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The following is issued on behalf of the Legislative Council Secretariat:
The Legislative Council (LegCo) Public Accounts Committee will hold the first public hearing on "Monitoring and reporting of air quality" (Chapter No. 1) of the Director of Audit's Report No. 59 this Friday (December 7) at 9am in Conference Room 3 of the LegCo Complex.
A total of six Government officials will be invited to appear before the Committee to respond to points raised in the Report and answer questions asked by members of the Committee.
The programme for the public hearing is as follow:
December 7 (Friday)
Venue: Conference Room 3
9am to 12.45pm
Subject:
Monitoring and reporting of air quality
(Chapter No. 1 of the Director of Audit's Report No. 59)
Witnesses:
Secretary for the Environment
Mr Wong Kam-sing
Under Secretary for the Environment
Ms Christine Loh
Permanent Secretary for the Environment/Director of Environmental Protection
Ms Anissa Wong
Deputy Director of Environmental Protection
Mr Andrew Lai
Assistant Director (Air Policy) of Environmental Protection
Mr Mok Wai-chuen
Principal Environmental Protection Officer
(Air Policy)
Department of Environmental Protection
Mr Pang Sik-wing
The Public Accounts Committee is chaired by Mr Abraham Shek, and its Deputy Chairman is Mr Paul Tse. Other members include Mr Chan Hak-kan, Mr Alan Leong, Mr Wong Yuk-man, Mr Ng Leung-sing and Mr Kenneth Leung.
Ends/Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Issued at HKT 16:31
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