Bills Committee on
Telecommunication (Amendment) Bill 1999

Meeting on
Thursday, 21 October 1999, at 8:30 am
in the Chamber of the Legislative Council Building

Revised Agenda


  1. Confirmation of minutes of meeting

  2. (8:30 am - 8:35 am)

    LC Paper No. CB(1)139/99-00
    - Minutes of the meeting on 6 September 1999 at 8:30 am

  3. Meeting with the Consumer Council

  4. (8:35 am - 8:55 am)

    LC Paper No. CB(1)74/99-00 dated 8 October 1999
    LC Paper No. CB(1)158/99-00 dated 20 October 1999
    - Submissions from the Consumer Council

  5. Meeting with the Administration

  6. (8:55 am - 10:15 am)

    Right of access

    LC Paper No. CB(1)1957/98-99 dated 24 September 1999;
    LC Paper No CB(1)32/99-00 dated 5 October 1999; and
    LC Paper No CB(1)116/99-00 dated 14 October 1999
    - Further submissions from BOT tunnel operators

    LC Papers No. CB(1)1947/98-99 dated 22 September 1999 (English version) and CB(1)1964/98-99 dated 27 September 1999 (Chinese version)
    - Note on the obligations of mobile phone operators to provide coverage in BOT tunnels by Lovell White & Durrant (legal advisers to BOT tunnel operators)

    LC Paper No. CB(1)141/99-00(01) dated 20 October 1999
    - The Administration's response to the BOT tunnel operators' submissions dated 20, 22 and 30 September 1999 and 13 October 1999 and the Consumer Council's submission dated 8 October 1999

    Spectrum utilization fee

    LC Paper No. CB(1)141/99-00(02) dated 20 October 1999
    - The Administration's response on the new section 32I relating to the spectrum utilization fee.

    Request for information and inspection of records, documents and accounts

    LC Paper No. CB(1)141/99-00(03) dated 20 October 1999
    - The Administration's further response on the new sections 35A and 36D relating to the Telecommunications Authority's request for, and inspection of records, documents and accounts.

    Other outstanding issues arising from the meeting on 6 October 1999

  7. Any other business

  8. (10:15 am - 10:30 am)


Legislative Council Secretariat
20 October 1999