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The following is issued on behalf of the Legislative Council Secretariat:
The agenda of the Legislative Council (LegCo) meeting, scheduled for tomorrow (June 30) at 11am in the Chamber of the LegCo Building, has been revised. In addition to the original agenda items, the President has given permission for Hon Mrs Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee to ask, under Rule 24(4) of the Rules of Procedure, an urgent question at the meeting. The wordings of the urgent question are as follows:
"Following the tragic tree-falling incident which occurred in Yuen Chau Kok Park resulting in the death of a passer-by, a big Chinese banyan tree situated outside the entrance of the Central Government Offices, West Wing, collapsed earlier as it could not withstand days of winds and rain, causing injury to a passer-by and damage to properties. There are comments that the occurrence of tree-falling incidents everywhere in Hong Kong reflects that serious problems exist in the management of trees by the Government, posing threats to the lives and safety of the public. Given that the rainy season has started:
(a) whether the Government will immediately make public the list of trees which have been identified to be in need of further inspection, so that members of the public can take precautions; and
(b) as the tree outside the entrance of the Central Government offices, West Wing, which collapsed was not on the aforesaid list, whether the Government will hire local and overseas experts to carry out inspection and monitoring of trees, in order to prepare an accurate list of dangerous trees, thereby removing the threats posed to the public in a more expeditious and effective manner?"
For the original agenda items of tomorrow's Council meeting, please refer to the press release "LegCo to debate a motion on safeguarding Hong Kong people's freedom of expression" issued yesterday (June 28) by the Secretariat.
Ends/Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Issued at HKT 19:07
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