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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 public hearings on "Reduction and recycling of food waste" (Chapter 2) and "Government's efforts in managing municipal solid waste" (Chapter 1) of the Director of Audit's Report No.65 at 9am and noon next Tuesday (December 29) in Conference Room 1 of the LegCo Complex respectively.
Twelve and eight witnesses have been invited to appear before the above hearings respectively to respond to points raised in the Report and answer questions asked by PAC members.
The programmes for two public hearings are as follows:
December 29 (Tuesday)
Venue: Conference Room 1
9am
Subject: Reduction and recycling of food waste (Chapter 2 of the Director of Audit's Report No.65)
Witnesses:
Mr Wong Kam-sing
Secretary for the Environment
Ms Anissa Wong
Permanent Secretary for the Environment/Director of Environmental Protection
Mr Howard Chan
Deputy Director of Environmental Protection (2)
Mr Elvis Au
Assistant Director (Nature Conservation and Infrastructure Planning)
Environmental Protection Department
Mr James Chan
Acting Assistant Director (Waste Reduction and Recycling)
Environmental Protection Department
Mr Yu Wang-pong
Principal Environmental Protection Officer (Strategic Facilities Development and Planning)
Environmental Protection Department
Mr Stanley Lau
Acting Principal Environmental Protection Officer (Food Waste Management)
Environmental Protection Department
Mr Derek Lee
Chief Executive Officer (Community Relations) 2
Environmental Protection Department
Mr Stanley Ying
Director of Housing
Ms Rosman Wai
Senior Manager/Environmental Management
Housing Department
Miss Vivian Lau
Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene
Mr Lam Wing-hong
Assistant Director (Operations)2
Food and Environmental Hygiene Department
noon
Subject:Government's efforts in managing municipal solid waste (Chapter 1 of the Director of Audit's Report No.65)
Mr Wong Kam-sing
Secretary for the Environment
Ms Anissa Wong
Permanent Secretary for the Environment/Director of Environmental Protection
Mr Howard Chan
Deputy Director of Environmental Protection (2)
Mr Samson Lai
Assistant Director (Waste Management Policy)
Environmental Protection Department
Ms Betty Cheung
Assistant Director (Environmental Infrastructure)
Environmental Protection Department
Mr James Chan
Acting Assistant Director (Waste Reduction and Recycling)
Environmental Protection Department
Mr George Ng
Senior Statistician
Environmental Protection Department
Mr Wong Wai-yuen
Senior Environmental Protection Officer (Waste Reduction & Recycling) 3
Environmental Protection Department
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/Thursday, December 24, 2015
Issued at HKT 16:37
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