Circulars

2025/04/30

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE CHAMBER

NOTICE
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 N101, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, 1 Expo Drive, Wanchai, Hong Kong on:

FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2025 AT 6:00 P.M.

The Agenda for the Meeting will be:

1. To elect six General Committee members.

2. To consider and if thought fit pass the proposed resolution as a Special Resolution.

3. To receive and adopt the Financial Statements of the Chamber, the Report of the General Committee and the Auditor’s Report for the year ended 31 December 2024.

4. To re-appoint KPMG as Auditors and fix their remuneration.

5. To consider any further business or motion of which at least fourteen days’ notice must be given, subject also to the other conditions specified in Article 38(4).

Dated 30 April 2025

By order of the General Committee

Patrick Yeung
CEO

Important Notes:

1. Members are reminded that under Articles 46 and 49 of the Chamber’s Articles of Association, and subject to Article 33, each Full Member is entitled to one vote. Only the authorised representative (i.e. Primary Company Representative) shall have the right to vote. Such authorised representative may be required to provide proof of identity.

2. Pursuant to Articles 48(1) and 48(6), a Member entitled to attend and vote at the above Meeting is entitled to appoint a proxy to attend and to vote instead of him or her. A proxy need not be a Member of the Chamber. A Member wishing to vote by proxy should appoint one and only one proxy, as multiple proxies risk being invalidated in their entirety. If the authorised representative attends the above Meeting to vote in person, his/her proxy will be revoked.

3. To be valid, the Proxy Form provided herewith must be completed and deposited at the address shown on the said Proxy Form not later than 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, 21 May 2025.

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 14(1) and 14(2):

2. All the above members seeking re-election are eligible under Articles 14(3) and 15.

 

Patrick Yeung
CEO

30 April 2025

THE HONG KONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

AGENDA ITEM 2: TO CONSIDER AND IF THOUGHT FIT PASS THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION AS A SPECIAL RESOLUTION

PROPOSAL TO AMEND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

“It was NOTED THAT the Secretary has finalized a draft of the Articles incorporating amendment on the number of officers of the Chamber as considered necessary by the General Committee to increase efficiency.

It was RESOLVED THAT the following resolution be approved and passed as a Special Resolution of the Chamber:

THAT the Chamber’s Articles of Association be altered by inserting the sentence ‘The General Committee may at any time decide to increase the number of Vice Chairman to up to five’ after the first sentence of Article 25.”

 

Patrick Yeung
CEO

30 April 2025

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