SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT OF THE

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE

ON

REPORT NO. 53 OF THE DIRECTOR OF AUDIT

ON

THE RESULTS OF

VALUE FOR MONEY AUDITS



June 2010

P.A.C. Report No. 53A

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CONTENTS
				Paragraph	Page
Part 1	Introduction
	The Establishment of the Committee			1	1
	Membership of the Committee			2 - 4	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	Control of western medicines
		A.	Introduction	1 - 2	5
		B.	Review of existing regulatory control of medicines and importation of unregistered medicines	3 - 26	5 - 14
		C.	Inspection of dealers' activities and other enforcement actions	27 - 50	14 - 22
		D.	Medicine testing, recalls and public alerts	51 - 63	22 - 28
		E.	Licence-refusal criteria, prosecutions and disciplinary actions	64 - 71	28 - 31
		F.	Public information and internal support	72 - 75	31 - 32
		G.	Conclusions and recommendations	76	32 - 41
SIGNATURES OF THE CHAIRMAN, DEPUTY CHAIRMAN, AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THE EXAMINATION OF THE CHAPTER COVERED IN THIS REPORT					42
CHAPTER IN THE DIRECTOR OF AUDIT'S REPORT NO. 53 DEALT WITH IN THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE'S SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT					43
Appendix relating to Part 1: "Introduction"
APPENDIX 1	Rules of Procedure of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region				44 - 45
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'				46 - 48
Appendices relating to Part 3: "Committee Proceedings"
APPENDIX 3	Witnesses who appeared before the Committee				49
APPENDIX 4	Introductory remarks by Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, Dr Hon Philip WONG Yu-hong, GBS, at the public hearing of the Committee on Tuesday, 8 December 2009				50 - 51
Appendices relating to Part 4: "Control of western medicines"
APPENDIX 5	Opening statement made by the Secretary for Food and Health at the public hearing on 15 December 2009				52 - 53
APPENDIX 6	Opening statement made by the Secretary for Food and Health at the public hearing on 8 February 2010				54 - 55
APPENDIX 7	Letter of 22 January 2010 from the Director of Health				56 - 86
APPENDIX 8	Letter of 11 March 2010 from the Director of Health				87 - 91
ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS					92