Constitution

1. Name

The Society shall be called the "FRIENDS OF THE HARBOUR".

2. Objects

The objects of the Society shall be:-

2.1 To form an association among the members of the public having a common interest in protecting the harbour of Hong Kong from excessive reclamation or other encroachments.

2.2 To take all lawful action in educating the public on the need to preserve and protect the harbour from further reclamation and to promote the harbour.

2.3 To take all lawful action in stopping any reclamation or encroachment of the harbour which is deemed to be contrary to public interest.

2.4 To do all acts and deeds which are necessary and conducive in attaining the objects of the Society.

2.5 To assist the Society for Protection of the Harbour Limited to carry out the objects and resolutions adopted or resolved from time to time.

3. Founding Members

The first members of the Society are Chu Wei Ling Hilary, Leung Man Yee Kyoko, Li Kit Wai and Chow Suk Mui who shall respectively be the President, Vice-President, Treasurer and Secretary of the Society.

4. Admission of members

Every candidate for membership shall be proposed and seconded by members of the Society. The full name, address and occupation and the names of the proposer and seconder shall be communicated in writing to the Secretary. Candidates for membership shall be approved by the Committee at its sole discretion.

5. Management

The management of the Society shall be entrusted to a Committee consisting of the President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Secretary and other Committee members. Save the appointment of the founding members as the permanent members of the Committee, all the other members of the Committee shall be elected annually at the Annual General Meeting. All the members of the Committee shall be eligible for re-election. The Committee shall meet at such times as the Committee shall determine and at all meetings of the Committee 2 members shall form a quorum.

6. Casual vacancies

The Committee shall have power at any time and from time to time to fill any casual vacancy in the Committee. Any member of the Committee so appointed shall hold office only until the next following Annual General Meeting but shall then be eligible for re-election.

7. Application of profit

No money or property of the Society or any gain arising from the carrying on of the Society shall be applied otherwise than for the purpose of the Society or for some charitable or benevolent purpose or purposes chosen by resolution of a general meeting.

8. Finance and Accounts

The Society shall only accept donation from Mr. Winston Chu for its finance. Accounts of the financial affairs of the Society shall be made available to every member when notice convening the Annual General Meeting is given.

9. General meetings

An Annual General Meeting of the Society shall be held in the month of November in each year and 15 months shall not elapse without a general meeting. At an Annual General Meeting the following business shall be conducted :-

9.1 The presentation and (if accepted) the passing of the accounts for the previous financial year;

9.2 The election of the members of the Committee;

9.3 Such other business as shall have been communicated to the President and included in the notice of the meeting sent by him to the members.

10. Extraordinary meetings

An extraordinary general meeting may be convened at any time and shall be convened within 21 days on the requisition of one-fifth of the members of the Society for the time being or 10 members whichever is the less. Such requisition must state the purpose for which such meeting is required.

11. Notice of meetings

The Secretary shall at least 14 days before any general meeting send to every member at his address as recorded in the Society's books or his e-mail address or post in a conspicuous place in the Society premises a notice of the meeting stating the time when and the place where it will be held and the business to be conducted.

12. Business at a general meeting

The business at a general meeting shall be limited to that provided by these rules and those further matters set out in the notice convening the meeting. The quorum at any general meeting shall be one-tenth of the membership of the Society for the time being or 3 members whichever is less.

13. Votes

At all meetings of the Society each member shall have one vote.

14. President

The President of the Society shall preside at all meetings of the Society but, if he shall not be present within 15 minutes after the time appointed for the meeting or has signified his inability to be present at the meeting, the Vice-President shall preside that meeting, failing which the members present and entitled to vote shall choose one of their number to be the Chairman of that meeting.

15. Expulsion of members

The Committee by a simple majority resolution shall have power to expel any member who shall offend against the rules of the Society or whose conduct shall in the opinion of the Committee objectionable to the Committee or render him unfit for membership of the Society.

16. Modification of rules

No alteration or addition to these rules shall be made except by a resolution carried by a majority of at least two-thirds of the members present at a general meeting or at least two-thirds of the members of the Committee at a Committee Meeting, notice of which shall have contained particulars of the proposed alteration or addition. The Secretary shall as soon as possible and in any case within 28 days of the making of any such alteration or addition to these rules give written notice of such alteration or addition to the requisite authorities under the Societies Ordinance.