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 "Monitoring of charitable fund-raising activities" (Chapter 2) of the Director of Audit's Report No.68 at 9am tomorrow (May 16) in Conference Room 1 of the LegCo Complex.

     Ten 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: May 16 (Tuesday)
Venue: Conference Room 1

9 am	Subject: Monitoring of charitable fund-raising activities (Chapter 2 of the Director of Audit's Report No.68)
	Witnesses:
	Mr Lau Kong-wah Secretary for Home Affairs
	Mr Laurie Lo Deputy Secretary for Home Affairs (1)
	Ms Carol Yip Director of Social Welfare
	Mr Kok Che-leung Assistant Director (Subventions) Social Welfare Department
	Miss Janice Tse Director of Home Affairs
	Ms Josephine Cheung Assistant Director of Home Affairs (Support)
	Miss Vivian Lau Lee-kwan Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene
	Ms Maisie Chan Kit-ling Deputy Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene (Environmental Hygiene)
	Ms Bernadette Linn Director of Lands
	Mr Patrick Leung Principal Land Executive/Land Control and Lease Enforcement Lands Department

     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/Monday, May 15, 2017
Issued at HKT 17:30

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