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 - 5
| 3
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| The Government's Response
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| 3
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Part 3 | Report of the Public Accounts Committee on Report No. 50 of the Director of Audit on the Results of Value for Money Audits
[P.A.C. Report No. 50]
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| Laying of the Report
| 1
| 4
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| The Government Minute
| 2 - 6
| 4 - 6
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Part 4 | 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 2008 and the Results of Value for Money Audits (Report No. 51)
[P.A.C. Report No. 51]
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| Laying of the Report
| 1
| 7
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| The Government Minute
| 2 - 40
| 7 - 23
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Part 5 | Supplemental Report of the Public Accounts Committee on Report No. 51 of the Director of Audit on the Results of Value for Money Audits
[P.A.C. Report No. 51A]
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| Laying of the Report
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| 24
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| The Government Minute
| 2 - 4
| 24 - 32
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Part 6 | Committee Proceedings
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| Consideration of the Director of Audit's Report
| 1
| 33
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| Meetings
| 2
| 33
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| Arrangement of the Report
| 3 - 4
| 33
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| Acknowledgements
| 5
| 33
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Part 7 | 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 2009
| 1 - 20
| 34 - 39
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Part 8 | Chapter
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| 1. | Administration of the Sports Subvention Scheme
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| | A. | Introduction
| 1 - 2
| 40
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| | B. | Allocation of subvention
| 3 - 19
| 40 - 48
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| | C. | Monitoring of National Sports Associations' performance
| 20 - 28
| 48 - 53
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| | D. | Internal controls of National Sports Associations
| 29 - 32
| 54 - 55
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| | E. | Conclusions and recommendations
| 33
| 55 - 60
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| 2. | Control of western medicines
| 1 - 2
| 61
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| 3. | Hong Kong Productivity Council: Corporate governance and administrative issues
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| | A. | Introduction
| 1 - 10
| 62 - 64
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| | B. | Internal control and administrative issues
| 11 - 30
| 64 - 74
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| | C. | Human resource management
| 31 - 57
| 74 - 82
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| | D. | Corporate governance
| 58 - 87
| 83 - 92
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| | E. | Conclusions and recommendations
| 88
| 92 - 103
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| 4. | Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data
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| | A. | Introduction
| 1 - 3
| 104
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| | B. | Corporate governance
| 4 - 15
| 104 - 108
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| | C. | Complaint management
| 16 - 35
| 108 - 116
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| | D. | Promotional activities
| 36 - 41
| 116 - 118
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| | E. | Overseas duty trips
| 42 - 53
| 118 - 121
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| | F. | Hospitality expenditure
| 54 - 61
| 122 - 123
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| | G. | Other administrative issues
| 62 - 75
| 124 - 128
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| | H. | Performance reporting in the Controlling Officer's report
| 76 - 77
| 128
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| | I. | Conclusions and recommendations
| 78
| 128 - 137
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SIGNATURES OF THE CHAIRMAN, DEPUTY CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
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| 138
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CHAPTERS IN THE DIRECTOR OF AUDIT'S REPORT NO. 53 DEALT WITH IN THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE'S REPORT
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| 139
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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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| 140 - 141
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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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| 142 - 144
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Appendices relating to Part 4: "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 2008 and the Results of Value for Money Audits (Report No. 51)
[P.A.C. Report No. 51]"
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APPENDIX 3 | Letter of 8 January 2010 from the Director of Leisure and Cultural Services
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| 145 - 146
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APPENDIX 4 | Letter of 11 January 2010 from the Secretary for Development
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| 147 - 148
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APPENDIX 5 | Updated progress of implementing audit recommendations in respect of "Reduction and recovery of municipal solid waste" as at September 2009
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| 149 - 155
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Appendices relating to Part 6: "Committee Proceedings"
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APPENDIX 6 | Witnesses who appeared before the Committee
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| 156 - 157
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APPENDIX 7 | 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 in respect of the Director of Audit's Report No. 53 on Tuesday, 8 December 2009
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| 158 - 159
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Appendices relating to Part 7: "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 2009"
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APPENDIX 8 | Letter of 25 January 2010 from the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury
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| 160 - 166
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Appendices relating to Chapter 1 of Part 8: "Administration of the Sports Subvention Scheme"
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APPENDIX 9 | Opening statement made by the Director of Leisure and Cultural Services at the public hearing on 14 December 2009
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| 167 - 168
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APPENDIX 10 | Letter of 11 December 2009 from the Director of Leisure and Cultural Services
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| 169 - 181
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APPENDIX 11 | Letter of 31 December 2009 from the Director of Leisure and Cultural Services
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| 182 - 187
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Appendices relating to Chapter 3 of Part 8: "Hong Kong Productivity Council: Corporate governance and administrative issues"
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APPENDIX 12 | Opening statement made by the Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development at the public hearing on 8 December 2009
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| 188 - 189
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APPENDIX 13 | Opening statement made by the Chairman of the Hong Kong Productivity Council ("HKPC") at the public hearing on 8 December 2009
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| 190 - 192
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APPENDIX 14 | Letter of 28 December 2009 from the Commissioner for Innovation and Technology
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| 193 - 195
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APPENDIX 15 | Supplementary information provided by the HKPC showing the matching results of the examples of stock items not located in the 2005 stocktake with items found in the HKPC Building
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| 196
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APPENDIX 16 | Letter of 29 December 2009 from the Executive Director of the HKPC
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| 197 - 233
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APPENDIX 17 | Diagram provided by the HKPC showing the cycles of staff performance appraisal and financial year for the determination of variable pay
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| 234
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APPENDIX 18 | Supplementary information provided by the HKPC relating to short-listing of candidates for job interview
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| 235 - 236
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APPENDIX 19 | Letter of 28 December 2009 from the Commissioner for Innovation and Technology
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| 237 - 238
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APPENDIX 20 | Letter of 29 December 2009 from the Executive Director of the HKPC
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| 239 - 240
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Appendices relating to Chapter 4 of Part 8: "Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data"
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APPENDIX 21 | Opening statement made by the Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs at the public hearing on 17 December 2009
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| 241 - 242
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APPENDIX 22 | Opening statement made by the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data at the public hearing on 17 December 2009
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| 243 - 244
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APPENDIX 23 | Opening statement made by the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data at the public hearing on 21 December 2009
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| 245 - 248
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APPENDIX 24 | Submission of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data to the Public Accounts Committee
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| 249 - 280
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APPENDIX 25 | Controlling Officer's Report on Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data
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| 281 - 282
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APPENDIX 26 | Letter of 15 January 2010 from the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data
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| 283 - 307
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APPENDIX 27 | Letter of 4 January 2010 from the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data
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| 308 - 324
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APPENDIX 28 | Tables provided by the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data showing the percentage of the surplus arising from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data's inability to recruit new staff to fill staff vacancies
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| 325
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APPENDIX 29 | Information provided by the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data on the reasons for departure of complaint handling officers of the Operations Division from 2004 to 2008
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| 326 - 327
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APPENDIX 30 | Letter of 18 December 2009 from the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data
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| 328 - 335
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APPENDIX 31 | Information provided by the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data on the distribution of staff of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data
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| 336 - 337
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APPENDIX 32 | Memorandum of Administrative Arrangements signed between the Government and the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data on 4 September 2009
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| 338 - 351
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ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
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| 352 - 355
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