TNAG-1642-FCO40-2289-Public-finance-in-Hong-Kong-Supplementary-Appropriation-(198-1987 — Page 201

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to be vigilant on performance of the contractor and proposals and performance of the consultant, which we have done immediately afterwards. We have advised all our professional staff to be careful on proposals placed and we have advised our staff how to deal with situations such as this as it happened in the future.

MR CHEONG:

Well, I certainly hope this particular firm of consultants will not be used by your department again.

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I'm glad to say that they are not on our list.

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CHAIRMAN: Mr Lei, may I say something. information, your appearance before this Committee, you are free to express your opinion.

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D of Ar S: I see.

CHAIRMAN: The evidence you give or any comments you give

on the consultants is covered under the P&P Ordinance, so you are

I think it is very important that you do

free to say your opinion.

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Thank you.

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And, as Mr Cheong said, we understand the

but this case bothers us. Mr Poon.

MR POON: Mr Chairman, may I ask Mr Secretary that you 29 have just told us your own opinion of the work of the consultants

and what not, but, taking it a stage further from Mr Stephen Cheong, if you refer to paragraph 140, if the investigation report is done by your own department, it does say that, granted that the whole project is highly complicated that is why we pay money and get consultants, otherwise we would do it in-house. They are supposed to be experts and your own investigation report says you did not accept their claim that normal degree of supervision by them was

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