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2011/05/18
Annual General Meeting of The Chamber
Members are asked to note that the Chamber’s Annual General Meeting will take place at 6:00pm on Thursday, 9 June 2011 in Room N201 (Expo Drive Entrance), at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, 1 Expo Drive, Wanchai, Hong Kong. It will be preceded at 5:00pm by a Cocktail Reception, to which all members are invited. Registration for the Meeting will take place during the Reception to avoid congestion. Members are asked to register early.
The Notices convening the meeting, together with supporting papers and a copy of the Chamber’s Annual Report for 2010, are enclosed.
Annual General Meeting
Item 1 on the agenda is the election of six General Committee members. As the number of candidates eligible for election is equal to the number of vacancies to be filled, pursuant to Article 19(b) of the Chamber Articles and Rule No. 7 of the Chamber Bye-Laws, all candidates for election shall be deemed to be elected.
Members may attend in person or by proxy. Only the Authorised Representative (i.e. Primary Company Representative) of a member company may attend, vote and be heard at the Meeting. Members may alternatively nominate a proxy for the Meeting. A proxy need not be a member of the Chamber.
IMPORTANT:To be valid, all completedproxy forms must be received at the following address not later than 5:30pm on 8 June 2011:
The CEO
The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce
22/F, United Centre, 95 Queensway
Hong Kong
Alex Fong
CEO
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NOTICE
THE HONG KONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Notice is hereby given that the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of Members of The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce (“the Chamber”) will be held in Room N201, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, 1 Expo Drive, Wanchai, Hong Kong on:
THURSDAY, 9 JUNE 2011 AT 6:00 PM
The Agenda before the Meeting will be:
1. To elect six General Committee members.
2. To receive and adopt the Report of the General Committee and the Financial Statements of the Chamber for the year ended 31 December 2010.
3. To appoint Auditors and fix their remuneration.
4. To consider any further business or motion of which at least fourteen days notice must be given.
Dated 18 May 2011
By order of the General Committee
Alex Fong
CEO
Note 1: Members are reminded that under Article 20 of the Chamber’s Articles of Association, and subject to Article 5, each Full Member is entitled to one vote. Each Member will therefore be asked to notify the CEO of the name of one of its officers or members who shall have the right to vote at any General Meeting. Only the authorised representative shall have the right to vote. Any member is welcome to send more than one representative to the meeting, but each representative will be required to indicate whether or not he or she is the designated voting representative.
Note 2 : A Member entitled to attend and vote at the above Meeting is entitled to appoint a proxy to attend and on a poll to vote instead of him or her. A proxy need not be a member of the Chamber.
Note 3 : Instruments of proxy (see proxy forms attached) must be deposited at the address shown on the proxy form not later than 5:30pm on 8 June 2011.
THE HONG KONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
AGENDA ITEM 1: TO ELECT SIX GENERAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS
1. The following six members of the General Committee retire in accordance with Articles 25(a) and 25(b) and offer themselves for re-election in accordance with Article 25(c):
Victor Tzar-kuoi Li - Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd
Christopher Pratt - John Swire & Sons (HK) Ltd
Peter Wong - The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd
Andrew Yuen - On Kun Hong Ltd
Betty Yuen - CLP Power Hong Kong Ltd
K K Yeung - K K Yeung Management Consultants Ltd
2. All the above members seeking re-election are eligible under Article 25(c).
Alex Fong
CEO
18 May 2011
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