Minutes of the 3 Meeting of the Finance Committee Under the Yuen Long District Council in 2019 Date︰ 28 May 2019 (Tuesday) Ti

The minutes were confirmed on 30 July 2019 without amendment.

Minutes of the 3rd Meeting of the Finance Committee under the Yuen Long District Council in 2019

Date： 28 May 2019 (Tuesday)

Time : 10:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.

Venue: Conference Room, Yuen Long District Council, 13/F., Yuen Long Government Offices, 2 Kiu Lok Square, Yuen Long

Present Time of Arrival Time of Withdrawal Chairman: Ms CHIU Sau-han, MH Beginning of the meeting End of the meeting Vice-chairman: Mr YIU Kwok-wai Beginning of the meeting End of the meeting Members: Mr CHAN Sze-ching Beginning of the meeting End of the meeting Mr CHEUNG Muk-lam Beginning of the meeting End of the meeting Mr CHOW Wing-kan Beginning of the meeting End of the meeting Mr KWOK Hing-ping 10:30 a.m. End of the meeting Ms LAU Kwai-yung Beginning of the meeting End of the meeting Mr LEUNG Ming-kin Beginning of the meeting End of the meeting Ms MA Shuk-yin 10:45 a.m. End of the meeting Mr SHUM Ho-kit, JP 10:20 a.m. End of the meeting Mr SIU Long-ming, MH 10:45 a.m. End of the meeting Mr TO Ka-lun Beginning of the meeting End of the meeting Ms WONG Wai-ling Beginning of the meeting End of the meeting Mr WONG Wai-shun, Beginning of the meeting End of the meeting MH Ms YUEN Man-yee Beginning of the meeting End of the meeting

Secretary: Ms PANG Ka-fong, Senior Executive Officer (District Council), Cindy Yuen Long District Office Assistant Ms WONG Man-ting, Executive Officer I (District Council), Yuen Secretary: Mandy Long District Office

In Attendance Miss POON Wai-yi, Assistant District Officer (Yuen Long)1 Atg. Joanna

Item 5 Mr LI Sing-pak, BBS Secretary, Yuen Long Youth Festival Co-ordinating Committee

Item 6 Mr LI Sing-pak, BBS Secretary, The 25th Yuen Long Arts Festival Coordinating Committee

Item 7 Mr Lam Wai-ming Secretary, The Federation of Yuen Long Associations

Item 8 Mr Yuen Yiu-tong Manager , Yuen Long Football Team

Item 9 Ms Lam Pik-chu, MH Honorary Chairman, Yuen Long Disrict Primary School Heads Association

Item 10 Mr. MAK Chi-kin, Social Work Officer 3 (Planning & Michael Coordinating), Yuen Long District Social Welfare Office, Social Welfare Department

Item 11 Mr. LAM Man-kin, Andy Executive Officer (Community Affairs), Yuen Long District Office

Absent Mr KWOK Keung, MH Mr MAK Ip-sing Mr MAN Mei-kwai, Jimmy Mr TANG Cheuk-him Mr TANG Yung-yiu, (Absent due to other commitments) Ronnie

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Opening Remarks

The Chairman welcomed Members to the meeting of the Finance Committee (“FC”).

2. Mr TANG Yung-yiu was absent from the meeting due to other commitments.

Item 1: Confirmation of the minutes of the 2nd meeting of the FC in 2019

3. The minutes of the 2nd FC meeting in 2019 were confirmed unanimously.

Item 2: Activities subsidised by Yuen Long District Council (“YLDC”) funds in 2019-20 (1) Inspection of activities subsidised by YLDC funds (FC Paper No. 23/2019)

4. The Chairman asked Members to take note of Paper No. 23. The paper reported that, as at 10 May 2019, Members had inspected one activity subsidised by District Council (“DC”) funds. The situation of the activities and comments of Members in charge of the inspections were detailed in the paper.

5. As there were no questions or comments from Members, the Chairman concluded that Members noted the paper.

(2) Report on subsidised activities not implemented as scheduled (as at 10 May 2019) (FC Paper No. 24/2019)

6. The Chairman asked Members to take note of Paper No. 24. The paper reported that as at 10 May 2019, five activities had not been implemented as scheduled (with a total amount of DC funds of $32,982). The Secretariat was informed in writing of the cancellation of the activities or applications for funding with reasonable explanation as required by the “Manual on the Use of District Council Funds for YLDC” (“the Manual”).

7. As there were no questions or comments from Members, the Chairman concluded that Members noted the report.

Item 3: The financial position of YLDC in 2019-20 (as at 10 May 2019) (FC Paper No. 25/2019)

8. The Chairman asked Members to take note of Paper No. 25. The paper reported the financial position of YLDC in 2019-20. As at 10 May 2019, the actual expenditure of YLDC was $3,832,885, which accounted for approximately 11.27% of the total provision of DC funds.

9. As there were no questions or comments from Members, the Chairman concluded that Members noted the paper.

Item 4：Second revised budget of YLDC for 2019-20 (FC Paper No. 26/2019)

10. The Chairman asked Members to take note of Paper No. 26. The purpose of the paper was to ask Members to endorse the second revised budget of YLDC for 2019-20.

11. The Chairman asked the Secretary to briefly introduce the paper.

12. As there were no questions or comments from Members, the Chairman concluded that Members endorsed the proposal of redeploying $10,000 respectively from the reserved funding for Subitem (iii) “Elderly Care Services” and Subitem (iv) “Rehabilitation Services” of Item 7 “Thematic Activities jointly organized by District Council and social service groups” to Item 7 (i) “Youth Services”. After the revision, the reserved funding of Subitem (iii) “Elderly Care Services” and Subitem (iv) “Rehabilitation Services” would change from $130,000 to $120,000, while the reserved funding of Subitem (i) “Youth Services” would change from $130,000 to $150,000 and the total amount of reserved funding of Item 7 would remain unchanged.

Item 5: Revised budget for the 11th Yuen Long Youth Festival (FC Paper No. 37/2019)

13. The Chairman said that as the following agenda items were related to the applications for the use of YLDC funds or revised budgets, therefore Members were reminded to make declaration of interests if necessary when they spoke. To save Members’ time to declare interests during the meeting, the Secretariat had prepared a copy of “Information on Declaration of Interests”. This information had been on table for Members’ reference. With reference to the previous practice of FC, Members were asked to make appropriate declaration of interests according to the nature of their titles. Pursuant to Section 48(12) of the “YLDC Standing Orders”, the Chairman of a committee under the DC could decide whether a committee member concerned disclosed an interest in a matter might speak or vote in the matter, might remain in the meeting as an observer, or should be absent.

14. The Chairman asked Members to take note of Paper No. 37. The purpose of the paper was to ask Members to endorse the revised budget for “the 11th Yuen Long Youth Festival”. After the revision, the amount of DC funds would increase from $700,000 to $800,000.

15. The Chairman welcomed Mr LI Sing-pak, BBS, Secretary of “Yuen Long Youth Festival Co-ordinating Committee”, to the meeting and asked Mr LI to briefly introduce the paper.

16. The Chairman said that before Members raised enquiries, information related to FC Members who were concurrently members of “Yuen Long Youth Festival Co-ordinating Committee” had already been included in the document tabled by the Secretariat. These Members included:

(1) Mr SHUM Ho-kit as Honorary President; (2) Mr WONG Wai-shun, Mr CHOW Wing-kan, Mr MAN Mei-kwai and Ms CHIU Sau-han as Honorary Vice-president; (3) Mr LEUNG Ming-kin and Ms WONG Wai-ling as Vice-chairman; and (4) Mr CHOW Wing-kan, Ms MA Shuk-yin, Mr TANG Cheuk-him, Mr MAN Mei-kwai, Mr TO Ka-lun and Mr YIU Kwok-wai as Members of the Executive Committee.

17. The Chairman also pointed out that information related to FC Members who were concurrently members of “Yuen Long Town Hall Management Committee” had also been included in the document tabled by the Secretariat. These Members included:

(1) Mr WONG Wai-shun as Director and Voluntary Legal Advisor; (2) Mr TANG Yung-yiu as Director; and (3) Mr MAN Mei-kwai, and Mr LEUNG Ming-kin as Vice-chairman

18. The Chairman pointed out that, unless the information was incorrect, Members did not need to declare their interests again. Members could refer to the good practice on declaration of interests as suggested by the Home Affairs Department (“HAD”) and assess the nature of their titles to make appropriate declaration of interests.

19. The Chairman declared that she was the Honorary Vice-president of “Yuen Long Youth Festival Co-ordinating Committee”. She referred to the good practice on declaration of interests as suggested by HAD, the nature of the title held was under Category 1 and hence it would be suffice to make the declaration of interests before the discussion, and she would still be allowed to host the current meeting and also to take part in the relevant deliberations,

5 approval and voting.

20. Members’ views and enquiries were summarised as follows:

(1) Suggested that the organisation should consider to organise events in large shopping malls in the district to achieve greater publicity effect; and (2) Indicated that there were malls that welcomed non-government organisations to lease their venues and would charge only $1 nominal rent.

21. Mr LI Sing-pak, BBS responded that activities organised in large shopping malls in the district could attract more residents to join. Organisation had attempted to apply for renting related venues but failed eventually in the past. He further indicated that an application for renting a venue in a large shopping mall was considered mainly from a commercial perspective and venues were usually used for organising commercial activities. Therefore, it was relatively difficult for organisation to apply for renting related venues successfully for organising community involvement activities. He also said that the chance of a successful application for renting a venue in a large shopping mall would be increased if Members could provide assistance.

22. The Chairman concluded that Members noted the decision on the cancellation of the planned “Midnight Run Competition” after the discussion in the Co-ordinating Committee and the addition of “STEM Soccer Snake Bionic Robot Workshop and Competition”. The overall estimated expenses would decrease from $1,726,800 to $1,546,800. After discussion, Members endorsed the revised budget for “the 11th Yuen Long Youth Festival”. After revision, the amount of DC funds would increase from $700,000 to $800,000.

Item 6: Funding application in respect of the 25th Yuen Long Arts Festival (FC Paper No. 27/2019)

23. The Chairman asked Members to take note of Paper No. 27. The purpose of the paper was to ask Members to endorse the allocation of $2,500,000 to fund the application in respect of “the 25th Yuen Long Arts Festival”. The application had been recommended by the Culture, Recreation, Community Service and Housing Committee (“CRCS&HC”).

24. The Chairman welcomed Mr LI Sing-pak, BBS, Secretary of “the 25th Yuen Long Arts Festival Coordinating Committee”, to the meeting and asked Mr LI to briefly introduce the paper.

25. The Chairman said that before Members raised enquiries, information related to FC

Members who were concurrently members of “the 25th Yuen Long Arts Festival Coordinating Committee” had already been included in the document tabled by the Secretariat. These Members included:

(1) Mr SHUM Ho-kit as Honorary President; (2) Mr WONG Wai-shun as Honorary Vice-president; (3) Ms CHIU Sau-han as Consultant and Member of Executive Committee; and (4) Mr CHOW Wing-kan, Mr KWOK Keung, Ms LAU Kwai-yung, Mr LEUNG Ming-kin, Ms MA Shuk-yin, Mr MAK Ip-sing, Mr SIU Long-ming, Mr TO Ka-lun, Ms WONG Wai-ling and Mr YIU Kwok-wai as Members of Executive Committee.

26. The Chairman said that, unless the information was incorrect, Members did not need to declare their interests again. Members could refer to the good practice on declaration of interests as suggested by the HAD and assess the nature of their titles to make appropriate declaration of interests.

27. The Chairman declared that she was the Consultant and Member of Executive Committee of “The 25th Yuen Long Arts Festival Coordinating Committee”. Also, she was the Vice-chairman of “The Federation of Yuen Long Associations” in next agenda. She referred to the good practice on declaration of interests as suggested by HAD, she decided to be absent from the discussion.

28. The Chairman also pointed out that since the Vice-chairman was the Member of Executive Committee of “the 25th Yuen Long Arts Festival Coordinating Committee” and the Member of Executive Committee (Leisure) of “The Federation of Yuen Long Associations” in next agenda. To avoid conflict of interests, the chairmanship might be temporarily taken over by a temporary Chairman according to Section 48(14) of the “YLDC Standing Orders”, provided that the temporary Chairman had no direct personal or pecuniary interests in any of applicant organisations.

29. Mr CHEUNG Muk-lam was proposed as the temporary Chairman, and Members agreed.

(The temporary Chairman presided over the meeting)

30. Members’ views and enquiries were summarised as follows:

(1) Welcomed the event “Pop Song Concert in Yuen Long (Temporary Name)” held in Yuen Long South Town Park, and inquired that whether the relevant events are opened to the public; and (2) Enquired about the division of labour between staff and volunteers of the event “Create a New Look in Yuen Long Visual Arts Festival”.

31. Mr LI Sing-pak, BBS’s consolidated reply was summarised as follows:

(1) There would be no arrangement of distribution of tickets for the event “Pop Song Concert in Yuen Long (Temporary Name)”. The public could enter for free; and

(2) The staff of the event “Create a New Look in Yuen Long Visual Arts Festival” would station in the event venue to introduce the exhibits to the public and undertake security duties. They would also provide assistance to the workshop, while the volunteers would help to display the exhibits.

32. The temporary Chairman concluded that Members endorsed the allocation of $2,500,000 for organising “the 25th Yuen Long Arts Festival”.

Item 7: Funding application by the Federation of Yuen Long Associations in respect of “Yuen Long District Flag Raising Ceremony, Variety Show cum Reception in Celebration of the 22nd Anniversary of Hong Kong’s Return to the Motherland” (FC Paper No. 28/2019)

33. The temporary Chairman asked Members to take note of Paper No. 28. The purpose of the paper was to ask Members to endorse the allocation of $200,000 to fund “the Federation of Yuen Long Associations” to organise “Yuen Long District Flag Raising Ceremony, Variety Show cum Reception in Celebration of the 22nd Anniversary of Hong Kong’s Return to the Motherland”.

34. The temporary Chairman welcomed Mr LAM Wai-ming, Secretary of “the Federation of Yuen Long Associations”, to the meeting and asked Mr LAM to briefly introduce the paper.

35. The temporary Chairman said that before Members raised enquiries, information related to FC Members who were concurrently members of “the Federation of Yuen Long Associations” had already been included in the document tabled by the Secretariat. These Members included:

(1) Ms CHIU Sau-han as Vice-chairman; (2) Mr SIU Long-ming as Secretary; (3) Mr YIU Kwok-wai as Member of Executive Committee（Leisure）; and (4) Ms MA Shuk-yin and Ms WONG Wai-ling as Members.

36. The temporary Chairman said that, unless the information was incorrect, Members did not need to declare their interests again. Members could refer to the good practice on declaration of interests as suggested by the HAD and assess the nature of their titles to make appropriate declaration of interests.

37. As there were no questions or comments from Members, the temporary Chairman concluded that Members endorsed the allocation of $200,000 to fund “the Federation of Yuen Long Associations” to organise “Yuen Long District Flag Raising Ceremony, Variety Show cum Reception in Celebration of the 22nd Anniversary of Hong Kong’s Return to the Motherland”.

(The Vice-chairman presided over the meeting)

Item 8: Funding application by the Yuen Long Football Club in respect of “Yuen Long Team competing in the Hong Kong Premier League, Reserve Division League, Senior Challenge Shield, Sapling Cup, FA Cup and other events organised by the Hong Kong Football Association in 2019-20” (FC Paper No. 29/2019)

38. The Vice-chairman asked Members to take note of Paper No. 29. The purpose of the paper was to ask Members to endorse the allocation of $531,400 to fund “Yuen Long Football Club” to arrange the Yuen Long District representative team to participate in the Hong Kong Premier League, Reserve Division League, Senior Challenge Shield, Sapling Cup, FA Cup and other events organised by the Hong Kong Football Association in 2019-20”. The application had been recommended by the CRCS&HC.

39. The Vice-chairman welcomed Mr YUEN Yiu-tong, Manager of Yuen Long Football Team, to the meeting and asked Mr YUEN to briefly introduce the paper.

40. The Vice-chairman said that before Members raised enquiries, information related to FC Members who were concurrently members of the “Yuen Long Football Club” had already been included in the document tabled by the Secretariat. These Members included:

(1) Mr WONG Wai-shun as President, and;

(2) Mr LEUNG Ming-kin as Honorary Consultant.

41. The Vice-chairman said that, unless the information was incorrect, Members did not need to declare their interests again. Members could refer to the good practice on declaration of interests as suggested by the HAD and assess the nature of their titles to make appropriate declaration of interests.

42. As there were no questions or comments from Members, The Vice-chairman concluded that Members endorsed the allocation of $531,400 to fund “Yuen Long Football Club” to arrange the Yuen Long District representative team to participate in the Hong Kong Premier League, Reserve Division League, Senior Challenge Shield, Sapling Cup, FA Cup and other events organised by the Hong Kong Football Association in 2019-20”.

(The Chairman resumed to preside over the meeting.)

Item 9: Funding application by the Yuen Long District Primary School Heads Association in respect of “Yuen Long•Tin Shui Wai Quality Education Exhibition 2019” (FC Paper No. 30/2019)

43. The Chairman asked Members to take note of Paper No.30. The purpose of the paper was to ask Members to endorse the allocation of $69,885 to fund the “Yuen Long District Primary School Heads Association” to organise “Yuen Long•Tin Shui Wai Quality Education Exhibition 2019”. The application had been recommended by the CRCS&HC.

44. The Chairman welcomed Ms LAM Pik-chu, MH, Honorary Chairman of Yuen Long District Primary School Heads Association, to the meeting and asked Ms LAM to briefly introduce the paper.

45. The Chairman said that before Members raised enquiries, there were no FC Members who were concurrently members of the “Yuen Long District Primary School Heads Association”. If Members wished to make a supplementary declaration of interests, they could refer to the good practice on declaration of interests as suggested by the HAD and assess the nature of their titles to make appropriate declaration of interests.

46. As there were no questions or comments from Members, the Chairman concluded, Members endorsed the allocation of $69,855 to fund the “Yuen Long District Primary School Heads Association” to organise “Yuen Long•Tin Shui Wai Quality Education Exhibition 2019”.

Item 10: Funding applications by working groups under the Yuen Long District Social Welfare Office, Social Welfare Department in 2019-20: (1) “Spreading Love in Yuen Long Neighbourhood – Preservation of Community Heritage” by Yuen Long District Coordination Committee Rehabilitation Services – Community Education Working Group (2) “Urban-Rural Connection•Love in Yuen Long” by Yuen Long District Coordinating Committee on Elderly Services – Elderly Joint Function Working Group (3) “Love Languages at Joyful Home” by Working Group on Yuen Long District Family Life Education Publicity Campaign (4) “Teenage Dreams” by Working Group on Yuen Long District Concern for Adolescent Development (FC Paper No. 31/2019)

47. The Chairman asked Members to take note of Paper No.31. The purpose of the paper was to ask Members to endorse the following funding applications, which had been recommended by the CRCS&HC:

(1) $120,000 to fund “Yuen Long District Coordination Committee Rehabilitation Services – Community Education Working Group” to organise “Spreading Love in Yuen Long Neighborhood – Preservation of Community Heritage”

(2) $120,000 to fund “Yuen Long District Coordinating Committee on Elderly Services – Elderly Joint Function Working Group” to organise “Urban-Rural Connection - Love in Yuen Long”

(3) $130,000 to fund “Working Group on Yuen Long District Family Life Education Publicity Campaign” to organise “Love Languages at Joyful Home”; and

(4) $150,000 to fund “Working Group on Yuen Long District Concern for Adolescent Development” to organise “Teenage Dreams”.

48. The Chairman welcomed Mr MAK Chi-kin, Social Work Officer 3 (Planning & Coordinating) of Yuen Long District Social Welfare Office of Social Welfare Department, to the meeting and asked Mr MAK to briefly introduce the paper.

49. Before the Members raised questions, the Chairman indicated that since the events would be organised by the government departments. If the Members noted that there was any direct personal interest or pecuniary interest, they could refer to the good practice on

11 declaration of interests as suggested by the HAD and assess the nature of their titles to make appropriate declaration of interests.

50. A Member stated that he supported the proposed activity plan. He also indicated that he knew some DC Members had joined relevant committees but only “Working Group on Yuen Long District Concern for Adolescent Development” amongst four working groups had positions held by some DC Members. He suggested the department to invite DC Members to join other working groups.

51. Mr MAK Chi Kin responded that the above four working groups have its own characteristic and tradition. The department welcomed and noted the suggestion that Members expected to enhance their involvement in the working groups.

52. The Chairman concluded that Members endorsed the following funding applications:

(2) $120,000 to fund “Yuen Long District Coordinating Committee on Elderly Services – Elderly Joint Function Working Group” to organise “Urban-Rural Connection - Love in Yuen Long”

(3) $130,000 to fund “Working Group on Yuen Long District Family Life Education Publicity Campaign” to organise “Love Languages at Joyful Home”; and

(4) $150,000 to fund “Working Group on Yuen Long District Concern for Adolescent Development” to organise “Teenage Dreams”.

Item 11: Funding application by the Yuen Long District Office in respect of services for new arrivals in Yuen Long District (FC Paper No. 32/2019)

53. The Chairman asked Members to take note of Paper No.32. The purpose of paper was to ask Members to endorse the allocation of $80,000 to fund the “Yuen Long District Office” for organising services for new arrivals in order to help new arrivals in Yuen Long District to integrate into the community.

54. The Chairman welcomed Mr LAM Man-kin, Executive Officer (Community Affairs) of Yuen Long District Office, to the meeting and asked Mr LAM to briefly introduce the paper.

55. Before Members raised questions, the Chairman indicated that since the activities would be held by staff of the District Office. If the Members noted that there was any direct personal interest or pecuniary interest, they could refer to the good practice on declaration of interests as suggested by the HAD and assess the nature of their titles to make appropriate declaration of interests.

56. As there were no questions or comments from Members, the Chairman concluded that Members endorse the allocation of $80,000 to fund the “Yuen Long District Office” for organising services for new arrivals in order to help new arrivals in Yuen Long District to integrate into the community.

Item 12: Funding application by YLDC Working Group on Studying New Yuen Long Government Offices (FC Paper No. 38/2019)

57. The Chairman asked Members to take note of Paper No.38. The purpose of the paper was to ask Members to endorse the allocation of $180,000 to fund “YLDC Working Group on Studying New Yuen Long Government Offices” (“Working Group”) to engage a contractor to conduct a public opinion survey on studying new Yuen Long Government Offices.

58. Before the Members raised questions, the Chairman indicated that since the activity would be organised by the Working Group under YLDC. If Members noted that there was any direct personal interest or pecuniary interest, they could refer to the good practice on declaration of interests as suggested by the HAD and assess the nature of their titles to make appropriate declaration of interests.

59. Members’ views and enquiries were summarised as follows:

(1) Pointed out that a member of District Facilities Management Committees had suggested constructing recreational and sitting-out facilities in one of the proposed sites (Yuen Ching Road Temporary Fish Market), and asked whether this was procedurally appropriate; and

(2) Enquired about adding one more proposed site (the current KMB Depot at Tin Pak Road) as an option in the public opinion survey as stated in the remark of the paper.

60. Mr SHUM Ho-kit, JP, Chairman of the Working Group, supplemented that the current proposed sites were for the public opinion survey only and there was no implication of any decision made about the site selection by the DC. The results of the public opinion survey would not serve as presuppositions of the site selection in future. He also indicated that no feasibility study on the proposed sites had been conducted by relevant government departments so far.

61. The Secretary replied that the members of the Working Group had agreed to conduct a public opinion survey on studying New Yuen Long Government Offices and endorsed the inclusion of two proposed sites (Yuen Ching Road Fish Market and the current location of Yuen Long District Office) as the options in the public opinion survey in the meeting on 18 April this year (the first meeting). The Secretariat had then invited contractors for providing quotations based on the decision of the Working Group. Members of the Working Group endorsed the acceptance of relevant quotations in the meeting on 27 May 2019, but some members suggested adding one more site as option in the public opinion survey (i.e. the current KMB Depot at Tin Pak Road). The Working Group had then contacted the contractor through the Secretariat. If the contractor agreed to add one more site option while keeping its current quotation remain unchanged, there would be three options for the proposed site in the survey, otherwise only the two options which had been endorsed in the first meeting would be included in the public opinion survey.

62. The Chairman concluded that Members endorsed the allocation of $180,000 to fund “YLDC Working Group on Studying New Yuen Long Government Offices” to engage a contractor to conduct public opinion survey on studying new Yuen Long Government Offices.

Item 13: Applications for YLDC funds to implement community involvement projects in 2019-20 (second quarter): (1) New applicant organisations of DC funds (FC Paper No. 33/2019)

63. The Chairman asked Members to take note of Paper No.33. The purpose of the paper was to ask Members to endorse the eligibility of two new organisations applying for YLDC funds. They included “Fung Ping House Mutual Aid Committee” and “Un Long Ling Liang Church Ltd.” The relevant applications had been recommended by the CRCS&HC.

64. The Chairman said that before Members raised enquiries, there were no FC Members who were concurrently members of the two new organisations. If Members wished to make a supplementary declaration of interests, they could refer to the good practice on declaration of interests as suggested by the HAD and assess the nature of their titles to make appropriate

14 declaration of interests.

65. As there were no questions or comments from Members, the Chairman concluded that Members endorsed the eligibility of two new organisations applying for YLDC funds. They included “Fung Ping House Mutual Aid Committee” and “Un Long Ling Liang Church Ltd”.

(2) Cultural activities to be organised from July to September 2019 (second quarter) (FC Paper No. 34/2019)

66. The Chairman asked Members to take note of Paper No.34. The purpose of the paper was to ask Members to endorse the allocation of $246,047 to fund 19 cultural activities to be organised in 2019-20 (second quarter). The relevant applications had been recommended by the CRCS&HC.

67. The Chairman said that before Members raised enquiries, information related to FC Members who were concurrently members of applicant organisations of the 19 funding applications for cultural activities had already been included in the document tabled by the Secretariat. These Members included:

(1) Mr CHOW Wing-kan as the Chairman of “Yuen Long Livelihood Service Agency”; and (2) Mr KWOK Hing-ping as the Chairman of “Health Care Club”.

68. The Chairman said that, unless the information was incorrect, Members did not need to declare their interests again. Members could refer to the good practice on declaration of interests as suggested by the HAD and assess the nature of their titles to make appropriate declaration of interests.

69. As there were no questions or comments from Members, the Chairman concluded that Members endorsed the allocation of $246,047 to fund the 19 cultural activities to be organised in 2019-20 (second quarter).

(3) Recreation and sports activities to be organised from July to September 2019 (second quarter) (FC Paper No. 35/2019)

70. The Chairman asked Members to take note of Paper No.35. The purpose of the paper was to ask Members to endorse the allocation of $742,303 to fund 62 recreation and sports activities to be organised in 2019-20 (second quarter). The relevant applications had been recommended by the CRCS&HC.

71. The Chairman said that before Members raised enquiries, information about FC Members who were concurrently members of applicant organisations of the 62 funding applications for recreation and sports activities had already been included in the document tabled by the Secretariat. These Members included:

(1) Mr SHUM Ho-kit as the Vice-chairman of “Yuen Long Sports Association Ltd.”, Mr SIU Long-ming, Mr WONG Wai-shun, Ms YUEN Man-yee and Mr LEUNG Ming-kin as the Managing Director of “Yuen Long Sports Association Ltd.” and Ms MA Shuk-yin as the Director of “Yuen Long Sports Association Ltd.”; (2) Mr WONG Wai-shun as the Director and Voluntary Legal Advisor of the “Yuen Long Town Hall Management Committee”, Mr TANG Yung-yiu, as the Director of “Yuen Long Town Hall Management Committee”, Mr MAN Mei-kwai, and Mr LEUNG Ming-kin as the Vice-chairman of “Yuen Long Town Hall Management Committee”; (3) Ms CHIU Sau-han as the Chairman of “Tin Shui Wai Youth Association”; (4) Mr SHUM Ho-kit as the Chairman of “New Youth Dynamic Alliance” and Mr LEUNG Ming-kin as the Vice-chairman of “New Youth Dynamic Alliance”; (5) Mr LEUNG Ming-kin as the Vice-Chairman of “EcoPark Association”; (6) Mr CHEUNG Muk-lam as the Chairman of “Ping Shan Youth Association”; (7) Mr LEUNG Ming-kin as the Vice-chairman of “Hong Kong Excellent Youth of Agriculture and Fisheries Development Association”; and (8) Mr MAK Ip-sing as the Chairman of “Highwise Yuen Long Service Centre”.

72. The Chairman said that, unless the information was incorrect, Members did not need to declare their interests again. Members could refer to the good practice on declaration of interests as suggested by the HAD and assess the nature of their titles to make appropriate declaration of interests.

73. The Chairman declared herself not only the Chairman of “Tin Shui Wai Youth Association” but also the Chairman of “Yuet Yan Residents Service Association Society” which would be mentioned in the next agenda item. She referred to the good practice on declaration of interests as suggested by the HAD, and decided to be absent during the discussion. The Vice-chairman would preside over the meeting.

(the Vice-chairman presided over the meeting)

74. As there were no questions or comments from Members, the Vice-chairman concluded that Members endorsed the allocation of $742,303 to fund 62 recreation and sports activities to be organised in 2019-20 (second quarter).

(4) Social services activities to be organised from July to September 2019 (second quarter) (FC Paper No. 36/2019)

75. The Vice-chairman asked Members to take note of Paper No.36. The purpose of the paper was to ask Members to endorse the allocation of $835,561 to fund 44 social service activities to be organised in 2019-20 (second quarter). The applications had been recommended by the CRCS&HC.

76. The Chairman said that before Members raised enquiries, information about FC Members who were concurrently members of applicant organisations of the 44 funding applications for social service activities had already been included in the document tabled by the Secretariat. These Members included:

(1) Mr WONG Wai-shun as the Director and Voluntary Legal Advisor of “Yuen Long Town Hall Management Committee”, Mr TANG Yung-yiu as the Director of “Yuen Long Town Hall Management Committee”, Mr MAN Mei-kwai, and Mr LEUNG Ming-kin as the Vice-chairman of “Yuen Long Town Hall Management Committee”; (2) Ms YUEN Man-yee and Mr LEUNG Ming-kin as the Vice-chairman of “Shap Pat Heung District Residents Association” (3) Ms CHIU Sau-han as the Chairman of “Yuet Yan Resident Service Association Society”; (4) Mr TANG Yung-yiu, as the Chairman of “Pat Heung North Environment Attention Group”; and (5) Mr CHOW Wing-kan as the Chairman of “Yuen Long Livelihood Service Agency”.

77. The Vice-chairman said that, unless the information was incorrect, Members did not need to declare their interests again. Members could refer to the good practice on declaration of interests as suggested by the HAD and assess the nature of their titles to make appropriate declaration of interests.

78. As there were no questions or comments from Members, The Vice-chairman

17 concluded, that Members endorsed the allocation of $835,561 to fund 44 social service activities to be organised in 2019-20 (second quarter).

Item 14: Any other business

79. There being no other business, the meeting was adjourned at 11:45 a.m.

Yuen Long District Council Secretariat June 2019