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THE COMPANIES' ORDINANCES 1911-1915

COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

Memorandum of Association

of

THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC COMPANY,

LIMITED.

First.-The name of the Company is "THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC COMPANY, LIMITED."

Second-The Registered Office of the Company will be situate at Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong.

are:-

Third.—The objects for which the Company is established

(a) To carry on at Hongkong, Kowloon, in China, or else- where the business of an Electric Light Company in all its branches and in particular to construct, lay down, establish, fix and carry out all necessary cables, wires, lines, accumulators, lamps and works and to generate, accumulate, distribute and supply electricity, and to light cities, towns, streets, docks, markets, theatres, buildings and places both public and private.

(b) To carry on the business of electricians, mechanical engineers, suppliers of electricity for the purpose of light, heat, motive power, for pumping, or otherwise, and also

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