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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
AT A SITTING OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON 19 FEBRUARY, MR.JOHN SWAINE, PREVIOUSLY DEPUTY PRESIDENT APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR, WAS ELECTED THE FIRST ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL. HE WILL TAKE OVER THE PRESIDENCY FROM THE GOVERNOR AS PROPOSED BY THE GOVERNOR IN HIS OCTOBER ADDRESS AND FOLLOWING AMENDMENTS TO THE LETTERS PATENT AND ROYAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THIS PURPOSE.
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MRS.ELSIE TU, IN HER CAPACITY AS CHAIRMAN OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL HOUSE COMMITTEE, BECAME THE PRESIDENT'S DEPUTY I.E. TO STAND-IN FOR THE PRESIDENT TO PRESIDE AT SITTINGS OF THE COUNCIL DURING THE PRESIDENT'S ABSENCE.
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THE OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY PRESIDENT HAS LAPSED AT THE SAME
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