Goals and Missions
- To promote the study of endocrinology, metabolism and reproduction.
- To co-ordinate and correlate the efforts of organisations, companies, associations, societies, institutions, statutory bodies and other authorities and individuals interested in endocrinology, metabolism and reproduction.
- To promote, foster, develop and assist the medical and allied professions in the study of and the acquisition, dissemination and application of knowledge and information concerning endocrinology, metabolism and reproduction.
- To encourage and stimulate research in endocrinology, metabolism and reproduction in furtheMnce of the objects of the Society.
- To stimulate public interest and provide public education in endocrinology, metabolism and reproduction.
- To encourage, assist and arrange for medical practitioners, scientists, students and others to come to Hong Kong for the purposes of research and study, and for the purposes of teaching and demonstrating theory and practice relating to endocrinology, metabolism and reproduction.
- To encourage, assist and arrange for medical practitioners, scientists, students and others to travel abroad and engage in research study and training and to gain experience in modern methods in endocrinology, metabolism and reproduction.
- To encourage, arrange for and assist students, medical practitioners, scientists and others from Hong Kong and from abroad to undertake research in endocrinology, metabolism and reproduction.
- To co-operate with other bodies or organisations both within Hong Kong and overseas having objects in whole or in part similar to the objects of the Society.
- To establish, subsidise, promote, co-operate with, receive into union or affiliation, subscribe and donate to or become a member of, control, manage, superintend, lend or give monetary assistance to or otherwise aid charitable associations, institutions and organisations with objects of charitable nature and beneficial to the community and substantially similar to these objects provided that the Society may not support with its funds any object, or endeavour to impose on or procure to be observed by its members or others, any regulation, restriction or condition which if an object of the Society would make it a Trade Union.
- To raise money by all lawful means and to solicit receive and enlist financial and other aid from individuals, trusts, companies, corporations, associations, societies, institutions and other organisations or authorities and from Governments, Departments of State and public bodies and to conduct fund-raising campaigns for the purpose of furthering the objects of the Society.
- To promote, obtain and achieve any of the objects of the Society by or through the facilities available in any public or private hospital, established university, recognised medical, scientific or research institute, council, faculty, school or like institution and to make outright donations of money, apparatus and equipment and give subsidies to the same.
- To arrange or provide monetary assistance for and establish scholarships and make donations to students, medical practitioners, scientists and other persons for the purposes of research and study or for the purposes of teaching and demonstrating their professional skill in the knowledge of endocrinology, metabolism and reproduction.
- To make such grants to or in aid of or to make donations or give assistance to or to make contracts with such individuals, trusts, corporations, associations, societies, institutions or other organisations or authorities whether within or outside Hong Kong, in furtherance of the objects of the Society.
- To make known and further the objects and activities of the Society by the publication and distribution of papers, journals and other publications and by advertising in any medium or by any means.
- To collect funds and to solicit, receive, enlist and accept financial and other aid subscriptions, donations and bequests from individuals, trusts and other organisations or authorities, and from Governments, public bodies in furtherance of the objects of the Society as far as the law will permit and subject to the provisions of any relevant statute, rule, regulation or by-law and/or any licence issued in pursuance thereof.
- To draw, make, accept, endorse, discount, negotiate, execute and issue promissory notes, bills of exchange, and other negotiable or transferable instruments.
- To borrow or raise and give security for money by the issue of, or upon bonds, debentures, bills of exchange, promissory notes and other obligations, or securities of the Society, or by mortgage or charge upon all or any part of the property of the Society, mortgage of which is not specifically prohibited by the Society's title to the property.
- To invest the moneys of the Society not immediately required for its purposes in or upon such investments; securities or property as may be thought tit, and to lend money to and guarantee the performance of the contracts or obligations of any company, firm or person.
- To undertake the following objects of the Society:
- To arrange, engage in and carry on general or particular research work upon such lines as the Council may from time to time determine and to acquire, erect, equip, maintain and conduct such laboratories and other facilities as may be deemed desirable.
- To employ and engage clerks, senants, persons whose senice may be deemed necessary or desirable for the purpose of the operations of the Society.
- To purchase, take on lease, or in exchange, hire or otherwise acquire any real or personal property, and any rights or privileges which the Society may think necessary or convenient for the purposes of the Society.
- To advance and lend money on the security of land, buildings, hereditaments and premises of any tenure or description, shares, securities, merchandise and other property in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and/or elsewhere, and generally to lend and advance money to such persons, firms or companies upon such terms and subject to such conditions as may seem expedient.
- To promote, establish, superintend, conduct, control and assist committees and other forms of organisation and administration for the purpose of widening the influence and operations of the Society.
- To assist in any way deemed desirable by the Council any other body or organisation in connection with the conduct of any research or similar work which the Council consider to be in the interests of the Society or to be conducive to the attainment of any of its objects.
- To undertake and execute any trusts the undertaking whereof the Council may determine necessary or desirable for the carrying out of any of the objects of the Society and to accept any gift, endowment, bequest or devise made to the Society generally or for the purpose of any specific object and to carry out any trusts attached to any gift, endowment, bequest or devise providing that the Society shall only deal with any property which is subject to any trusts in which manner as is allowed by law having regard to such trusts.
- To enter into any arrangements and take all necessary or proper steps with any governments or authorities of any place in which the Society may have interests, and to carry on any negotiations or operations for the purpose of directly or indirectly promoting the purposes of the Society or effecting any modifications in the constitution of the Society, and to oppose any steps taken by any other company, firm or person which may- be considered likely directly or indirectly to prejudice the purposes of the Society.
- To establish, maintain and conduct such societies, committees and councils for the promotion of the social, economic, cultural, physical and recreational welfare and advancement of the community.
- To collect and disseminate information of any event or happening beneficial to the community.
- To organise and hold lectures, discussions, debates and other meetings and to arrange concerts, exhibitions, play and cinema shows for acquisition, dissemination, demonstration and application of knowledge, information and practice concerning endocrinology, metabolism and reproduction.
- To open and operate any banking account or accounts with any bank or banks for the purposes of the Society, and for such purposes to make, give, accept, endorse, transfer, discount and negotiate bills of exchange, promissory notes, cheques or other similar instruments.
- To make, rescind, add to or amend such bylaws or regulations not inconsistent with any ordinance or with the Articles of Association of the Society for the time being in force for the regulation or control of any of the property or affairs of the Society as deemed necessary or desirable by the Council.
- To do all such acts, matters and things and to enter into and make such agreements as are incidental or conducive to the attainment of the above objects or any of them.