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A bewildered P-NG House of Assembly (most of whose mem bers speak little or no English) in September passed without dis cussion the following: “A Bill for an Ordinance to amend the Ordinances Interpre tation Ordinance 1949-67, as amended by the Ordinances Inter pretation (Place Names) Ordin ance 1968, the Ordinances In terpretation (Subordinate Legis lative Instruments) Ordinance 1968 and the Ordinances Inter pretation (Constitutional changes) Ordinance, 1968, and for other purposes.”
It was not surprising that the next motion met no opposition.
The bill, moved by Pangu Pati member Tony Voutas, sought a seven-man select com mittee to report on Parlia mentary procedures “So the elected members will be able to have a greater understanding of the work of the House and to take a greater part in it.”