Annual General Meeting of The Chamber

Members are invited to note that the Chamber’sAnnual General Meeting will take place at

6:00 p.m. on Thursday, 24 May, 2012

in Room N101(Expo Drive Entrance), at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, 1 Expo Drive, Wanchai, Hong Kong.  It will be preceded at

5:00 p.m

. 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 2011, 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:

All completed proxy forms must reach the following address

not later than 5:30 p.m. on 23 May, 2012

in order to be valid.

The CEO

The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce

22/F, United Centre, 95 Queensway

Hong Kong

Shirley Yuen

CEO

Encl.

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

THURSDAY, 24 MAY, 2012 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, 2011.

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 2 May, 2012

By order of the General Committee

Shirley Yuen

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: Instrument of proxy (see proxy form attached) must be deposited at the address shown on the proxy form not later than 5:30 p.m. on 23 May, 2012.

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):

Oscar Chow               Chevalier International Holdings Ltd

Fu Yuning                   China Merchants Holdings (International) Co Ltd

Aron H Harilela          Hari Harilela Ltd

He Guangbei             Bank of China (Hong Kong) Ltd

Raymond Kwok         Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd

Y K Pang                     Jardine Matheson Ltd

2. All the above members seeking re-election are eligible under Article 25(c).

Shirley Yuen

CEO

2 May, 2012