THE Director of Audit, Brian Jenney, has formally called for the future airport management body to come under his scrutiny to safeguard public interests.
In a letter circulated to the Legislative Council yesterday, Mr Jenney said an independent value-for-money audit should be conducted to look into the economy, efficiency and effectiveness with which the Airport Corporation would be run.
In the Airport Corporation White Bill, the Government has proposed limiting the director's access to events of serious government concern only.
Legislators have been pushing for that to be changed.
''The Airport Corporation is a public corporation and the Government is its sole shareholder and as such the corporation owes the Government, and hence the public, full accountability,'' Mr Jenney said.
A financial audit by private auditors would assess the financial statements of the corporation while a government auditor would examine the administration of public funds and report directly to the president of Legco, he said.