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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 two public hearings on "Provision of long-term care services for the elderly" (Chapter 1) of the Director of Audit's Report No.63 next Monday (December 8) at 8.30am and 2.30pm in Conference Room 1 of the LegCo Complex respectively.
Four 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 two public hearings are as follows:
Date: December 8 (Monday)
Venue: Conference Room 1
Time: 8.30am and 2.30pm
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
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 5, 2014
Issued at HKT 17:03
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