The Council at its meeting held on 28 January 2010 adopted the nomination procedures for election of Vice President (VP) for Session 2010/2011 on the day of the 35th Annual General Meeting (AGM).

Please note that there will be one vacant post of VP and the nomination period will be open on 8 February 2010. In accordance with paragraph 2.1 of the Procedures and Schedule for VP Nomination, each nomination must be proposed by a current Council Member and supported by four current Council Members, where each Council Member could propose or support one nomination only for each vacancy. The requirements of VP as stipulated in Article 16 Clause (b) of the Constitution are extracted below:

"The Vice Presidents shall be nominated by the Council from among the Fellows who have been Council Members for at least two years for election by Corporate Members on the day of the Annual General Meeting. …"

Each nomination shall be delivered to the Secretary in writing on the Nomination Form and be submitted together with the following supplementary information set out by the Candidate on a single sided A4 paper for circulation to Council Members for consideration:

- personal information
- present position or occupation and brief work history
- membership and offices (present and/or former) held in the Institution
- a brief supporting statement

Nomination Form, Procedures and Schedule for VP Nomination and other details for election of VP could be downloaded from the HKIE website at www.hkie.org.hk starting from 8 February 2010. Nominations must be delivered to the Secretary on or before Friday, 12 March 2010 5:30pm.

Please also be informed that the 35th AGM of the Institution will be held on Monday, 28 June 2010. The time and venue of the AGM will be announced in due course.