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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 a public hearing on "Use and disposal of vacant school premises" (Chapter 3) of the Director of Audit's Report No.65 at 9am tomorrow (January 5) 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 5 (Tuesday)
Venue: Conference Room 3
Time: 9am
Subject: Use and disposal of vacant school premises (Chapter 3 of the Director of Audit's Report No.65)
Witnesses:
Mr Eddie Ng Hak-kim
Secretary for Education
Mrs Marion Lai
Permanent Secretary for Education
Ms Jessie Wong
Deputy Secretary for Education (2)
Miss Shirley Yu
Assistant Secretary (Infrastructure)2
Education Bureau
Ms Bernadette Linn
Director of Lands
Ms Rita Lai
Assistant Director of Lands (Headquarters)
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/Monday, January 4, 2016
Issued at HKT 15:32
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