CONSTITUTION

NAME OF ASSOCIATION
1. The name of the Association shall be the Hong Kong Association of Creation Research "香港創世科學會".

AIM
2. The Association exists to promote interest in, stimulate teaching of, and research in Creation Science.

STATEMENT OF FAITH
3. We believe in:

1. (a) The Holy Bible, which is the fully and uniquely inspired Word of God, the only infallible, sufficient and authoritative rule of faith and practice;
2. (b) One God, eternally existent in three Persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit;
3. (c) The Deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, His virgin birth, His sinless life, His vicarious death and atonement through His shed blood, His bodily resurrection, His ascension, His mediatorial intercession and His personal return in power and glory. He is the only Savior of mankind;
4. (d) The salvation of lost and sinful men through regeneration by the Holy Spirit; salvation is by grace through faith;
5. (e) The indwelling of the believer by the Holy Spirit, enabling the Christian to live a godly life and to serve the Lord in the power of the Spirit;
6. (f) The resurrection of both the saved and the lost; they that are saved into the resurrection of life and they that are lost unto the resurrection of damnation;
7. (g) The spiritual unity of all believers in our Lord Jesus Christ, who comprise the Body of Christ.

MEMBERSHIP
4. Membership is open to any person who is interested in the aims of the Association, and subscribes to its Statement of Faith. There shall be no entrance fee for membership of the Association. Members may be enrolled in any one of the following grades on payment of the appropriate subscription and shall be entitled to enjoy the rights and privileges specified in each case.

1. (a). Full Membership: On the payment of the annual subscription, full members shall have the rights: (i) to receive current publications of the Association; (ii) to submit manuscripts for consideration for inclusion in current publications of the Association; (iii) to receive notice of and to attend all general meetings, whether Annual or Extraordinary, with the rights to vote; (iv) to receive notices of and to attend conferences and meetings of the Association; (v) to be nominated, and to make nominations, for election to the Executive Committee subject to the Regulations of the Association; (vi) to enjoy such other rights and privileges as the Executive Committee may from time to time determine.
2. (b). Joint Membership: Husband and wife may subscribe to Joint Membership which shall entitle both parties to all the rights and privileges of Full Membership listed under item (a) except (i); the joint members shall have the right to receive one and not two copies of current publications of the Association.
3. (c). Corporate Membership: A college, school, educational institution, church or other relevant society in an educational institution, or a non-educational institution or society with the approval of the Executive Committee, may become Corporate Member on payment of appropriate annual subscription. Corporate membership entitles the institution to (i) receive current publications of the Association (ii) submit manuscripts for consideration for inclusion in current publications of the Association (iii) receive notices of and to send one representative only to attend the Annual General Meeting with the rights of voting; (iv) receive notices of and to send as many representatives to meetings as desired (unless otherwise specified) but to send one representative only to meetings where numbers are restricted (as stated in the notice of meeting); (v) to enjoy such other rights and privileges as the Executive Committee may from time to time determine.
4. (d). Life Membership: Any person may become a Life Member of the Association on payment of a single composition fee as specified in the Regulations. Life Membership enjoys all the rights and privileges of Full Membership listed under (a).
5. (e). Honorary Membership: Honorary Members shall be elected by the Executive Committee in manner specified in the Regulations and shall not be required to pay any subscription. They shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges of Full Membership listed under (a) except (v).
6. (f). Student Membership: On the payment of the annual subscription, Student Members shall have all the rights as the Full Members in manner specified in the Regulations listed under (a) except (iii) and (v). Student Members shall also have the right to receive notices of and to attend the Annual General Meeting but without the right of voting. Only full time students can become Student Members.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
5. The Executive Committee (EXCO) of the Association shall consist of the Officers and representatives as shall be prescribed in the Regulations. The Committee is empowered to arrange the business and conduct of the Association in accordance with the aims prescribed in Article 2.

OFFICERS
6. The Officers of the Association shall be the Chairman, the Honorary Secretary, the Honorary Treasurer, and two elected members.

CHAIRMAN
7. The Chairman of the Association, who shall also be Chairman of the Executive Committee, shall be elected at the Annual General Meeting, and shall be an Officer of the Executive Committee for at least one term.

OTHER OFFICERS OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
8. The Honorary Secretary, the Honorary Treasurer, and the Elected Members shall be elected at the Annual General Meeting from among Members of the Association of at least one year standing.

HONORARY MEMBERS
9. The Executive Committee shall have power to elect persons as Honorary Presidents and Honorary Members of the Association in manner specified in the Regulations.

LANGUAGE
10. The Association is a bilingual organization, thus either English or Chinese may be used at all its meetings, though for reasons of economy or convenience, the Executive Committee may choose to use either one language or the other for the Association's written records, minutes, notices, circulars, communications, internal and external correspondence, etc.

GENERAL MEETINGS
11. All business of the Association shall be transacted at General Meetings which shall be called for by the Honorary Secretary in accordance with the Regulations.

In each calendar year there shall be an Annual General Meeting, which shall be held not later than 1st March, for the purpose of receiving the report of the Executive Committee and the minutes of the previous Annual General Meeting, of examining the accounts of the previous financial year, of electing officers of the Executive Committee and of transacting general business. There shall also be many other general meetings as the Executive Committee may decide.

EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETINGS
12. Upon the written request jointly signed by seven full members of the Association, the Chairman shall hold an Extraordinary General Meeting within one month of receiving such a request. The request for the calling of an Extraordinary General Meeting shall specify the object for which the Meeting is to be called. The discussion at the Extraordinary General Meeting must be strictly confined to the objective stated in the request. The method of notifying members and the quorum shall be the same as that of the Annual General Meeting.

REMOVAL OF MEMBERS
13. The Executive Committee shall have power to remove from the Association any member who shall have acted detrimentally to the objects of the Association. No member shall be removed except by a vote of a two-thirds majority, at a meeting of the Executive Committee duly called for the purpose and provided that the member concerned shall have had an opportunity of being heard by the Executive Committee.

AVAILABILITY OF CONSTITUTION
14. Copies of the Association's Constitution and regulations should be sent to all members on joining, and should always be made readily available to members on request.

AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION
15. The Constitution may be amended after due notice at any General Meeting of the Association provided that two-thirds of the members present are willing to vote to support the amendment.

DISSOLUTION OF THE ASSOCIATION
16.The Association shall be dissolved if two-thirds of the members present at a General Meeting are willing to vote to support such a proposal.

In the event of dissolution of the Association, the liability of members and the arrangement for the disposal of an assets shall be as laid down in the Regulations.

REGULATIONS

MEMBERSHIP AND DESCRIPTION
1. Any person may become a Life Member of the Association on payment of a composition fee equivalent to 10 times of the annual subscription for Full Membership currently in force.

2. Honorary Presidents of the Association shall be elected at a meeting of the Executive Committee duly called for the purpose.

3. Honorary Membership shall be offered to Representative of relevant departments of higher education and research institutes who shall not be required to pay any subscription during their term.

4. The annual subscriptions, which may be changed from time to time by a two-third-majority vote at any General Meeting, for the various categories of membership shall be as follows:

• Full Membership $150 per annum
• Family Membership $200 per annum
• Corporate Membership $250 per annum
• Student Membership $50 per annum
• All annual subscriptions are due on 1st January in each year.

5. Membership shall be deemed to have lapsed if the annual subscription remains unpaid before the commencement of the Annual General Meeting.

6. A person whose membership has lapsed, may apply for re-admission to the Association.

OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
7. The Executive Committee shall consist of the Officers and Representatives from other institutions.

8. The Officers of the Executive Committee shall be nominated and seconded only with the consent of the nominee. Election shall take place at the Annual General Meeting by a show of hands.

9. All officers of the Executive Committee shall hold office for two years from the time of election.

10. No officer of the Executive Committee shall be permitted to continue to be in office for more than three consecutive terms.

11. No meeting of the Executive Committee shall be valid unless the Chairman, or the Vice-Chairman, or the Honorary Secretary is present together with no less than four other officers of the Executive Committee.

12. In the event of an Officer of the Executive Committee being temporarily unable to perform his duties, a substitute who shall have full voting rights may be elected in similar manner at any General Meeting. Pending the holding of such a General Meeting the Executive Committee shall be empowered to co-opt a substitute.

13. The Executive Committee shall have the power to co-opt not more than two members for an individual committee meeting.

14. All members of the Executive Committee shall be notified at least ten days prior to the holding of any committee meeting.

FINANCE
15. The Honorary Treasurer shall be responsible for the collection of all monies due to the Association, for their deposit in a bank account to be opened for the purpose, and for the payment from the account of all expenses of the Association approved by the Executive Committee.

16. The Honorary Treasurer shall keep an account book in which all details of money received and all expenses are kept, and shall present and report on the finance of the Association to the Annual General Meeting each year.

17. Cheques drawn on the account in the name of the Association shall be signed by any two of the Honorary Treasurer, the Honorary Secretary, or the Chairman.

18. An Honorary Auditor, who need not be a member of the Association, shall be elected annually by the Committee and confirmed by the Annual General Meeting.

19. The Committee shall not authorize any expenditure, which cannot immediately be met from the fund of the Association.

20. Within this limit the Committee may authorise expenditure on any activity of the Association or for any purpose consistent with the aims of the Association.

21. The financial liability of members is limited to the amount of the annual subscription.

22. The Association is the only authorized entity to solicit and to receive donation in finance and kinds for the aim as stated in 2.

23. In the event of dissolution of the Association, any assets of the Association, after payment of all debts, shall be handed either to another relevant organization or a charitable body as decided at the same General Meeting which approves the dissolution of the Association.

MEETING
24. Not less than two public meetings shall be held during the calendar year, to stimulate Creation Science interest. These meeting shall not require a quorum.

25. The Honorary Secretary shall give at least ten days' notice for all General Meetings, to all members residing in Hong Kong. Such notice shall state the agenda and specify day, time and place of meeting.

26. Business on which a vote is to be taken shall be fully itemized on the agenda sent out with the notice of the meeting.

27. The quorum for an Annual General Meeting shall be the Chairman, two other Officers of the Executive Committee and either twenty Full members or one fifth of the Full Membership of the Association, whichever is the smaller. If a quorum cannot be found at the first convocation, the meeting shall be adjourned for thirty minutes from the appointed time, after which any number of the Full Members present shall constitute the quorum.

28. A similar quorum shall be required at any other general meeting for any business requiring a vote, but nothing shall debar a smaller number of members meeting to discuss any matters which do not require a decision of the Association.

29. The Honorary Secretary shall enter minutes of all meetings in a book kept for the purpose which shall, after confirmation, be signed by the Chairman at the following meeting, except for Extraordinary General Meeting. Minutes of any Extraordinary General Meetings shall be read at the Annual General Meeting following.

30. Sub-committee or study groups may be established from time to time either by the Association or by the Executive Committee. These shall have such membership and terms of reference as may seem appropriate.

31. At all meetings motions shall be passed into resolutions by a majority of Full Members present.

32. In case the Chairman and the Vice-Chairman are both absent from any meeting, those Executive Committee members present shall elect among themselves an interim chairman to preside over that meeting.

33. In case of an equivalence of vote, the Chairman or the Vice-Chairman or the interim Chairman presiding over the meeting shall have a second or casting vote.

ADDRESS
34.The registered address of the Association shall be: c/o Unit B, 13/F., East Wing, Sincere Insurance Building, 4-6 Hennessy Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong.

LIABILITIES
35.Any debts or liabilities of the Association shall be the sole responsibility of the Officers of the Association of the term during which the debts of liabilities were incurred.

AMENDMENTS TO THE REGULATIONS
36.These regulations may be varied at a properly constituted meeting of the Association, have been listed in the agenda, and are supported by a majority of the members present at the meeting.

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