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 "Centre for Food Safety: Management of food safety" (Chapter 1) of the Director of Audit's Report No.71 at 9.30am tomorrow (December 15) in Conference Room 1 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 15 (Saturday)
Time: 9.30am
Venue: Conference Room 1
 
Subject: Centre for Food Safety: Management of food safety (Chapter 1 of the Director of Audit's Report No.71)

Witnesses:

Secretary for Food and Health
Professor Sophia Chan

Deputy Secretary for Food and Health (Food)2
Mr Eugene Fung

Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene
Miss Vivian Lau

Controller, Centre for Food Safety, Food and Environmental Hygiene Department
Dr Ho Yuk-yin

Consultant (Community Medicine)(Risk Assessment and Communication), Food and Environmental Hygiene Department
Dr Samuel Yeung

Assistant Director (Risk Management), Food and Environmental Hygiene Department
Dr Christine Wong

     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.