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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 "Government's efforts in managing municipal solid waste" (Chapter 1) of the Director of Audit's Report No.65 next Monday (December 7) at 2.30pm in Conference Room 1 of the LegCo Complex.
Twelve 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 7 (Monday)
Venue: Conference Room 1
Time: 2.30pm
Subject: Government's efforts in managing
municipal solid waste
(Chapter 1 of the Director of
Audit's Report No.65)
Witnesses:
Ms Christine Loh
Acting Secretary for the Environment
Ms Anissa Wong
Permanent Secretary for the Environment/
Director of Environmental Protection
Mr Howard Chan
Deputy Director of Environmental Protection(2)
Mr Samson Lai
Assistant Director
(Waste Management Policy)
Environmental Protection Department
Mr Wong Hon-meng
Assistant Director (Waste Reduction & Recycling)
Environmental Protection Department
Ms Betty Cheung
Assistant Director (Environmental Infrastructure)
Environmental Protection Department
Mr Chen Che-kong
Principal Environmental Protection Officer
(Waste Transfer & Development)
Environmental Protection Department
Mr George Ng
Senior Statistician
Environmental Protection Department
Mr Wong Wai-yuen
Senior Environmental Protection Officer
(Waste Reduction & Recycling)3
Environmental Protection Department
Mr Roy Tang
Commissioner of Customs and Excise
Mr Leslie Tang
Commissioner for Census and Statistics
Ms Anmy Cheung
Senior Statistician (Trade)1
Census and Statistics Department
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, December 4, 2015
Issued at HKT 18:32
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