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 "Funding of universities by University Grants Committee" (Chapter 2) of the Director of Audit's Report No.67 at 10.45am tomorrow (January 6) in Conference Room 3 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: January 6 (Friday)
Time: 10.45am
Venue: Conference Room 3
 
Subject: Funding of universities by University Grants Committee
             (Chapter 2 of the Director of Audit's Report No.67)

Witnesses:

Secretary for Education
Mr Eddie Ng Hak-kim

Deputy Secretary for Education (1) 
Mr Brian Lo

Secretary-General
University Grants Committee
Dr Richard Armour

Deputy Secretary-General (1)
University Grants Committee
Miss Winnie Wong

Deputy Secretary-General (2)
University Grants Committee
Mr David Leung

Assistant Secretary-General (Finance)
University Grants Committee
Ms Sarah Woo
 
     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/Thursday, January 5, 2017
Issued at HKT 17:19

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