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The following is issued on behalf of the Legislative Council Secretariat:
The Legislative Council (LegCo) Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has decided to hold public hearings on "Planning, construction and redevelopment of public rental housing flats" (Chapter 2), "Mega Events Fund" (Chapter 3) and "Promoting the development of social enterprises" (Chapter 7) of the Director of Audit's Report No.62.
The PAC will hold the public hearings on "Planning, construction and redevelopment of public rental housing flats" (Chapter 2) and "Promoting the development of social enterprises" (Chapter 7) on May 5 (Monday) at 9am and 2.30pm in Conference Room 2 of the LegCo Complex respectively.
Seven witnesses have been invited to appear before the above public hearings to respond to points raised in the Reports and answer questions asked by members of the Committee.
The programmes for the public hearings are as follows:
Date: May 5 (Monday)
Venue: Conference Room 2
Time: 9am to 1pm
Subject:
Planning, construction and redevelopment of public rental housing flats
(Chapter 2 of the Director of Audit's Report No.62)
Witness:
Secretary for Transport and Housing
Professor Anthony Cheung Bing-leung
Secretary for Development
Mr Paul Chan
Director of Housing
Mr Stanley Ying
Date: May 5 (Monday)
Venue: Conference Room 2
Time: 2.30pm to 6.30pm
Subject:
Promoting the development of social enterprises
(Chapter 7 of the Director of Audit's Report No.62)
Witness:
Secretary for Home Affairs
Mr Tsang Tak-sing
Director of Home Affairs
Mrs Pamela Tan
Director of Social Welfare
Ms Carol Yip
Permanent Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury (Treasury)
Ms Elizabeth Tse
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/Thursday, April 17, 2014
Issued at HKT 19:52
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