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Opening of the BPA Lunar New Year Fair Stall and Award Presentation Ceremony
The Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong (BPA) today (26 January) opened its stall at the Lunar New Year Fair in Victoria Park. The opening ceremony was presided over by BPA Legislative Councilors and government officials. They also presented awards to winners of a Creative Fair Product Design Competition that had been organised earlier.
Question – Burglaries of luxurious apartments (Abraham Shek)
It has been reported that on the Christmas Day just past, five luxurious apartments on Hong Kong Island were found within a period less than two hours to have been burgled, with properties valued over two million dollars in total stolen from four of them…
Question – Impact of shortening of requirement of residence in Hong Kong for Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme (Priscilla Leung)
The Court of Final Appeal (CFA) has earlier handed down its judgment on an appeal case, declaring that the requirement of seven-year residence in Hong Kong (residence requirement) stipulated by the Government for the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) Scheme was unconstitutional. As a result, the residence requirement must be restored to one year, i.e. the requirement before January 1, 2004…
BPA’s Response to the 2014 Policy Address
In his concluding remark for of the Policy Address, the Chief Executive stressed that it was “imperative to pursue people’s livelihood and the economy in tandem”. This is a belief that is, to a large extent, shared by the BPA. It is however disappointing to note that the reference to economic development is not sufficiently reflected in the contents of the Policy Address, namely, the strategies for economic development are fragmented and piecemeal while the needs of the middle class and SMEs, who are the major contributors to Hong Kong’s economy, have been overlooked.
BPA Symposium on Constitutional Reform
The Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong (BPA) today (14 January) organized a Symposium on Constitutional Reform, which was attended by Mrs. Carrie Lam, Chief Secretary for Administration, Mr. Raymond Tam, Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs, and Mr. Lau Kong-wah, Under Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs.
Question – Road safety involving crane lorries (Lo Wai-Kwok)
It has been reported that on September 14 of last year, the crane of a crane lorry in motion hit a directional sign which was six metres above the ground, paralyzing the traffic for more than two hours, and less than a month later, the crane of another crane lorry running on the road snapped two overhead cables of the Light Rail System, causing disruption of the Light Rail service for several hours. Regarding road safety involving crane lorries, will the Government inform this Council…
Speech – Promoting the economic development of Lok Ma Chau and Lantau Island (Jeffrey Lam)
President, Hong Kong is a densely populated place with a large number of vehicles, and large shopping areas in districts such as Causeway Bay and Tsim Sha Tsui are particularly crowded during weekends and holidays. As there are few shopping areas over the territory, local people and visitors flock to these places for shopping.
Speech – Promoting the economic development of Lok Ma Chau and Lantau Island (Lo Wai-kwok)
Deputy President, first of all I would like to thank Mr WONG Ting-kwong for proposing the motion on “Promoting the economic development of Lok Ma Chau (LMC) and Lantau Island” today. The original motion urges the Government to expeditiously study the setting up of a business and shopping centre in LMC, not only to capitalize on the geographical advantages and flow of people at the border, but also help to alleviate the pressure of popular shopping spots in Hong Kong, Kowloon and the New Territories, which are already crowded to capacity.
Question – Handling of complaints about water seepage in buildings (Lo Wai-kwok)
Currently, the Joint Office (JO) set up by the Buildings Department and the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department is responsible for handling cases of inter-floor water seepage in buildings as well as coordinating investigations into and law enforcement actions about the relevant complaints. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council…