AGENDA FOR FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING
TO BE HELD ON FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020,
FROM 9:00 AM TO 10:00 AM

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.

Item No.Subject
1.FCR(2019-20)40&Legend symbol denoting Items carried over from the meeting held on 24 April 2020.INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY FUND
HEAD 111 – INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY
New Subhead "Re-industrialisation Funding Scheme"

HEAD 184 – TRANSFERS TO FUNDS
Subhead 992 "Payment to the Innovation and Technology Fund"
Subhead 987 "Payment to the Capital Investment Fund"

CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND
HEAD 962 – INDUSTRY
New Subhead "Equity in the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation for developing a Microelectronics Centre"

(This item invites Members to approve –

(a)a supplementary provision of $2 billion under Head 184 Transfers to Funds Subhead 992 Payment to the Innovation and Technology Fund to enable the creation of a commitment for setting up a funding scheme to subsidise manufacturers to set up new smart production lines in Hong Kong; and

(b)a supplementary provision of $2 billion under Head 184 Transfers to Funds Subhead 987 Payment to the Capital Investment Fund to enable the creation of a commitment to inject $2 billion as equity from the Capital Investment Fund to the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation for developing the Microelectronics Centre.)

(In attendance : Secretary for Innovation and Technology/Permanent Secretary for Innovation and Technology/Deputy Secretary for Innovation and Technology (1)/ Commissioner for Innovation and Technology/Deputy Commissioner for Innovation and Technology/Chief Financial Officer, Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation/Head of Advanced Manufacturing, Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation)

(This item was discussed by the Panel on Commerce and Industry on 21 May 2019)

2.FCR(2020-21)5RECOMMENDATION  OF  THE  ESTABLISHMENT  SUBCOMMITTEE  MADE  ON  8  JANUARY  2020

(EC(2019-20)13 – Creation of two supernumerary posts of one Chief Land Surveyor (D1) in the Planning and Lands Branch of the Development Bureau and one Government Land Surveyor (D2) in the Lands Department to oversee the implementation of the Common Spatial Data Infrastructure, thereby ensuring that major deliverables can be rolled out on schedule according to the pledged timetable)

(This item seeks approval of the recommendation of the Establishment Subcommittee made at its meeting held on 8 January 2020.)

(This item was discussed by the Panel on Development on 19 November 2019)

(This item was discussed by the Establishment Subcommittee on 18 December 2019 and 8 January 2020 and information papers ESC21/19-20(01) and ESC37/19-20(01) have been provided by the Administration to the Subcommittee)

3.FCR(2019-20)41&Legend symbol denoting Items carried over from the meeting held on 24 April 2020.HEAD 170 – SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT
Subhead 179 Comprehensive social security assistance scheme
Subhead 180 Social security allowance scheme

(This item invites Members to –

(a)approve the proposed improvements to the 'pro-employment' measures and other measures under the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme, and note the implementation timetable of the relevant measures;

(b)approve a 3.6% increase in the standard payment rates under the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme and the rates of allowances under the Social Security Allowance Scheme with effect from 1 February 2020 according to established adjustment mechanism; and

(c)note the additional financial implications of $960 million and $1,763 million each year arising from items (a) and (b) above respectively.)

(In attendance: Deputy Secretary for Labour and Welfare (Welfare)2/ Assistant Secretary for Labour and Welfare (Welfare) 4B/Deputy Director of Social Welfare (Administration)/Principal Executive Officer, Working Family Allowance Office/Senior Statistician (Social Welfare), Social Welfare Department)

(This item was discussed by the Panel on Welfare Services on 11 November 2019. Supplementary information papers CB(2)357/19-20(01) and CB(2)471/19-20(01) have been provided by the Administration to the Panel)

4.FCR(2020-21)1&Legend symbol denoting Items carried over from the meeting held on 24 April 2020.INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY FUND
HEAD 111 – INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY
Subhead 104 The Nano and Advanced Materials Institute
Subhead 105 The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel
Subhead 106 The Automotive Parts and Accessory Systems Research and Development Centre
Subhead 107 The Research and Development Centre for Logistics and Supply Chain Management Enabling Technologies

(This item invites Members to approve an increase in commitment of the following Subheads under Head 111 - Innovation and Technology –

(a)from $690 million by $439.5 million to $1,129.5 million for Subhead 104 – The Nano and Advanced Materials Institute;

(b)from $344.5 million by $214.3 million to $558.8 million for Subhead 105 – The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel;

(c)from $299.7 million by $84.5 million to $384.2 million for Subhead 106 – The Automotive Parts and Accessory Systems Research and Development Centre; and

(d)from $362.4 million by $276.8 million to $639.2 million for Subhead 107 – The Research and Development Centre for Logistics and Supply Chain Management Enabling Technologies.)

(In attendance: Under Secretary for Innovation and Technology/ Principal Assistant Secretary for Innovation and Technology (1)/Commissioner for Innovation and Technology/Deputy Commissioner for Innovation and Technology/Chief Executive Officer, Nano and Advanced Materials Institute/Chief Executive Officer (Automotive Platforms and Application Systems R&D Centre), Hong Kong Productivity Council/Chief Executive Officer, Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel/Chief Executive Officer, Logistics and Supply Chain MultiTech R&D Centre)

(This item was discussed by the Panel on Commerce and Industry on 19 November 2019. Supplementary information paper CB(1)327/19-20(01) has been provided by the Administration to the Panel)

5.FCR(2020-21)3*Legend symbol denoting Item carried over from the 2018-19 LegCo Session and the meeting held on 24 April 2020.@Legend symbol denoting Replaced the items FCR(2019-20)31 and FCR(2019-20)32 which were withdrawn on 26 and 15 November 2019 respectively.RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE PUBLIC WORKS SUBCOMMITTEE MADE ON 31 MAY AND 19 JUNE 2019

(PWSC(2019-20)13#Legend symbol denoting Items requested by members for discussion and separate voting by the Finance Committee. and PWSC(2019-20)17#Legend symbol denoting Items requested by members for discussion and separate voting by the Finance Committee. –

61EFConstruction of a teaching-research complex in Tai Po Area 39

65EGEnhancement of facilities cum medical campus development

30EKCampus Expansion at Ho Man Tin Slope)

(This item seeks approval of the recommendations of the Public Works Subcommittee made at its meetings held on 31 May and 19 June 2019.)

(In attendance : Under Secretary for Food and Health/Principal Assistant 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)(Faculty of Medicine), The Chinese University of Hong Kong/Director (Campus Development Office), The Chinese University of Hong Kong/Director (Resources Management and Development Planning Office)(Faculty of Medicine), The Chinese University of Hong Kong/Director of Security and Transport, The Chinese University of Hong Kong/Associate Dean (Development and Infrastructure)(LKS Faculty of Medicine), The University of Hong Kong/Assistant Director (Estates Office), The University of Hong Kong/Head of IT and Technology (LKS Faculty of Medicine), The University of Hong Kong/Yeung Tsang Wing Yee and Tsang Wing Hing Professor in Neuropsychology, Chair Professor of Neuropsychology, Dean of Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University/Cally Kwong Mei Wan Professor in Psychosocial Health, Chair Professor of Rehabilitation Sciences and Head, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University/Interim Head (School of Optometry), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University/Director of Campus Development, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University/Associate Director of Campus Development Office, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University/Senior Project Manager of Campus Development Office, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University/Senior Associate, Andrew Lee King Fun & Associates Architects Limited)

(This item was discussed by the Joint meeting of Panel on Health Services and Panel on Education on 21 January 2019. Supplementary information paper CB(2)1526/18-19(01) has been provided by the Administration to the Panel)

(This item was discussed by the Public Works Subcommittee on 31 May 2019 and 19 June 2019 and information papers PWSC260/18-19(01) and PWSC261/18-19(01) have been provided by the Administration to the Subcommittee)

6.FCR(2020-21)4&Legend symbol denoting Items carried over from the meeting held on 24 April 2020.CAPITAL WORKS RESERVE FUND
HEAD 708 – CAPITAL SUBVENTIONS AND MAJOR SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT
Hong Kong Observatory
New Subhead "Provision of aviation meteorological systems to support the Three-Runway System at Hong Kong International Airport"

(This item invites Members to approve the creation of a new commitment of $271.9 million for the provision of aviation meteorological systems to support the Three-Runway System at Hong Kong International Airport.)

(In attendance: Head (Airport Expansion Project Coordination Office), Transport and Housing Bureau/Principal Assistant Secretary for Transport and Housing (Airport Expansion Project Coordination Office)/Chief Assistant Secretary (Airport Expansion Project Coordination Office), Transport and Housing Bureau/ Assistant Director of Hong Kong Observatory (Aviation Weather Services)/ Senior Scientific Officer (Three Runway System Project), Hong Kong Observatory/Principal Experimental Officer (Special Duty), Hong Kong Observatory)

(This item was discussed by the Panel on Economic Development on 10 December 2019. Supplementary information paper CB(4)447/19-20(01) has been provided by the Administration to the Panel)

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& Items carried over from the meeting held on 24 April 2020.

* Item carried over from the 2018-19 LegCo Session and the meeting held on 24 April 2020.

# Items requested by members for discussion and separate voting by the Finance Committee.

@ Replaced the items FCR(2019-20)31 and FCR(2019-20)32 which were withdrawn on 26 and 15 November 2019 respectively.