LegCo Paper No. CB(1)1550/96-97
Ref : CB1/BC/12/96/2

Bills Committee on Trade Unions (Amendment) Bill 1997

Minutes of Meeting held on Wednesday, 7 May 1997 at 2:15 p.m. in Conference Room B of the Legislative Council Building

Members present :

    Hon Michael HO Mun-ka
    Hon LEE Cheuk-yan
    Hon CHAN Yuen-han
    Hon CHENG Yiu-tong
    Hon LEUNG Yiu-chung
    Hon Bruce LIU Sing-lee

Members absent :

    Hon Howard YOUNG, JP
    Hon James TIEN Pei-chun, OBE, JP
    Hon Lawrence YUM Sin-ling

Clerk in attendance :

    Miss Polly YEUNG
    Chief Assistant Secretary (1)3

Staff in attendance :

    Mrs Queenie YU
    Senior Assistant Secretary (1)8

    Ms Karen WONG
    Senior Assistant Secretary (1)9



I.Election of Chairman

Mr Michael HO Mun-ka was elected Chairman of the Bills Committee.

II.Any Other Business

2. Members agreed to schedule two further meetings as follows:

  1. Monday, 19 May 1997, at 10:30 a.m; and

  2. Monday, 2 June 1997, at 8:30 a.m.

3. Members decided to invite the following employer associations and labour groups to make representations at the next meeting on 19 May 1997:

The Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions;

Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions;

The Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions;

Hong Kong-Kowloon Trades Union Council;

Employers’ Federation of Hong Kong;

The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce; and

Federation of Hong Kong Industries.

4. Mr LEE Cheuk-yan also informed members that the Bill would be considered by the Labour Advisory Board at its meeting on 28 May 1997.

5. The meeting ended at 2:30 p.m.

Legislative Council Secretariat

8 May 1997


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