Hok Yau Club
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| Motto | To Learn and To Serve（「探求真知、服務社會」） |
| Established | April 1949 |
| President | Mr Ng Tak-kay （伍德基） |
| Mr Tse Kim-ming （謝劍明） | |
| Chairman | Ms Chan Hui Ling （陳曉玲） |
| Address | Head Office/Kowloon Centre |
| Floor 12, Cheung Lee Building, 141 Cheung Sha Wan Road, Sham Shui Po, Kowloon, Hong Kong. | |
| Student Guidance Centre | |
| Ground Floor, No. 129, Lai Ho House, Lai Kok Estate, Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon, Hong Kong. | |
| Members | about 2500 |
| Homepage | http://www.hyc.org.hk |
Hok Yau Club is an independent and non-profit non-governmental organisation (NGO) in Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
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Its aim is to provide support and guidance to students as well as to organise activities for youths. Since the transfer of the sovereignty of Hong Kong
Transfer of the sovereignty of Hong Kong
The transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China, referred to as ‘the Return’ or ‘the Reunification’ by the Chinese and ‘the Handover’ by others, took place on 1 July 1997...
back to the People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
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in 1997, the club has launched a number of civic projects to promote patriotic education to the younger generation. The motto of the club is "To Learn and To Serve"（「探求真知，服務社會」）.
The Club has two venues: Head Office in Sham Shui Po
Sham Shui Po
Sham Shui Po, or Shamshuipo, is an area of Sham Shui Po District, Hong Kong, situated in the northwestern part of the Kowloon Peninsula, north of Tai Kok Tsui, east of Cheung Sha Wan and south of Shek Kip Mei. Sham Shui Po is known for its street market for electronic devices.-History:Sham Shui Po...
, Kowloon
Kowloon
Kowloon is an urban area in Hong Kong comprising the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon. It is bordered by the Lei Yue Mun strait in the east, Mei Foo Sun Chuen and Stonecutter's Island in the west, Tate's Cairn and Lion Rock in the north, and Victoria Harbour in the south. It had a population of...
, which also serves as the club's Kowloon Centre, and a Student Guidance Centre in Cheung Sha Wan
Cheung Sha Wan
Cheung Sha Wan is an area between Lai Chi Kok and Sham Shui Po in New Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is mainly residential to the north and south, with an industrial area in between. Administratively it is part of Sham Shui Po District. The Sham Shui Po District includes Mei Foo as well as Lai Chi...
, Kowloon
Kowloon
Kowloon is an urban area in Hong Kong comprising the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon. It is bordered by the Lei Yue Mun strait in the east, Mei Foo Sun Chuen and Stonecutter's Island in the west, Tate's Cairn and Lion Rock in the north, and Victoria Harbour in the south. It had a population of...
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History
It was founded as "Hok Yau Dancing Club" （學友中西舞蹈研究社） in April 1949 after a prolong discussion among the members of a reader club of the Oversea Chinese Daily（華僑日報）, a popular Hong Kong newspaper at the time. It adapted the currect name in 1975 to reflect the changing nature of the organization.Annual General Meeting
The Annual General MeetingAnnual general meeting
An annual general meeting is a meeting that official bodies, and associations involving the public , are often required by law to hold...
(AGM) is the titular governing body of the Club. It consists of all qualified Voting members with annual membership subscription. The AGM must take place at least once a year. Its function includes scruntinizing the performance of the Standing Committee
Standing Committee
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and the financial report of the Club. The appointment of Honorary Presidents of the Club must be ratified in the AGM.
The AGM is also the electoral body of the Standing Committee and each qualified Voting member is entitled to cast his vote in the election.
Formation
The Club's constitution limits the number of the Committee should consist of six members but no more than nine. Qualified voting members are eligible to vote and stand for the Standing Committee election.The 2009-2011 Standing Committee is the current Standing Committee of Hok Yau Club. The nine-member Committee was chosen in the AGM held on 27 November 2009.
Honorary Patron
The Honorary Patron of the Club is Lady Salina Tsang Siu-mei (née Pow) （曾鮑笑薇）, wife of the present Chief Executive of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Donald Tsang Yam-kuen,GBMGBM
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KBE（曾蔭權）. The former Honorary Patron of the Club was Mrs Betty Tung Hung-ping (née Chiu) （董趙洪娉）, wife of the then Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa（董建華）, who resigned after her husband had stepped down from power in 2005 .
External links
- http://www.hyc.org.hk - Hok Yau Club's official website (in Chinese)
- http://www.student.hk - Website of the Club's Student Guidance Centre (in Chinese)
- http://www.top10news.org/eng/index.php - The Club's Students Top Ten News Election first commenced in 1991.
- http://www.hyc.org.hk/tsd - Tertiary Students Department (in Chinese)