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Director to be indemnified.

Amendments

and alterations. Sebedule,

Saving.

Repeal. (Cu). 100.)

(b) person who was a director during that year;

(c) member of the advisory board; and

(4) voting member.

8. Every director shall be indemnified by the corporation against liability for any acts of the corporation.

9. (1) The Schedule may be amended by resolution of the board with the prior approval of the advisory board.

(2) Any such resolution shall be published in the Gazerfe and shall, unless otherwise provided, come into operation on the day of such publication.

10. Nothing in this Ordinance shall affect or be deemed to affect the rights of Her Majesty the Queen, Her Heirs or Successors, or the rights of any body politic or corporate or of any other persons except such as are mentioned in this Ordinance and those claiming by, from or under them.

11. The Po Leung Kuk Incorporation Ordinance is repealed.

CJCca

I.

(Cap. 213.)

Power

SCHEDULE

Ess. 2, 4 and 9.3

The objects of the corporation shall be (e) to provide and maintain a temporary home for women and children who, in the opinion of the board, are in need of care and protection until proper provision is made for their marriage, adoption or settlement in life or otherwise for their welfare:

(6) to provide accommodation as a place of refuge for the purposes of the Protection of Women and Juveniles Ordinance for women and children, and where appropriate to provide care for such persons;

(e) to provide vocational training and education is suitable cases for women and children who are in the care of the corporation and for such other children as the board thinks it:

(d) to establish, maintain and manage homes and nurseries;

(e) to establish, maintain and manage schools and other educațional

institutions in Hong Kong;

to establish and support, and to aid in the establishment and support of, any other charitable organizations formed for all or any of the objects of the corporation:

(g) to provide all kinds of social services for the Hong Kong com-

munity.

2.

Without prejudice to any other Ordinance, the corporation shall have the following powers-

(a) to acquire, take on lease, purchase, bold and enjoy any property and invest moneys upon mortgage of any immovable property or

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upon the mortgages, debentures, slocks, funds, shares or invest- meals specified in the Second Schedule of the Trustee Ordinamon;

(8) with the approval of the Governor, to grant, sell, convey, assign. surrender, exchange, partition, yield up, mortgage, transfer or otherwise dispose of any immovable property":

(c) to let for any period not exceeding three years any immovable

property:

(d) with the consent of the advisory board, to let for any period exceeding three years any immovable property, or to sell, convey. assign, surrender, exchange, parution, yield up, mortgage, demise. reassign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any debentures, stocks, shares, investments, vessels or other goods or chattels vested in the corporation:

(c) to develop and turn to account any immovable property acquired by the corporation or in which the corporation is interested, in particular by laying out and preparing the same for building purposes, constructing, altering, pulling down, decorating, main- taining, furnishing. fitting up and improving huildings and by planting. laying drainage, letting on building leases or entering into building agreement

() to demolish, resite, rebuild, construct, develop and improve any property acquired or purchased by the corporation or in which the corporation is interested, and to apply to any tribunal or court or authority for any order, licence, permission and exemp- tion required therefor, and to do such other things as the cor- poration may think At in order to carry out its objects;

(e) to accept any gift of property, whether subject to any special

trust or not, for the benefit of the corporation;

(6) to take such steps by personal or written appeals, public meetings or otherwise as may be deemed expedient for the purpose of procuring contributions to the funds of the corporation, in the form of donations, annual subscriptions, or otherwise;

(0 to print and publish any newspapers, periodicals, books or leaflets that the corporation may think desirable for the promotion of its objects,

() with the consent of the advisory board, to borrow or otherwise raise money on such security as may be necessary and, for that purpose, to charge all or any part of the property of the cor- poration;

(k) to undertake and execute any trusts or any agency business which may seem directly or indirectly conducive to any of the objects of the corporation:

(1) to subscribe to any local or other charities and to grant donations for any public purpose and to pay a gratuity, pension or allow- ance on retirement to any servant or the dependants of any servant of the corporation and to make contributions to any fund and pay premiums for the purchase or provision of any such gratuity, pension or allowance;

(n) to purchase or otherwise acquire and undertake all or any part of the property, liabilities and engagements of any company,

Kup. 29.)