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HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
13 October 1993
香港立法局
一九九三年十月十三日
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(12) Sittings shall be held in public unless the
chairman otherwise orders in accordance with any decision
of the Panel or its subcommittee, as the case may be.
(13) All matters for the decision of a Panel shall be decided by a majority of the members voting. The chairman shall, if the votes be equally divided, have a casting vote in addition to his original vote. Such voting shall not be binding on any Member, whether in Council, in a committee of the whole Council or in the House Committee.
(14) A Panel may, where requested by the House Committee and where it considers appropriate, or on its own motion, make reports in writing to the House Committee for the purpose of informing Members of the progress of its deliberations.
(15) Where so authorized under section 9(2) of the Legislative Council (Powers and Privileges) Ordinance (Cap. 382), a Panel or its subcommittee may call any person to attend before it and to give evidence or to produce any paper, book, record or document in the possession or under the control of such person.
(16) Subject to these Standing Orders, the practice and procedure of a Panel or its subcommittee shall be determined by that Panel. In any such determination, a Panel shall take into account any guidelines provided under Standing Order No. 60C(7)."."
MRS ELSIE TU: Mr President, I rise to move the motion standing in my name on the Order Paper.
In July last year, I moved a motion to amend the Standing Orders of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong to implement a formal committee structure to scrutinize draft legislation. This year, I move a motion to amend the Standing Order again. The main purpose of the amendment this time is to make provision for the establishment of panels as formal committees of the Legislative Council.
The existing panels were formed under the former OMELCO system to provide a forum for Members to meet together to discuss government policies with the Administration. Following the dissolution of OMELCO last October, the present panel system was reviewed. On the recommendation of a working group, formed by Legislative Council