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LC Paper No. CB(3) 476/15-16

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

MINUTES

No. 17

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Minutes of the meeting held on Wednesday 17 February 2016 at 11:00 am, Thursday 18 February 2016 at 9:00 am and Friday 19 February 2016 at 9:00 am

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Attendance The attendance of Members, public officers and Clerks is in the Official Record of Proceedings. Tabling of Papers The following papers were laid on the table under Rule 21(2) of the Rules of Procedure: Subsidiary Legislation / Instruments L.N. No. 1. International Organizations (Privileges and Immunities)

(Asia Pacific Regional Office of the Hague Conference on Private International Law) Order (gazetted on 5.2.2016)

25/2016

2. International Organizations (Privileges and Immunities) (Permanent Court of Arbitration) Order (gazetted on 5.2.2016)

26/2016

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Subsidiary Legislation / Instruments L.N. No. 3. Securities and Futures (Amendment) Ordinance 2014

(Commencement) Notice 2016 (gazetted on 5.2.2016)

27/2016

4. Securities and Futures (OTC Derivative Transactions—Clearing and Record Keeping Obligations and Designation of Central Counterparties) Rules (gazetted on 5.2.2016)

28/2016

5. Securities and Futures (OTC Derivative Transactions—Reporting and Record Keeping Obligations) Rules (Commencement) Notice (gazetted on 5.2.2016)

29/2016

6. Securities and Futures (OTC Derivative Transactions—Reporting and Record Keeping Obligations) (Amendment) Rules 2016 (gazetted on 5.2.2016)

30/2016

7. Securities and Futures (OTC Derivative Transactions Reporting Obligation—Fees) Rules (gazetted on 5.2.2016)

31/2016

8. Securities and Futures (Fees) (Amendment) Rules 2016 (gazetted on 5.2.2016)

32/2016

9. Prevention and Control of Disease Ordinance (Amendment of Schedule 1) Notice 2016 (gazetted on 5.2.2016)

33/2016

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Other Papers 1. No. 65 - Education Scholarships Fund

Trustee’s Report on the Administration of the Fund and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 August 2015 (published on 15.2.2016)

2. No. 66 - Report of the Public Accounts Committee on the Reports of the Director of Audit on the Accounts of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region for the year ended 31 March 2015 and the Results of Value for Money Audits (Report No. 65) (February 2016 P.A.C. Report No. 65) (published on 17.2.2016)

3. Report No. 12/15-16 of the House Committee on Consideration of Subsidiary Legislation and Other Instruments (published on 11.2.2016)

Address Hon Abraham SHEK, Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, addressed the Council on the Committee’s Report No. 65. Questions Written replies to Questions 1 to 22 as set out on the Agenda were supplied to Members. Members’ Motion Motion of Thanks (During the debate on this motion, the meeting was suspended at 9:52 pm on 17 February and resumed at 9:00 am on 18 February, and was suspended at 9:52 pm on 18 February and resumed at 9:00 am on 19 February 2016.)

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Hon Andrew LEUNG moved the motion as set out on the Agenda. The President proposed the question on the motion and ordered a joint debate on the motion and the amendments. The debate was divided into five sessions as set out in the Appendix to the Agenda. After movers of the amendments, Members and the public officers had respectively spoken, the following questions were put:

Order of questions put

Decisions taken (details of division,

if any)

－ Amendment moved by Hon Frederick FUNG as set out on the Agenda

Negatived (Appendix 1)

－ Motion moved without notice by Hon Andrew LEUNG to shorten the duration of the division bell for further division in respect of this motion and its amendments

Passed

－ Amendment moved by Hon WU Chi-wai as set out on the Agenda

Negatived (Appendix 2)

－ Amendment moved by Hon CHEUNG Kwok-che as set out on the Agenda

Negatived (Appendix 3)

－ Amendment moved by Hon LEE Cheuk-yan as set out on the Agenda

Negatived (Appendix 4)

－ Amendment moved by Hon Cyd HO as set out on the Agenda

Negatived (Appendix 5)

－ Amendment moved by Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG as set out on the Agenda

Negatived (Appendix 6)

－ Amendment moved by Hon LEUNG Yiu-chung as set out on the Agenda

Negatived (Appendix 7)

－ Hon Andrew LEUNG’s motion

Negatived (Appendix 8)

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Next meeting The President declared that the next Council meeting would be held on

24 February 2016 at 11:00 am. The Council was adjourned at 6:42 pm on 19 February 2016.

(Jasper TSANG Yok-sing) President

Legislative Council Council Chamber Hong Kong 16 March 2016