Albert Ho is going to put an oral question to Secretary for Security in relation to the Government's consultation on legislative proposals to implement Article 23 of the Basic Law tomorrow. It is expected that the question will be asked at about 3:15pm. The question is as follows:-

Hon Albert HO to ask:

Regarding the consultation on legislative proposals to implement Article 23 of the Basic Law, will the Government inform this Council:

(a) whether it will compile a compendium of the submissions received during the consultation period; if it will, of the time to publish the compendium; if not, the reasons for that and how it will deal with the submissions received;

(b) whether, to date, it has decided to revise or considered revising the proposals set out in the Consultation Document on Proposals to Implement Article 23 of the Basic Law; if it has, of the proposals involved as well as the reasons and details of the revision; and

(c) as the Administration is already preparing the drafting instructions for the relevant bill while the consultation period has not yet expired, how the Administration currently formulates the definite policies on the legislation for implementing Article 23 of the Basic Law and prepares the drafting instructions for the relevant bill for the Department of Justice to proceed with the drafting of the bill?

Public Officer to reply: Secretary for Security