He quickened his pace as he neared the end of his inspection, picking up a few splinters that had fallen from broken pallets onto the smooth concrete floor.
A few splinter sects keep it up.
And although the Mormon church renounced polygamy in 1890, a few splinter groups still practise it.
Now only a few splinter groups remain active in the region.
"Everybody except for a few splinter groups wants this to happen," said Bob Callanan, a spokesman at the American Soybean Association.
Team Impact is going strong, and a few members splintered off to form Strength Team.
Despite a few other splinter gatherings across the city, the vigil in Victoria Park still had a substantial showing at 135,000 people, according to the organizers, the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements.
Although the industry has splintered, a few of the longtime chains — namely Dick's Sporting Goods, Big 5 and REI — have remained healthy and stand to gain now that the playing field is thinning out.
Another 50 kg splinter landed within a few meters of the Naval Minister, Camille Pelletan, who was observing the trials.
