H.K.U. Engineering Alumni Association Limited · Mr. Kenny H C NG Email: [email protected]...

Executive Committee 2013-2014 President

Ir Edgar C P KWAN Email: [email protected] Vice President (Event and Programming)

Ir Eva Y W MAK Email: [email protected] Vice President (Admin and Finance)

Ir Daniel C H YEUNG Email: [email protected] Director of Student Affairs

Ir Y M CHAN Email: [email protected] Director of Alumni Affairs

Ir W H LUK Email: [email protected] Hon. Secretary

Ir Anthony Y W KAM Email: [email protected] Hon. Treasurer

Ms. Helen N L HUNG Email: [email protected] Social Convenor

Ms. Nicole Y T FONG Email: [email protected] Student Convenor

Mr. Jonathan C Y CHAN Email: [email protected] Asst. Hon. Secretary

Ir Ken T K CHAN Email: [email protected] Asst. Hon. Treasurer

Mr. Henry M K CHENG Email: [email protected] Asst. Student Convenor

Ms. Tammy N P LIN Email: [email protected] Asst. Student Convenor

Mr. Kenny H C NG Email: [email protected] Asst. GMS Secretary

Ms. Stephy Y M CHAN E-mail : [email protected] Asst. GMS Secretary

Mr. Karl Z W LUO Email: [email protected] Asst. Social Convenor

Mr. David Y W CHONG Email: [email protected] Asst. Social Convenor

Ms. Edki N K SEK Email: [email protected] Immediate Past President

Mr. Terry C F LAW Email: [email protected] Special Advisor

Ir Joseph M K CHOW Email: [email protected]

H.K.U. Engineering Alumni Association Limited � � � � � � � c/o Faculty of Engineering Office, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong Telephone: (852) 8208 0009 Website: http://www.hku.hk/hkueaa E-mail: [email protected]

21 June 2014

Dear Alumni,

Notice of the Special General Meeting and the 40th Annual General Meeting of the H.K.U. Engineering Alumni Association

We cordially invite you to attend the Special General Meeting

(SGM) and the 40th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the H.K.U. Engineering Alumni Association. Please find the details of the SGM and AGM as follows,

Date: 19 July 2014 (Saturday)

Time for SGM: 5:45 pm

Time for AGM: Immediately follow the SGM (at around 6pm)

Venue: Loke Yew Hall, Main Building,

The University of Hong Kong

These are important events of our Association as well as a

valuable occasion for members to meet one another. You may refer to the attached Agenda of the SGM and AGM for reference.

Please kindly confirm your attendance by email:

[email protected]. Should you have any enquiry, please feel free to contact

our Honorary Secretary, Ir Anthony KAM at 9019 2199 or by email: [email protected].

Yours sincerely,

Ir Edgar Kwan, J.P. President

H.K.U. Engineering Alumni Association Session 2013-14

Encl: Agenda of the Special General Meeting Agenda of the 40th Annual General Meeting






















H.K.U. Engineering Alumni Association (HKUEAA) Special General Meeting (SGM)

Agenda

Date: 19 July 2014 (Saturday) Time: 5:45 pm Venue: Loke Yew Hall, Main Building

University of Hong Kong

1. To receive and adopt the Agenda of the SGM of HKUEAA

2. To endorse the amendment of the Memorandum and Articles of Association of HKUEAA

3. A.O.B.

MEMORANDUM

AND

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

OF

H.K.U. ENGINEERING ALUMNI ASSOCIATION LIMITED

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Incorporated the 13th day of April, 2005.

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HONG KONG

No. 962895

[COPY]

COMPANIES ORDINANCE

(CHAPTER 32)

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION * * *

I hereby certify that

H.K.U. ENGINEERING ALUMNI ASSOCIATION LIMITED ��

is this day incorpora ted in Hong Kong under the Companies Ord inance, and tha t

this company i s l imi ted .

Issued by the unders igned on 13 Apr i l 2005.

(SD.) Ms. Rosanna K.S. CHEUNG

……………………………………

for Registrar of Companies

Hong Kong

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THE COMPANIES ORDINANCE

Company Limited by Guarantee and not having a Share Capital

MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION

OF


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1. The name of the Association is the “H.K.U. Engineering Alumni Association

Limited �� ” (hereinafter called "the Association"). 2, The Registered Office of the Association will be situated in Hong Kong. 3. The objects for which the Association is established are:- (a) To take over the assets and liabilities of the unincorporated associations known

as the “H.K.U. Engineering Alumni Association ��”. (b) To maintain and foster the bonds of friendship among graduates and former

students of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Hong Kong (the “Faculty”) and to afford a means whereby they may be kept in touch with the activities of the Faculty and to assist, wherever possible, in furthering the interests of the Faculty.

(c) To establish and foster friendly relationship between graduates and past students

of the Faculty and graduates and past students of the University of Hong Kong and other Universities.

(d) To promote cultural, educational, scientific and social activities among members

of the Association and to establish and maintain social contacts with other educational and cultural institutions in Hong Kong.

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(e) To promote and cater for the welfare and interests of the graduates and past students of the Faculty.

(f) To purchase, take on lease or in exchange, hire or otherwise acquire any real and

personal estate which may be deemed necessary or convenient for any of the purpose of the Association.

(g) To grant, sell, convey, assign, surrender, exchange, partition, yield up, mortgage,

demise, reassign, transfer or other dispose of any lands, buildings, messuages, tenements, mortgages, debentures, funds, shares or securities which are for the time being vested in or belonging to the Association upon such terms as the Association may deem fit.

(h) To invest and deal with the moneys of the Association not immediately required

upon such securities or otherwise in such manner as may from time to time be determined.

(i) To borrow any moneys required for the purposes of the Association upon such

terms and on such securities as may be determined. (j) To raise money by subscription or other lawful means for any of the purposes

herein provided. (k) To accept donations and endowments for all or any of the purposes herein

provided and to support establishments and institutions for any of the purposes herein provided.

(l) To improve, manage, develop, grant rights or privileges in respect of, or

otherwise deal with, all of any part of the property and rights of the Association. (m) To prepare, print and publish any periodicals, books, circulars, leaflets or other

literature which may be thought desirable for the promotion of the interests of the Association and its Members and others interested in the objects of the Association and to distribute amongst its Members and others, information and statistics on all matters affecting the said objects and in these or other activities undertake the duties of advertising and publicity agents.

(n) To draw, make, accept, indorse, discount, execute and issue promissory notes,

bills of exchange, and other negotiable or transferable instruments. (o) To do such other lawful things as are incidental or conducive to the attainment of

all or any of the above objects.

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Provided that:- (i) In case the Association shall take or hold any property which may be

subject to any trusts, the Association shall only deal with or invest the same in such manner as allowed by law, having regard to such trusts.

(ii) The objects of the Association shall not extend to the regulation or

relations between workers and employees or organisations of- workers and organisations of employers.

The objects specified in each paragraph of this clause shall unless otherwise expressed be independent main objects and shall not be limited or restricted by reference to or inference from the terms of any other paragraph or the name of the association.

4. (a) The income and property of the Association, however derived, shall be

applied solely towards the promotion of the objects of the Association as set out in this Memorandum of Association.

(b) Subject to sub-clauses (d) and (e) below, no portion of the income and

property of the Association shall be paid or transferred directly or indirectly, by way of dividend, bonus, or otherwise howsoever, to the members of the Association.

(c) No member of the Executive Committee of the Association shall be

appointed to any salaried office of the Association, or any office of the Association paid by fees and no remuneration or other benefit in money or money's worth (except as provided in sub-clause (e) below) shall be given by the Association to any member of the Executive Committee.

(d) Nothing herein shall prevent the payment, in good faith, by the Association

of reasonable and proper remuneration to any officer or servant of the Association, or to any member of the Association not being a member of the Executive Committee of the Association in return for any services actually rendered to the Association.

(e) Nothing herein shall prevent the payment, in good faith, by the

Association:-

(i) to any member of its Executive Committee of out-of-pocket expenses;

(ii) of interest on money lent by any member of the Association or its

Executive Committee at a rate per year not exceeding 2% above

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the prime rate prescribed for the time being by The Hongkong And Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited for Hong Kong dollar loans;

(iii) of reasonable and proper rent for premises demised or let by any

member of the Association or of its Executive Committee; and (iv) of remuneration or other benefit in money or money's worth to a

body corporate in which a member of the Association or of its Executive Committee is interested solely by virtue of being a member of that body corporate by holding not more than one-hundredth part of its capital or controlling not more than a one-hundredth part of its votes.

(f) No person shall be bound to account for any benefit he may receive in

respect of any payment properly paid in accordance with sub-clauses (d) and (e) above.

5. The liability of Members is limited. 6. Every Member of the Association undertakes to contribute to the assets of the

Association, in the event of its being wound up while he is a Member, or within one year thereafter, for payment of the debts and liabilities of the Association contracted before the time at which he ceases to be a Member, and the cost, charges and expenses of winding up the same, and for the adjustment of the rights of the contributories among themselves such amount as may be required not exceeding one hundred dollars.

7. If upon the winding up or dissolution of the Association there remains, after

satisfaction of all its debts and liabilities, any property whatsoever, the same shall not be paid to or distributed among the Members of the Association, but shall be given or transferred to some other institution or institutions having objects similar to the objects of the Association, and which shall prohibit the distribution of its or their income and property among its or their members to an extent at least as great as is imposed on the Association under or by virtue of clause 4 hereof; such institution or institutions to be determined by the Members of the Association before the time of dissolution, and in default thereof by a judge of the High Court of Hong Kong having jurisdiction in regard to charitable funds, and if and so far as effect cannot be given to the aforesaid provision, then to some charitable object.

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We, the several persons whose names and addresses are subscribed, are desirous of being formed into a company, in pursuance of this Memorandum of Association.

Names, Addresses and Descriptions of Subscribers

(Sd.) EDMUND SHIU LUN SUNG ( � � � )

HKPC Building, 78 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Fong Kong.

Engineer

(Sd.) KAI MING TANG (�� ) Unit 17, 31st Floor, China Merchants Tower, Shun Tak Centre, 168 Connaught Road C., Hong Kong.

Solicitor

(Sd.) KING WONG (��) 4th Floor, No.61-69 Yau Ma Hom Road, Kwai Chung, New Territories.

Engineer

Dated the 8" day of November, 2004 Witness to the above signatures:-

(Sd.) LUN BIT HONG Engineer

16/F., Paul Y Centre, 51 Hung To Road,

Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

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THE COMPANIES ORDINANCE

Company Limited by Guarantee and

not having a Share Capital

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

OF


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1. Association means the Association registered as “H.K.U. Engineering Alumni

Association Limited �� ”.

"Executive Committee" means persons for the time being elected as members of the Executive Committee of the Association. "General Meeting" means a General Meeting of the Members of the Association whether Annual or Extraordinary. “Past President” means a member of the Association who has served as a President of the Association or the unincorporated association known as the "H.K.U. Engineering Alumni Association” for at least one year save and except the President of the Association for the time being. “Seal” means the common seal of the Association. "Ordinance" means the Companies Ordinance, Chapter 32622.

Expressions referring to writing shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be construed as including references to printing, lithography, photography, and other modes of representing or reproducing words in a visible form.

These Articles shall be construed with reference to the provisions of the Ordinance and terms used in these Articles shall be taken as having the same respective meanings as they have when used in the Ordinance. And word denoting the masculine gender shall include the feminine gender or

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vice versa.

Membership 2. The number of members of the Association is unlimited. 3. The Association is established for the purposes as expressed in the

Memorandum of Association. 4. The first members of the Association shall be:-

(a) the signatories to the Memorandum of Association and these Articles; (b) every person who was at the date of the incorporation of Association a

member of the said unincorporated Hong Kong University Engineering Alumni Association �� and who had not within two months from the date of incorporation give notice in writing to the Honorary Secretary of the Association that he did not desire to be a member of the Association.

5. The members of the Association shall be divided into the following categories:-

Life Members; Students Members; and

Associate Members. 6. Life Members:-

(a) all the first members referred to in article 4; and (b) graduates of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Hong Kong

(the "Faculty") are entitled, upon approval by the Executive Committee and payment of the applicable entrance fee, to become Life Members. Life Members shall enjoy all the privileges of members, and shall have the right to hold office, attend and vote at any General Meeting of the Association.

7. Student Members - students at the Faculty are entitled, upon approval by the

Executive Committee and payment of the applicable entrance fee, to become Students Members. Students Members shall enjoy all the privileges of members, but shall not have the right to hold office except in sub-committees and shall not have the right to vote at any meeting of the Association.

8. Associate Members: graduates of the University of Hong Kong who are not

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graduates of the Faculty are entitled, upon approval by the Executive Committee and payment of the applicable entrance fee, become Associate Members. Associate Members shall enjoy all the privileges of members, but shall not have the right to hold office except in sub-committees and shall not have the right to vote at any meeting of the Association.

9. The Life Member, Associate Member and Student Member entrance fees shall

be in such amounts as may be determined by the Executive Committee from time to time. The Association may, by resolutions passed at its General Meetings from time to time, impose levies on members or particular classes of them.

Application

10. Every application for membership shall be made on the prescribed Application

Form signed by the applicant and supported by documents proving the eligibility for membership. Upon approval of the application for membership, the applicant shall be notified in writing by the Executive Committee of the approval and the applicant shall, upon payment of entrance fee, if applicable, become a member of the Association.

Executive Committee

11. The Association shall have an Executive Committee consisting of such

maximum number of members of no more than twenty as may be determined by the Executive Committee upon issuing the notice for an Annual General Meeting, such members to be directors for the purpose of the Ordinance and compose of a President, up to two six Vice-Presidents, an Honorary Secretary, an Honorary Treasurer and other members as may be elected at an Annual General Meeting and the immediate Past President of the Association to hold office until the next Annual General Meeting.

12. In the event of the vacation of the office of the President, if there is only one Vice-President, the Vice-President shall assume the office of the President and if there are two more than one Vice-Presidents, the Executive Committee shall elect one of the Vice-Presidents to the office of the President. The Vice-President so elected, shall on his assuming the office of the President, cease to be a Vice-President. In the event that on the vacation of the office of the President, there is no Vice-President, the office shall remain vacant until the next Annual General Meeting. In the event of a vacancy in the office of a Vice-President, the office shall remain vacant until the next Annual General Meeting. In the event of a vacancy in the offices of the Honorary Secretary or the Honorary Treasurer, the Executive Committee may co-opt a member to fill up the vacancy.

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13. The Dean of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Hong Kong (the Faculty) shall ex-officio be a member of the Executive Committee without election and shall not be a director for the purpose of the Ordinance. Such ex-officio member shall retire from the Executive Committee upon his retirement from the office of the Dean of the Faculty. For the purpose of this paragraph, the Dean of the Faculty includes person acting in the position of the Dean of the Faculty when the office of the Deanship is vacant.

12.14. The Chairperson of the Engineering Society, HKUSU (Engineering Society)

shall ex-officio be a member of the Executive Committee without election and shall not be a director for the purpose of the Ordinance. Such ex-officio member shall retire from the Executive Committee upon his retirement from the office of the Chairperson of the Engineering Society. For the purpose of this paragraph, the Chairperson of the Engineering Society includes person acting in the position of the Chairperson of the Engineering Society when the office of the Chairperson is vacant.

Power of the Executive Committee

13.15. The management of the affairs and business of the Association shall be vested in

the Executive Committee who may pay all the expenses incurred in the formation and registration of the Association and may exercise all such powers and do all such acts and things as the Association is by its Memorandum and Articles of Association or otherwise authorised to exercise and do and are not hereby or by Ordinance required to be exercised or done by the Association in General Meeting but subject nevertheless to the provisions of the ordinance Ordinance and of these Articles and to any regulations (not being inconsistent with these Articles) from time to time made by the Association in General Meeting; provided that no such regulation shall invalidate any prior act of the Executive Committee which would have been valid if such regulation had not been made.

14.16. The Executive Committee may exercise all the powers of the Association to

borrow money, and to mortgage or charge its undertaking and property, or any part thereof, and to issue debentures, debenture stock and other securities, whether outright or as security for any debt, liability or obligation of the Association or of any third party.

15.17. The Executive Committee may from time to time and at any time by power of

attorney appoint any company, firm or person or body of persons, whether nominated directly or indirectly by the directors, to be the attorney or attorneys of the Association for such purposes and with such powers, authorities and discretions (not exceeding those vested in or exercisable by the directors under these articles) and for such period and subject to such conditions as they may think fit, and any such powers of attorney may contain such provisions for the

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protection and convenience of persons dealing with any such attorney as the directors may think fit and may also authorize any such attorney to delegate all or any of the powers, authorities and discretions vested in him.

16.18. In addition to the powers to co-opt in articles 12 and 24, the Executive Committee

has, during the period between two consecutive Annual General Meetings, the power to co-opt up to two new members to the Executive Committee. Provided that the total number of Executive Committee members shall not exceed the number specified in article 11.

17.19. The Executive Committee shall have power at any time to appoint such

sub-committee or committees for such purposes as they think fit and may determine the powers, functions and duties of any sub-committee or committees.

18.20. The Executive Committee shall be responsible for the proper appropriation of

the funds of the Association. 19.21. All cheques, promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange and other negotiable

instruments, and all receipts for moneys paid to the Association, shall be signed, drawn, accepted, endorsed, or otherwise executed, as the case may be, by any two persons selected by the Executive Committee out of its number.

Proceedings of the Executive Committee

20.22. The Executive Committee may meet together for the despatch of business;

adjourn and otherwise regulate their meetings and business as they may think fit. Meetings of the Executive Committee may be convened by the President or by requisition in writing signed by two members of the Executive Committee stating the objects for which such meetings are to be convened and forwarded to all of the members of the Executive Committee who are in Hong Kong. A member of the Executive Committee who is absent abroad shall not be entitled to notice of a meeting.

21.23. The President or in his absence one of the Vice-Presidents, if any, shall preside

at meetings of the Executive Committee or, in their absence, members present shall elect one among themselves to preside over such meetings.

22.24. The quorum necessary for the transaction of the business of the Executive

Committee shall be six (6) members of the Executive Committee personally present.

23.25. Questions arising at any meeting shall be decided by a majority on a show of

hands and in case of an equality of votes the chairman of the meeting shall have a second or casting vote.

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24.26. The continuing members of the Executive Committee may act notwithstanding

any vacancy in that body but if and so long as their number is reduced below the number fixed by the articles of the Association as the necessary quorum of members, the continuing members of the Executive Committee may act for purpose of (a) admitting persons to membership of the Association (b) co-opting members of the Executive Committee to that number or (c) summoning a General Meeting of the Association, but for no other purpose.

25.27. The Executive Committee may, if they think fit, transact any of their business

by the circulation of papers, and a resolution in writing signed by all the members thereof for the time being in Hong Kong shall be valid and effectual as if it had been passed at a meeting of the Executive Committee.

26.28. A member of the Executive Committee may not receive any salary or

remuneration but he shall be indemnified out of the funds of the Association in respect of expenditure properly incurred in and about the affairs of the Association.

27.29. The Executive Committee shall cause minutes to be made in books provided for

the purpose:-

(a) of all appointments of officers made by the Executive Committee; (b) of the names of the committee members present at each meeting of the

Executive Committee and of any sub-committee of the Executive Committee; and

(c) of all resolutions and proceedings at all meetings of the Association, and of

the Executive Committee, and of sub-committees of the Executive Committee;

and every committee member present at any meeting of the Executive

Committee or sub-committee of the Executive Committee shall sign his name in a book to be kept for that purpose.

28.30. All acts done by any meeting of the Executive Committee or by any person

acting as a member of the Executive Committee, shall notwithstanding that it be afterwards discovered that there was some defect in the appointment of any such member of the Executive Committee or person acting as aforesaid, or that they or any of them were disqualified, be as valid as if every such person had been duly appointed and was qualified to be a member of the Executive Committee.

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Disqualification of Members of the Executive Committee 29.31. The office of a member of the Executive Committee shall be vacated if.-

(a) He becomes bankrupt or makes a composition or scheme of arrangement with his creditors;

(b) He is found lunatic or becomes of unsound mind; (c) He resigns his office by notice in writing to the Association; (d) He is directly or indirectly interested in any material contract with the

Association and fails to disclose the nature of his interest in manner required by Sections 536 to 538 and 542 Section 162 of the Ordinance;

(e) He is removed by special resolution passed at a General Meeting of the

Association; or (f) By resolution of the Executive Committee, he is expelled or suspended as a

member of the Association.

30.32. Subject to Clause 4 of the Memorandum of Association a member of the Executive Committee shall not vote in respect of any contract in which he is interested or any matter arising thereout, and if he does so vote his vote shall not be counted.

General Meetings

31.33. The Association shall in each year hold a General Meeting as its Annual

General Meeting at such time and place as the Executive Committee shall decide. Each Annual General Meeting shall be clearly stated as such in the notices calling it; and not more than 15 months shall elapse between the date of one Annual General Meeting of the Association and that of the next. Provided that so long as the Association holds its first Annual General Meeting within 18 months of its incorporation, it need not hold it in the year of its incorporation or in the following year.

32.34. The above mentioned General Meetings shall be called Annual General

Meetings, all other General Meetings shall be called Extraordinary General Meetings.

33.35. Extraordinary General Meetings may be convened by the President or the

requisition of at least three (3) Past Presidents or of members as provided by section Sections 566 to 568 113 of the Ordinance in writing stating the objects for

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which such meetings are to be convened.

Notice of General Meetings

34.36. An Annual General Meeting and a meeting called for the passing of a special resolution shall be called by 21 days' notice in writing at the least, and a meeting of the Association other than an Annual General Meeting or a meeting for the passing of a special resolution shall be called by 14 days' notice in writing at the least. The notice shall be exclusive of the day, on which it is served or deemed to be served and of the day for which it is given, and shall specify the place, the day and the hour of meeting and, in case of special business, the general nature of that business and shall be given, in manner hereinafter mentioned or in such other manner, if any, as may be prescribed by the Association in General Meeting, to such persons as are, under the articles of the Association, entitled to receive such notices from the Association:

Provided that a meeting of the Association shall, notwithstanding that it is called by shorter notice than that specified in this article be deemed to have been duly called if it is so agreed:-

(a) in the case of a meeting called as the Annual General Meeting, by all the members entitled to attend and vote at the meeting; and

(b) the case of any other meeting, by a majority in number of the members

having a right to attend and vote at the meeting, being a majority together representing not less than 95 per cent of the total voting rights of all the members entitled to attend and vote at that meeting.

35.37. The accidental omission to give notice of a meeting to, or the non-receipt of

notice of a meeting by, any member shall not invalidate the proceedings at any meeting.

Proceedings at General Meetings

36.38. All business shall be deemed special that is transacted at an Extraordinary

General Meeting and all that is transacted at an Annual General Meeting, with the exception of the consideration of the accounts, balance sheet, and the reports of the Executive Committee and auditors, the election of members of the Executive Committee and the appointment of the auditors and the fixing of their remuneration.

37.39. No business shall be transacted at any General Meeting unless a quorum of

members who are entitled to vote thereat is present at the time when the meeting

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proceeds to business and continues to be present until the conclusion of the meeting, and such quorum shall consist of not less than 30 such members.

38.40. If within half an hour from the time appointed for the meeting a quorum is not

present, the meeting, if convened upon the requisition of members, shall be dissolved, in any other case it shall stand adjourned to the same day in the next week at the same time and place, or to such other day and at such other time and place as the Executive Committee may determine, and if at the adjourned meeting a quorum is not present within half an hour from the time appointed for the meeting the members present who are entitled to vote thereat shall be a quorum.

39.41. The President and in his absence one of the Vice-Presidents, if any, shall preside

as the Chairman at every General Meeting of the Association. If the President and the Vice-Presidents, if any, are absent within 15 minutes after the time appointed for holding a General Meeting, or if they shall have previously notified the Association of their intention of not being present, one of the members of the Executive Committee shall preside, or if no member on the Executive Committee be present or willing to take the chair, the members present who are entitled to vote shall choose one of their number to preside.

40.42. The chairman of a General Meeting may, with the consent of the majority of the

members present at the meeting, adjourn the meeting from time to time and from place to place, but no business shall be transacted at any adjourned meeting other than the business left unfinished at the meeting from which the adjournment took place. When a meeting is adjourned for 30 days or more, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given as in the case of an original meeting. Save as aforesaid it shall not be necessary to give any notice of an adjournment or of the business to be transacted at an adjourned meeting.

41.43. At any General Meeting a resolution put to the vote of the meeting shall be

decided on a show of hands, and a declaration by the chairman of the meeting that a resolution has been carried or carried unanimously, or by a particular majority, or lost, and an entry to that effect in the book of proceedings of the Association shall be conclusive evidence of the fact, without proof, of the number or proportion of the vote recorded in favour of or against that resolution.

42.44. In the case of an equality of votes the Chairman of the General Meeting shall be

entitled to a second or casting vote.

43.45. Every Life Member personally present at the General Meeting shall have one vote.

Expulsion and Suspension of Membership

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44.46. If any member is considered by the Executive Committee to have committed misconduct which is or is likely to be injurious to the interests or reputation of the Association, it shall be the duty of the Executive Committee to invite the member concerned to give an explanation of his conduct before a meeting of the Executive Committee. If the member concerned does not or does not, in the opinion of the Executive Committee, reasonably explain his conduct, the Executive Committee may, by resolution passed by majority of at least two-third at a meeting of the Executive Committee, decide to expel the member concerned from the Association. The Executive Committee shall notify the member concerned of such decision to expel him from the Association as soon as practicable. Upon written request made jointly by any ten members or any two Past Presidents, the Executive Committee shall review its decision to expel a member.

45.47. Upon requisition by at least ten members of the Association or two Past

Presidents within fourteen days from a decision by the Executive Committee to expel a member, the Executive Committee shall convene an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Association for the purpose of reviewing their decision. If, at such Extraordinary General Meeting, it is decided to reverse or set aside the decision of the Executive Committee to expel a member, the membership of that members shall be reinstated.

46.48. A member of the Executive Committee shall not vote at any meeting of the

Executive Committee on matters in which his own conduct is in question, or matters concerning any investigation instigated at his complaint against the conduct of a member of the Association.

47.49. In relation to a member who is indebted to the Association for any sum of

money, the Executive Committee may by resolution suspend his membership rights and privileges until the full settlement of his indebtedness to the Association.

Notices

48.50. A notice may be either in English or in Chinese or both and be served by the

Association upon any member either personally or by sending it through the post in a prepaid letter addressed to such member at such member's registered address in Hong Kong or address for service in Hong Kong.

49.51. No member shall be entitled to have a notice served on him at any address not

within Hong Kong, and any member whose registered address is not within Hong Kong may, by notice in writing, inform the Association of his address for service in Hong Kong. A member who does not have a registered address or address for service in Hong Kong is not entitled to any notice from the

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Association. 50.52. Any notice, if served by post, shall be deemed to have been served on the third

day next following that on which it shall have been posted, and in proving such service it shall be sufficient to prove that the notice was properly addressed, prepaid and put into a post box.

Change of Address

51.53. Members changing their registered address or address for service in Hong Kong

shall give due notice of the changes to the Executive Committee.

Seal 52.54. The Association shall have a Seal and the Executive Committee shall provide

for its safe custody. 53.55. The Seal of the Association shall not affixed to any instrument except

authorized by a resolution of the Executive Committee.

Accounts 54.56. The Executive Committee shall cause proper books of account to be kept with

respect to:

(a) all sums of money received and expended by the Association and the matters in respect of which the receipt and expenditure takes place; and

(b) the assets and liabilities of the Association.

Proper books shall not be deemed to be kept if there are not kept such books of account as are necessary to give a true and fair view of the state of the Association's affairs and to explain its transactions. 55.57. The books of account shall be kept at the registered premises of the Association

or subject to section Sections 373, 374 and 377121(3) of the Ordinance, at such other place or places as the Executive Committee think fit, and shall be opened to the inspection of any member of the Executive Committee.

56.58. The Executive Committee shall from time to time determine to what extent and

at what times and places and under what conditions or regulations the accounts and books of the Association or any of them shall be opened to the inspection of members not being members of the Executive Committee and no member shall

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have any right of inspecting any account or book or document of the Association except as conferred by the Memorandum of Association or authorised by the Executive Committee or by the Association in a General Meeting.

57.59. The Executive Committee shall from time to time in accordance with sections

Sections 383, 388 to 391, 429, 431, 452(3), 610122 and 129D of the Ordinance, Companies (Directors’ Report) Regulation and Companies (Disclosure of Information about Benefits of Directors) Regulation, cause to be prepared and laid before the Association in General Meeting such income and expenditure accounts, balance sheets and reports as are referred to in those sections.

58.60. A copy of every balance sheet (including every document required by law to be

annexed thereto) which is to be laid before the Association in General Meeting, together with a copy of the President's report and a copy of the auditor's report shall not less than 21 days before the date of the meeting be opened for inspection to every member of the Association.

Audit

59.61. Auditors shall be appointed and their duties regulated in accordance with

sectionsSections, 393 to 400, 402(2), 404 to 405, 408, 411 to 413, 416(4), 417 to 422, 424, 426 to 428, and 575 131, 132, 133, 140, 140A, 140B and 141 of the Ordinance.

Advisors

62. The Executive Committee may from time to time in its discretion and on such

terms as it thinks fit, appoint persons, of any nationality and/or locality, competent in and/or concerned with matters of interest to the Association and further of good repute to be Advisors of the Association to advise the Association and/or the Executive Committee, generally or specifically on any issue, subject or matter. Such Advisors shall not be entitled to vote in any meeting and shall not have any executive function or power other than those delegated, if any, by the Executive Committee.

Indemnity

60.63. Every member of the Executive Committee and its subcommittees shall be

indemnified out of the funds of the Association against all liabilities incurred by him in the discharge of his duties in or by reason of such position in defending any proceedings, whether civil or criminal, in which judgement is given in his favour, or in which he is acquitted, or in connection with any applications under Section Sections 902, 903 and 904 358 of the Ordinance in which relief if granted to him by the Court.

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Winding Up

61.64. If not less than three-quarters (75%) of the total Life Members present and vote

in a General Meeting specially convened for the purpose agree to the winding up of the Association, then the Association shall be wound up.

62.65. Upon the winding up of the Association the provisions of Clause 7 of the

Memorandum of Association shall have effect and be observed as if the same were repeated herein.

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Names, Addresses and Descriptions of Subscribers

(Sd.) EDMUND SHIU LUN SUNG ( �� ) HKPC Building, 78 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Fong Kong.

Engineer

(Sd.) KAI MING TANG (�� ) Unit 17, 31st Floor, China Merchants Tower, Shun Tak Centre, 168 Connaught Road C., Hong Kong.

Solicitor

(Sd.) KING WONG (�� ) 4th Floor, No.61-69 Yau Ma Hom Road, Kwai Chung, New Territories.

Engineer

Dated the 8th day of November, 2004 Witness to the above signatures:-

(Sd.) LUN BIT HONG . Engineer

16/F., Paul Y. Centre, 51 Hung To Road,

Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong.






















H.K.U. Engineering Alumni Association (HKUEAA) 40th Annual General Meeting (AGM)

Agenda

Date: 19 July 2014 (Saturday) Time: Immediately follow the SGM (at around 6pm) Venue: Loke Yew Hall, Main Building

University of Hong Kong

1. To receive and adopt the Minutes of the 39th AGM of HKUEAA

2. To receive the President’s Annual Report of HKUEAA Session 2013-14

3. To receive the Statements of Accounts of HKUEAA Session 2013-

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4. To appoint external auditor of HKUEAA Session 2014-15

5. To elect Executive Committee members of HKUEAA Session 2014-15

6. To appoint Honarary Legal Advisors of HKUEAA Session 2014-

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7. A.O.B.

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Annual Report of the H.K.U. Engineering Alumni Association LimitedSession 2013-2014

President’s Message

Dear engineering alumni and friends,

It is my great honour and pleasure to serve our Association as the president in the session 2013-14. This is my first year of joining the executive committee and serving the association. I enjoyed working with an enthusiastic, passionate and talented team of Executive Committee and it had been a wonderful year with alumni and students. Let me just highlight some of our major achievements here.

On 4 January 2014, HKUEAA held its 38th HKUEAA Annual Dinner and Dance with over 150 guests attended at the vintage Repulse Bay Hotel. The room was filled with joy of the reunion of old friends and the building of new friendships. The event raised over $200,000 for the HKUEAA scholarship and the future development of the Association. It was a wonderful night to remember.

Graduate Mentor Scheme (GMS) continues to be the core event of our Association. With the introduction of the new ‘334’ academic structure, more than 6,000 freshmen entered HKU, compared with the annual 3,000+ new students in the past. To meet the needs of the additional students, we increased the number of mentors proportionally while maintaining high quality of the program. This year, we have 60 pairs of mentors and mentees. Our mentors who are of prominent positions in the industry (engineering and non-engineering), can provide valuable guidance to the mentees. This year we have introduced a trial arrangement of dual mentors, one mentor will take care of the engineering side and the other mentor will provide guidance on the social matters of a mentee. I hope that mentors and mentees will enjoy the GMS and find it a life changing experience.

Like previous years, we organised Overseas Tour for students and our alumni to broaden their horizons in the engineering field. This year, we arranged a study tour to visit the infrastructure in London, e.g., Thames Tunnel, Thames Barrier, Olympic Stadium, the Crystal, Millennium Bridge, etc. We also visited the World famous university, Cambridge University. The wide range of activities attracted enthusiastic responses and received positive feedback from our alumni and students.

Apart from these major events, we organised a series of activities, including seminars, workshops, technical visits, hiking, etc. We always look for ways to suit different interests of our alumni. We organised the first “Industry Gathering: Civil and Development”, aiming to provide an occasion for alumni of the same field to gather and meet each other. Following this was the first “Industry Gathering: Electrical and Mechanical”. We are also going to organise the “2014 Home Coming - Campus Tour and Homecoming Dinner” on the day of our 40th AGM, i.e. 19 July 2014, for bringing the alumni together to be familiarised with and enjoy a reunion dinner in the expanded HKU campus. Riding on these successes, we are planning to extend the Industry Gathering to other disciplines. Furthermore, we are planning to organise various ball games, competition or visits in future years.

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Our Association has built a strong tie with the Faculty and the University. We need your continuous support so that we can do more for the students, the alumni and our Association.

Last but not least, I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to all members of the Executive Committee for their immense support and invaluable contributions and wish all the best to the Executive Committee for the coming session.

Our 40th AGM will be held on 19 July 2014. Looking forward to seeing you there!

Ir Edgar Kwan, J.P. PresidentH.K.U. Engineering Alumni Association Session 2013-2014

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I. General Affairs Report

i. Report of the 39th Annual General Meeting Session 2012-2013

Date: 12th July 2013 (Friday) Time: 7:00 pm Venue: The Chinese Club, 8/F., The Chinese Club Building, 21-22 Connaught Road Central, Hong Kong Chairman: Mr. LAW Chun Fai, Terry Attendance: 44

ii. Report of Executive Committee Meetings Session 2013-2014

Number of Executive Committee Meetings: 4 Dates: 12th July 2013, 3rd August 2013, 21st December 2013, 15th March 2014 and 21 st June 2014

Chairman: Ir Edgar KWAN

II. Activities Report

A. Events and Programming Group

38th Annual Dinner & Dance

The HKUEAA 38th Annual Dinner & Dance was successfully held at the Repulse Bay Hotel on 4 January 2014. We had 150 guests and friends joining us this year at the vintage Repulse Bay Hotel. The ever-famous catwalk show and the singing performance of our talented guests made our crowd cheered with joy. A record breaking HK$200,000 was raised that night to support the HKUEAA scholarship and the future development of the Association. A big thank-you to all our donors and supporters of the event.

Campus Tour and Homecoming Dinner

This is a new event aiming to gather alumni to visit the expanded Centenary Campus. Engineering students of HKU would lead our alumni to be familiarised with the new campus and to check out our current engineering facilities. Following the walk, there would be a Homecoming Dinner at Loke Yew Hall where we can reminisce our school days with old friends plus making new friends.

B. Alumni Affairs Group

Spring Hiking

A hiking was successfully held on 2 March 2014. Led by our senior alumni, Mr. SY KWAN, about 80 alumni and friends walked through the 3-hour trail from Mui Wo to Tung Chung.

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Workshop on Body Language

The workshop was held on 15 March 2014. About 35 alumni and students attended this event. Through the interactive workshop and led by our experienced trainer, Mr. Benny YIM, participants were introduced to the fundamental principles and essence of body language.

Seminar on a Trip to Jerusalem

The seminar was jointly organized by HKUEAA and HKU SPACE on 1 April 2014 in the Admiralty Learning Centre of the HKU SPACE. During the seminar, the speaker, Ir CF LAM unmasked this piece of mysterious land by introducing its geography, history, culture, religions, politics and architectures to about 100 alumni, students and guests of HKUEAA and HKU SPACE.

Industry Gathering: Civil and Development

The gathering was held on 3 June 2014 with Mr. LEE Shing See, Chairman of the Construction Industry Council, Mr. WAI Chi Shing, Permanent Secretary for Development (Works) and Mr. MA Siu Cheung, Eric, Undersecretary for Development as our honorary guests. About 75 alumni and students enjoyed a warm gathering in Queen’s College Old Boys’ Association. Through this gathering, the connection between students and alumni of different decades were enhanced.

Industry Gathering: Electrical and Mechanical

The gathering was held on 3 July 2014 in the Chinese Club. We were honoured to have Mr. CT WAN, Managing Director of the Hongkong Electric Co. Ltd., Mr. Alfred CHAN, Managing Director of the Hong Kong and China Gas Company Ltd., Mr. Paul POON, Managing Director of the CLP Power Hong Kong Ltd. and Mr. Frank F CHAN, Director of Electrical and Mechanical as our guests of honour. Overwhelming responses from students and alumni in the building services, electrical and mechanical fields were received.

C. Student Affairs Group

Mentor Mentee Gathering

On 17 November 2013, a gathering tour covered a 1-hour walk at Wetland Reserve (Wildlife Watch & Topical Exploration) and a 1.5-hour relaxing Hands-On Workshop (Weeding & Fertilizing & Knowledge Share) was held. Participants reflected that this event allowed them to gain new insights into the diversity of Hong Kong’s wetland ecosystem and realize the inherent values of wetlands. It also allowed meaningful gathering for the mentees with their mentors.

Mentors’ Night

On 14 December 2013, 20 experienced and potential new mentors, 2 student helpers, 3 ex-committee members of the HKUEAA and the Chairman of the HKUEAA joined this meaningful dinner gathering. Mentoring stories/tips have been shared. It is encouraging that the

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Graduate Mentor Scheme (GMS) is highly appreciated by mentors, and they would like to offer continual support for HKU’s engineering students and fresh graduates.

Graduate Mentor Scheme Inauguration

Recruitment of mentors and mentees has been commenced since November 2014. Overwhelming response of mentors and mentees’ application has been received. Finally, 60 pairs of mentors and mentees have been formed through a series of interview for mentees and matching processes. The mentees are from multi-nations and the mentors are mainly prominent figures in the society.

On 22 March 2014, the GMS Inauguration was held in HKU, followed by a tea gathering at a social enterprise, Bijas Vegetarian. 50 pairs of mentors and mentees, and honorable guests (e.g. Prof. MAK – Associate Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Ms. Janet CHUNG – Director of Development & Alumni Affairs Office, Ir Dr Joseph CHOW OBE JP – Honorary Advisor of HKUEAA, etc.) joined this remarkable event. This event has also been reported by the HKU alumni magazine, “The Convocation Newsletter, Spring 2014”. (http://daaoweb.hku.hk/UserFiles/Image/publication_book/CNews/Spring2014/Alumni_Networks.pdf).

Technical Visits

We have organized three technical visits for the students this year. The first one was to visit the “Re-provisioning of Waterworks Facilities into a Rock Cavern for the Centennial Campus of the University of Hong Kong” on 19 October 2013. A total of 10 alumni and 20 students attended the visit. During the technical visit, engineers from the Water Supplies Department (WSD) introduced the design and construction of the Rock Cavern Development and the challenges encountered. This visit was very successful, and the delegates had a very good experience on the construction and use of the cavern. More importantly, a good relationship was built between WSD and HKUEAA.

The second visit was made to MTRC Control Centre in Tsing Yi in the morning on 8 March 2014, and was attended by 32 students. They were briefed about the current MTR projects, and the operation of trains. Students had a more thorough understanding on the MTR projects and control logistics.

The third one was to visit the Towngas Grid Control Centre, and was made in the afternoon on the same day to MTRC on 8 March 2014. The same group of students attended the briefing of the operation of the Grip Control Centre, and they had an in-depth understanding on the gas consumption pattern on a daily and weekly basis.

Overseas Tour

The Sustainable Development Study Tour to London was hosted by the Student Affairs from 2 June to 8 June. Our theme this year is “Sustainability of Engineering Heritage in England”. The study tour provided delegates an opportunity to broaden their horizons on the engineering profession and experience how engineering is interwoven into UK’s cultural fabric. More

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specifically, these personal experiences have led delegates to understand British engineering values and beliefs in heritage protection and restorations via innovative engineering solutions.

Students and alumni had the opportunity to visit historical engineering marvels that shaped the core of England and also greatly influenced the world such as the Thames Tunnel network, Tower Bridge and Royal Observatory at Greenwich. Together with a visit to University of Cambridge, students gained insight of the rich engineering heritage that is rooted deeply in the English culture.

On the other hand, visits to The Crystal (the first building to achieve both a Platinum LEED rating and an Outstanding BREEAM rating), Thames Barrier (a network of floor barriers to preventing flooding of the Greater London area) and Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park (the Legacy of 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London) have demonstrated the benefits of incorporating advanced technologies into infrastructure, and showing a promising path for buildings of the future.

Amidst of these travel between times, the delegation had the chance to explore the amazing works of restoration and revitalization. The local office of ARUP showcased the famous King’s Cross Station redevelopment project, allowing delegates to experience the social benefits of this meaningful project.

Among the fruits of this study tour, students and alumni alike have broadened their vision of sustainable development and familiarized themselves with the English heritage, especially in engineering. This study tour has inspired delegates to relate these experiences to our daily lives and adopt a sustainable mind set to the challenges we face in the modern time. HKUEAA is glad to have contributed to assisting engineering students in their professional development and at the same time, promoting its image to global corporations. As a result, more and more youths are joining the HKUEAA family upon graduation and playing an active role in serving the Association.

III. Publications

i. Newsletter

A newsletter reporting the events and activities organised by HKUEAA during the year session was published in July 2014 through emails and HKUEAA website to all members.

IV. Faculty Liaison

i. HKUEAA Scholarship

In 2013, HKUEAA pledged to continue the HKUEAA Scholarship and donated to the Faculty of Engineering a lump sum of HK$60,000, intended to be evenly spread out and awarded to undergraduate students who display leadership qualities and show interest in community affairs for three years (from academic year 2013-14 to year 2014-15). Each year, three undergraduates in the Faculty of Engineering would each be awarded the scholarship of HK$10,000. The selection would be carried out in July or August 2014.

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