Director of Audit

ICAC asked to tighten rules on repayment of expenses

19 Apr 2013

The Director of Audit called on the city's graft-buster to review its reimbursement system after the facts of how it fudged entertaining expenses to exceed budget limits on two official dinners...

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Public heritage sites left to crumble

18 Apr 2013

The Director of Audit's report found that 16 public heritage sites either were either not being maintained or had not be used for periods of up to 20 years. Ten of these buildings are "unallocated...

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Kindergartens rapped over high miscellaneous fees

18 Apr 2013

Government auditors rapped some kindergartens for imposing high miscellaneous fees on pupils and failing to retain teachers even as they enjoyed large rental subsidies for their premises. The...

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Disappearing paper trail more evidence of need for archive law

5 Dec 2012

How interesting to read in yesterday's South China Morning Post the reason why the Health Department was unable to monitor and enforce the land-grant conditions of some non-profit making hospitals...

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Audit chief has to prove critics wrong

8 Jul 2012

The public owe a lot to the Audit Commission for its professionalism and independence in ensuring that the misuse of taxpayers' money will not go uncensured. Over the decades, the department has...

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Briefs

17 Nov 2011

Action on some hillside orders eight years late

12:57AM

Opinion

Howard Winn

Ferry companies shouldn't be subsidised while they burn dirty fuel

2:53AM

Shirley Yam

What were our top officials doing to let HKMEx fail?

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In Brief

Drug surveillance 'should be improved'

5:35PM

EOC chief accused of 'hogging power'

The chairman of the Equal Opportunities Commission yesterday faced fresh scrutiny over why he appeared to have withheld a damning audit report on his financial management from commission members...

6:03AM

Watchdog saved taxpayers' money, says chief who rules out quitting

Following guidelines and instructions may not always produce the most efficient outcome, Equal Opportunities Commission chief Raymond Tang Yee-bong said yesterday.

5:24AM

Under fire

The director of audit has criticised the Consumer Council for sloppy corporate governance. Given the important role the council plays in helping ordinary citizens, what changes should it implement...

4:27AM

Missing leases mean missed income

The leases of 78 government quarters and car parks have gone missing, resulting in missed opportunities for additional income from the quarters being rented or disposed of, the audit report says....

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Audit report shows a need to mend ways

The Consumer Council's mandate is to help people make wise purchases, with good value for money. But the government auditor has now singled out the consumer watchdog for being wasteful and...

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