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Date:
Time:
25.11.86
2.15
5 pm
Reporter:
PMS
FIRST PUBLIC HEARING OF THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE
[Time noted: 2.15 pm]
CHAIRMAN:
As this is the first public meeting of
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the Accounts Committee in this Legislative Session, before I open this hearing formally I should like to say a few words of intro- duction.
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Firstly I am sure the Committee would wish me to pay
tribute to my distinguished predecessor, Mr S L Chen, who stepped 11 down on 30th October this year. More than any other member, Mr Chen
has contributed to the development of this Committee's work and to 13 its present high standing having served since its inception in 1978 14 and as its Chairman since 1st September 1981. I would like therefore 15 to thank him most warmly for all that he has done and for the leader- 16 ship he has displayed in these formative years.
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Secondly it is also my pleasure to welcome Mr Chung Pui-lam 19 who has been appointed to this Committee for the first time.
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The Committee's task is to consider the Report of the Director of Audit on the Government's accounts for the last financial year. The Director of Audit's own investigations are necessarily selective; ours are even more selective still. We have decided which 25 parts of the Director's Report indicated the most serious irregularities 26 or shortcomings in the Government's control. On these topics we shall 27 be calling as witnesses the respective Controlling Officers, that is the head of the branches or departments into whose stewardship passes 29 the money which the Legislature votes each year under the Appropriation 30 Bill.
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The questions which we shall ask the Controlling Officers 33 are intended to establish the facts surrounding each case. 34 here, may I repeat, we are not here to prosecute or persecute. In 35 each case we want to be satisfied on the three points 36
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