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CHAIRMAN : The next item we come back to the Director of Audit's report 146 to 151, Hung Hom Coliseum, where we received a
request from the superstructure contractor to appear before the
Committee. May I call the representatives. Good morning.
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MR CHEUNG:
Shall I begin, Mr Chairman ?
CHAIRMAN:
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I assume that you have read the verbatim report
MR CHEUNG:
I have.
CHAIRMAN :
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and do you have any comments ?
MR CHEUNG: Yes, I have.
CHAIRMAN :
Please!
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MR CHEUNG: My client is much obliged, Mr Chairman, that you and members of the Committee have allowed us this opportunity to come
here. Our purpose is to help you to put the record straight. I have 22 read the transcript and amy I remind you of some relevant passages in it,
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in the evidence given by Mr Lei, the Director of Architectural Services.
CHAIRMAN : Yes.
MR CHEUNG:
First of all if you would turn to page 1 of
the transcript for the 26th of November. In the paragraph beginning
at page 19, he said : (Reads)
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any Category AB which would have permitted detailed design and investigation before the project was upgraded to Category A. page 3 of the transcript at line 17, he said: (Reads)
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"Firstly, the design in concept is simple, very simple and without detailed investigation and detailed study the difficulties arising from the actual construction cannot be 100 per cent made known."
At that time, he went on to say the system in the PWD, there wasn't