The following is issued on behalf of the Legislative Council Secretariat:

     The Legislative Council (LegCo) will hold a meeting on Wednesday (July 15) at 11am in the Chamber of the LegCo Complex. During the meeting, Members will continue to consider the Inland Revenue (Amendment) (Profits Tax Concessions for Insurance-related Businesses) Bill 2019. If the Bill is supported by Members and receives its Second Reading, it will stand committed to the committee of the whole Council. After the committee of the whole Council has completed consideration of the Bill and its report is adopted by the Council, the Bill will be set down for the Third Reading.
 
     Meanwhile, the Second Reading debate on the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes (Amendment) Bill 2019, the Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2020, the Insurance (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2020, the Pharmacy and Poisons (Amendment) Bill 2019, the Court Proceedings (Electronic Technology) Bill, the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019, the Evidence (Amendment) Bill 2018, the Fisheries Protection (Amendment) Bill 2019, the Broadcasting and Telecommunications Legislation (Amendment) Bill 2019, the Freight Containers (Safety) (Amendment) Bill 2019 and the Road Traffic Legislation (Parking Spaces) (Amendment) Bill 2019 will also resume. If the Bills are supported by Members and receive their Second Reading, they will stand committed to the committee of the whole Council. After the committee of the whole Council has completed consideration of the Bills and their reports are adopted by the Council, the Bills will be set down for the Third Reading.

     During the meeting, Mr Abraham Shek, the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, will present the "Report of the Public Accounts Committee on Report No. 74 of the Director of Audit on the Results of Value for Money Audits" and address the Council.
 
     Mr Paul Tse, the Chairman of the Committee on Rules of Procedure, will present the "Committee on Rules of Procedure of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Progress Report for the period October 2019 to July 2020" and address the Council.
 
     Mr Tse, the Chairman of the Select Committee to Inquire into Matters about the Agreement between Mr LEUNG Chun-ying and the Australian firm UGL Limited; and Mr Kenneth Leung, member of the Select Committee, will present the "Report of the Legislative Council Select Committee to Inquire into Matters about the Agreement between Mr LEUNG Chun-ying and the Australian firm UGL Limited" and the "Minority Report on an inquiry into matters about the agreement between Mr LEUNG Chun-ying and the Australian firm UGL Limited" respectively. They will address the Council on the Reports.

     In addition, Mr Tommy Cheung, the Chairman of the Panel on Food Safety and Environmental Hygiene; Mr Vincent Cheng, the Chairman of the Panel on Manpower; Mr Jimmy Ng, the Chairman of the Panel on Commerce and Industry; Mr Lau Kwok-fan, the Chairman of the Panel on Home Affairs; Mrs Regina Ip, the Chairman of the Panel on Education; Mr Charles Mok, the Chairman of the Panel on Information Technology and Broadcasting; Mr Frankie Yick, the Chairman of the Panel on Transport; Mr Christopher Cheung, the Chairman of the Panel on Financial Affairs; Dr Chiang Lai-wan, the Chairman of the Panel on Health Services, and Dr Priscilla Leung, the Chairman of the Panel on Administration of Justice and Legal Services, will present the 2019-2020 Reports of the related Panels and address the Council respectively.
 
     Members will also ask the Government 22 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). Members of the public can watch or listen to the meeting via the "Webcast" system on the LegCo Website.  To observe the proceedings of the meeting at the LegCo Complex, members of the public may call 3919 3399 during office hours to reserve seats.

Ends/Monday, July 13, 2020
Issued at HKT 19:35

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