Annual General Meeting of The Chamber
4 April 2005
Members are asked to note that the Chamber's Annual General Meeting will take place at 6:00 pm on Tuesday 26 April 2005 in the Ballroom of Island Shangri-La Hotel, Pacific Place, Supreme Court Road, Admiralty, Hong Kong. It will be preceded at 5:00 pm by a Cocktail Reception, to which all members are invited. Registration for the Meeting will take place during the Reception to avoid congestion at 6:00 pm. 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 2004, are enclosed. 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 completed proxy forms must be received at the following address not later than 5:30 pm on 25 April 2005: The CEO The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce 22/F, United Centre, 95 Queensway Hong Kong Eden Woon CEO
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 the Ballroom of Island Shangri-La Hotel, Pacific Place, Supreme Court Road, Admiralty, Hong Kong, on:
Tuesday, 26 April 2005 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 2004.
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 4 April 2005
By order of the General Committee
Eden Woon
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 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 5:30 pm on 25 April 2005.
THE HONG KONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
AGENDA ITEM 1: ELECTION OF GENERAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS
1. The following six members of the General Committee retire in accordance with Articles 25(a) and 25(b):
Chan Wing Kee Yangtzekiang Garment Manufacturing Co Ltd
Manohar Chugh Nisha Electronic Industries Ltd
Tony Fung
Yu Ming Investments Limited
James Tien
Manhattan Garments (International) Ltd
Marjorie Yang Esquel Group of Companies
Alex Ye
Shangri-La Asia Ltd
2. For the six vacant seats above:
a.
The following offer themselves for re-election in accordance with Article 25(c):
Chan Wing Kee Yangtzekiang Garment Manufacturing Co Ltd
Manohar Chugh Nisha Electronic Industries Ltd
Tony Fung
Yu Ming Investments Limited
James Tien Manhattan Garments (International) Ltd
b.
The following offer themselves for election in accordance with Article 26 and Bye-Law 4:
Allan Zeman Lan Kwai Fong Holdings Ltd
Chow Chung Kong MTR Corporation Ltd
3. All the above members seeking re-election or election are eligible under Article 25(c) and Article 26 and Bye-Law 4.
Eden Woon
CEO
4 April 2005

