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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 a public hearing on "Provision of health services for the elderly " (Chapter 2) of the Director of Audit's Report No.63 tomorrow (December 16) at 8.30 am in Conference Room 3 of the LegCo Complex.
Seven witnesses have been invited to appear before the above hearing to respond to points raised in the Report and answer questions asked by PAC members.
The programme for the public hearing is as follows:
Date: December 16 (Tuesday)
Venue: Conference Room 3
Time: 8.30 am
Subject: Provision of health services for the elderly
(Chapter 2 of the Director of Audit's Report No.63)
Witnesses:
Secretary for Food and Health
Dr Ko Wing-man
Permanent Secretary for Food and Health (Health)
Mr Richard Yuen
Director of Health
Dr Constance Chan
Assistant Director of Health (Family and Elderly Health Services),
Department of Health
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 Han-kan, Mr Alan Leong, Mr Wong Yuk-man, Mr Ng Leung-sing and Mr Kenneth Leung.
Ends/Monday, December 15, 2014
Issued at HKT 19:43
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