The following is issued on behalf of the Legislative Council Secretariat:

     The Legislative Council (LegCo) House Committee (HC) today (February 3) has recommended 11 Members for appointment to the Select Committee to Inquire into Matters about the Agreement between Mr Leung Chun-ying and the Australian firm UGL Limited (the Select Committee).

     Those 11 Members then held a closed meeting and elected amongst themselves Mr Paul Tse and Mr Holden Chow as the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Select Committee respectively. The membership list of the Select Committee is in the Attachment.

     In accordance with Rule 78(2) of the Rules of Procedure, the President of LegCo shall appoint the Chairman, Deputy Chairman and members of the Select Committee as recommended by the HC.

     The Select Committee will inquire into the following matters regarding Mr Leung Chun-ying's signing of an agreement with the Australian firm UGL Limited in 2011 (the UGL Agreement) and his receipt of payments amounting to £4 million from UGL Limited (the Payments) in connection with the UGL Agreement after assuming the office of Chief Executive: (i) whether Mr Leung had complied with the declaration requirements under Article 47 of the Basic Law and the system of declaration of interests by Members of the Executive Council, (ii) whether the UGL Agreement had given rise to any conflict of interests on the part of Mr Leung as the Chief Executive, and (iii) whether the Payments were taxable under the laws of Hong Kong.

Ends/Friday, February 3, 2017
Issued at HKT 17:15

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