Minutes of the 17th Annual General Meeting - The Hong Kong ...

Minutes of the 21 st Annual General Meeting
The Hong Kong Society of Rheumatology
Date:
Time:
Venue:
19 October 2008 (Sunday)
9:00 am to 10:00 am
Ballroom, Langham Hotel, 8 Peking Road, TST, Kowloon
Present: Dr. Chan Ka Man Dr. Chan Ka Yan Helen
Dr. Cheung Tak Cheong Dr. Julia Chan Pui Shan
Dr. Kun Emily
Dr. Kwok Man Leung
Dr. Lee Ka Wing, Gavin Dr. Leung Ying Ying
Prof. Li Edmund
Dr. Liu Hor Ming
Dr. Mok Chi Chiu Dr. Mok Mo Yin, Temy
Dr. Ng Kam Hung Dr. Tam Lai Shan
Dr. Tang Shuk Kuen Dr. To Chi Hung
Dr. Wong Woon Sing Dr. Yim Cheuk Wan
Dr. Ying King Yee, Shirley Dr. Yip Man Lung
Dr. Yuen Ka Yan Catherine
Minutes
1. Matter arising from minutes of 20 th Annual General Meeting (8 December 2007):
1.1. On the proposal of Dr. TC Chan, seconded by Dr WS Wong, the minutes of the 20 th
Annual General Meeting (8 December 2007) was confirmed.
2. Dr. KW Lee (the President) reported on the various activities of the Society from 2007
(December) to 2008 (October). On the proposal of Dr. CC Mok, seconded by Dr. LS
Tam, the President’s report was approved.
3. The statement of accounts and reports of the Honorary Treasurer and the Auditor
3.1. The surplus for the financial year 2007-2008 was HKD 82,362 (HKD 20340 in year
2006-2007) and the accumulated surplus was HKD 746162 (HKD 663800 in year
2006-2007).
3.2. On the proposal of Dr. Emily Kun, seconded by Dr. WS Wong, the Hon. Treasurer’s
report and Statement of Accounts for the year August 2007 and ended July 2008
were approved.
4. To introduce honorary and new Full members
4.1. The President welcomed the following new Full Members:
Dr. Chan Ka Man;
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Dr. Julia Chan Pui Shan
Dr. Catherine Yuen Ka Yan
5. The following members were nominated and elected to serve as office bearers of the
Council for the year 2007-2008:
5.1. President: Dr. CC Mok (proposed by Dr. YY Leung, seconded by Dr. KW Lee);
5.2. Hon. Secretary: Dr. LS Tam (proposed by Dr. CC Mok, seconded by Dr. KW Lee);
5.3. Hon. Treasurer: Dr. Helen Chan (proposed by Dr. TC Cheung, seconded by Dr. LS
Tam);
5.4. The following members were nominated and elected to serve as members of the
Council for the year 2007-2008:
Dr. Leung Ying Ying, Katy;
Dr. Mok Mo Yin, Temy;
Dr. Yim Cheuk Wan;
Dr. Yip Man Lung
6. To nominate and appoint the Auditor of the Society
6.1 It was resolved that Li, Tang, Chen & Co. be appointed as auditor of the Society for
the year 2008-2009, as nominated by Dr. Helen Chan and seconded by Dr. LS Tam.
7. The President reported on the following regional meetings.
7.1 Progress of the APLAR 2010 organization
8. AOB
Dr. KW Lee reported the progress of the APLAR2010 meeting organization. The
details have actually been reported in the last Organizing Committee meeting. The
date for the APLAR meeting 2010 may have to be changed to the 4 th week of July
because of the Ramadan period of the Islamic countries. There is a risk of having
typhoons at this time of the year and arrangement will be discussed with the Hong
Kong Convention and Exhibition Center.
8.1 Communication email address: Dr. Emily Kun reminded members that the Hospital
Authority email address should only be used for official affairs related to Hospital
Authority. Communication for other affairs such as the Hong Kong Society of
Rheumatology should be done by using members’ private emails. Changes have to
be made to the group email address of the HKSR.
8.2 In view of the change in the office bearers of the Council, members agreed that the
following members are authorized to sign for the account of the HKSR (HSBC
account 809 291 347 838: Dr. Mok Chi Chiu (President); Dr. Tam Lai Shan (Hon
Secretary); and Dr. Chan Ka Yan Helen (Hon Treasurer). Those previously
authorized can no longer sign for the transaction of the account.
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8.3 Dr. CC Mok reported that previous Council meetings were unduly long sometimes.
Subcommittees will be formed in the coming Council to deal with routine activities
so that minor details need not be discussed during the future Council meetings.
9. Vote of thanks to Dr. KW Lee who has served as President of the Council in the past 2
years and to Dr. Sandy Tang Shuk Kuen who has served the Council as council member
in the past one year.
10. No further business was discussed in the meeting; the President declared the meeting
closed at 10 am.
(24 October 2008)
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Dr. Mok Chi Chiu
Hon. Secretary
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Dr. Lee Ka Wing Gavin
President
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