LegCo Public Accounts Committee to hold public hearing tomorrow

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 "Provision of consultancy, research and development and training services by the Hong Kong Productivity Council" (Chapter 2) of the Director of Audit's Report No.73 at 9am tomorrow (December 17) in Conference Room 1 of the LegCo Complex.
 
     Seven 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 17 (Tuesday)
Time: 9am
Venue: Conference Room 1

Witnesses
Mr Nicholas W Yang
Secretary for Innovation and Technology

Ms Annie Choi
Permanent Secretary for Innovation and Technology

Ms Rebecca Pun
Commissioner for Innovation and Technology

Mr Ivan Lee
Deputy Commissioner for Innovation and Technology

Mr Mohamed D Butt
Executive Director, Hong Kong Productivity Council

Dr Lawrence Cheung
Chief Innovation Officer, Hong Kong Productivity Council

Ms Vivian Lin
Chief Financial Officer, Hong Kong Productivity Council

     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.