LegCo Public Accounts Committee to hold public hearing tomorrow
***************************************************************
The Legislative Council (LegCo) Public Accounts Committee (PAC) will hold two sessions of a public hearing on "Government's efforts in tackling shoreline refuse" (Chapter 2) of the Director of Audit's Report No.75 tomorrow (March 12) at 9am and noon in Conference Room 1 of the LegCo Complex respectively.
Six witnesses and eight witnesses have been invited respectively to appear before the above sessions of the 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:
Subject: Government's efforts in tackling shoreline refuse (Chapter 2 of the Director of Audit's Report No.75)
Date: March 12 (Friday)
Venue: Conference Room 1
Session One
Time: 9am
Witnesses:
Secretary for the Environment
Mr Wong Kam-sing
Director of Environmental Protection
Ms Maisie Cheng
Deputy Director of Environmental Protection(1)
Dr Samuel Chui
Assistant Director (Water Policy),
Environmental Protection Department
Mr Chen Che-kong
Director of Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation
Dr Leung Siu-fai
Acting Assistant Director (Country and Marine Parks),
Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department
Dr Jackie Yip
Session Two
Time: noon
Secretary for the Environment
Mr Wong Kam-sing
Deputy Director of Environmental Protection(1)
Dr Samuel Chui
Assistant Director (Water Policy),
Environmental Protection Department
Mr Chen Che-kong
Acting Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene
Miss Diane Wong
Acting Assistant Director (Operations)3,
Food and Environmental Hygiene Department
Mr Tse Yu-cheung
Senior Superintendent (Cleansing and Pest Control)1,
Food and Environmental Hygiene Department
Mr Tse Ki-cheong
Director of Leisure and Cultural Services
Mr Vincent Liu
Assistant Director (Leisure Services)1,
Leisure and Cultural Services Department
Mr Horman Chan
PAC is chaired by Mr Abraham Shek, and its Deputy Chairman is Mr Paul Tse. Other members include Mr Steven Ho, Mr Shiu Ka-fai, Ms Yung Hoi-yan, Mr Lau Kwok-fan and Mr Tony Tse.
Ends/Thursday, March 11, 2021
Issued at HKT 18:45
Issued at HKT 18:45
NNNN