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Question : The Government indicates that it has “embarked on a review on the operation of the Travel Industry Council of Hong Kong (TIC)” during 2009-10 and would “work with the trade to improve the operation and increase the transparency of the TIC” in 2010-11. In this connection, what follow-up action has been undertaken by the Government? Has the Government considered if the TIC should become a statutory body and be subject to value-for-money audit? Asked by : Hon. IP LAU Suk-yee, Regina Reply : The Travel Industry Council of Hong Kong (TIC) has a membership that covers all local licensed travel agents. As an integral part of the regulatory mechanism for travel agents in Hong Kong, the TIC’s scope of work includes drawing up codes of good practice for the travel sector as well as handling complaints and non-compliance cases. In response to the motion passed at the meeting of the Legislative Council Panel on Economic Development (ED Panel) on 16 July 2009, the government is reviewing the operation of the TIC. In fact, the TIC has already implemented various new initiatives in recent months to enhance the transparency of its operation and internal governance. These include uploading the agendas and minutes of TIC’s meetings to its website for members’ reference and strengthening the participation of Government and representatives from non-trade sectors in its various committees. We will report to the ED Panel on the outcome of the review and continue to work with the tourism sector and the TIC to follow up on the review findings, to ensure that the TIC will contribute as much as possible to the development of our tourism industry.
Question: Regarding the policy of “continuing to monitor the long-term demand for convention and exhibition facilities in Hong Kong and planning for the provision of additional quality facilities when needed”, will the Government fully utilise the exhibition facilities of the AsiaWorld-Expo before constructing new ones? Asked by: Hon. IP LAU Suk-yee, Regina Reply: The Government agrees that it is important to make better use of the existing convention and exhibition facilities in Hong Kong. In this connection, we have been encouraging exhibition organisers (including Hong Kong Trade Development Council) to use the AsiaWorld-Expo (AWE) for their events. We have also taken steps to assist in the successful staging of large-scale international conventions and exhibitions held at AWE. Before deciding on the construction of any new exhibition facilities, we will consider all relevant factors, including the additional 100,000 square metres of exhibition space to be provided by AWE Phase 1 and Phase 2 and the timing of their availability.
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