FSTB revealed three-pronged method to follow up occurrence relating to Government procurement of bottled drinking water (with picture)
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Concerning the current event worrying Government procurement of bottled drinking water, the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury (SFST), Mr Christopher Hui, assembled an immediate conference with appropriate celebrations today (August 17) and chose at the conference that a three-pronged method would be required to examine into the event and perform an evaluation on the system with a view to preventing re-occurrence of comparable occurrences.
Mr Hui stated, “The incident has brought up concerns among government colleagues and drawn extensive attention from the public. I have therefore invited the Audit Commission to conduct a review on the tender exercise in question. I will establish a task force, with me as the Chair, to work with other government bureaux and departments to comprehensively review the existing Government procurement regime. I have also instructed the Government Logistics Department (GLD) to step up its remedial action for the incident.”
The follow-up actions that the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau (FSTB) will take are:
(1) The FSTB has actually proactively welcomed the Audit Commission to evaluate the tender workout for the subject bottled drinking water agreement to discover if there are any neglect or shortages at the same time;
(2) A job force chaired by the SFST will be developed with agents from the Civil Service Bureau, the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau, the Development Bureau and the Department of Justice to evaluate the existing Government procurement program with a view to plugging possible loopholes and preventing re-occurrence of comparable events. The FSTB prepared for that report on the initial suggestions will be offered after 3 months; and
(3) The GLD has actually been entrusted to use up the primary obligation to continually keep an eye on the legal efficiency of the providers of bottled drinking water, step up its restorative action concerning the agreement of bottled drinking water in concern, along with follow up with pertinent federal government departments on other federal government agreements carried out by the very same specialist and its persons-in-charge to take a total search their efficiencies.
At the exact same time, the GLD has actually notified all bureaux and departments to remember the bottled drinking water in concern and made pertinent plans.