Replies to Questions from Finance Committee Members

Name of
consultants (if
available)
Description Consultancy fees Status of consultancy studies
(planning/ in progress / completed)
Asked by : Hon. Ho Sau-lan, Cyd
Reply:
(1) The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) and the Electrical and Mechanical
Services Department (EMSD) commissioned consultancy studies for policy making and assessment in
2001-02 and 2002-03. Details are as follows:
Name of
consultants (if
available)
Description Consultancy
fees
Centre for Coastal To collect baseline
Pollution and information on
Conservation, marine benthic
City University of communities in
Hong Kong Hong Kong
TNO Institute of
Environmental
Sciences, Energy
Research and
Process
Innovation
MVA Hong Kong
Limited
Camp Dresser &
Mckee
International Inc.
(AFCD)
Study on
Quantitative Risk
Assessment of
LPG Vehicles
through Tunnels in
Hong Kong
(EMSD)
Residential
Household Energy
Consumption
Study in Hong
Kong
(EMSD)
Study on the
Development of
Energy
Consumption
Indicators &
Benchmarks
(EMSD)
Progress on The
consultancy
studies (planning/
in progress /
completed)
Administration’s
follow-up action
on the study
reports and the
progress made
Reasons for no
follow-up
action on the
study reports
and whether
other measures
are available to
deal with the
subjects under
$3.850M Completed Findings will be
used in assessing
potential impacts
of development
projects on
marine benthic
ecology and
marine
conservation.
study
N.A.
$0.660M Completed The existing
maximum fuel
tank carrying
capacity of LPG
vehicles should
be maintained
and no further
action is
required.
$1.030M Completed Findings already
incorporated into
the Hong Kong
Energy End-Use
Database.
$4.600M Completed Benchmarks
developed for
selected groups
are available for
public use.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.