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: Import control of foods" (Chapter 2) of the Director of Audit's Report No.71 at 9am tomorrow (March 6) in Conference Room 3 of the LegCo Complex.

     Five 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:

     March 6, 2019 (Wednesday)
     Venue: Conference Room 3


9am	Subject:
	Centre for Food Safety: Import control of foods (Chapter 2 of the Director of Audit's Report No.71)
	Witnesses: Prof 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 Philip Ho Controller, Centre for Food Safety 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.