CO129-521-11 Tung Wah Hospital Ordinance- 1930 17-12-1930 - 16-12-1931 — Page 7

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financial support of guilds, firms and associations.

To include them in the membership a definition

of "Society" has been inserted which is adopted

from the definition in 13 & 14 Geo. 5, c. 14, s. 11.

Section 3. This provides for the continued existence

of the corporation created in 1870 and lays down

rules as to the membership of the corporation.

Section 4. This sets out the objects of the

corporation and accords with its traditional

practice.

Section 5 deals with the powers of the corporation

which are in effect the same as those conferred

by Ordinance No. 1 of 1870.

Section 6 provides for the execution of deeds by the

corporation, which is to the same effect as

section 7 of Ordinance No. 9 of 1904.

Section 7 provides for vesting of the properties in the

corporation.

Sections 8, 9, 10 and 11. The number of Directors

has been increased from a minimum of 6 and a

maximum of 16, to a minimum of 18 and a maximum

of 30, 6 of whom shall be residents of Kowloon

or New Kowloon. The other provisions of the se

sections generally express the existing practice

as to elections and the functions of directors.

Permanent advisers have for some years past been

appointed by His Excellency the Governor.

It

was suggested that the Board of Directors should

consist not only of the current Directors, but

of the whole Board of Directors of the previous

year.

On further consideration it was thought

that this arrangement would make the Board of

Directors, unusually large and unwieldy. On the

other hand, it seems desirable that representatives

of the previous year's Directors should be

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