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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1986

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STATEMENT BY LYDIA DUNN

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THE FOLLOWING IS A STATEMENT MADE BY THE HON LYDIA DUNN IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AT THE END OF THE DEBATE ON THE DAYA BAY MOTION TODAY:

+THIS HAS BEEN A LONG DEBATE. THE VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE DEEPLY AND SINCERELY HELD. AS I SAID AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS DEBATE, WE, ALL OF US HAVE A COMMON INTEREST BUT IT IS NOT SURPRISING THAT WE HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS.

+ IT IS RIGHT THAT THESE SHOULD BE FRANKLY EXPRESSED. BUT THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR DISCOURTESY IN THIS CHAMBER. I PROFOUNDLY REGRET ANY DISCOURTESY SHOWN TO THE PRESIDENT OF THIS COUNCIL.+

STATEMENT BY S. L. CHEN

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THE FOLLOWING IS A STATEMENT MADE BY THE HON S. L. CHEN UNDER STANDING ORDER 28 (1) IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY):

+AS THE ACTING SENIOR MEMBER WHO CHAIRED THE IN-HOUSE MEETING TO WHICH MR MARTIN LEE REFERRED TO IN HIS SPEECH, I WISH TO STATE CATEGORICALLY THAT THE VOTING PROCEDURE WAS FREELY AND DEMOCRATICALLY CONDUCTED. AND NONE OF THE MEMBERS WHO VOTED WERE ASKED BY GOVERNMENT TO VOTE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

+1 DEEPLY REGRET THE SHADOW CAST BY MR LEE ON THE INTEGRITY OF THOSE OF HIS COLLEAGUES WHO HAPPENED TO DISAGREE WITH HIM. I FEEL STRONGLY THAT THIS POINT SHOULD BE PLACED ON OFFICIAL RECORD.+

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