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LegCo to debate a motion on raising minimum wage level to $33 or above per hour
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The following is issued on behalf of Legislative Council Secretariat:

     The Legislative Council (LegCo) will hold a meeting on Wednesday (October 31) at 11am in the Chamber of the LegCo Complex. During the meeting, Members will debate a motion on raising the minimum wage level to $33 or above per hour.
     
     The motion, to be moved by Mr Frederick Fung, states: "That this Council urges the Chief Executive to raise the minimum wage level to $33 or above per hour, and shorten the frequency of review from 'once every two years' to 'once every year'."
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     Ms Cyd Ho, Dr Fernando Cheung and Mr Cheung Kwok-che will move separate amendments to Mr Frederick Fung's motion.

     Meanwhile, Members will debate a motion on regulating beauty industry. The motion, to be moved by Dr Helena Wong, states: "That in recent years the beauty industry in Hong Kong has been developing rapidly and providing a range of services over and above general beauty care needs, which even include invasive medical beauty services the effectiveness of which is in doubt; recently, a beauty treatment centre gave intravascular infusions to some 40 consumers, with the consequence that four women sustained septic shock, and one of them had even passed away unfortunately; the incident has aroused public concern about the risks of invasive medical beauty services, the conduct and responsibility of individual beauty service providers and medical practitioners as well as the regulation of medical devices; in this connection, this Council calls on the industry to immediately stop high-risk invasive medical acts, and urges the Government to expeditiously enact legislation to regulate the conduct and services of the beauty industry; the relevant measures should include:
     
(a) to clearly define high-risk and invasive medical procedures, and require that only professionally qualified healthcare personnel may carry out such procedures;

(b) to stipulate that the industry and healthcare personnel must clearly and fully disclose in advance the risks and possible after-effects to the customers who are intending to receive the treatments;

(c) to clearly define the responsibilities that the industry and healthcare personnel must bear after the occurrence of incidents;

(d) to implement a medical device registration system, and require that only professionally qualified persons may operate such devices; and

(e) to amend the relevant legislation, and incorporate a 'cooling-off period' for selling beauty services into the Trade Descriptions (Unfair Trade Practices) (Amendment) Ordinance 2012, which will come into force next year, to combat unfair trade practices;
     
with a view to upgrading the industry's conduct and standard of services for the protection of public health."

     Dr Joseph Lee, Ms Alice Mak, Dr Kwok Ka-ki, Mr Chan Han-pan, Mr Vincent Fang, Mr Chan Chi-chuen, Mr Ronny Tong and Dr Leung Ka-lau will move separate amendments to Dr Helena Wong's motion.

     Mr Dennis Kwok will move a proposed resolution under the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance to extend the period for amending the Legal Aid (Amendment) Regulation 2012, the Legal Aid (Assessment of Resources and Contributions) (Amendment) Regulation 2012, and the Legal Aid Ordinance - Resolution of the Legislative Council (Commencement) Notice, laid on the table of the LegCo on October 10, 2012, to the meeting of November 28, 2012.
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     In addition, 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 LegCo website (www.legco.gov.hk). Please note that the agenda is subject to change, and the latest information about the agenda could be found in the LegCo website.
     
     Members of the public are welcome to observe the proceedings of the meeting from the public galleries of the Chamber of the LegCo Complex. They may reserve seats by calling 3919 3399 during office hours. Seats will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis. Members of the public can also watch or listen the meeting via the web broadcast system on the LegCo website.

Ends/Monday, October 29, 2012
Issued at HKT 17:17

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