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 "Employment services provided by the Labour Department" (Chapter 3) of the Director of Audit's Report No.72 at 9am tomorrow (May 18) in Conference Room 2 of the LegCo Complex.

     Six 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: May 18, 2019 (Saturday)
Time: 9am
Venue: Conference Room 2
 
Subject: Employment services provided by the Labour Department (Chapter 3 of the Director of Audit's Report No.72)

Witnesses:

Dr Law Chi-kwong
Secretary for Labour and Welfare

Mr Carlson Chan
Commissioner for Labour

Mr Charles Hui
Assistant Commissioner for Labour (Employment Services)

Ms Cindy Yim
Senior Labour Officer (Employment Services) (Operation)
Labour Department

Ms Catherine Law
Senior Labour Officer (Employment Services) (Policy)
Labour Department

Ms Jessie Lam
Senior Labour Officer (Youth Employment)
Labour Department

     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/Friday, May 17, 2019
Issued at HKT 11:55

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