018-19)74HEAD 156 – GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT: EDUCATION BUREAU
Subhead 700 General non-recurrent
New Item "Funding Support to the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority"

Not dealt with