CONTENTS
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I. | Introduction
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1 | The Establishment of the Committee | 1
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2 | Membership of the Committee | 1
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II. | Procedure
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1 | The Committee's Procedure | 2 - 3
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2 - 3 | The Committee's Report | 3
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4 | The Government's Response | 3
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III. | Report of the Public Accounts Committee on Report No. 38 of the Director of Audit on the Results of Value for Money Audits
[P.A.C. Report No. 38]
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1 | Laying of the Report | 4
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2 - 8 | The Government Minute | 4 - 9
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IV. | Report of the Public Accounts Committee on the Reports of the Director of Audit on the Accounts of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region for the year ended 31 March 2002 and the Results of Value for Money Audits (Report No. 39) and Supplemental Report of the Public Accounts Committee on Report No. 38 of the Director of Audit on the Results of Value for Money Audits
[P.A.C. Report No. 39]
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1 | Laying of the Report | 10
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2 - 53 | The Government Minute | 10 - 50
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V. | Committee Proceedings
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1 | Consideration of the Director of Audit's Report | 51
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2 | Meetings | 51
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3 - 4 | Arrangement of the Report | 51
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5 | Acknowledgements | 51
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VI. | Observations of the Public Accounts Committee on the Report of the Director of Audit on the Accounts of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region for the year ended 31 March 2003 | 52
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VII. | Chapter
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1. | Public markets managed by the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department | 53 - 75
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2. | Provision of noise barriers for mitigating road traffic noise | 76 - 106
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3. | Buildings Department's efforts to tackle the unauthorised building works problem | 107 - 129
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4. | Planning and provision of public secondary school places | 130 - 150
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5. | The acquisition and clearance of shipyard sites | 151
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6. | Funding of tertiary education | 152 - 173
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SIGNATURES OF THE CHAIRMAN, DEPUTY CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE | 174
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CHAPTERS IN THE DIRECTOR OF AUDIT'S REPORT NO. 41 DEALT WITH IN THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE'S REPORT | 175
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APPENDIX 1 | Rules of Procedure of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | 176 - 177
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APPENDIX 2 | Paper presented to the Provisional Legislative Council by the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee at the meeting on 11 February 1998 on Scope of Government Audit in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region - 'Value for Money Audits' | 178 - 180
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| Appendix relating to Part III: "Report of the Public Accounts Committee on Report No. 38 of the Director of Audit on the Results of Value for Money Audits [P.A.C. Report No. 38]" |
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APPENDIX 3 | Letter of 15 January 2004 from the Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene | 181 - 185
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| Appendices relating to Part IV: "Report of the Public Accounts Committee on the Reports of the Director of Audit on the Accounts of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region for the year ended 31 March 2002 and the Results of Value for Money Audits (Report No. 39) and Supplemental Report of the Public Accounts Committee on Report No. 38 of the Director of Audit on the Results of Value for Money Audits [P.A.C. Report No. 39]" |
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APPENDIX 4 | Letter of 15 January 2004 from the Acting Government Property Administrator | 186 - 188
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APPENDIX 5 | Letter of 20 January 2004 from the Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands | 189 - 191
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APPENDIX 6 | Letter of 7 January 2004 from the Executive Director, Employees Retraining Board | 192
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APPENDIX 7 | Letter of 13 January 2004 from the Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works | 193 - 203
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| Appendices relating to Part V: "Committee Proceedings" |
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APPENDIX 8 | Witnesses who appeared before the Committee | 204 - 205
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APPENDIX 9 | Introductory remarks by the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, Dr Hon Eric LI Ka-cheung, GBS, JP, at the first public hearing of the Committee on Monday, 8 December 2003 | 206 - 207
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| Appendices relating to Chapter 1: "Public markets managed by the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department" |
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APPENDIX 10 | Letter of 26 January 2004 from the Acting Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene | 208 - 210
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APPENDIX 11 | Letter of 30 December 2003 from the Permanent Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food | 211
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APPENDIX 12 | Letter of 20 January 2004 from the Director of Audit | 212
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APPENDIX 13 | Letter of 19 December 2003 from the Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene | 213 - 223
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APPENDIX 14 | Letter of 30 December 2003 from the Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene | 224 - 225
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APPENDIX 15 | Letter of 5 December 2003 from the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury | 226 -227
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| Appendices relating to Chapter 2: "Provision of noise barriers for mitigating road traffic noise" |
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APPENDIX 16 | Letter of 24 December 2003 from the Director of Highways | 228 - 229
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APPENDIX 17 | Letter of 27 January 2004 from the Director of Highways | 230 - 231
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APPENDIX 18 | Letter of 22 December 2003 from the Director of Environmental Protection | 232 - 239
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APPENDIX 19 | Letter of 22 December 2003 from the Director of Lands | 240 - 244
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APPENDIX 20 | Letter of 9 February 2004 from the Director of Lands | 245 - 246
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APPENDIX 21 | Letter of 21 January 2004 from the Director of Environmental Protection | 247 - 268
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APPENDIX 22 | Letter of 31 December 2003 from the Director of Territory Development | 269 - 271
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APPENDIX 23 | Letter of 21 January 2004 from the Director of Territory Development | 272 - 273
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APPENDIX 24 | Letter of 19 January 2004 from the Director of Audit | 274 - 275
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APPENDIX 25 | Letter of 9 February 2004 from the Director of Audit | 276 - 278
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APPENDIX 26 | Letter of 31 December 2003 from the Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works | 279 - 281
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APPENDIX 27 | Letter of 9 February 2004 from the Director of Territory Development | 282 - 283
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| Appendices relating to Chapter 3: "Buildings Department's efforts to tackle the unauthorised building works problem" |
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APPENDIX 28 | Letter of 23 December 2003 from the Director of Buildings | 284 - 301
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APPENDIX 29 | Letter of 2 January 2004 from the Acting Director of Buildings | 302 - 313
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APPENDIX 30 | Letter of 27 January 2004 from the Director of Audit | 314 - 315
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| Appendices relating to Chapter 4: "Planning and provision of public secondary school places" |
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APPENDIX 31 | Letter of 31 December 2003 from the Director of Audit | 316 - 317
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APPENDIX 32 | Information note provided by the Secretary for Education and Manpower | 318 - 322
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APPENDIX 33 | Letter of 30 December 2003 from the Director of Audit | 323 - 324
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| Appendices relating to Chapter 6: "Funding of tertiary education" |
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APPENDIX 34 | Letter of 31 December 2003 from the Secretary-General, University Grants Committee | 325 - 327
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APPENDIX 35 | Letter of 8 December 2003 from the President and Vice-Chancellor, Hong Kong Baptist University | 328
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APPENDIX 36 | Letter of 5 January 2004 from the Director of Audit | 329 - 333
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APPENDIX 37 | Letter of 8 December 2003 from the President, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | 334
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APPENDIX 38 | Letter of 18 February 2004 from the Secretary-General, University Grants Committee | 335 - 336
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