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Annual General Meeting

18 November 2015 James Lam1

The programme rundown

9:00 am Registration and collection of Souvenir(for new principals only)

9:15 am Keynote Speech by Mrs. Marion LAI CHAN Chi-kuen, JP, Permanent Secretary for Education

9:45am Q & A Session

10:15am Tea Break

11:00am 

Annual General Meeting

12:00noon.

Lunch Buffet

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The Agenda of the AGM

1. Adoption of Minutes of last AGM & GM

2. Chairman’s Report for 2014/2015

3. Hon. Treasurer’s Report for 2014/2015

4. A.O.B.

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Chairman’s Report

for 2014/2015

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1. Membership 343 member schools

2. 19 Nov 2014 Annual General Meeting (2014/2015) Guest Speaker : Professor Leung Seung-ming

(CUHK) Topic : Career and Life Planning Education

– The Way Forward

22 May 2015 General Meeting (2014/2015) Guest Speaker : Dr. Carrie Willis,

Chairperson of COTAP Topic : Leadership for Tomorrow

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3. Work of Executive Committee (EC)

3.1 EC Meeting The Executive Committee (EC) held 10 meetings

since the AGM on 19 Nov,2014

3.2 Other Issues The Chairman has been interviewed by media on

various major issues Occupy Central; S.1 Discretionary Places; MOI Policy; Release of Teachers’ Registration Information; Matters Relevant to Chinese History

Curriculum ; Teacher Appointment; SSPA;

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3. Work of Executive Committee (EC)

3.2 Other Issues (cont.) The Chairman has been interviewed by media on

various major issues Lead in Drinking Water; Contract Teachers; Laboratory Technicians; Aftermaths of Occupy Central to Secondary

Students; Further studies in the Mainland; Life-long planning education; TSA

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4. Documents sent to members / Government / uploaded to HKSSSC website 4.1 Newsletter No.2 (2014-15) was sent to members and

uploaded to the HKSSSC website with contents on: Membership The Annual General Meeting (2014/15) General Meeting (2014/15) Sharing Session on Human Resource Management. Co-opted Executive Committee Members

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4. Documents sent to members / Government / uploaded to HKSSSC website 4.2 Newsletter No.3 (2014-15) was sent to members and

uploaded to the HKSSSC website with contents on: Meeting with Mr. Kelvin YEUNG Yum-hung JP.

Under Secretory for Education. Meeting with Anthony LEUNG Kam-chung GBS, JP. Meeting with Mr. Eddie NG Hak-kim, SBS, JP. SE &

Mrs. Marion LAI CHAN Chi-kuen JP, PSE General Meeting (2014/15)

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4. Documents sent to members / Government / uploaded to HKSSSC website 4.3 The Member list (2014-15) was uploaded to HKSSSC

Website.

4.4 The drafted “Response to The Policy Address”, for 2015, prepared by Chairman was sent to the Chief Executive of the HKSAR and uploaded to the HKSSSC website.

4.5 Newsletter No.1 (2015-16) was sent to members and uploaded to the HKSSSC website with contents on: Annual General meeting (2015/16). Membership Renewal / Registrations.

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4. Documents sent to members / Government / uploaded to HKSSSC website 4.6 The drafted “Response to The Policy Address”, for

2016, prepared by Chairman was sent to the Chief Executive of the HKSAR and will upload to the HKSSSC website.

4.7 The Member list (2015-16) will upload to HKSSSC Website.

4.8 The drafted “Manning Scale of Laboratory Technicians” prepared by External Hon. Secretary LAU Chi-yuen was sent to EDB. James Lam11

4. Documents sent to members / Government / uploaded to HKSSSC website 4.9 The drafted “Providing additional teachers to schools

with Band 3 and Bottom 10% students at S1-S3” prepared by the External Hon. Secretary LAU Chi-yuen was sent to EDB.

4.10 A reply letter from EDB in “Providing additional teachers to schools with Band 3 and Bottom 10% students at S1-S3” has been received and was uploaded to the HKSSSC website.

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5. Meetings with EDB 5.1 25 November 2014: The Chairman, together with

five exco members, lunched and discussed with Mr. Yeung Yun Hung JP, Under Secretary for Education, regarding different issues arising from the continuous drop in S.1 intake.

5.2 8 December 2014: The Chairman attended a consultation meeting regarding School Development and Accountability held by the Quality Assurance Inspection Section of the EDB.

5.3 3 January 2015: The Chairman attended a breakfast meeting with the Secretary for Education Mr. Eddie Ng Hak-kim, SBS, JP, relevant to education issues addressed in the Policy Address.

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5. Meetings with EDB 5.4 9 January 2015: The Chairman, together with vice-

chairman, 3 EC members & principals of some member schools, attended a meeting with Mr. YEUNG Yun-hung, Kevin, JP Under Secretary for Education, arranged by HKSSSC. In the meeting, matters arising from decrease in the number of classes due to the drop in S.1 intake were discussed.

5.5 12 January 2015: The Chairman was invited to a dinner party initiated by Mrs TSE LING Kit-ching, Cherry, JP Permanent Secretary for Education.

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5. Meetings with EDB 5.6 14 January 2015: The Chairman attended a meeting

convened by the EDB, regarding the education-related initiatives addressed in the 2015 Policy Address reiterated by Mr. Ng Kak-kim, SBS, JP, Secretary for Education.

5.7 22 January 2015: The Chairman attended a meeting convened by the IT section of the EDB, regarding the Funding for the Forth strategy on IT in Education and statistics on photo-copying and scanning at schools.

5.8 28 January 2015: The Chairman attended a meeting convened by the EDB and Hong Kong Hong Kong Reprographic Rights Licensing Society (HKRRLS).

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5. Meetings with EDB 5.9 28 January 2015: The Chairman attended a meeting

convened by the Advisory Committee on Anti-drug Measures in School Setting of the EDB.

5.10 2 February 2015: The Chairman attended a SCITE meeting held by the Committee of Professional Development of Teachers and Principals of the EDB.

5.11 13 February 2015: The Chairman was invited to lunch with the Deputy Secretary for Education, Dr. Catherine KK Chan.

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5. Meetings with EDB 5.12 11 March 2015: The Chairman, together with all the

exco-members, met the Secretary for Education, Mr. Ng Kak-kim, SBS, JP, Permanent Secretary for Education, Mrs. Lai Chan Chi Kuen, Marion, JP and her subordinates.

5.13 28 May 2015: The Chairman attended a PLM 334 meeting held by EDB.

5.14 3 June 2015: The Chairman, together with several exco members, discussed different issues with Mrs. Hong Chan Tsui Wah, Deputy Secretary for Education (4), including Class Suspension, Funding Back to EDB, Resources Management of staff and Major Repair works.

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5. Meetings with EDB 5.15 9 June 2015: The Chairman and the Joint

Committee discussed different issues similar to item 5.14 above with Mrs. Hong Chan Tsui Wah, Deputy Secretary for Education (4).

5.16 10 June 2015: The Chairman attended a consultation meeting held by the EDB, relevant to calculation of Manpower of Laboratory Technicians.

5.17 23 June 2015: The Chairman attended an evaluation meeting regarding Principalship Portfolio held by EDB.

5.18 24 June 2015: The Chairman attended a meeting co-organized by EDB and Hong Kong Reprographic Rights Licensing Society (HKRRLS).

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5. Meetings with EDB 5.19 3 July 2015: The Chairman met Ms Wong Hok-ling

Jessie, Deputy Secretary for Education (2), regarding S1 placement.

5.20 3 July 2015: The Chairman attended an interim evaluation meeting regarding NSS held by EDB.

5.21 14 July 2015: The Chairman attended a consultation meeting regarding Teacher Registration held by EDB.

5.22 16 July 2015: The Chairman attended a meeting regarding the retirement age of teachers held by EDB.

5.23 19 August 2015: The Chairman attended a meeting held by the HKRRLS and EDB.

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5. Meetings with EDB 5.24 27 August 2015: The Chairman attended a meeting

held by the HKRRLS of EDB.

5.25 2 September 2015: The Chairman met Mr. Ng Hak-kim, SBS, JP, Secretary for Education regarding the incident of lead in drinking water.

5.26 12 October 2015: The Chairman visited the military sites in Zhuang Shan, China with EDB official.

5.27 27 October 2015: The Chairman attended a Special Education meeting.

5.28 27 October 2015: The Chairman attended a PLM 334 meeting of NSS organized by EDB.

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6. Meetings with other Educational or Related Bodies

• The Chairman attended over 100 meetings / activities.

7. Matters related to the Liability Insurance for the Executive Committee.

8. Matter related to the HKRRLS. James Lam21

Thank You

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