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 "Centre for Food Safety: Management of food safety" (Chapter 1) of the Director of Audit's Report No.71 at 9am next Monday (December 10) in Conference Room 2 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: December 10 (Monday)
Time: 9am
Venue: Conference Room 2
Subject: Centre for Food Safety: Management of food safety (Chapter 1 of the Director of Audit's Report No.71)
Witnesses:
Professor Sophia Chan
Secretary for Food and Health
Mr Eugene Fung
Deputy Secretary for Food and Health (Food)2
Miss Vivian Lau
Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene
Dr Ho Yuk-yin
Controller, Centre for Food Safety
Food and Environmental Hygiene Department
Dr Samuel Yeung
Consultant (Community Medicine) (Risk Assessment and Communication)
Food and Environmental Hygiene Department
Dr Christine Wong
Assistant Director (Risk Management)
Food and Environmental Hygiene 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.
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