LegCo Public Accounts Committee will hold public hearing tomorrow
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The Legislative Council (LegCo) Public Accounts Committee (PAC) will hold a public hearing on "Government's support and monitoring of charities" (Chapter 1) of the Director of Audit's Report No.68 at 9am tomorrow (June 27) in Conference Room 2 of the LegCo Complex.
Nine 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: June 27 (Tuesday)
Venue: Conference Room 2
Time: 9am
Subject: Government's support and monitoring of charities
(Chapter 1 of the Director of Audit's Report No.68)
Witnesses:
Deputy Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury (Treasury)2
Mr Andrew Lai
Commissioner of Inland Revenue
Mr Wong Kuen-fai
Chief Assessor (Special Duties), Inland Revenue Department
Ms Judy Yip
Acting Director of Lands
Ms Karen Chan
Assistant Director of Lands (Headquarters)
Ms Sophia Chiang
Secretary for Home Affairs
Mr Lau Kong-wah
Deputy Secretary for Home Affairs (1)
Mr Laurie Lo
Director of Social Welfare
Ms Carol Yip
Deputy Director of Social Welfare (Services)
Mr Lam Ka-tai
PAC is chaired by Mr Abraham Shek, and its Deputy Chairman is Mr Kenneth Leung. Other members include Mr Paul Tse, Mr Steven Ho, Mr Lam Cheuk-ting, Mr Shiu Ka-fai and Ms Tanya Chan.
Ends/Monday, June 26, 2017
Issued at HKT 12:52
Issued at HKT 12:52
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