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OFFICIAL RECORD of PROCEEDINGS Wednesday, 24 LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ― 24 March 2021 4357 OFFICIAL RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Wednesday, 24 March 2021 The Council met at Eleven o'clock MEMBERS PRESENT: THE PRESIDENT THE HONOURABLE ANDREW LEUNG KWAN-YUEN, G.B.M., G.B.S., J.P. THE HONOURABLE ABRAHAM SHEK LAI-HIM, G.B.S., J.P. THE HONOURABLE TOMMY CHEUNG YU-YAN, G.B.S., J.P. THE HONOURABLE JEFFREY LAM KIN-FUNG, G.B.S., J.P. THE HONOURABLE WONG TING-KWONG, G.B.S., J.P. THE HONOURABLE STARRY LEE WAI-KING, S.B.S., J.P. THE HONOURABLE CHAN HAK-KAN, B.B.S., J.P. THE HONOURABLE CHAN KIN-POR, G.B.S., J.P. DR THE HONOURABLE PRISCILLA LEUNG MEI-FUN, S.B.S., J.P. THE HONOURABLE WONG KWOK-KIN, S.B.S., J.P. THE HONOURABLE MRS REGINA IP LAU SUK-YEE, G.B.S., J.P. THE HONOURABLE PAUL TSE WAI-CHUN, J.P. THE HONOURABLE MICHAEL TIEN PUK-SUN, B.B.S., J.P. 4358 LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ― 24 March 2021 THE HONOURABLE STEVEN HO CHUN-YIN, B.B.S. THE HONOURABLE FRANKIE YICK CHI-MING, S.B.S., J.P. THE HONOURABLE YIU SI-WING, B.B.S. THE HONOURABLE MA FUNG-KWOK, G.B.S., J.P. THE HONOURABLE CHAN HAN-PAN, B.B.S., J.P. THE HONOURABLE LEUNG CHE-CHEUNG, S.B.S., M.H., J.P. THE HONOURABLE ALICE MAK MEI-KUEN, B.B.S., J.P. THE HONOURABLE KWOK WAI-KEUNG, J.P. THE HONOURABLE CHRISTOPHER CHEUNG WAH-FUNG, S.B.S., J.P. THE HONOURABLE ELIZABETH QUAT, B.B.S., J.P. THE HONOURABLE MARTIN LIAO CHEUNG-KONG, G.B.S., J.P. THE HONOURABLE POON SIU-PING, B.B.S., M.H. DR THE HONOURABLE CHIANG LAI-WAN, S.B.S., J.P. IR DR THE HONOURABLE LO WAI-KWOK, S.B.S., M.H., J.P. THE HONOURABLE CHUNG KWOK-PAN THE HONOURABLE JIMMY NG WING-KA, B.B.S., J.P. DR THE HONOURABLE JUNIUS HO KWAN-YIU, J.P. THE HONOURABLE HOLDEN CHOW HO-DING THE HONOURABLE SHIU KA-FAI, J.P. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ― 24 March 2021 4359 THE HONOURABLE WILSON OR CHONG-SHING, M.H. THE HONOURABLE YUNG HOI-YAN, J.P. DR THE HONOURABLE PIERRE CHAN THE HONOURABLE CHAN CHUN-YING, J.P. THE HONOURABLE CHEUNG KWOK-KWAN, J.P. THE HONOURABLE LUK CHUNG-HUNG, J.P. THE HONOURABLE LAU KWOK-FAN, M.H. THE HONOURABLE KENNETH LAU IP-KEUNG, B.B.S., M.H., J.P. DR THE HONOURABLE CHENG CHUNG-TAI THE HONOURABLE VINCENT CHENG WING-SHUN, M.H., J.P. THE HONOURABLE TONY TSE WAI-CHUEN, B.B.S., J.P. PUBLIC OFFICERS ATTENDING: THE HONOURABLE WONG KAM-SING, G.B.S., J.P. SECRETARY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT THE HONOURABLE JOHN LEE KA-CHIU, S.B.S., P.D.S.M., J.P. SECRETARY FOR SECURITY THE HONOURABLE FRANK CHAN FAN, J.P. SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT AND HOUSING PROF THE HONOURABLE SOPHIA CHAN SIU-CHEE, J.P. SECRETARY FOR FOOD AND HEALTH 4360 LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ― 24 March 2021 THE HONOURABLE EDWARD YAU TANG-WAH, G.B.S., J.P. SECRETARY FOR COMMERCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THE HONOURABLE MICHAEL WONG WAI-LUN, J.P. SECRETARY FOR DEVELOPMENT THE HONOURABLE KEVIN YEUNG YUN-HUNG, J.P. SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION THE HONOURABLE ALFRED SIT WING-HANG, J.P. SECRETARY FOR INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY THE HONOURABLE CHRISTOPHER HUI CHING-YU, J.P. SECRETARY FOR FINANCIAL SERVICES AND THE TREASURY DR BERNARD CHAN PAK-LI, J.P. UNDER SECRETARY FOR COMMERCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DR RAYMOND SO WAI-MAN, B.B.S., J.P. UNDER SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT AND HOUSING CLERKS IN ATTENDANCE: MR KENNETH CHEN WEI-ON, S.B.S., SECRETARY GENERAL MS DORA WAI, DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL MS MIRANDA HON, ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL MR MATTHEW LOO, ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ― 24 March 2021 4361 PRESIDENT (in Cantonese): Will the Clerk please ring the bell to summon Members to the Chamber. (After the summoning bell had been rung, a number of Members entered the Chamber) LAYING OF PAPERS ON THE TABLE OF THE COUNCIL The following papers were laid on the table under Rule 21(2) of the Rules of Procedure: Subsidiary Legislation Legal Notice No. Sewage Services (Sewage Charge) (Amendment) Regulation 2021 .................................................. 36 of 2021 Waterworks (Amendment) Regulation 2021 .................. 37 of 2021 Designation of Libraries (Amendment) Order 2021 ...... 38 of 2021 Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance (Public Pleasure Grounds) (Amendment of Fourth Schedule) Order 2021 ............................. 39 of 2021 Admission and Registration (Amendment) Rules 2021 .................................................................... 40 of 2021 Employees Compensation Assistance Ordinance (Amendment of Schedule 4) Notice 2021 .......... 41 of 2021 Other Papers HKSAR Government Scholarship Fund Financial Statements for the year ended 31 August 2020 (including Report of the Director of Audit) 4362 LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ― 24 March 2021 Self-financing Post-secondary Education Fund Financial Statements for the year ended 31 August 2020 (including Report of the Director of Audit) The Prince Philip Dental Hospital 2019-20 Annual Report by the Board of Governors (including Audited Financial Statements and Auditor's Report) Report No. 14/20-21 of the House Committee on Consideration of Subsidiary Legislation and Other Instruments ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS PRESIDENT (in Cantonese): Questions. First question. The governance and management of Radio Television Hong Kong 1. MS YUNG HOI-YAN (in Cantonese): Last month, the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau ("CEDB") released the Review Report submitted by a dedicated team to review the governance and management of Radio Television Hong Kong ("RTHK"). Regarding the governance and management of RTHK, will the Government inform this Council: (1) of the details of RTHK's plan for implementing the recommendations made in the Review Report in respect of its mechanisms for editorial management and complaints handling, performance measurement and evaluation, as well as management of its workforce (including the implementation priority and schedule of the various recommendations); (2) whether CEDB has comprehensively reviewed its role and performance in monitoring RTHK, and if any senior staff of CEDB and RTHK should be held responsible for RTHK's previous governance and management problems; how CEDB will strengthen its role in monitoring RTHK in future; and LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ― 24 March 2021 4363 (3) how CEDB will, in the coming three years, instruct the Director of Broadcasting to lead RTHK to strictly comply with (i) the Charter of Radio Television Hong Kong ("the Charter") (in particular to fulfill the following purposes of RTHK as the public service broadcaster as stipulated in paragraph 4 of the Charter: providing accurate and impartial news, information, perspectives and analyses; promoting the public's understanding of "One Country, Two Systems" and its implementation in Hong Kong; and engendering a sense of citizenship and national identity through programmes that contribute to the understanding of the community and nation), (ii) the Communications Authority's code of practice on programme standards, and (iii) RTHK's internal Producers' Guidelines; whether CEDB has plans to update the Charter in order to reflect the latest situation of Hong Kong (including the National Security Law for Hong Kong having been implemented in Hong Kong)? SECRETARY FOR COMMERCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (in Cantonese): President, I thank Ms YUNG Hoi-yan for her question. My consolidated reply to the three parts of Ms YUNG Hoi-yan's question is as follows: The roles of Radio Television Hong Kong ("RTHK") are clearly defined in the Charter of Radio Television Hong Kong ("the Charter"). RTHK is both a government department and the only public service broadcaster in Hong Kong. The Charter specifies RTHK's relationship with the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau ("CEDB") and the RTHK Board of Advisors ("BoA"), as well as the role of the Communications Authority ("CA") in regulating RTHK's programme contents. The three parties will discharge their respective functions and responsibilities. CEDB has been overseeing whether RTHK, as a government department, complies with all applicable government rules and regulations, including those on financial control, human resources management and procurement matters. BoA advises the Director of Broadcasting ("D of B") on all matters pertaining to editorial principles, programming standards and quality of RTHK programming, and receives reports on complaints against such matters. In addition, RTHK must ensure that all of its programmes comply with the relevant codes of practices issued by CA for regulating the standards of programmes broadcast by broadcasting licensees. CA adopts consistent standards and procedures in 4364 LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ― 24 March 2021 handling complaints about programmes of commercial as well as public service broadcasters in accordance with the established mechanism. The management of RTHK and individual RTHK programmes have been a cause of public concern in recent years. RTHK's programmes have been subject to complaints repeatedly and ruled by CA to have breached the relevant codes of practices in the past two years. In light of the above, CEDB established a dedicated team to review the governance and management of RTHK last year. The Governance and Management of Radio Television Hong Kong Review Report ("the Review Report") was released on 19 February this year and passed to RTHK for follow up. CEDB and D of B also briefed and discussed with Legislative Council Members about the Review Report at the Legislative Council Panel on Information Technology and Broadcasting. As regards the follow-up work, CEDB has requested RTHK to study in detail and implement the recommendations of the Review Report by drawing up priority improvement measures, an action plan and a timetable so as to fully implement the recommendations, and to seek advice from BoA and other stakeholders in a timely manner. RTHK has already commenced the implementation work, which includes enhancing editorial management, devising a clearer editorial process and improving the complaint handling mechanism.
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