AGENDA FOR FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING
TO BE HELD ON FRIDAY, 15 JANUARY 2021,
FROM 3:00 PM (OR AN EARLIER TIME
BETWEEN 2:45 PM AND 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 5:30 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.

Item No.		Subject
1.	FCR(2020-21)81*Legend symbol denoting Items carried over from the meeting held on 8 January 2021.	RECOMMENDATION OF THE PUBLIC WORKS SUBCOMMITTEE MADE ON 9 DECEMBER 2020 (PWSC(2020-21)18#Legend symbol denoting Item subject to discussion and separate voting by the Finance Committee per member's/members' request. – 776CL Site formation and infrastructure works for public housing developments at Kam Tin South, Yuen Long – Phase 1) (This item seeks approval of the recommendation of the Public Works Subcommittee made at its meeting held on 9 December 2020.)
	(In attendance: Deputy Director (Development and Construction), Transport and Housing Bureau/Chief Civil Engineer (Public Works Programme), Transport and Housing Bureau/Chief Architect (7), Housing Department/ Project Manager (West), Civil Engineering and Development Department/ Chief Engineer (West 1), Civil Engineering and Development Department/ Project Manager (Major Works), Highways Department/District Planning Officer (Fanling, Sheung Shui and Yuen Long East), Planning Department/ Assistant Commissioner for Transport (Planning)/Chief Traffic Engineer (New Territories West), Transport Department/Principal Transport Officer (New Territories 2), Transport Department/Chief Estate Surveyor (Acquisition Section), Lands Department) (This item was discussed by the Panel on Housing on 2 November 2020. Supplementary information paper CB(1)276/20-21(01) has been provided by the Administration to the Panel) (This item was discussed by the Public Works Subcommittee on 2 and 9 December 2020 and information papers PWSC42/20-21(01) and PWSC53/20-21(01) have been provided by the Administration to the Subcommittee)
2.	FCR(2020-21)82*Legend symbol denoting Items carried over from the meeting held on 8 January 2021.	HEAD 170 – SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT Subhead 179 Comprehensive social security assistance scheme Subhead 180 Social security allowance scheme Subhead 700 General non-recurrent Item 809 Special Scheme of Assistance to the Unemployed (This item invites Members to –
		(a)	approve a 2.7% 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 2021;
		(b)	note the financial implications of an extra $1,448 million each year arising from item (a) above; and
		(c)	approve the extension of Item 809 Special Scheme of Assistance to the Unemployed under Head 170 Social Welfare Department Subhead 700 General non-recurrent to implement the time-limited arrangement for six months from 1 April to 30 September 2021, under which the total cash value of insurance policies of able-bodied applicants of the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance will be disregarded as assets, with the expenditure to be met by existing provisions.)
	(In attendance: Under Secretary for Labour and Welfare/Deputy Director of Social Welfare (Administration)/Senior Statistician (Social Welfare), Social Welfare Department/Chief Social Security Officer (Social Security)1, Social Welfare Department) (Briefed Panel on Welfare Services on 23 November and 30 December 2020)

^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 carried over from the meeting held on 8 January 2021.

^# Item subject to discussion and separate voting by the Finance Committee per member's/members' request.