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The following is issued on behalf of the Legislative Council Secretariat:
The Legislative Council (LegCo) Public Accounts Committee (PAC) will hold public hearings on "Provision of long-term care services for the elderly" (Chapter 1) and "Provision of health services for the elderly" (Chapter 2) of the Director of Audit's Report No.63 next Monday (December 1) at 9am and 3.30pm in Conference Room 3 and Conference Room 2 of the LegCo Complex respectively.
Twelve witnesses have been invited to appear before the above hearings to respond to points raised in the Report and answer questions asked by members of PAC.
The programmes for the public hearings are as follows:
Date: December 1 (Monday)
Venue: Conference Room 3
Time: 9am
Subject:
Provision of long-term care services for the elderly
(Chapter 1 of the Director of Audit's Report No.63)
Witnesses:
Secretary for Labour and Welfare
Mr Matthew Cheung Kin-chung
Principal Assistant Secretary for Labour and Welfare
(Welfare)
Mrs Elina Chan
Director of Social Welfare
Ms Carol Yip
Assistant Director of Social Welfare (Elderly)
Miss Cecilla Li
Date: December 1 (Monday)
Venue: Conference Room 2
Time: 3.30pm
Subject:
Provision of health services for the elderly
(Chapter 2 of the Report No.63)
Witnesses:
Secretary for Food and Health
Dr Ko Wing-man
Permanent Secretary for Food and Health (Health)
Mr Richard Yuen
Under Secretary for Food and Health
Professor Sophia Chan
Director of Health
Dr Constance Chan
Assistant Director of Health
(Family and Elderly Health Services)
Dr Teresa Li
Consultant Family Medicine (Elderly Health Service),
Department of Health
Dr Ruby Lee
Chief Executive, Hospital Authority
Dr Leung Pak-yin
Chief Manager (Integrated Care Programs),
Hospital Authority
Dr Alexander Chiu
PAC 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/Friday, November 28, 2014
Issued at HKT 18:08
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