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The following is issued on behalf of the Legislative Council Secretariat:
The Legislative Council (LegCo) Public Accounts Committee will hold the second public hearing on "Land grants for private hospital development" (Chapter No.4) of the Director of Audit's Report No.59 this Saturday (December 8) in Conference Room 3 of the LegCo Complex.
A total of 10 Government officials will be invited to appear before the Committee to respond to points raised in the Report and answer questions asked by members of the Committee.
The programme for the public hearing is as follow:
December 8, 2012 (Saturday)
Venue:Conference Room 3
9am to 12.45pm
Subject:
Land grants for private hospital development(Chap. No.4 of the Director of Audit's Report No.59)
Witnesses:
Secretary for Food and Health
Dr Ko Wing-man
Head, Healthcare Planning and Development Office
Food and Health Bureau
Mr Chris Sun
Director of Health
Dr Constance Chan
Senior Medical and Health Officer (Regulatory)
Department of Health
Dr Fung Ying
Secretary for Development
Mr Paul Chan
Deputy Secretary for Development (Planning and Lands)
Mr Thomas Chan
Director of Lands
Ms Bernadette Linn
Assistant Director (Headquarters)
Lands Department
Ms Rita Lai
Deputy Director (District)
Planning Department
Miss Ophelia Wong
Assistant Director (New Territories)
Planning Department
Mr Wilson So
The Public Accounts Committee is chaired by Mr Abraham Shek, and its Deputy Chairman is Mr Paul Tse. Other members include Mr Chan, Mr Alan Leong, Mr Wong, Mr Ng Leung-sing and Mr Kenneth Leung.
Ends/Thursday, December 6, 2012
Issued at HKT 11:56
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