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- 12 -indicated that such approach would be the way tobuild consensus. Mr Jimmy Kwok agreed.6.3 Mrs Mei Ng stressed the importance of involving awider spectrum of people in the planning process,including those who might be indirectly influenced aswell.6.4 On funding issue, Mr Nicholas Brooke opined thatcertain activities could be funded by non-governmentorganizations and the detailed funding arrangementshould be further discussed at a task group. Themeeting agreed.6.5 At the request of the Chairman, Dr Alvin Kwokagreed to lead the task force. Dr Andrew Thomson,Mr KY Leung, Mrs Mei Ng, and the Chairman onbehalf of HKIA also agreed to join the task group, withrepresentation from PlanD and CEDD.Item 7 Any Other Business7.1 Mrs Mei Ng raised concern on communication andinformation flow among the three sub-committees andthe reporting mechanism of the sub-committees to themain committee. In reply, Mr Thomas Tso statedthat submission of progress reports from allsub-committees would become a standing item of theHEC. With majority of members serving more thanone sub-committees, members could bring a wealth ofinformation to the work of each sub-committee. MrTso noted that the circulation of minutes would alsoassist dissemination of information.7.2 Mrs Mei Ng enquired the need to introduce relevantguidelines to regulate submission and/or presentationto the committee. The Chairman opined that opendiscussion should be encouraged and therefore theurgency of having a set of rules governing