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(Translation) Minutes of the 12 Meeting of the 5 Wan Chai District Council Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Date: 19 Sept (Translation) Minutes of the 12th Meeting of the 5th Wan Chai District Council Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Date: 19 September 2017 (Tuesday) Time: 2:30 p.m. Venue: District Council Conference Room, Wan Chai District Office, 21/F Southorn Centre, 130 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong Present Chairperson Mr NG Kam-chun, Stephen, BBS, MH, JP Vice-chairperson Dr CHOW Kit-bing, Jennifer, BBS, MH Members Ms NG Yuen-ting, Yolanda, MH Mr LEE Man-lung, Joey Ms LEE Kwun-yee, Kenny, MH Ms LEE Pik-yee, Peggy Mr LAM Wai-man, Wind, Anson Mr WONG Wang-tai, Ivan, MH Miss YEUNG Suet-ying, Clarisse Mr CHENG Ki-kin Dr TANG King-yung, Anna, BBS, MH Ms CHUNG Ka-man, Jacqueline Representatives of Core Government Departments Mr CHAN Tin-chu, Rick, JP District Officer (Wan Chai), Home Affairs Department Miss WONG Wing-yee, Amy Assistant District Officer (Wan Chai), Home Affairs Department 1 5th term_wcdc_min_12_e Ms CHAN Siu-ping, Daphne Senior Liaison Officer (Community Affairs), Home Affairs Department Mr KAN Kai-yan District Commander (Wan Chai), Hong Kong Police Force Mr CHAN Kit-fung Police Community Relations Officer (Wan Chai District), Hong Kong Police Force Mr KWOK Ching-fai Sub-Unit Commander (Patrol 1) (North Point Division), Eastern District, Hong Kong Police Force Miss YIP Hau-yu, Hannah District Social Welfare Officer (Eastern/Wan Chai), Social Welfare Department Mr LAM Chi-keung Chief Engineer/ Hong Kong (2), Civil Engineering and Development Department Mr LEUNG Kam-wing Senior Estate Surveyor/Land Control & Lease Enforcement (District Lands Office/Hong Kong East, West & South), Lands Department Mr LUK Chi-kwong Chief Leisure Manager (Hong Kong East), Leisure and Cultural Services Department Miss LEE Pui-ling, Becky District Leisure Manager (Wan Chai), Leisure and Cultural Services Department Mr LAU Chi-keung District Environmental Hygiene Superintendent (Wan Chai), Food and Environmental Hygiene Department Mr HO Kwan-hang, Albert Chief Transport Officer/Hong Kong, Transport Department Representatives of Other Government Departments and Organisations Mr CHAN Ka-shun, Carlson, JP Commissioner for Labour Miss YIM Lai-kwan, Cindy Senior Labour Officer (Employment Services) for agenda (Operation), Labour Department item 1 Miss LAU LEE-kwan, Vivian, JP Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene Mr LI Ka-kei Assistant Director (Operations)1, for agenda item 2 Food and Environmental Hygiene Department 2 5th term_wcdc_min_12_e Mr Sky YIP Senior Construction Engineer – Operations Civil & Major Pedlinks, MTR Corporation Limited Mr Nathan MAK Construction Engineer II – Operations Civil & for agenda item 4 Major Pedlinks, MTR Corporation Limited Ms Dorothy LAU Assistant Public Relations Manager – External Affairs, MTR Corporation Limited Mr KAM Chun-cheong, Patrick Senior Executive Officer (District Management), for agenda Wan Chai District Office item 7 Dr LUK Chun-yin Country Parks Officer/Hong Kong, Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department Mr SO Chi-ho Engineer/E1, Drainage Services Department Mr TAI Lap-for, Frankie Senior District Engineer/HNW (Acting), for agenda Highways Department item 8 Mr CHAN Kai-yin, Derek District Engineer/Wan Chai, Highways Department Mr SO Shui-shan, Isaac Landscape Architect/Vegetation Maintenance (Hong Kong Central & West), Highways Department Mr CO Tak-chi Senior Divisional Occupational Safety Officer, Labour Department Mr CHAN Ping-tim, Timothy Occupational Hygienist, Labour Department Mr TO Chi-hung Engineer/Construction (6), for agenda Water Supplies Department item 9 Mr LAU Yun-leung Distribution Project Manager, Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited Mr KUM Sung-kwong Senior Engineer (Distribution Project Section), Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited Ms Anna WONG Vice President of the Organizing Committee, Vita Green Cycling for Health Marathon Challenge 2018 Mr Kenji LEUNG Sports Consultant and Cycling Coach of the Organizing Committee, Vita Green Cycling for for agenda Health Marathon Challenge 2018 item 16(a) Ms Jaymee HO Assistant Marketing Manager of the Organizing Committee, Vita Green Cycling for Health Marathon Challenge 2018 3 5th term_wcdc_min_12_e Absent with Apologies The Hon TSE Wai-chun, Paul, JP Secretary Ms WU Lai-shan, Alexandra Senior Executive Officer (District Council)/ Wan Chai, Home Affairs Department Action Opening Remarks 1. The Chairperson welcomed Mr Carlson CHAN, Commissioner for Labour (CL) and Miss Cindy YIM, Senior Labour Officer (Employment Services)(Operation) to the 12th meeting of the Wan Chai District Council (WCDC) to exchange views with WCDC Members. The Chairperson also extended welcome to Mr KWOK Ching-fai, Sub-Unit Commander (Patrol 1) (North Point Division), who attended the meeting on behalf of the Eastern District of the Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF). 2. The Chairperson told the meeting that the Hon Paul TSE had informed the Secretariat prior to the meeting that he would be unable to attend today’s meeting due to other engagements. According to Section 51(1) of the Standing Orders of WCDC, the Council should only give consent to notifications of absence filed on the grounds of sickness or attendance of another meeting or an activity on behalf of the Council. Therefore, Mr TSE would be regarded as being absent from the meeting. 3. The Chairperson asked Members to note the papers and the agenda with suggested discussion time on the conference table. He reminded them that a maximum of three minutes were allowed for each Member to speak in respect of each agenda item. Meeting with Head of Department Item 1: Visit by Commissioner for Labour 4 5th term_wcdc_min_12_e Action 4. The Chairperson asked Mr Carlson CHAN to briefly introduce the work of the Labour Department (LD). 5. Mr Carlson CHAN briefed Members on LD’s key areas of work and their latest progress, including the employment services provided to different groups of people, Work Incentive Transport Subsidy Scheme (WITS), statutory minimum wage (SMW), working hours policy, labour relations, Supplementary Labour Scheme, occupational safety and health (OSH) and the proposed abolition of the “offsetting” of severance payment and long service payment (LSP) with the Mandatory Provident Fund. (Mr Anson LAM and Ms Jacqueline CHUNG joined the meeting at 2:50 p.m.) 6. Miss Clarisse YEUNG raised the following comments and enquiries: (i) Outsourcing was a very common practice in Hong Kong. Even the Government had engaged many outsourced workers, such as cleansing workers. Many cases revealed that active intervention from LD was required to improve the protective equipment and working environment of the frontline outsourced workers. For instance, many frontline outsourced cleansing workers engaged by the Government were required to clean up the streets after typhoons or rainstorms. More often than not, they had to use garbage bags to make their own raincoats. Since they were given only a few pairs of gloves every year, they sometimes had to bring their own gloves for work and even had to find a place for changing uniforms. (ii) CL might have heard of the Mira Place incident in which a member of the public lodged a complaint against a cleansing worker who changed clothes in a baby care room after work. The cleansing worker was immediately dismissed by Mira 5 5th term_wcdc_min_12_e Action Place. The incident later aroused extensive concern among various organisations, and after their active intervention, the cleansing worker was reinstated. She opined that frontline workers might not want such incidents to be made public for fear that their employers might get angry and fire them. They were helpless indeed. She suggested the Government intervene to safeguard the rights of outsourced workers, assist them in fighting for their benefits and improve their working environment and personal safety. (iii) CL had mentioned LSP just now. In fact, outsourced workers would automatically lose their LSP after the outsourced contractors changed to another one. In many cases, outsourced workers had to sign a new employment contract with the new employer, or were asked by the existing employer to give written consent for voluntary resignation. As a result, they might lose their LSP accumulated over the years. The Baptist University incident happened earlier was an example. All these cases required the attention of the Labour and Welfare Bureau (LWB). Now that the Baptist University incident was left unsettled. She believed that there would be repeated recurrence of similar cases in the future. 7. Dr Jennifer CHOW raised the following comments and enquiries: (i) There was a perception among the general public that the employment support services provided by LD covered lower-level jobs only. Noting from CL that the services had been extended to cover some higher-level positions, she hoped that LD could enhance publicity in this respect to enable more members of the public could be benefitted. (ii) She opined that LD should review the labour relations issue concerning foreign domestic helpers (FDHs). Hong Kong had 6 5th term_wcdc_min_12_e Action the highest growth in the number of FDHs in the world, with over 300 000 FDHs currently. There had been labour disputes involving FDHs, and FDHs had put strains on areas including the highly insufficient medical services and necessary ancillary facilities. She therefore hoped that LD could further review its FDH policy, or form a monitoring committee to study how the FDH policy and quality of monitoring could be enhanced. (iii) The occupational safety of building maintenance and management hinged on the knowledge of the owners’ corporations (OCs). She believed that apart from working with property management companies, LD could enhance communication with OCs and provide them with more information about the prevention of accidents while carrying out building maintenance works and the rights and obligations of OCs. 8. Ms Peggy LEE raised the following comments and enquiries: (i) Given their small size, many buildings in Wan Chai could not afford to engage a proper cleansing company. The minority owners had to share the additional cost arising from the increase in SMW following its regular reviews, and the management fees were also very expensive.
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