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President, in reviewing the first version of the Bill submitted to the Legislative Council last year and the final version today, I will say that it is redundant and meaningless.

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With a view to further improving the fire safety of pre-1987 composite and domestic buildings, we have secured the agreement of the Security Panel to commence the Fire Safety (Buildings) Ordinance on 1 July 2007.

To add "in recent years" after "Hong Kong"; to add "(e) expediting the vetting and approval work of the tendering of the EcoPark to facilitate the development of recycling industries and expeditiously taking forward Phase II of the EcoPark development plan; (f) establishing a high-level inter-departmental industries facilitation council to formulate more effective strategies to support environmental recovery industries;" after "transportation of waste;"; to delete "(e) formulating the Government's" before "green procurement policy" and substitute with "(g) implementing a"; to delete the original "(f)" andsubstitute with "(h)"; to delete the original "(g)" and substitute with "(i)"; to delete "social" after "assisting" and substitute with "small and medium"; and to add ", and allowing social enterprises to join in, on the premise that they do not compete with the private sector for profits" after "those environmental industries with prospects".

Having considered views received from the three topical consultations held in 2007 and 20081 and taking account of the recommendations and advice of the Standing Committee on Company Law Reform (SCCLR), the four dedicated Advisory Groups and the Joint Working Group between the Government and Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, a draft CB was prepared for further public consultation in two phases in 2009 and 2010.

[...] had total capital commitments of HK$909 million (31 December 2006: HK$1,107 million), of which HK$615 million (31 December 2006: HK$810 [...][...]

The above Offer and connected transactions were approved by the independent shareholders of the Company by way of a poll at the special general meeting held on 8 June 2007.

including, amongst other things, the increase of the annual cap for the Subcontracting Order Fee for each of the three financial years ending 31 December 2008, 2009 and 2010 from HK$9,900,000 under the Initial Subcontracting Agreement to HK$30,000,000 under the Subcontracting Agreement, be and are hereby approved and confirmed and the entering into of the Subcontracting Agreement by Dongguan Yihao Fashions Limited be and is hereby confirmed, approved and ratified.

Since March 2008, a new mechanism has been in place to raise government capacity to resolve district problems requiring inter-departmental collaboration.

To add "; (18) on the premise of protecting the autonomy and academic freedom of tertiary institutions, to encourage tertiary institutions to apply to the Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications for accreditation of the degree programmes they offer, so as to obtain recognition; (19) to expeditiously implement the recommendation put forward in the 2011-2012 Policy Address on putting up the Queen's Hill site for qualified sponsoring bodies to apply for establishment of non-profit-making private tertiary institutions; and (20) to increase the Government's technological research expenditure on applied research, and improve the Research Grants Council's existing university research funding allocation mechanism, which is not conducive to promoting innovation and applied technological research" immediately before the full stop.

[...] [...] trades andat more levels;"; to delete "an unemployment assistance system" after "(g) establish" and substitute with "a short-term unemployment financial assistance scheme"; to delete ", so as to obviate the need for the unemployed" after "employment placement, etc" and substitute with "to serve as a second safety net, so that unemployed persons who are not eligible"; to delete "to tackle" after "Comprehensive Social Security Assistance" and substitute with "can still tackle their"; and to add "; and (h) expeditiouslyimplement the recommendations [...][...]

We hope that the community will adopt a rational, pragmatic and accommodating attitude, and take this hard-earned opportunity to promote the constitutional development of Hong Kong, paving the way for universal suffrage for the Chief Executive in 2017 and for the Legislative Council in 2020.

The Group’s share of jointly controlled and associated companies’ taxation for the six months ended 30th June 2008 of HK$125 million (30th June 2007: HK$80 million; year ended31stDecember 2007: HK$181 million) and HK$81 million (30th June 2007: HK$243 million; year ended 31st December 2007: HK$514 million) respectively is included in the share [...][...]

Mr Li joined the CMC Group in 1991 and has since been assigned to a number of subsidiary companies including the appointments of: Vice General Manager of Minmetals Finance Company Limited in 1994, and General Manager from 1997 to 2007; Vice General Manager of the Finance Branch of CMC from 2001 to 2002; Vice General Manager of Minmetals Investment & Development Company Limited in 2002, and General Manager from 2005 to March 2009; Assistant President of CMC in 2007 and promoted to Vice President in 2008; and Chairman of Shanxi Guanlv (a company listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange) from April 2009 to April 2010.

This Trust Deed has been amended by supplemental trust deeds dated 16th October, 1989, 1st June 1991, 26th November 1991, 2nd December 1991, 31st March 1992, 7th June 1993, 15th April 1996, 24th June 1999, 31st October 2001, 7th October 2002 and 9th July 2007 respectively, a Deed of Retirement and Appointment dated 20th May 1995 and a Deed of Retirement and Appointment of Manager and Modification of the Trust Deed constituting Taifook SRI Asia Fund dated 24th October 2003.

On 29thJuly 2008, the Group acquired additional 74.5% equity interest in Acon and it became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company since then.

making recommendations to the Board on the terms of engagement letters of the Non-executive Directors of the Company and their directors’ fees for the years 2006, 2007 and 2008.

Finally, I would like to suggest that, in view of the Administration’s plan that 45 000 additional flats will be provided under the Sandwich Class Housing Scheme by the year 2001, and that only about 10 000 more such flats will be provided before 1997, it can be seen that the majority of the flats (35 000) will not be completed until after 1997.

On the investment front, upon the completion of Landmark East in the third quarter of2008, Winsor Properties will have 3.5 million square feet of quality investment properties in its portfolio and over one-third of it will be Grade A office and retail space.

I am sorry that I cannot answer this question, because since December 1999, when the Hong Kong Housing Authority (HA) announced the list of units to be sold under Phase 6 of the Tenants Purchase Scheme (TPS), thefate ofthe TPS after 2003 has remained largely unknown.

We will decide on this matter after we have completed our discussions with the staff side representatives on how to apply the PLS results to the civil service and when the outcome of the PTS to be conducted shortly is available.

The 5-Year Exemption Entitlement, which commenced on 1 January 2008, will end on 31 December 2012 irrespective of whether WIT is profit-making during this period and the 5-Year 50% Tax Reduction Entitlement will commence from 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2017 and tax payable will be charged at 12.5%.

The Fund was formerly known as Polaris Emerging Economies Fund and Kingsway Emerging Economies Fund before 1st August 2001 and 1st August 2007 respectively and was changed to its present name with effect from 1st August 2007.

Progress reports on the item were submitted by the Director-General to the Board at its 179th and 180th sessions, and a basic outline for discussion on the matter, including an in-depth analysis of the content of standard-setting instruments already existing in this field, were submitted to the Board at its 179th session in document 179 EX/INF.6.