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Term of Office

6.

The terms of office of members of the Board shall be as follows:-

(a)

the Chairman and Vice-Chairman shall hold office for a period of three years from the date of their appointment and shall be eligible for re-appointment;

(b) members shall serve for a term of three years and shall be

eligible for re-appointment;

(c) H.E. The Governor:-

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

Shall remove from the Board any member who becomes bankrupt or makes an arrangement of composition with his creditors generally or is incapacitated from acting or who is convicted of any criminal offence involving moral turpitude or ceases to be resident in Hong Kong or who communicates to the Chairman or Clerk a wish to resign;

may require any Governor who is absent from all meetings of the Board during a period of one year to resign from the Board;

may in his discretion require the Chairman, Vice-Chairman or any member to resign his appointment to the Board.

Vacancies

7.

(a) (i)

(ii)

Every vacancy on the Board shall as soon as possible be notified to the Director who shall take the necessary steps to fill it;

a member appointed to fill such a vacancy shall hold office only for the unexpired term of office of the member in whose place he is appointed; he shall notwithstanding be eligible for re-appointment;

(b) in the event of the Chairman being temporarily unable to perform the

functions of his office the Vice-Chairman shall act in his stead; where both the Chairman and the Vice-Chairman are absent then the members of the Board shall choose one of their number present to act as Chairman for the time being;

(c)

in the event of a member being temporarily unable to perform his functions as a member H.E. The Governor may appoint such a person as he thinks fit to act as a member of the Board for the period of absence of the substantive member.

Pecuniary Interest

8. No member of the Board shall take or hold any interest directly or indirectly in any property belonging to the College otherwise than as a trustee for the purpose thereof nor without the specific approval of H.E. The Governor in writing receive any remuneration for his service as a member. If in relation to the affairs of the College a member of the Board should be interested directly or indirectly in any contract or proposed contract he shall declare his interest at any meeting at which he is present and shall withdraw from the meeting for the duration of the discussion in relation to such contract.

Vice-Chairman

9. The duties of the Vice-Chairman shall include acting for the Chairman during the latter's absence and such other responsibilities as the Chairman with the approval of the members may determine.

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