Highlights of YMCA Special & Annual General Meetings 2018

The YMCA Special and Annual General Meetings were held on Thursday, 24 May 2018 at YMCA of Singapore.

A Special General Meeting was convened this year for the purpose of passing the following three resolutions:

1. Proper procedures are in place to declare, prevent and address conflict of interest issues by members of the Board.
2. Upon dissolution as a charity, YMCA’s funds are used in accordance to its intended purposes.
3. ExCo shall meet at least once in between Board meetings instead of once a month.

Majority of the members voted in favour of all three resolutions which were all passed by the members at the meeting.

During the AGM, Mr Leslie Wong, President, YMCA of Singapore, shared highlights from the various areas of YMCA’s work in serving the community in 2017. The Audited Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2017 and the 2017 YMCA Annual Report were also adopted by the members.

Four members were elected to serve a 4-year term on the Board. They are Ms Koh Shaw Luan, Mr Kenneth Tan Chih-Sien, Mr Adrian Tay Juncheng and Mr Tony Soh Cheow Yeow.

In the first Board meeting for the year 2018/2019 that was convened immediately after the AGM, the Board elected the following as Office Bearers for the year 2018/2019: Mr Leslie Wong Kin Wah (President), Mr Ooi Boon Hoe (Vice President), Mr Albert Ching Liang Heng (Vice President), Mr Bryan Tan Suan Tiu (Honorary Secretary) and Mr Ho Chee Hon (Honorary Treasurer).

The Board also co-opted four members to serve a 1-year term. They are Mr Gerald Tay, Mr Vincent Ha, Mr Leon Ng and Mr Han Meng Siew.

The 2017 Annual Report may be viewed and downloaded here.