To: All members

From: Elsie Chan, Honorary Secretary

Date: 4 June2010

Notice of Annual General Meeting, Extraordinary General Meetingand Luncheon Talk by Prof. Chan Sin-wai

Notice is hereby given that an Annual General Meeting (AGM), an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) and a luncheon talk will be held on 26 June2010 (Sat) at 12:30 p.m. at 3/F, Shanghai Fraternity Association, South China Building, 1 Wyndham Street, Central, Hong Kong 香港中環雲咸街1號南華大廈3樓上海總會.

The agenda of the AGM is as follows:

  1. To pass the minutes of the last AGM 2009 (Attachment 1);
  2. To pass the President’s annual report 2009-10(Attachment 2);
  3. To pass the Hon. Auditor’s audited financial report 2009(to be tabled);
  4. To elect members of a new Executive Committee (EC) 2010-12 (nomination form and proxy form attached);
  5. Any other business.

The agendum of the EGM is as follows:

To consider and if thought fit, pass the following resolution as a Special Resolution:

THAT the existing Clause 14 of the Articles of Association be amended by the underlined changes:

5.The Committee shall elect 7 of their numbers to act as: —

  1. President
  2. Vice-president (Internal)
  3. Vice-president (External)
  4. Honorary Secretary
  5. Honorary Treasurer
  6. Membership Secretary
  7. Editor for Bulletin

The President shall take the chair at all meetings of the Committee. In the absence of President and Vice-presidents, the Committee may appoint some other Member present to act as Chairman at the meeting then being held.

Members are cordially invited to come to the AGM and VOTE for your desired candidates to serve you in the new EC.Ordinary Members, Life Members and Fellows have the right to vote and stand for election.In accordance withClauses10 and 24 of the Articles of Association of the Translation Society providing for the composition of a new EC,four seats shall be assumed by incumbent members nominated by the retiring EC to serve on the ensuing termto ensure steady transition;four seats shall be open to election at the AGM, and the eight members together shall co-opt four other members to serve on the Committee.Atthe last meeting of the retiring EC held on 27 May 2010, the following four members had been nominatedto serve on the ensuing term: Dr. Elsie Chan, Prof. Leo Chan, Prof. Joseph Poon, Ms. Candy Wong.

Exercise your voting right by returning the attached nomination form at or before the AGM.

After the AGM and EGM, the Society is honored to haveProf. Chan Sin-wai 陳善偉教授speak to us on the following topic: Random Thoughts on Translation Technology 漫談翻譯科技.

Bio of Prof.Chan Sin-wai

Chan Sin-wai, Professor in the Department of Translation at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, is Chairman of the Department and Director of the Centre for Translation Technology. His research interests are computer translation and bilingual lexicography. His recent publications include Longman Dictionary of English Language and Culture (Bilingual Edition) (2003), A Dictionary of Translation Technology (2004), A Topical Bibliography of Computer(-aided) Translation (2008), A Chronology of Translation in China and the West: From the Legendary Period to 2004 (2009), and Famous Chinese Sayings Quoted by Wen Jiabao (2009).

(Please reply byJune 18.)

AGM-cum-EGM-cum-Luncheon Reservation Form

To: Dr. Wang Ling, Membership Secretary

Fax: 26037843

Email: ;

The charge for the luncheon, payable at the door, is only $120 ($180 for non-members).*

* No-show Penalty: Members and their guests who fail to show up after having reserved a seat are required to pay a penalty of $120 per person, chargeable to the members who made the reservation.

 I will participate in the AGM luncheon to be held on 26 June 2010.

 I will bring the following guest(s):

Name:Signature:

Date:

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Nomination/Proxy Form

(Election of the Executive Committee 2010-12)

I wish to nominate the following Life/Ordinary Member(s) for electionof the Executive Committee 2010-12 on 26 June 2010:

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I cannot come to the AGM but I hereby authorize the following Life/Ordinary Member to act as my proxy for the election of the Executive Committee 2010-12 on 26 June 2010:

Name:Signature:

Date:

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