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The following is issued on behalf of the Construction Industry Council:
The Construction Industry Council (CIC) will hold its first meeting this Friday (March 9) at 2.30pm in Room 1201, 12/F., Murray Building, Garden Road, Central, Hong Kong.
The agenda items will include:
(i) introductory remarks by the Chairman, Mr Keith Kerr;
(ii) introductory remarks by the Permanent Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works (Works), Mr Mak Chai-kwong;
(iii) proposed terms of reference of CIC;
(iv) house-keeping matters:
(a) frequency and format of meetings,
(b) administrative guidelines on meetings and proceedings;
(v) issues to be followed up by CIC and proposed committee structure of CIC;
(vi) nomination and voting arrangements for election of Chairmen of Committees;
(vii) issues in connection with the establishment of CIC:
(a) office accommodation for CIC,
(b) funding arrangements for establishing CIC,
(c) amalgamation of CIC and the Construction Industry Training Authority;
*(viii) recruitment of Executive Director for CIC; and
*(ix) executive search agency for the Executive Director ― latest position and endorsement of the draft consultancy brief and agreement.
The public are welcome to observe the proceedings of the meeting. Seats will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis because of limited space.
Due to commercial sensitivity, the discussion on the last two items will not be open to the public.
Ends/Tuesday, March 6, 2007
Issued at HKT 17:24
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