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stand, please do that, you are not going to upset anybody
here. I don’t want you be in any discomfort. I wish you
had told me that right away. You have been sitting
longer than thirty minutes.

MS. X: Yeah, I know.

want to. Thank you. And you can stay standing as long
as you would like. Please don’t feel the need to sit
down if your comfort level is enhanced by that.

Anybody else in the second row? Mr.

X?

MR. X: Yes, sir. It would
impact on my responsibility as the director of
construction for our company. One of my duties is, I am
charged with the responsibility for out of town work. I
have a number of projects that are out of town, and they
are not receiving my attention as I sit here today. And
then for the next two or three days would be an even
greater burden. I don’t have anybody that is able to
take over my position at the moment. The only other
people that would be available would the president and
vice—president of the company, and each of those
individuals have tasks that involve the operations in
their side of the house. So based on that I feel that