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The following is issued on behalf of the Legislative Council Secretariat:
The Legislative Council (LegCo) House Committee (HC) today (November 14) has recommended 13 Members for appointment to the Select Committee to Inquire into the Background of and Reasons for the Delay of the Construction of the Hong Kong section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link (the Select Committee).
Those 13 Members then held a closed meeting and elected amongst themselves Mr Martin Liao and Mr Tony Tse as the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Select Committee respectively. The membership list of the Select Committee is in Appendix.
In accordance with Rule 78(2) of the Rules of Procedure, the President of LegCo will appoint the Chairman, Deputy Chairman and members of the Select Committee as recommended by the HC.
The Select Committee will inquire into the background of and reasons for the incident of the delay of the construction of the Hong Kong section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link (the project delay), as announced by the Government and MTR Corporation Limited (the Corporation) in April 2014, and related issues, including the performance and accountability of the Government and the Corporation relating to the project delay and whether they have deliberately covered up the project delay; and to make recommendations for the future on how the Government can enhance the supervision of the construction of new railway projects and strengthen the governance of the Corporation in delivering railway projects and on related issues.
Ends/Friday, November 14, 2014
Issued at HKT 19:35
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