立法會 Legislative Council

LC Paper No. CB(2)529/12-13 (These minutes have been seen by the Administration)

Ref : CB2/PL/HA+EA

Panel on Home Affairs and Panel on Environmental Affairs

Minutes of joint meeting held on Friday, 30 November 2012, at 9:00 am in Conference Room 1 of the Legislative Council Complex

Members : Members of the Panel on Home Affairs present Hon MA Fung-kwok, SBS, JP (Chairman) * Dr Hon Kenneth CHAN Ka-lok (Deputy Chairman) Hon WONG Kwok-hing, MH # Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan Dr Hon LAM Tai-fai, SBS, JP Hon CHEUNG Kwok-che Hon IP Kwok-him, GBS, JP * Hon Steven HO Chun-yin Hon Frankie YICK Chi-ming * Hon WU Chi-wai, MH Hon YIU Si-wing Hon CHAN Chi-chuen * Dr Hon Helena WONG Pik-wan Dr Hon CHIANG Lai-wan, JP ^ Hon Christopher CHUNG Shu-kun, BBS, MH, JP * Hon Tony TSE Wai-chuen

Members of the Panel on Environmental Affairs

Hon Vincent FANG Kang, SBS, JP Hon CHAN Hak-kan, JP Hon CHAN Kin-por, BBS, JP Hon Albert CHAN Wai-yip Hon Gary FAN Kwok-wai Hon Charles Peter MOK Hon KWOK Wai-keung Hon Dennis KWOK - 2 -

Member : Dr Hon Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hung attending

Members : Members of the Panel on Home Affairs absent Hon Starry LEE Wai-king, JP Hon Claudia MO Hon IP Kin-yuen

Members of the Panel on Environmental Affairs

Hon CHAN Han-pan Hon SIN Chung-kai, SBS, JP Dr Hon Elizabeth QUAT, JP Ir Dr Hon LO Wai-kwok, BBS, MH, JP Hon CHUNG Kwok-pan

(# Also Chairman of the Panel on Environmental Affairs) (^ Also Deputy Chairman of the Panel on Environmental Affairs) (* Also members of the Panel on Environmental Affairs)

Public Officers : Item II attending Mr TSANG Tak-sing, GBS, JP Secretary for Home Affairs

Mr Jonathan McKinley, JP Deputy Secretary for Home Affairs (2)

Mrs Betty FUNG Director of Leisure and Cultural Services Leisure and Cultural Services Department

Mr Robin LEE Deputy Head of Civil Engineering Office (Port and Land) Civil Engineering and Development Department

Ms Christine LOH Under Secretary for the Environment

Mr TANG Kin-fai, JP Assistant Director (Environmental Assessment) Environmental Protection Department - 3 -

Mr CHENG Hung-leung Assistant Director/Projects and Development Drainage Services Department

Mr CHOW Wing-kuen Assistant Director (Country and Marine Parks) Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department

Dr MAK Yiu-ming Marine Conservation Officer (E) Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department

Clerk in : Ms Alice LEUNG attendance Chief Council Secretary (2) 2

Staff in : Ms Miranda HON attendance Chief Council Secretary (1) 1

Mrs Mary TANG Senior Council Secretary (1) 1

Miss Josephine SO Senior Council Secretary (2) 2

Miss Jasmine TAM Council Secretary (2) 2

Miss Emma CHEUNG Legislative Assistant (2) 2

Action I. Election of Chairman

Mr MA Fung-kwok, Chairman of the Panel on Home Affairs ("HA Panel"), was elected Chairman of the joint meeting.

II. Provision of a public beach at Lung Mei, (LC Paper Nos. CB(1)132/12-13(01), CB(1)149/12-13(01), CB(1)204/12-13(01), CB(1)215/12-13(01), CB(2)264/12-13, FS16/12-13 and CB(1)232/12-13(01))

2. With the aid of powerpoint presentation, representatives of the - 4 - Action Administration briefed members on the background to the decision of building a public bathing beach at Lung Mei, Tai Po ("the Lung Mei Beach works project") as well as the Administration's responses to recent concerns raised over the project, details of which were set out in the Administration's paper (LC Paper No. CB(1)215/12-13(01)).

(Post-meeting note: The softcopy of the powerpoint presentation material was issued to members vide LC Paper No. CB(2)289/12-13 on 30 November 2012.)

Environmental Impact Assessment ("EIA") of the Lung Mei Beach works project

3. Mr IP Kwok-him and Dr LAM Tai-fai said that to their knowledge, the Council