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HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

香港立法局

60

Members' motions

1

13 October 1993

一九九三年十月十三日

60

ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT'S DEPUTY

MR ANDREW WONG moved the following motion:

"That the Honourable Mrs Elsie TU be elected the President's deputy of this Council."

MR ANDREW WONG: Mr President, I move that Mrs Elsie TU be elected the President's deputy of this Council.

Question on Mrs Elsie TU's election as President's deputy proposed, put and agreed to.

PRESIDENT: I congratulate you, Mrs TU, on your re-election as President's deputy. (Clapping)

MRS ELSIE TU: Mr President, I would like, if I may, to thank my colleagues for this honour and to assure them and you, Sir, that I will fulfill my duty to the utmost and also my duty to you.

PRESIDENT: Thank you, Mrs TU.

HONG KONG ROYAL INSTRUCTIONS 1917 TO 1992

MRS ELSIE TU moved the following motion:

"That with effect from 13 October 1993 the Standing Orders of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong be amended -

(1) in Standing Order No. 4B -

(a) in paragraph (1), by repealing "or committees or subcommittees of the Council" and substituting

", committees of the whole Council, the Finance Committee or subcommittees of the Finance Committee";

(b) in paragraph (2), by repealing "a committee or subcommittee" and substituting "the Finance Committee or a subcommittee of the Finance Committee";