LC Paper No. CB(2)347/08-09(01)Panel on Security
List of follow-up actions(position as at 26 November 2008)

Subject

Date ofMeeting

Follow-up action required

Administration's response

1. Admission Scheme for Mainland Talents
and Professionals

4 April 2003

The Administration agreed to provide
members with progress reports on theScheme on a regular basis.

Progress report on theScheme for the period from
1 April 2008 to 30
September 2008 circulated
vide LC Paper No.
CB(2)168/08-09 on 28
October 2008.

(a) The Department of Justice (D of J)
was requested to provide aresponse on -Response awaited.

(Joint meeting with
the Panel onManpower)

2. Powers of the Independent Commission
Against Corruption (ICAC) to search forand seize journalistic material

29 November 2004(i)the basis on which D of J,
upon request from the court,
referred the investigation of
the press coverage of habeas
corpus proceedings relating
to a witness to ICAC;(ii) why D of J did not refer thematter to an independentcommittee;

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Date ofMeeting

Follow-up action required

Administration's response(iii) whether there was any
conflict of interest with ICAC
carrying out the investigation
work;

Response awaited.

(b) ICAC was requested to consider
providing the following after all
legal proceedings in respect of acase involving the press coverageof habeas corpus proceedings
relating to a witness wascompleted (i)Interim responses circulated
vide LC Paper Nos.
CB(2)1159/05-06 andCB(2)917/06-07 on
16 February 2006 and19 January 2007
respectively.

information which wererelevant to the case but notprovided to the court, if
prosecution was instituted inrespect of the case; and(ii) all information relevant to thecase, if prosecution was not
to be instituted in respect ofthe case.
3. Provision of emergency ambulanceservice

7 June 2005

The Administration was requested toprovide information on theimplementation of a priority despatch
system in overseas countries.

Response awaited.

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Date ofMeeting

Follow-up action required

4. Rules and directions for the questioningof suspects and the taking of statements :Caution Statement

3 January 2006

The Administration was requested toconsider adding the sentence "Youhave the right to remain silent" to thebeginning of the caution administeredby law enforcement agencies wheninterviewing a suspect.

-The Administration was requested toprovide the following information on ahalf-yearly basis -5. Problem of indebtedness of Police
officers

Administration's response

Response awaited.

(a) the number of Police officers withunmanageable debts together witha breakdown of reasons forincurring debts;

Statistics for the period up to
the first half of 2008
circulated vide LC Paper No.
CB(2)2720/07-08 on
12 August 2008.

(b) a breakdown of the number ofincoming and outgoing Police
officers with unmanageable debts;- Ditto -(c) a breakdown of the periods forwhich these officers had had
unmanageable debts;- Ditto -(d) the number of garnishee orders(i.e. notice of tax recovery) issued
to Police officers and a
breakdown of the amount ofgarnishee orders issued; and- Ditto --4Subject

6. Review of the Frontier Closed Area

Date ofMeeting

19 February 2008

7. Police's practices regarding handling ofsearches of detainees

Follow-up action required

Administration's response(e) the number of Police officers whowere at the same time receiving
notice of tax recovery andrepaying salary advances under
Civil Service Regulation 618 andloans from the Police Welfare
Fund.

Statistics for the period up to
the first half of 2008
circulated vide LC Paper No.
CB(2)2720/07-08 on
12 August 2008.

The Administration was requested toprovide a timetable for releasing Sha
Tau Kok town from the Frontier Closed
Area when submitting its funding
request for the secondary boundary
fence and associated works to theFinance Committee.

Response awaited.

The Administration was requested toprovide 10 April 2008(a) the findings of the Police'sexploration of the possibility ofacquiring equipment to assist
Police officers in conducting
searches of detainees, with a view
to minimising the need forcomplete removal of clothing
during body searches;

Response provided at thePanel meeting on 8 July2008.

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Date ofMeeting

Follow-up action required

Administration's response

14 October 2008(b) a written response to thesuggestions referred to in thereport of the Subcommittee on
Police's Handling of Searches ofDetainees;Interim response circulated
vide LC Paper No.
CB(2)144/08-09 on
24 October 2008.

27 October 2008(c) (i)supplementary information
enumerating the different
forms of searches under
Level III, with a breakdownof complaints received
against the three levels ofsearches;

Response awaited.

(ii) the timetable for upgrading
the Police's Communal
Information System;- Ditto -(iii) information on the nature of
the offences involved in the1 674 Level III searches;- Ditto -(iv) a response on whether theAdministration would
consider appointing a senior
ranking Police officer to
conduct random checking of
the search records; and- Ditto --6Subject8. Processing of entry applications

Date ofMeeting

6 May 2008

Follow-up action required

Administration's response(v) a consolidated response
including legal advice to theissues and views raised by
the Hong Kong Bar
Association in its position
paper on Police's practices inhandling searches ofdetainees.

Response awaited.

The Administration was requested to (a) explain why the immigration
authority was not bound to give
explanations when refusing theentry of visitors; andResponse circulated vide LC
Paper No. CB(2)167/08-09
on 28 October 2008.

(b) provide information about thenumber of persons refused entry
into Hong Kong in 2008 andwhether many persons wererefused entry in April and May of2008.

- Ditto --7Subject

Date of
Meeting

Follow-up action required

Administration's response

9. Monitoring mechanism on intelligenceagencies

3 June 2008

The Administration was requested to
study the research report on theparliamentary monitoring mechanism
on intelligence agencies in selected
places prepared by the LegCo
Secretariat and provide a written
response on the applicability ofoverseas monitoring mechanisms inHong Kong.

Response awaited.

10. Prison development

3 June 2008

The Administration was requested toprovide information on the total
number of persons on remand anddetails of rehabilitation services thatwere currently provided at various
penal institutions.

Response circulated vide LC
Paper No. CB(2)334/08-09
on 21 November 2008.

11. Provision of rehabilitation services by theCorrectional Services Department (CSD)

8 July 2008

The Administration was requested to (a) provide the number of young
offenders who had stayed in theemployment after securing gainful
employment within one month oftheir discharge, and the average
period of their employment;

Response awaited.

(b) conduct a comprehensive review
of CSD's work in the provision ofrehabilitative services, with a viewto strengthening CSD's- Ditto --8Subject

Date ofMeeting

Follow-up action required

Administration's response

rehabilitative services andprogrammes for offenders, andrevert to the Panel on the outcomeof the review no later than July2009;

12. Conduct of screening breath test (SBT)

21 October 2008(c) coordinate with the Civil Service
Bureau to provide the Panel withstatistics in July 2009, setting out
the number of applications
received from ex-offenders since
July 2008, with a breakdown by
policy bureaux/government
departments and ranks, and thesuccess rate of offenders getting ajob in the civil service; andResponse awaited.

(d) review whether electronicmonitoring of prisoners could beadopted in Hong Kong, and tosubmit a report on its study in thisregard to the Panel in July 2009.

- Ditto -The Administration was requested toprovide information on the remedial
measures, if any, adopted by theAdministration in view of a recent
court case involving SBT, to preventthe recurrence of similar incidents.

Response circulated vide LC
Paper No. CB(2)191/08-09
on 3 November 2008.

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Date ofMeeting

Follow-up action required

Administration's response

13. Issues relating to the sale of Lehman
Brothers-related Minibonds andstructured investment products

21 October 2008

The Administration was requested toprovide information on the number ofcomplaints received by the Police
relating to the alleged mis-selling ofinvestment products related to Lehman
Brothers, the number of cases underinvestigation by the Police and thenumber of established cases.

Response circulated vide LC
Paper No. CB(2)225/08-09
on 6 November 2008.

14. Fourth and Fifth Reports of the People's
Republic of China under the Convention
Against Torture and Other Cruel,
Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or
Punishment - Part Two : Hong Kong
Special Administrative Region

27 October 2008

The Administration was requested toprovide information on the compositionof the delegation representing theGovernment of the Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region to attend thehearing of the United Nation'sCommittee Against Torture in Geneva
on 7 and 10 November 2008.

Response awaited.

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Date ofMeeting

Follow-up action required

15. Enforcement in respect of vice activities
impacting on sex workers

27 October 2008

The Administration was requested toprovide -Administration's response(a) information on the number ofcases where Police officers
undertaking undercover operations
had received sexual services
offered by sex workers, inparticular masturbation, and thenumber of cases recorded between
July and September 2008 in whichapproval was granted for Police
officers to receive such services;
andResponse awaited.

(b) legal view on whether there were
sufficient grounds for Police
officers undertaking undercover
operations to complete the wholeprocess of masturbation for thepurpose of gathering evidence.

- Ditto -- 11 Subject

Date ofMeeting

Follow-up action required

16. Replacement of emergency ambulances

27 October 2008

The Administration was requested toprovide (a) information on the assessment
criteria for determining thereplacement schedule ofambulances;

Council Business Division 2
Legislative Council Secretariat
26 November 2008

Administration's response

Response awaited.

(b) information about the type andnumber of specialised vehicles inthe service of the Government,
and the criteria adopted for
replacement of these vehicles; and- Ditto -(c) a breakdown of emergency callswith response time exceeding 12
minutes, by the duration of delayin the past three years.

- Ditto -