SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT OF THE

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE

ON

REPORT NO. 51 OF THE DIRECTOR OF AUDIT

ON

THE RESULTS OF

VALUE FOR MONEY AUDITS



May 2009

P.A.C. Report No. 51A

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CONTENTS
				Paragraph	Page
Part 1	Introduction
	The Establishment of the Committee			1	1
	Membership of the Committee			2	1
Part 2	Procedure
	The Committee's Procedure			1	2
	Confidentiality undertaking by members of the Committee			2 - 3	3
	The Committee's Report			4	3
	The Government's Response			5	3
Part 3	Committee Proceedings
	Meetings			1	4
	Arrangement of the Report			2 - 3	4
	Acknowledgements			4	4
Part 4	Emergency ambulance service
		A.	Introduction	1 - 3	5
		B.	Use of the emergency ambulance service	4 - 11	5 - 9
		C.	Performance measurement	12 - 28	9 - 15
		D.	Use of ambulance resources	29 - 40	16 - 20
		E.	Maintenance of ambulances	41 - 47	20 - 24
		F.	Procurement of replacement and additional ambulances	48 - 72	24 - 37
		G.	Conclusions and recommendations	73	37 - 49
SIGNATURES OF THE CHAIRMAN, DEPUTY CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE					50
CHAPTER IN THE DIRECTOR OF AUDIT'S REPORT NO. 51 DEALT WITH IN THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE'S SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT					51
Appendix relating to Part 1: "Introduction"
APPENDIX 1	Rules of Procedure of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region				52 - 53
Appendix relating to Part 2: "Procedure"
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'				54 - 56
Appendices relating to Part 3: "Committee Proceedings"
APPENDIX 3	Witnesses who appeared before the Committee				57
APPENDIX 4	Introductory remarks by the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, Dr Hon Philip WONG Yu-hong, GBS, at the public hearing of the Committee on Tuesday, 9 December 2008				58 - 59
Appendices relating to Part 4: "Emergency ambulance service"
APPENDIX 5	Opening statement made by the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury at the public hearing on 10 March 2009				60 - 61
APPENDIX 6	Opening statement made by the Secretary for Security at the public hearing on 10 March 2009				62 - 64
APPENDIX 7	Letter of 7 January 2009 from the Director of Fire Services				65 - 76
APPENDIX 8	Letter of 23 April 2009 from the Director of Fire Services				77 - 79
APPENDIX 9	Letter of 18 March 2009 from the Director of Fire Services				80 - 83
APPENDIX 10	Analysis of the 2-minute activation time for emergency ambulance calls provided by the Director of Fire Services on 10 March 2009				84
APPENDIX 11	Letter of 2 March 2009 from the Director of Fire Services				85 - 87
APPENDIX 12	Letter of 7 January 2009 from the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury				88 - 89
APPENDIX 13	Letter of 28 February 2009 from the Secretary for Security				90 - 96
APPENDIX 14	Letter of 28 February 2009 from the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury				97 - 109
APPENDIX 15	Letter of 10 March 2009 from the Director of Audit				110
APPENDIX 16	Letter of 18 March 2009 from the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury				111 - 113
APPENDIX 17	Letter of 18 March 2009 from the Secretary for Security				114 - 115
ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS					116