Annual reports.
Select committees.
The
Chairman constituted
a corpora- tion sole.
(3) As soon as the accounts of the Authority have been audited, the Authority shall send to the Governor a copy of the statement of accounts signed by the Chairman together with a copy of the report made by the auditor on that statement or on the accounts of the Authority.
(4) The Colonial Secretary shall lay a copy of every such statement and report on the Table of the Legislative Council.
9. () The Authority shall, as soon as possible after the end of each financial year, make to the Governor a report dealing generally with the activities of the Authority during that year.
(2) The Colonial Secretary shall lay a copy of every such annual report on the Table of the Legislative Council.
10. (1) The Authority shall appoint from among its members a select committee or select committees for the better discharge of its functions under this Ordinance.
(2) The Authority may, by resolution, delegate to a select committee any of its functions under this Ordinance.
11. (1) The person for the time being holding the office of Chairman of the Authority shall be a corporation sole by name of the Chairman of the Hong Kong Housing Authority, and shall have perpetual succession and an official seal, and for the purposes of this Ordinance, may
(4) sue and be sued;
(b) acquire and hold property of all descriptions, and subject to the terms and conditions upon which the same is held and to any by-laws in that behalf, dispose of any such property;
(c) take gifts of property of all descriptions, whether subject
to any special trust or not; and
(d) do all such other acts necessary or expedient to be done
in the discharge of the functions of his office.
(2) All property vested in the Chairman shall be held in trust for the Authority for the purposes of this Ordinance.
of
12. All deeds and other instruments requiring the seal of the Execution corporation shall be sealed by or in the presence of the Chairman documents. and shall be signed by him, and such signing shall be taken as sufficient evidence of the due sealing of such deeds and other instruments.
property.
13. The general management of all property vested in the Manage- Chairman or placed under his control for the purposes of this ant of Ordinance shall reside in the Authority and shall be exercised in accordance with by-laws made in that behalf by the Authority under section 15.
14. (1) The Chairman shall be the principal executive officer The
Chairman. of the Authority, and the Authority shall be deemed to have delegated to him such of its functions as are necessary to enable him to transact efficiently the day to day business of the Authority.
(z) Such delegated functions shall be discharged by the Chairman in accordance with any by-laws for the time being in force in relation to the transaction of the day to day business of the Authority.
16. (1) The Authority may make by-laws for all or any of By-laws. the following purposes-
(a) the transaction of the day to day business of the
Authority;
(b) the management of all property vested in the Chairman or placed under his control for the purposes of this Ordinance, and in particular, and without prejudice to the generality of this paragraph-
(i) the terms and conditions upon which tenancies may
be granted, including scales of rent;
(ii) the selection of tenants:
(ii) the collection of rent;
(iv) the use of communal and public facilities; and (v) the functions of staff employed by the Authority, including inspectors, estate managers and rent collectors;