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REPORT OF AGM & ELECTION RESULT OF CHAIRPERSON & GEN. COMM. MEMBERS FOR TERM 2016-2017
We have the honor to invite the representative from KPMG to tabulate voting result. The elected Chairperson and General Committee Members to serve for the term January 01, 2016 - December 31, 2017 [HCMC & HANOI Chapter] are as follows (in alphabetical order):

Chairperson
Mr. Michael Chiu | AppliancZ Vietnam JSC
General Committee Members
Mr. Frederick Burke | Baker & McKenzie (VN) Ltd.
Mr. Cherish Chan | Hager Electro Ltd – VN Rep. Office
Mr. Patrick Chung | Vietnam Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Ltd.
Mr. Neil Harvey | Arup Vietnam Limited
Mr. Cosimo Jencks | Hong Kong Land
Mr. Alan Kan | Lake Side Hotel
Ms. Winnie Lam | GNT Education JSC
Mr. Lo Kwok Luen | Sun Wah Properties Vietnam JSC
Mr. Pham Hong Hai | HSBC Bank Vietnam Ltd.
Ms. Stella So | Gourmet Development Co., Ltd.
Mr. Water Sung | Orient Star Logistics International Ltd.
Mr. Fred Wong | Long Victory International Ltd.
The extraordinary General Committee Meeting will be held on January 13, 2015, if you have any issues to raise at this meeting, please feel free to send in writing to our HKBAV Secretariat, we'll include them into the Agenda for discussion.
Besides, the 2015 Chairperson’s Report and Treasurer’s Financial Statement [Audited by KPMG Limited Vietnam] have been delivered to the present Members during the Annual General Meeting. The Statement of receipts and payments for the period from 1 November 2014 to 31 October 2015 was unanimously approved by all Members present.
If you have any queries or suggestions, please feel free to contact our Secretariat at hcmc@hkbav.org or hanoi@hkbav.org
Thank you for your kind attention.
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