Get the inside scoop: legco public accounts committee public hearing tomorrow
The following is issued on behalf of the Legislative Council Secretariat:
The Legislative Council (LegCo) Public Accounts Committee (PAC) will hold the third public hearing on "Emergency dental services and elderly dental care support" (Chapter 2) of the Director of Audit's Report No. 82 tomorrow (May 17) at 9am 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:
Subject: Emergency dental services and elderly dental care support
(Chapter 2 of the Director of Audit's Report No.82)
Date: May 17 (Friday)
Time: 9am
Venue: Conference Room 1
Witnesses:
Professor Lo Chung-mau
Secretary for Health
Mr Thomas Chan
Permanent Secretary for Health
Mr Eddie Lee
Deputy Secretary for Health 2
Dr Frankie So
Consultant (Oral Health Care)
Health Bureau
Dr Ronald Lam
Director of Health
Dr Kitty Hse
Consultant i/c Dental Services
Department of Health
The PAC is chaired by Mr Shiu Ka-fai, and its Deputy Chairman is Mr Paul Tse. Other members are Ms Yung Hoi-yan, Mr Luk Chung-hung, Mr Edmund Wong, Mr Louis Loong and Ms Carmen Kan.
Former registered contractor convicted for carrying out building works in a dangerous manner
The Kwun Tong Magistrates' Courts today (October 31) ruled that a former registered general building contractor and its sub-contractor had contravened the Buildings Ordinance (Cap. 123) (BO) and imposed each with a fine of $8,000. The Buildings Department (BD) will seek legal advice on whether to appeal against the amount of the fines imposed.
The case involved a fatal incident at a construction site at Tung Yuen Street, Yau Tong in December 2022. A worker was hit by a collapsed steel section when carrying out removal works of a temporary lateral support at the construction site, and died subsequently. An investigation by the BD found that precautionary measures had not been adequately provided by the contractor and its sub-contractor during the dismantling of the temporary lateral support. The BD initiated prosecutions against the contractor and its sub-contractor under section 40(2B)(a) of the BO in December last year.
The subject contractor (i.e. Aggressive Construction Engineering Limited) was removed from the Register of General Building Contractors on November 16 last year.
Pursuant to section 40(2B)(a) of the BO, any person directly concerned with the relevant building works, who carries out or authorises or permits such works to be carried out, in such manner that it causes injury to any person or damage to any property, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $1,000,000 and to imprisonment for three years.
