Subcommittee on
Regulations relating to Occupational Safety and Health

Meeting on Thursday, 21 October 1999 at 10:45 am
in Conference Room A of the Legislative Council Building

Revised Agenda

  1. Meeting with deputations and the Administration

    2. (10:45 am - 11:15 am)


  1. Meeting with the Administration

    2. (11:15 am - 12:45 pm)

    [Paper No. CB(2)117/99-00(01)-the Administration's response to concerns raised at the meeting on 27 September 1999 (attached)]

    [Paper No. CB(2)117/99-00(02)-the Administration's response to the submissions made by 18 organizations to the Subcommittee on 27 September 1999 (Chinese version to follow)]

Papers issued

See Appendix.

  1. Any other business
    2.
  2. Date of next meeting
    3.
Legislative Council Secretariat
20 October 1999

Appendix

Subcommittee on Regulations relating to Occupational Safety and Health

List of relevant papers issued

A. Relevant information
  1. The Legislative Council Brief issued by the Education and Manpower Bureau on 12 July 1999 (File Ref : EMB CR 2/296/195 XVIII);

  2. The Regulations circulated vide LC Paper No. CB(3)1801/98-99; and

  3. The Legal Service Division's report on the Regulations circulated vide LC Paper No. CB(2)2450/98-99 dated 30 June 1999 (LC Paper No. LS229/98-99).
B. Papers from the Administration
  1. The Administration's response to concerns raised at the meeting on 27 July 1999 [Paper No. CB(2)2855/98-99(01)];

  2. The Administration's response to the submission of Hong Kong Workers' Health Centre [Paper No. CB(2)2855/98-99(09)];

  3. The Administration's response to the submission of Hong Kong Occupational Deafness Association [Paper No. CB(2)2855/98-99(10)]; and

  4. The Administration's response to the submission of Pneumoconiosis Mutual Aid Association [Paper No. CB(2)2855/98-99(11)].
C. Submissions received
  1. Submission of the Hong Kong Workers' Health Centre [Paper No. CB(2)2629/ 98-99(01)];

  2. Submission of the Hong Kong Occupational Deafness Association [Paper No. CB(2)2629/98-99(02)];

  3. Submission of the Pneumoconiosis Mutual Aid Association [Paper No. CB(2)2638/98-99(01)];

  4. Submission of the Occupational Deafness Compensation Board [Paper No. CB(2)2855/98-99(02)];

  5. Submission of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University [Paper No. CB(2)2855/ 98-99(03)];

  6. Submission of the Hong Kong College of Community Medicine [Paper No. CB(2)2855/98-99(04)];

  7. Submission of the Construction Industry Training Authority [Paper No. CB(2)2855/98-99(05)];

  8. Submission of the Hong Kong Occupational Safety and Health Association [Paper No. CB(2)2855/98-99(06)];

  9. Submission of the CityU SCOPE OSH Alumni Association [Paper No. CB(2)2855/98-99(07)];

  10. Submission of the Occupational Safety Health and Council [Paper No. CB(2)2855/98-99(08)];

  11. Submission of the Hong Kong Institute of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene [Paper No. CB(2)2855/98-99(12)];

  12. Further submission of the Hong Kong Occupational Deafness Association [Paper No. CB(2)2883/98-99(01)];

  13. Further submission of the Pneumoconiosis Mutual Aid Association [Paper No. CB(2)2883/98-99(02)];

  14. Submission of the Federation of Hong Kong & Kowloon Labour Unions [Paper No. CB(2)2883/98-99(03)];

  15. Submission of the Hong Kong College of Family Physicians [Paper No. CB(2)2896/98-99(01)];

  16. Submission of the Society of Registered Safety Officers [Paper No. CB(2)2896/98-99(02)];

  17. Submission of the Hong Kong Construction Industry Employees General Union [Paper No. CB(2)2896/98-99(03)];

  18. Submission of the Hong Kong Industrial Safety Association [Paper No. CB(2)2900/98-99(01)];

  19. Submission of the Hong Kong Small and Medium Business Association [Paper No. CB(2)2900/98-99(02)];

  20. Joint submission from a group of individuals and organizations [Paper No. CB(2)2900/98-99(03)];

  21. Further submission of the Hong Kong College of Community Medicine [Paper No. CB(2)2900/98-99(04)];

  22. Submission of the Estate Doctors Association Ltd [Paper No. CB(2)2900/98-99(05)];

  23. Further submission of the Estate Doctors Association Ltd [Paper No. CB(2)37/99-00(01)]; and

  24. Submission of the Hong Kong College of Physician [Paper No. CB(2)37/99-00(02)].
Legislative Council Secretariat
20 October 1999