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The following is issued on behalf of the Legislative Council Secretariat:
The Legislative Council will hold a meeting this Wednesday (December 9) at 11am in the Chamber of the Legislative Council Building. During the meeting, Members will debate a motion on resignation en masse of Members returned from five geographical constituencies as a referendum. The motion, to be moved by Mr Wong Yuk-man, says: "That, this Council appeals to all people in Hong Kong to fully support the campaign of 'Resignation en masse of Members returned from five geographical constituencies as a referendum on the fight for dual universal suffrage in 2012', so as to, by way of direct democracy, return the right of decision on constitutional development to the people, and strongly requests the Special Administrative Region Government to take the opportunity of the constitutional reform consultation to relay to the Beijing Government the aspiration of Hong Kong people, with a view to fighting for the implementation of dual universal suffrage in 2012."
Mr Leung Yiu-chung and Mr Alan Leong will move amendments to Mr Wong Yuk-man's motion respectively.
Members will also debate another motion on reviewing afresh the use of land at the Kowloon waterfront. The motion, to be moved by Dr Priscilla Leung, says: "That the Chief Executive has put forward the policy directions of reducing development density and beautifying the waterfront promenade in his past three years' policy addresses, yet many waterfront sites in Kowloon have still been wrongly planned for the construction of densely built high-rise buildings in recent years, causing further damages to the beautiful ridgelines of Kowloon and even blocking the ventilation openings and aggravating the wall and heat island effects, hence exacerbating the environmental problems in Kowloon; in this connection, this Council urges the Government to honour its pledges made in the policy addresses and, by adhering to the overriding principle of conforming to environmental protection and low development density, strengthen the coordination and cooperation among different departments as well as review afresh the use of vacant waterfront sites in Kowloon, so as to create favourable conditions for the implementation of the Kowloon waterfront promenade project."
Mrs Sophie Leung, Ms Tanya Chan and Mr James To will move amendments to Dr Priscilla Leung's motion respectively.
Moreover, Ms Miriam Lau will move a motion under Rule 49B(1A) of the Rules of Procedure of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, which states: "That this Council, in accordance with Article 79(7) of the Basic Law, censures Mr Kam Nai-wai for misbehaviour."
On bills, the Buildings Energy Efficiency Bill will be introduced into the Council for First and Second Readings. Debate on the Bill will be adjourned.
During the meeting, Members will also ask the Administration 20 questions on various policy areas, six of which require oral replies.
The agenda of the above meeting can be obtained via the Legislative Council InfoFax Service (Tel: 2869 9568) or the Legislative Council web site (http://www.legco.gov.hk).
Members of the public are welcome to observe the proceedings of the meeting from the public galleries of the Legislative Council Chamber. They may reserve seats by calling 2869 9399 during office hours. Seats will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis. Members of the public can also listen to the meeting via the audio webcast system on the Legislative Council homepage.
Ends/Monday, December 7, 2009
Issued at HKT 18:58
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