Appendix III

Schedule of hearings and names of witnesses

Hearing Dates of public hearings Names of witnesses

1 13 December 2003 Miss YANG Siu-fan Registered Nurse Kwong Wah Hospital

Dr CHOW Kin-wa Medical Officer Accident and Emergency Department Kwong Wah Hospital

Dr WU Chun-wah Consultant Accident and Emergency Department Kwong Wah Hospital

Dr LUK Che-chung Hospital Chief Executive Kwong Wah Hospital

2 16 December 2003 Dr Melissa HO (Khin Khin Tint) Infection Control Officer Kwong Wah Hospital

Dr WATT Chi-leung Consultant (Director) Intensive Care Unit Kwong Wah Hospital

Dr York CHOW Yat-ngok Cluster Chief Executive (Hong Kong West)/ Hospital Chief Executive Queen Mary Hospital

3 20 December 2003 Professor HO Pak-leung Associate Professor Division of Infectious Diseases Department of Microbiology Faculty of Medicine The

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20 December 2003 Professor Kenneth TSANG Wah-tak Associate Professor Specialty Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine Department of Medicine Faculty of Medicine The University of Hong Kong

Dr SETO Wing-hong Chief of Service Department of Microbiology Queen Mary Hospital/ Infection Control Officer Hong Kong West Cluster

4 6 January 2004 Ms KWOK Lai-yin Deputy Ward Manager (Nurse Specialist) Intensive Care Unit Kwong Wah Hospital

Dr TSANG Hin-hung Senior Medical Officer Intensive Care Unit Kwong Wah Hospital

Dr Andrew YIP Wai-chun Chief of Service Department of Surgery Kwong Wah Hospital

Dr LIU Shao-haei Senior Executive Manager (Professional Services) (Convenor of the Central Committee on Infection Control (named the Task Force on Infection Control before 4 March 2003) and the Working Group on Severe Community- Acquired Pneumonia of the Head Office of the Hospital Authority)

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6 January 2004 Professor YUEN Kwok-yung Head/Clinical Professor (Chair of Infectious Diseases) Department of Microbiology Faculty of Medicine The University of Hong Kong

5 10 January 2004 Dr TSE Lai-yin, JP Consultant Community Medicine in-charge Disease Prevention and Control Division Department of Health

Professor Joseph SUNG Jao-yiu Chairman Department of Medicine and Therapeutics Faculty of Medicine The Chinese University of Hong Kong/ Chief of Service Department of Medicine and Therapeutics Prince of Wales Hospital

6 12 January 2004 Dr Margaret CHAN FUNG Fu-chun Former Director of Health

7 13 January 2004 Dr Margaret CHAN FUNG Fu-chun Former Director of Health

8 17 January 2004 Dr FUNG Hong, JP Cluster Chief Executive (New Territories East)/ Hospital Chief Executive Prince of Wales Hospital

9 20 January 2004 Dr Donald James LYON Consultant Department of Microbiology Prince of Wales Hospital/ Infection Control Officer New Territories East Cluster

Mr Albert NG Hon-yui Department Operations Manager Department of Medicine and Therapeutics Prince of Wales Hospital

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20 January 2004 Mr CHAN Man Deputizing Nursing Officer Department of Medicine and Therapeutics Prince of Wales Hospital

Dr David HUI Shu-cheong Head of Division of Respiratory Medicine/ Associate Professor Department of Medicine and Therapeutics Faculty of Medicine The Chinese University of Hong Kong

10 31 January 2004 Professor Sydney CHUNG Sheung-chee Dean, Faculty of Medicine The Chinese University of Hong Kong

11 3 February 2004 Dr LUI Siu-fai Service Director (Risk Management and Quality Assurance) New Territories East Cluster

Professor WONG Tze-wai Department of Community and Family Medicine Faculty of Medicine The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Dr Louis CHAN Yik-si Medical Officer Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology/ Officer-in-charge Disease Control Centre Prince of Wales Hospital

Ms CHAN Kit-hoi Department Operations Manager Department of Medicine Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital

Ms TSANG Sou-wah General Manager (Nursing) Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital

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3 February 2004 Ms Lily CHUNG Choy-lan Service Director (Nursing) New Territories East Cluster

12 7 February 2004 Dr CHAN Hok-sum Consultant Physician Department of Medicine Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital

Dr Raymond CHEN Chung-i Hospital Chief Executive Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital

Dr AU Tak-kwong Community Physician (New Territories East) Department of Health

Dr Thomas TSANG Ho-fai Consultant Community Medicine (Communicable Disease) Disease Prevention and Control Division Department of Health

13 10 February 2004 Dr KO Wing-man, JP Director (Professional Services and Public Affairs) Hospital Authority

14 14 February 2004 Dr KO Wing-man, JP Director (Professional Services and Public Affairs) Hospital Authority

15 17 February 2004 Dr LEUNG Pak-yin, JP Deputy Director of Health

16 21 February 2004 Ms CHIU Wing-mui Former Ward Manager of Ward 12A United Christian Hospital

Ms CHAN Yuet-kwai General Manager (Nursing) United Christian Hospital

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21 February 2004 Dr LAI Wai-man Infection Control Officer United Christian Hospital

Ms CHAN Nim-chi Department Operations Manager Department of Medicine and Geriatrics United Christian Hospital

Dr Edward LEUNG Man-fuk Chief of Service Department of Medicine and Geriatrics United Christian Hospital

17 24 February 2004 Dr LAU Fei-lung Chief of Service Accident and Emergency Department United Christian Hospital

Dr TSE Chun-yan Cluster Chief Executive (Kowloon East)/ Hospital Chief Executive United Christian Hospital

Ms Winnie CHAN Kwan-ying Department Operations Manager Intensive Care Unit Princess Margaret Hospital

Ms Adela LAI Shuet-fun General Manager (Nursing) Princess Margaret Hospital

18 28 February 2004 Dr Thomas SO Man-kit Senior Medical Officer Infectious Disease Team Department of Medicine and Geriatrics Princess Margaret Hospital

Dr YU Wai-cho Consultant Physician Department of Medicine and Geriatrics Princess Margaret Hospital

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28 February 2004 Dr NG Tak-keung Infection Control Officer Princess Margaret Hospital

Dr Stephen NG Kam-cheung

19 2 March 2004 Dr YAN Wing-wa Consultant Intensive Care Unit Princess Margaret Hospital

Dr Thomas Anthony BUCKLEY Chief of Service Intensive Care Unit Princess Margaret Hospital

Dr Matthew TONG Kwok-lung Chief of Service Department of Medicine and Geriatrics Princess Margaret Hospital

Dr Lily CHIU Lee-lee Cluster Chief Executive (Kowloon West)/ Hospital Chief Executive Princess Margaret Hospital

20 6 March 2004 Dr William HO Shiu-wei, JP Chief Executive Hospital Authority

21 9 March 2004 Dr LEONG Che-hung, GBS, JP Chairman Hospital Authority

Dr Sarah LIAO Sau-tung, JP Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works

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9 March 2004 Professor Joseph SUNG Jao-yiu Chairman Department of Medicine and Therapeutics Faculty of Medicine The Chinese University of Hong Kong/ Chief of Service Department of Medicine and Therapeutics Prince of Wales Hospital

22 13 March 2004 Dr YEOH Eng-kiong, JP Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food

23 16 March 2004 Dr YEOH Eng-kiong, JP Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food

24 20 March 2004 Dr LIU Shao-haei Senior Executive Manager (Professional Services) Hospital Authority (Convenor of the Central Committee on Infection Control (named the Task Force on Infection Control before 4 March 2003) and the Working Group of Severe Community- Acquired Pneumonia of the Head Office of the Hospital Authority)

Dr CHEUNG King-on Consultant in-charge Intensive Care Unit Caritas Medical Centre

Dr HUI Yim-wo Senior Medical Officer Department of Paediatrics Princess Margaret Hospital

25 23 March 2004 Dr TAM Cheuk-yin Consultant Physician Department of Medicine and Geriatrics Tuen Mun Hospital

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23 March 2004 Dr LEE Tsun-woon Chief of Service Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Tuen Mun Hospital

Dr QUE Tak-lun Infection Control Officer Tuen Mun Hospital

Dr Simon CHOW Liang Chief of Service Department of Medicine and Geriatrics Tuen Mun Hospital

Dr CHEUNG Wai-lun Cluster Chief Executive (New Territories West)/ Hospital Chief Executive Tuen Mun Hospital

26 27 March 2004 Dr YEOH Eng-kiong, JP Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food

27 3 April 2004 Mr LAM Woon-kwong, GBS, JP Director of the Chief Executive’s Office

28 17 April 2004 Mr LAM Woon-kwong, GBS, JP Director of the Chief Executive’s Office

29 20 April 2004 Dr YEOH Eng-kiong, JP Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food

Mr Boris TO Hing-kuen Ward Manager Tai Po Hospital

Ms Maria CHUI Yeuk-ping Department Operations Manager Department of Medicine and Geriatrics Shatin Hospital

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20 April 2004 Ms Helena LI Yuk-lin General Manager (Nursing) Tai Po Hospital

Dr TUNG Sau-ying Hospital Chief Executive Tai Po Hospital

30 24 April 2004 Dr LO Su-vui Head, Research Office Health, Welfare and Food Bureau

Dr Paul SAW Thian-aun

Dr Trevor Maxwell ELLIS Senior Veterinary Officer (Veterinary Laboratory) Veterinary Laboratory Division Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department

Mr YUEN Ming-chi Pest Control Officer-in-charge Pest Control Advisory Section Food and Environmental Hygiene Department

Dr Thomas TSANG Ho-fai Consultant Community Medicine (Communicable Disease) Disease Prevention and Control Division Department of Health

Note: The above post titles were those held by the witnesses at the time when they attended the hearings of the Select Committee

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