The College of Surgeons of Hong Kong

Membership

Honorary Fellows

Ad Hominem Fellows

Fellows

Ordinary Members

Termination of Membership

Application for the Membership

Membership of the College shall be divided into:

(a) Honorary Fellows,

(b) Ad Hominem Fellows,

(d) Ordinary Members

Honorary Fellows

The Council shall be entitled at their discretion to appoint Honorary Fellows of the College.

Ad Hominem Fellows

The Council shall be entitled at their discretion to appoint Ad Hominem Fellows of the College. Every candidate to be an Ad Hominem Fellow shall be proposed and seconded by five fellows of the College and:-

(a)	shall possess such Surgical qualifications and current and past practice within the field of Surgery (in Hong Kong or elsewhere) as the council may from time to time at their discretion approve as meeting the requirement for Ad Hominem Fellowship of the College, and
(b)	shall, in the opinion of the Council, be a medical practitioner of distinction or high professional honour or achievement.

Fellows

After the date of the First Annual General Meeting every candidate to be a Fellow by election without examination shall be a registered medical practitioner proposed and seconded by five Fellows of the College and shall with his application submit evidence of such Surgical qualifications and current and past practice within the field of Surgery as a registered medical pactitioner in Hong Kong as the Council may from time to time approve as meeting the necessary requirement for Fellowship of the College. Such application shall be submitted to the Secretary and upon approval by the Council by simple majority and payment of the entrance fee and the annual membership fee such applicant shall become a Fellow.

Any persons who have passed any examination prescribed by the Council in accordance with regulations made pursuant to Article 14 shall be entitled upon written application to the Council and subject to approval by the Council and payment of the entrance fee and the annual membership fee from time to time fixed by the Council to be a Fellow of the College.

The subscribers to the Memorandum of Association of the College shall be Fellows of the College.

Ordinary Members

	Ordinary Members shall be eligible to enjoy all the privileges of the College except the power of voting at general meetings of the College (or in the election of Councillors) and being a Councillor.
	Any registered medical practitioner in Hong Kong who is of standing and has been practising in Surgery for such time as the Council shall from time to time require shall be eligible to be an Ordinary Member of the College.
	Every candidate for Ordinary Membership of the College shall be proposed and seconded by two Fellows and shall apply in writing in such form as the Council may from time to time decide and pay the annual membership fee from time to time fixed by the Council.

Termination of Membership

	If any Member shall fail to pay this annual subscription or other sums which may be due from him to the College for a period of three months after the same as become due, notice shall be sent to him calling his attention thereto and if he does not pay the account within one month following he shall be erased from the books of the College. However, if at any time he shall give to the Council a satisfactory explanation he may at the discretion of the Council and upon payment of arrears and an adminstration fee be re-admitted into membership.
	A Member may resign by notice in writing to the Secretary but he shall be liable for payment of his subscription for the current year in which he resigns.
	If any Member violates the Constitution of the College or if his conduct is such as is, in the opinion of the Council, likely to be injurious to the interests of the College and if the Member complained of shall fail to explain his conduct to the satisfaction of the Council they may declare that such Member shall cease to be a Member of the College and his name shall be removed from the list of Members. Such Member may rejoin if he reapplies via the normal channels.
	When a Member ceases to be a Member of the College either by resignation or otherwise, the College shall not return any subscription paid by such Member before he ceased to be a Member.

Application for the Membership

Please complete all parts of the application form. The College will not process any incomplete application.

The proposers must be paid-up fellows of the College of Surgeons of Hong Kong.

Please enclose certified copies of

(i)	qualification held; and
(ii)	current practisting certificate in surgery as a registered medical practitioners in Hong Kong

A cheque should be made payable to "The College of Surgeons of Hong Kong Limited".

Ordinary Membership:
Entrance fee HK$2,000 and annual subscription HK$1,000

Fellowship:
Entrance fee HK$2,000 and annual subscription HK$1,500*

*Annual subscription for Fellows aged over 65 and Retired Members are HK$150, for Overseas Fellows are HK$750.

Fellows who are currently Ordinary Members of the College will not be required to pay annual subscription if the applications are made within the calendar year.

The cheque will be returned to the applicant by post if the application is unsuccessful.

Application should be sent to:

The Honorary Secretary
The College of Surgeons of Hong Kong
601, 6th Floor, Hong Kong Academy of Medicine Jockey Club Building
99 Wong Chuk Hang Road
Aberdeen, Hong Kong

For enquiry, please contact the College Secretariat:

(Tel) 2871-8799 (Fax) 2515-3198 (email) info@cshk.org