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Christopher Famous, JP, MP

Christopher Famous, JP, MP

2498
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2 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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44 words
He was on the tour of the Loren. I am going to sit down for a point of clarification. How many years’ concessions did they get? Anybody? Hon. Zane J. S. De Silva: Two? Must have been two or three. If it was OBA.
2 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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They got concessions, correct? And they built condos, correct? An Hon. Member: They did.
2 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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And the OBA chief headhunters bragged about it and said, It will continue. It was nothing bad then. There were no . . . let me quote. Chew slowly. [Laughter]
2 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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“Additionally, the first condo” (which means condominium) “is now ful ly . . . furnished . . . ” [a] “concept that will be continued . . . .” Hey. So my point, Mr. Deputy Speaker, I never saw massive amounts of —what do they call those things? — petitions against condos down at Harris Bay. I never saw petitions …
2 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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It is the same topic. I am speaking on the Bill, but I am going to use a different context.
2 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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Mr. Deputy Speaker , we all have some vehicle or another. Some have cars. Some take the public bus. Some take ferries. Right? And some ride push- bikes. You know what I mean, Mr. Deputy Speaker .
2 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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These things operate because there is a propulsion system whether it be an en-gine, a motor , or, in your case, your feet.
2 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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That propulsion system moves the primary gear, and that gear then moves other gears and other things. Mr. Deputy Speaker, in this case, the framework, as the Honourable Premier said, is the framework for concessions. The framework . It is not specific to a ny given hotel. That is the main propulsion system, Mr. Deputy Speaker . Because when you …
2 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker . Hon. Michael H. Dunkley: And there is a reflection though the Honourable—
2 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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I will tell you how we got in that position.
2 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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My point of order is he asked how we got there. By the UBP saying —
19 May 2023 House of Assembly
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Good afternoon, Mr. Speaker. I would just like to give condolences to the families of Mr. Willard Burch, who was from Devonshire. For those who would know, he used to run Universal Barber Shop, which is about a two- minute walk to the north of here. I associate the Deputy. He lived on North Shore, Devonshire. I associate the other …
19 May 2023 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I want to start off to give condolences to . . . especially the older ones here would know the American football player, Jim Brown.
19 May 2023 House of Assembly
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Not only was he a great football player, but more importantly he was a civil rights activist.
19 May 2023 House of Assembly
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He passed today at the age of 75.
19 May 2023 House of Assembly
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Sorry. He passed today.
19 May 2023 House of Assembly
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Okay. Yes, how do you know about it? [Inaudible interjection]
19 May 2023 House of Assembly
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Oh, okay. All right. There is an app for that. [Laughter]
19 May 2023 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I just want to . . . because often now . . . a lot of athletes nowadays are doing things for the likes or are definitely doing it fo r the money. But you don’t see many of them go in hard for civil rights. And Jim Brown, I forgot, he was also an actor. But more …
19 May 2023 House of Assembly
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347 words
Mr. Speaker, over the last couple of weeks we have heard a lot of people complaining about trees, SDOs, trees up at Fairmont, trees along South Shore. Okay. People have a right to be environmentalist. As we said earlier, people have a right to give their opinions. But today I was reading in the newspaper, the one that nobody buys, …