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Council Meetings (Question): Approval of Investment-Linked Insurance Products under Capital Investment Entrant Scheme(2011.03.16)

Following is a question on the approval of investment-linked insurance products under the Capital Investment Entrant Scheme by the Hon KP Chan: An “Eligible Collective Investment Scheme” under the Permissible Investment Asset Classes of the Capital Investment Entrant Scheme must be a collective investment scheme authorised by the Securities and Futures Commission for sale in …

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Council Meetings (Oral Question): International School Places Availability to Foreign Families(2011.03.16)

Question on ensuring international school places available to foreign families by KP Chan: The availability of international school places is a major consideration for families that need to decide whether to come to HK for work. The Secretary states that 5000 additional international school places would be available in the coming few years. Since local …

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Council Meetings (Oral Question): Optimize MPF Withdrawal Mechanism(2011.03.16)

Question on optimizing MPF withdrawal mechanism by KP Chan: Since inception of the MPF system on 1 Dec 2000 and up to 31 Dec 2010, despite undergoing two financial crises in the last 10 years, the annualized average rate of return after deduction of fees and charges is 5.5%, whereas the increase of the annualized …

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Council Meetings (Question): Ensure Fuel Ashes Handling does not Affect Environment & Public Health(2011.02.16)

Question on ensuring handling of fuel ashes does not affect the environment and public health byKP Chan: It has been reported that more than 20 substances (including heavy metals and chemical compounds such as cadmium, chromium, arsenic, mercury and lead, etc.) that are harmful to the environment and human health have been found by a …

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Council Meetings (Oral Question): Resist Inflation with Reverse Mortgage for the Elderly(2011.02.14)

CHAN KIN-POR: President, the elderly are very concerned about inflation. The Secretary indicated in the main reply that the products of the scheme would not be linked with inflation by offering floating payments. I believe, however, if the scheme can be linked with inflation in a certain manner, its products will become more appealing and …

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Council Meetings (Question): Courses for Insurance Industry under the Skills Upgrading Scheme Plus(2011.01.12)

Question by KP Chan on Courses for the Insurance Industry under the Skills Upgrading Scheme Plus at the Legco Meeting on January 12 Question: Since December 2009, the insurance courses in the Government’s Skills Upgrading Scheme have been taken over by the Employees Retraining Board (ERB).  There is information indicating that before ERB took over …

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Council Meetings (Question): Population Policy and Grassroots Unemployment under Economic Transformation(2010.12.08)

Following is a question on population policy and grassroots unemployment by the Hon KP Chan and a written reply by the Secretary for Labour and Welfare, Mr Matthew Cheung Kin-chung: Question : There have been comments that Hong Kong is now facing two major problems, namely structural transformation of the economy and unbalanced development of …

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Council Meetings (Question): Introduce a Positive Credit Information Database on Mortgage Loans(2010.11.24)

Following is a question on positive credit information database on mortgage loans by the Hon KP Chan and a reply by the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Professor KC Chan, in the Legislative Council meeting on November 24th: Question: It has been reported that the Government and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority are …

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Council Meetings (Oral Question): Conflict of Interests of HKMA Management after Departure(2010.11.17)

Chan Kin-por: I would like to ask the Financial Secretary, apart from the notification period and the control period, has the Government put in place any legislation or measures to ensure that senior staff of the HKMA, who have taken up new employment in another organizations upon leaving the HKMA, will not make use of …

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