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INTO LEGCO DURING THE PRESENT SESSION. FIFTEEN HAS BEEN ENACTED.
DEBATES
7.
FIVE MOTION DEBATES AND TWO ADJOURNMENT DEBATES WERE MOVED IN JANUARY. HOWARD YOUNG'S MOTION ON THE APPOINTMENT OF THE NEXT GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG AND PANG CHUN-CHOI'S MOTION ON THE IMPORTATION OF LABOUR ATTRACTED WIDE INTEREST.
APPOINTMENT OF THE NEXT GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG
8.
HOWARD YOUNG'S MOTION, WHICH CALLED ON THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT TO CONVEY TO HMG THE TERRITORY'S VIEWS ON THE APPOINTMENT OF THE NEXT GOVERNOR, WAS DEBATED ON 22 JANUARY. TWO AMENDMENTS WERE PROPOSED TO PRESCRIBE THE CREDENTIALS FOR THE NEXT GOVERNOR. MARTIN LEE'S AMENDMENT STIPULATED THAT THE NEW GOVERNOR SHOULD BE COMMITTED TO DEFENDING THE JOINT DECLARATION, ESTABLISHING A DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL SYSTEM, WORKING ON BEHALF OF ALL CITIZENS TO IMPROVE LIVING STANDARDS AND PLACING HONG KONG'S INTERESTS FIRST AND FOREMOST AT ALL TIMES. CHIM PUI CHUNG'S AMENDMENT ADDED THE RIDER FOR DOING ALL THIS TO ENSURE A SMOOTH TRANSITION AND THE STABILITY OF HONG KONG AND WITHIN THE TERMS OF THE JD AND BL. HOWARD YOUNG'S MOTION WAS CARRIED AFTER THE DEPUTY PRESIDENT, AFTER LOOKING UP PARLIAMENTARY PRECEDENTS, EXERCISED HIS CASTING VOTE TO BREAK A 22-22 TIE ON MR LEE'S AMENDMENT. CHIM'S AMENDMENT WAS DEFEATED ON A VOICE VOTE. (SEE MY TELNO
202).
IMPORTATION OF LABOUR
9.
ON 29 JANUARY, AFTER FIVE HOURS OF IMPASSIONED DEBATE, LEGCO MEMBERS VOTED 35-23 AGAINST PANG CHUN-HOI'S MOTION CALLING FOR
THE SHELVING OF THE LABOUR IMPORTATION SCHEME.
OTHER DEBATES
10. THE MOTION DEBATES ON BUS FRANCHISE ON HONG KONG ISLAND AND THE CONSULTATIVE DOCUMENT ON THE COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE TOWN PLANNING ORDINANCE, AND THE ADJOURNMENT DEBATE ON PUBLIC HOUSING SUBSIDY POLICY ALSO AROUSED CONSIDERABLE INTEREST.
FC ISSUES
GENERAL
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