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Constitu- Lion of Board of Governora.

(i) at any time and from time to time by Power of Attorney and under the Corporation's seal or by an instrument in writing delegate any of their powers and appoint any person or persons to be the Attorney or Attorneys of the Corporation for such purposes and with such powers authorities and discretions not exceeding those vested in the Board of Governors and subject to such conditions as the Governors may from time to time think fil:

() to appoint any committee or committees consist- ing of such member or members of their own body or otherwise as they may think fit and to delegate any of their powers to such committee or committees and to prescribe the functions duties and powers thereof and to revoke any delegation and to determine all or any such functions duties and powers; and

(k) to exercise all or any of the foregoing powers so far as they are applicable in relation to liabilities or obligations whether legal or moral previously incurred by the Trustees or by the Nursing Home Trustees and to assume responsibility for payments by way of gratuities pensions or otherwise for services rendered to the Matilda Hospital or the War Memorial Hospital and to charge such payments to the funds of the Corporation and generally at the discretion of the Board to sanction new payments in respect of services previously rendered to the Matilda Hospital or the War Memorial Hospital.

T. The Board of Governors shall consist of the following and such others as may from time to time be appointed as their successors in accordance with the provisions hereof, or except as herein otherwise provided, in the case of the absence from time to time of any members of the Board, their respective substitute appointed with the consent of the Board :-

(1) One member who and whose successors shall be appointed by the Chief Manager for the time being of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,

(2) One member who and whose successors shall be appointed by the Manager for the time being of Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, Hong Kong Branch.

(3) One member who and whose successors shall be appointed by the senior representative for the time being in Hong Kong of Jardine, Matheson & Company, Limited.

(4) One member who and whose successors shall be appointed by the senior representative for the time being in Hong Kong of John Swire & Sons Limited.

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(5) The Bishop of Victoria, Hong Kong, as defined in the Bishop of Victoria Incorporation Ordinance, 1935, or in Ordinance

No. 4 of his absence an Anglican clergyman resident in the Colony of

1995. Hong Kong to be appointed by him.

(6) The Dean of St. John's Cathedral in Victoria, Hong Kong for the time being or in his absence a member of the clergy of St. John's Cathedral to be appointed by him.

(7) The minister of the Union Church or in his aħsence the minister of the Methodist Church for the time being.

(8) One registered medical practitioner to be appointed by the Hong Kong and China Branch of the British Medical Association, Hong Kong.

(9) One member to be appointed by the Governor of Hong Kong.

(10) Two registered medical practitioners to be appointed by the members of the Board of Governors :

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Provided that upon the commencement of the Ord-

(a) the power to appoint two registered medical practitioners shall be exercisable by the persons named in paragraphs (1) to (9) inclusive of this Article: and

(6) a Chairman and a Deputy Chairman of the Board of Governors to hold office until the first annual general meeting held in accordance with Article 14 hereof shall be appointed, from among the persons named in paragraphs (1) to (ro) inclusive of this Article, by the Governor of Hong Kong.

8. Save for the Bishop of Victoria, Hong Kong, and the Board of Dean of St. John's Cathedral or their respective nominees and Governors. Tenure of the Minister of the Union Church or of the Methodist Church office. the Governors shall hold office for a period of three years only but shall be eligible for re-appointment.

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9. The Board of Governors shall once in every month and Monthly nay as often as they think fit meet together for the dispatch of meeting business and any two Governors may by notice in writing to the Chairman of the Board of Governors or to the duly appointed Secretary or Secretaries require a meeting to be called at any Lime.

10. At any meeting of the Board of Governors a quorum Quorum. shall be constituted by five members of such Board one of whom must be the Chairman or Deputy Chairman.