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22 January 2021

At the close of the time to receive nominations for election to the Committee for the year 2021/2023, the following nominations were received by email (listed in alphabetical order by surname):

Pursuant to Article 8.1 of the Constitution:

The administration of the Society shall be entrusted to a Committee consisting of the following to be elected at every alternate Annual General Meeting: A President, A Vice-President, A Secretary, A Treasurer, 6 Ordinary Committee Members. Unless with the prior approval in writing of the Registrar or an Assistant Registrar of Societies, majority of the Committee Members shall be Singapore Citizens. In addition, the President, Secretary, Treasurer and their deputies shall be Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents. Foreign Diplomats shall not serve as Committee Members.

 As there are nominations for a President, a Vice President, an Honorary Secretary, an Honorary Treasurer and four (4) Committee members, and as all Office Bearers nominated are Singapore Citizens and a majority of the Committee members (5 out of 8) are Singapore Citizens, all the above shall be deemed duly elected.

As set out in our Notice of AGM, a member may only vote on the motions tabled in the agenda by appointing the President Prof. Leslie Chew Kwee Hoe as the member’s proxy to vote at the meeting by depositing with the Society the Proxy Form.  For your reference, please also find the Election Statements from the nominees, where available, HERE for your attention.

The duly completed and signed proxy form must be emailed to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to reach us no later than 5.00 pm on 27 January 2021.

For ease of reference, you may refer to the various documents relating to the AGM below:

1. Notice & Agenda of Annual General Meeting 2021 (please click HERE).
2. Item 1: Minutes of the Extraordinary General Meeting held on 20 June 2020 attached as APPENDIX 1.
3. Item 2: The Annual Report of the Committee attached as APPENDIX 2.
4. Item 3: The Audited Accounts for Financial Year ended 31st October 2019 attached as APPENDIX 3A.
5. Item 4: Audited Accounts for Financial Year ended 31st October 2020 attached as APPENDIX 3B.

Under Article 7.7 of the Constitution, any member who wishes to place an item on the agenda of a General Meeting may do so provided he gives notice to the Secretary one (1) week before the meeting is due to be held.

Should any member have any other matters to be raised, please notify the Secretariat no later than 5.00pm on 22 January 2021 so that the matter can be circulated to members in sufficient time prior to the AGM.

IMPORTANT NOTES:

In light of the COVID-19 situation and pursuant to the relevant orders under the COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) Act 2020, the following arrangements will be adopted for the Annual General Meeting: 

1. A member will not be able to attend the Annual General Meeting in person.  A member may only attend the Annual General Meeting by observing and listening to the proceedings of the meeting by electronic means. Please RVSP your attendance HERE by 5.00pm on Wednesday, 27 January 2021 to receive a link and password to attend the virtual AGM.
2. The details and procedure for your virtual AGM attendance are attached in APPENDIX 5.
3. Should any member wish to place an item on the agenda, please notify the Secretary via electronic mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. no later than 5.00pm on 22 January 2021 so that the Committee may circulate your question(s)/business and its response to the same to members in advance of the AGM. 
4. Any member who wishes to raise any questions must send such questions via electronic mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and must reach the Society no later than 5.00pm on 22 January 2021.
5. All substantial and relevant questions will be addressed by the Committee prior to, or at, the AGM.  Questions that concern a matter that will be put to a vote will be addressed by the Committee before the closing date for the lodgment of proxy forms.  Such questions will be addressed via email to members or at the upcoming virtual general meeting on 29 January 2021.
6. A member may only vote by appointing the Chairman of the Meeting, Prof Leslie Chew SC, as the member’s proxy to vote at the AGM by depositing with the Society an instrument of appointment (also known as “the proxy form”).  The Proxy Form will be made available to members from 25 January 2021 together with the announcement of the nomination results and any additional agenda items raised by members.  The completed proxy form must be submitted via electronic mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and must reach the Society no later than 5.00pm on 27 January 2021.  In appointing the Chairman of the meeting as a proxy, a member must not give conflicting instructions as to the vote to be cast for each resolution, failing which the appointment may be treated as invalid.

Melvin Loh
Secretary, Asia Pacific Institute of Experts