The 13th Meeting of the North (2016-2019)

The 13th Meeting of the North District Council (NDC) (2016-2019) will be held at 9:30 a.m. on 14 December 2017 (Thursday) in the Conference Room of North District Council, 3/F, North District Government Offices, 3 Pik Fung Road, . The agenda (revised) is as follows:

(1) Confirmation of Minutes of Last Meeting

Discussion Items

(2) Motion on Supporting the Implementation of “Co-location Arrangement” at the West Station of the Hong Kong Section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link (“XRL”) (NDC Paper No. 59/2017 – The Motion) (NDC Paper No. 75/2017 –Written Response of the Department of Justice, Transport and Housing Bureau and Security Bureau)

(3) Proposal: Call for Action to Tackle the Serious Congestion Problem in North District at Root (NDC Paper No. 60/2017 – The Proposal) (NDC Paper No. 76/2017 – Written Response of the Transport and Housing Bureau and Transport Department) (NDC Paper No. 77/2017 – Written Response of the Hong Kong Police Force)

(4) Proposal: Strongly Request the Government to Face up to the Traffic Congestion within and outside North District and Undertake a Study Immediately on Construction of a New Trunk Road Linking North District to Urban Areas (NDC Paper No. 61/2017 – The Proposal) (NDC Paper No. 78/2017 – Written Response of the Transport and Housing Bureau and Transport Department) (NDC Paper No. 77/2017 – Written Response of the Hong Kong Police Force)

(5) Proposal: Objection to Lifting or Easing Export Restrictions on Infant Milk Powder (NDC Paper No. 62/2017 – The Proposal) (NDC Paper No. 79/2017 – Written Response of the Food and Health Bureau)

1 (6) Proposal: Objection to Removal of Export Restrictions on Infant Milk Powder for Ensuring Stable Supply of Milk Powder and Alleviating the Problem of Parallel Trading in North District (NDC Paper No. 63/2017 – The Proposal) (NDC Paper No. 79/2017 – Written Response of the Food and Health Bureau)

(7) Proposal: Request for Proper Follow-up on Reporting Scheme for Unauthorised Building Works in Exempted Houses (NDC Paper No. 64/2017 – The Proposal) (NDC Paper No. 80/2017 – Written Response of the Buildings Department)

(8) Appointment of Co-opted Members of NDC Committees for 2018 (NDC Paper No. 65/2017)

(9) Arrangements for Employment of Contract Staff by the NDC (NDC Paper No. 66/2017)

(10) Applications for District Council Funds (NDC Paper No. 67/2017 – Details of Funding Applications)

(11) Rules for Application for Funds of the Working Group on Healthy City 2018-19 (NDC Paper No. 68/2017)

Information Items

(12) District Lands Office/North: Returns on Redevelopment of New Territories Exempted House Applications and Small House Applications in North District (NDC Paper No. 69/2017)

(13) Report of the 5th Meeting of the North District Management Committee in 2017 (NDC Paper No. 70/2017)

(14) Reports of Working Groups under the NDC (a) Working Group on Publicity and Festival Activities (b) Working Group on Parallel Trade Issues (c) Working Group on Housing and Town Planning of North District (d) Working Group on Healthy City

2 (15) Any Other Business (a) Nomination of a Member to Serve on the New Territories Regional Advisory Committee under the Hospital Authority (NDC Paper No. 71/2017)

(b) Nomination of Members to Serve as “Sports Ambassadors” (NDC Paper No. 72/2017)

(c) Neighbourhood First – New Year Gathering Banquet for the 18 Districts’ Neighbourhood 2018 (NDC Paper No. 73/2017)

(d) Inviting the NDC to Support the “2nd Hong Kong Community Youth Sports Festival” (NDC Paper No. 74/2017)

(16) Date of Next Meeting

2. The meeting is open to the public and is conducted in Cantonese.

North District Council Secretariat

December 2017

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