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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 6, 1935.
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SCHEDULE.
[ss. 2 & 3.]
CONSTITUTION OF THE HONG KONG TRAVEL ASSOCIATION.
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Name and General Policy.
1. The name of the Association shall be The Hong Kong Travel Association and the following characters may be used in rendering its name into Chinese:-↑↑
2. The objects and purpose of the Association shall be as follows:-
(i) The encouragement of travel in general and the promotion of travel facilities.
(ii) The rendering of assistance to tourists and travellers while in the Colony.
3. For the accomplishment of these objects the Association may undertake the following:-
(i) Co-operation with railways, steamship companies, air lines and other public carriers, hotels, mercantile houses and institutions directly connected with travel with a view to the improvement of their service and the development of mutual advantages.
(ii) Propagation of information concerning the Colony and afford- ing travel information and facilities to travellers.
(iii) The taking of any measures necessary for the realisation of the objects specified in the foregoing clauses.
Membership.
4. The members of the Association shall be of three classes- honorary members, ordinary members, and representative members.
5. An honorary member shall be nominated by a resolution of the Board of Directors.
6. An ordinary member of the Association shall be one who is intimately connected with travel or in sympathy in the work of the Association.
7. Any member of the Association shall be eligible for electing, or being elected to, the Board of Directors.
8. Any member desirous of withdrawing from the Association shall notify his intention to the Association.
9. Any government, body corporate or firm which subscribes to the Association may nominate representative members according to the following scale based on the amount of the subscription made to the funds of the Association:-
A subscription of $50 and less than $100: one representative; A subscription of $100 and less than $150: two representatives. Further additional representatives shall be at the rate of one repre- sentative for each additional increment of $50 in the subscrip- tion.
When representatives have been chosen according to the pro- visions of this clause their names shall be notified to the Association and shall be deemed representative members until replaced by other nominees of the government, body corporate or firm subscribing.
10. Any member may be expelled from membership by the Board of Directors, if he is considered to be guilty of any act in- jurious to the reputation or contrary to the aims of the Association or if he has omitted the payment of his subscription.
General Meetings.
11. All members of the Association who are resident in Hong Kong shall be invited to attend the General Meetings of the Asso- ciation and ten members present shall constitute a quorum.