REPORT OF THE

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE

ON

THE REPORTS OF THE DIRECTOR OF AUDIT

ON

THE RESULTS OF

VALUE FOR MONEY AUDITS




July 2005

P.A.C. Report No. 44

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CONTENTS
		Page
I.	Introduction
1	The Establishment of the Committee	1
2	Membership of the Committee	1
II.	Procedure
1	The Committee's Procedure	2 - 3
2	The Committee's Report	3
3	The Government's Response	3
III.	Committee Proceedings
1	Consideration of the Director of Audit's Report	4
2	Meetings	4
3	Arrangement of the Report	4
4	Acknowledgements	4
IV.	Chapter
1	Diesel vehicle emission controls	5 - 24
2	The Postal Mechanisation System at the Air Mail Centre	25 - 59
SIGNATURES OF THE CHAIRMAN, DEPUTY CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE		60
CHAPTERS IN THE DIRECTOR OF AUDIT'S REPORT NO. 44 DEALT WITH IN THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE'S REPORT		61
APPENDIX 1	Rules of Procedure of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region	62 - 63
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'	64 - 66
APPENDIX 3	Witnesses who appeared before the Committee	67
APPENDIX 4	Introductory remarks by the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, Dr Hon Philip WONG Yu-hong, GBS, at the first public hearing of the Committee on Monday, 9 May 2005	68
	Appendices relating to Chapter 1: "Diesel vehicle emission controls"
APPENDIX 5	Letter of 30 April 2005 from the Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works	69 - 71
APPENDIX 6	Letter of 27 May 2005 from the Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works	72 - 81
APPENDIX 7	Letter of 25 May 2005 from the Commissioner for Transport	82 - 84
APPENDIX 8	Letter of 25 May 2005 from the Director of Environmental Protection	85 - 89
	Appendices relating to Chapter 2: "The Postal Mechanisation System at the Air Mail Centre"
APPENDIX 9	Opening statement made by the Postmaster General at the public hearing on 24 May	90
APPENDIX 10	Letter of 18 May 2005 from the Postmaster General	91 - 96
APPENDIX 11	Letter of 26 May 2005 from the Postmaster General	97 - 112
APPENDIX 12	Letter of 24 May 2005 from the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury	113 - 121
APPENDIX 13	Letter of 8 June 2005 from the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury	122 - 126
APPENDIX 14	Letter of 13 June 2005 from the Director of Government Logistics	127 - 135