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The Chairman's motion on the suspension of the Standing Orders was put to the vote.
The motion was carried with 36 for, 1 against and 1 abstention.
(The record of voting on the Chairman's motion on the suspension of the Standing Orders is at Annex IV)
Good. Would Members now please vote on the procedural motion, that is, the motion moved by Mr. IP Kwok-chung under Standing Order 21(15)(J) to refer or return the original motion to the Select Committee concerned for discussion? If the procedural motion is not carried, the original motion will be put to the vote. Voting for it means that the original motion should be referred to the Select Committee while voting against it means that it should not. Those who have not yet cast their votes please put up their hands. Voting stops. Please announce the result.
Mr. IP Kwok-chung's procedural motion on referring the case to the Select Committee was put to the vote for the second time.
The motion was carried with 19 for, 17 against and 3 abstentions.
(The record of second voting on Mr. Ip Kwok-chung's procedural motion is at Annex V)
Chairman (in Cantonese):—The motion is carried with 19 for, 17 against and 3 abstentions, meaning that the procedural motion on referring the case to the relevant Select Committee for discussion is carried. The next motion is moved by Ms. Ada WONG. Would Ms. Ada WONG please move her motion and speak?
(6)(a) Ms. Ada Wong Yin-KAY moved:—
RESOLVED that the Council examine the relationship between its functions in providing major cultural, sports, entertainment facilities and activities, and the development of the local tourist industry; actively liaise with and assist the Government and the Hong Kong Tourist Association in providing earliest possible detailed information on facilities, exhibitions, programmes and activities, etc; and examine the feasibility of holding joint programmes and increasing guided tours in order to help develop the local tourist industry and thereby increase the usage rates of the Council's facilities and thus its revenue."
She said (in Cantonese):—Mr. Chairman, the spirit of the motion I move today is two-fold.
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The Chairman's motion on the suspension of the Standing Orders was put to the vote.
The motion was carried with 36 for, I against and 1 abstention.
(The record of voting on the Chairman's motion on the suspension of the Standing Orders is at Annex IV)
Good. Would Members now please vote on the procedural motion, that is, the motion moved by Mr. IP Kwok-chung under Standing Order 21(15)(J) to refer or return the original motion to the Select Committee concerned for discussion? If the procedural motion is not carried, the original motion will be put to the vote. Voting for it means that the original motion should be referred to the Select Committee while voting against it means that it should not. Those who have not yet cast their votes please put up their hands. Voting stops. Please announce the result.
Mr. IP Kwok-chung's procedural motion on referring the case to the Select Committee was put to the vote for the second time.
The motion was carried with 19 for. 17 against and 3 abstentions.
(The record of second voting on Mr. Ip Kwok-chung's procedural motion is at Annex V)
Chairman (in Cantonese):-The motion is carried with 19 for, 17 against and 3 abstentions, meaning that the procedural motion on referring the case to the relevant Select Committee for discussion is carried. The next motion is moved by Ms. Ada WONG. Would Ms. Ada WONG please move her motion and speak?
(6)(a) Ms. Ada Wong YinG-KAY moved:-
RESOLVED that the Council examine the relationship between its functions in providing major cultural, sports, entertainment facilities and activities, and the development of the local tourist industry; actively liaise with and assist the Government and the Hong Kong Tourist Association in providing earliest possible detailed information on facilities, exhibitions, programmes and activities, etc; and examine the feasibility of holding joint programmes and increasing guided tours in order to help develop the local tourist industry and thereby increase the usage rates of the Council's facilities and thus its revenue."
She said (in Cantonese):—Mr. Chairman, the spirit of the motion I move today is two-fold.
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