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THE
HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY
(WESTERN
CANADA) ASSOCIATION
FORM 3
SOCIETY ACT
Constitution
1. The name of the society is
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Western Canada) Association
2. The Purposes of the society are
- To support the goals and activities of The Hong Kong Polytechnic
University including both the former Hong Kong Polytechnic and Hong Kong
Technical College (hereinafter referred to as the "PolyU").
- To develop and maintain close relationship and contact between the
Society and the PolyU.
- To promote better communication, interaction, and academic exchange
between the Canadian community and the PolyU.
- To enhance the friendship, communication and fellowship among the
Society members.
- To promote better integration of the Society members and other
immigrants to Canada into the Canadian community.
- To promote and cater the welfare and common interests of the Society
members and the community at large.
- To set up and run forums on career choices and career options for the
Society members and the community at large.
- To promote linkage between Canadian educational institutions and the
PolyU.
- To establish scholarships for Canadian students/scholars to
study/conduct research at the PolyU.
- To establish scholarships for the PolyU students/scholars to
student/conduct research at Canadian institutions.
- To promote and hold either alone or in conjunction with any other
corporation or association, club or person any competition, meeting,
conference, visit, seminar, lecture, exhibition or performance of any kind
with a view to furthering the Society’s objects and the raising of money
for the purposes of the Society and to offer, give, contribute to and
distribute prizes, awards and bonuses in connection therewith and to
promote, give, hold or support dinners, balls, meetings, concerts and
other functions for the purposes aforesaid.
3. The activities and purposes of the Society shall
be carried on without purpose of gain for its members and any income, profits or
other accretions to the Society shall be used in promoting the purposes of the
Society.
4. In the event of the winding-up or dissolution
of the Society, all the funds and assets of the Society remaining after the
payment or satisfaction of all costs, charges, expenses, debts and liabilities
of the Society, including the remuneration (if any) of a liquidator, and after
payment to employees of the Society of any arrears of salaries or wages, and
after the payment of any debts of the Society, shall be given, transferred and
distributed to such organizations that are registered charities pursuant to the
provisions of the Income Tax Act that shall be designated by the members
of the Society at the time of the winding-up or dissolution of the Society and
if effect cannot be given to the aforesaid provisions, such funds shall be
given, transferred and distributed to such organizations that are determined by
the members of the Society to be registered charities pursuant to the provisions
of the Income Tax Act which have purposes similar to those of the Society.
5.
- The Society shall not support with its funds, or impose on, or procure
to be observed by its members or others, any regulation or restriction
which, if an object of the Society would make it a trade union;
- The PolyU shall have no responsibility whatsoever for the acts of the
Society and the Society is not and shall not at any time claim of purport
to be connected with or represent the PolyU in any way, nor shall the
Society invoke the name of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (otherwise
than having the word "The Hong Kong Polytechnic University" form
part of the full name of the Society) in any way in carrying out its
objects or any of them.
6. Paragraph 3, 4, and 5 of the Constitution are
unalterable in accordance with section 22 of the Society Act.
(For more details, please refer to our constitution booklet. )
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