In accordance with Article 56 of the Articles of Association of The Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries (the Institute), Bony MY Chow FCIS FCS, Fion TY Lai FCIS FCS and Daniel CW Tang FCIS FCS(PE) being the scrutineers duly appointed by Council of the Institute, have duly taken control of and examined the voting papers delivered to the Institute as of 6.00 pm on 3 December 2018.  At the scrutineers’ meeting held at 6.30 pm on the same day, the ballot vote counting procedures for election of Council members for 2019 were duly completed.

A total of 324 voting papers were received, of which 314 voting papers were valid and 10 voting papers were rejected. The grounds for rejection were:

(i) Four forms were from graduates and registered students who are not eligible to vote.

(ii) One form was from a member who has not paid subscription.

(iii) Two forms were duplicate forms.

(iv) One form was completed with more than seven candidates chosen.

(v) Two forms were submitted by the same member without instructions as to which form should be taken.

The total number of votes cast for the candidates were as follows:

The seven candidates elected to Council of the Institute for 2019 are:

Loretta WM Chan FCIS FCS

David YH Fu FCIS FCS(PE)

Ernest CH Lee FCIS FCS(PE)

Prof CK Low FCIS FCS

Natalia KM Seng FCIS FCS(PE)

Xie Bing FCIS FCS

Wendy WY Yung FCIS FCS

Thank you for your participation in the Council election.