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