LegCo Public Accounts Committee to hold public hearing on November 24
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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 first public hearing on "Regulatory control of private hospitals" (Chapter No. 3) of the Director of Audit's Report No. 59 scheduled for this Saturday (November 24) at 9am in Conference Room 3 of the LegCo Complex.

     A total of six 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:

November 24 (Saturday)
Venue: Conference Room 3
9am to 12.45pm

Subject:
Regulatory control of private hospitals
(Chap. No. 3 of the Director of Audit's
Report No. 59)

Witnesses:
Secretary for Food and Health
Dr Ko Wing-man

Permanent Secretary for Food and Health (Health)
Mr Richard Yuen

Under Secretary for Food and Health
Professor Sophia Chan

Head, Healthcare Planning and Development Office
Food and Health Bureau
Mr Chris Sun

Director of Health
Dr Constance Chan

Assistant Director of Health (Health Administration and Planning)
Dr Amy Chiu

     The Public Accounts Committee 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, November 22, 2012
Issued at HKT 16:09

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