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- 2 -Mrs Agnes LeungMr TW Ng (Secretary)Chief Executive Officer (2)1, HomeAffairs DepartmentSenior Town Planner/Sub-Regional,Planning DepartmentIn AttendanceMr Raymond WM WongMr Andrew CheungMs Portia YiuMr Bryan LiChief Town Planner/Sub-Regional,Planning DepartmentAssistant Secretary (Planning)2, Housing,Planning and Lands BureauAssistant Secretary (Planning)4, Housing,Planning and Lands BureauSenior Executive Officer (Planning),Housing, Planning and Lands BureauAbsent with ApologiesMr Leslie Chen Hong Kong Institute of LandscapeArchitectsActionItem 1Election of Chairman1.1 The Secretary welcomed all Members andGovernment representatives to the first meeting of theSub-committee on <strong>Harbour</strong> Plan Review (theSub-committee) of the <strong>Harbour</strong>-front EnhancementCommittee (HEC).1.2 For the chair of the Sub-committee, Dr AndrewThomson nominated, and Dr Alvin Kwok and MrsMei Ng seconded, Mr Vincent Ng. There being noother nomination nor objection, Mr Vincent Ng waselected Chairman of the Sub-committee.1.3 The Chairman thanked Members for their support andmembers of the public and the press for attending themeeting.
- 3 -1.4 At the invitation of the Chairman, Mr NicholasBrooke, a member of the HEC originally attending theSub-committee meeting as an observer, agreed to jointhe Sub-committee as a Member.Item 2House Rules of the Sub-committee (Paper No.1/2004)2.1 The Chairman invited Members to comment on theHouse Rules set out in Paper No.1/2004. He pointedout that the rules would be further discussed andendorsed by the plenary session of the HEC on 9September 2004.Membership and Voting2.2 In reply to Mrs Mei Ng’s query about the criteria forco-opting members into the Sub-committee, MrThomas Tso said that individuals could be co-optedas and when the Sub-committee considered itnecessary to have expert input on certain topics orprojects.2.3 Mr Jimmy Kwok and Mr KY Leung shared the viewthat experts could be invited to the discussion asobservers as and when necessary. It was notnecessary to go through the appointment procedures.2.4 Mr TC Chan commented that the whole of theSub-committee would be stymied because of therequirements under para 2(d) of the House Rules forappointing individuals as co-opted members.2.5 Dr Andrew Thomson was concerned that the HouseRules as presently drafted would render the operationof the Sub-committee cumbersome and less efficient.2.6 Mr Nicholas Brooke opined that the operation of theSub-committee should not become too bureaucratic.He suggested that co-opting and appointing members
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