due course. Sir, may I respectfully submit that the
voice count is totally unscientific.
I found that took part in
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out, Sir, on the first occasion that I had used it,
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occasion of the passage of the now famous, or notorious
depending on how you look at it
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and the voice ye hears
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the Public Order (Amendment) Ordinance.
'No' to that Bill and, naturally, I yelled when it
Section 27 of
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ears is closest to that mouth. Sir, I thought that
the Noes' really got very close. So, I remember, one of us asked for a division, and the President
pare for a whivtagin declined and, we thought wrongly at the time. And there were a few calls for division during that long 16 session and, each time, the President
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HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT: Mr. Lee, is this a point of order ? If so, could you come to 20 it, please.
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Very well, Sir.
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For these reasons, Sir, I so move.
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the question, IM1just comment on that one point raised by Mr, Lee, which is a point of procedure.
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for divisions. They are there for all Members to
see and follow as they wish. I now propose the
question to you, which is • That the amendment as
proposed by Mr Martin Lee be made. Does any other Member wish to speak
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