MR CHAN KIN-POR (in Cantonese): Thank you, President. Although the Security Bureau has implemented a number of measures by amending the laws in recent years to reduce the number of non-refoulement claimants who need to stay in Hong Kong, there are still more than 14000 claimants in Hong Kong at present. Moreover, the fact that …
Council Meeting (Oral Question): Non-refoulement claims (2023.11.15) Read More »
MR CHAN KIN-POR (in Chinese): Regarding combating unfair trade practices, will the Government inform this Council: (1) whether it knows the number of complaints about unfair trade practices received by the Consumer Council (“CC”) in the past three years, together with a breakdown and percentage by trade practice; (2) whether it knows the number of …
Council Meetings (Question): Combating unfair trade practices (2023.11.08) Read More »
MR CHAN KIN-POR (in Cantonese): Thank you, President. The SAR Government is striving to attract leading Mainland and overseas enterprises to settle in Hong Kong. It is believed that being able to attract technology enterprises related to digital security to develop in Hong Kong will be of great help to strengthening our digital security barrier. …
MR CHAN KIN-POR (in Cantonese): Thank you, President. In Hong Kong, the Heat Stress at Work Warning does not only focus on temperature, but also takes humidity, wind speed and radiation level into account, which is very scientific. However, changes in these factors can be very frequent, and in fact, they can easily cause confusion, …
Council Meetings (Oral Question): Heat Stress at Working Warning (2023.07.05) Read More »
MR CHAN KIN-POR (in Cantonese): Thank you, President. Point (4) of the main reply mentioned expanding the business coverage of Hong Kong’s financial institutions in Qianhai and this will benefit banks, insurance institutions, etc. I would like to find out more about the current progress of the development of one of the major pilot projects …
MR CHAN KIN-POR (in Chinese): Since September last year, the Department of Health (“DH”) has implemented a “preliminary registration” arrangement at some of its dental clinics that provide general public dental services. Those clinics will preliminarily register personal information for persons in the queue subject to their service quotas starting at 12:00 am on the …
Council Meetings (Question): Public Dental Services (2023.05.31) Read More »
MR CHAN KIN-POR (in Chinese): Under the Government Public Transport Fare Concession Scheme for the Elderly and Eligible Persons with Disabilities (commonly known as “the $2 Scheme”), persons aged 60 or above and eligible persons with disabilities may all travel at a concessionary fare of $2 per trip on public transport modes such as general …
MR CHAN KIN-POR (in Chinese): The Police launched the electronic report platform “Project PROVE―Public Reporting Offences with Video Evidence” (“Project PROVE”) in May 2022 for members of the public to upload videos or photos and report to the Police non-emergency traffic offences, and they hoped to raise the law-abiding awareness of motorists, thereby raising the …
MR CHAN KIN-POR (in Chinese): It has been reported that a Mainland resident, through issuing a social media post, claimed that she had encountered an incident of “taxi ripping passenger off” during her recent visit to Hong Kong, and the post subsequently attracted comments from numerous Mainland netizens sharing similar experiences. In this connection, will …
MR CHAN KIN-POR (in Chinese): The Traffic Accident Victims Assistance (“TAVA”) Scheme aims to provide victims of road traffic accidents or their dependents with speedy financial assistance. The number of applications under the TAVA Scheme has been on the increase, rising from 8 419 in 2017-2018 to 10 500 in 2021-2022. It has been reported …
Council Meetings (Questions): Traffic Accident Victims Assistance Scheme (2023.03.15) Read More »
