Английская Википедия:Hong Kong University Students' Union

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox students' union Шаблон:Infobox Chinese The Hong Kong University Students' Union (HKUSU; Шаблон:Zh-t) was a students' union founded in 1912 and registered under the Societies Ordinance in Hong Kong. It was the officially recognized undergraduate students' association of the University of Hong Kong until 13 July 2021 after the union's council passed a motion in memorial to a deceased assailant who attacked and severely stabbed a police officer on the street.

History

The Union was established on 16 October 1912, when it was first named as the Hong Kong University Union, one month after the commencement of the first academic session and some two years after the foundation of the University of Hong Kong.

After the Second World War in 1945, the Hong Kong University Students' Society was formed on 13 November 1946 to "pave the way for the eventual resuscitation of the Union". The Union was then revived in 1947. Two years later in 1949, the Union submitted a successful application for becoming a student organisation to the Hong Kong Police, independent from the operation of the University.

Motion of police assailant

Шаблон:See also On 7 July 2021, the Council of the Union passed a motion to "[express] its deep sadness at the death of Mr Leung Kin-fai; [offer] its sympathy and condolences to his family and friends; [appreciate] his sacrifice to Hong Kong". The individual mentioned in the motion assaulted a police officer with a knife and then killed himself immediately in Causeway Bay on 1 July 2021, during the 24th anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong. The motion was condemned by the university administrators. The then-chairman of the HKU council, Arthur Li, considered the expulsion of the involved student union council members. On 9 July, members of the student union council publicly retracted the motion and apologised, with all union executive committee members resigned.

Despite the apology and resignation, a chain of aftermath followed. On 13 July, the university issued a statement strongly condemned the act of "blatantly whitewashing violence" and has ceased recognising the role provided by the union on campus and their representation for the member students, subsequently ceased collecting membership fees from the students on behalf of the union. The "Democracy Wall", a public bulletin on campus managed by the union, had all propaganda materials swiftly taken down. On 15 July, the university demanded the union office to be vacated from the Composite Building on campus within 7 days. As Arthur Li had previously expressed his willingness to have the union committee members be investigated for their possible violation of the national security law, the union office was raided by the national security police on 17 July. All Union Council members were on the watch list and told they be intercepted should they attempt to leave Hong Kong. Four members of the Union Council were arrested and charged of advocating terrorism under the national security law in August, only to have bail granted later.

Following this incident, other universities also turned against their respective student unions. Lingnan University, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Polytechnic University, and City University all followed suit and stopped collecting membership fees on behalf of their respective students' unions.

General

The Union serves both undergraduate and postgraduate students and is the only official student organisation serving the undergraduates of the University of Hong Kong. Undergraduates become a Union member automatically. Other students of the University can become a member upon the payment of membership fee.

According to the Constitution, the aims of the Union are:

• To promote the welfare of the student body
• To act as a bridge between the student body and the University authority in furthering the interests of the students and the University as a whole
• To identify the student body with social issues in the interests of the people of Hong Kong
• To represent the student body both tensely and internationally

Structure

The highest authority of the Union is the General Meeting (GM) and General Polling (GP). The quorum for both the General Meeting or General Polling is currently 10% of the full members. The General Meeting is hardly ever called, mostly because it is difficult to find a venue to accommodate many members at the same time. However, General Pollings are held almost every year.

There are currently 122 student societies affiliated to HKUSU. These students' societies and clubs can be categorised into six main groups: Campus media, Faculty and academic societies, Hall students' association, Sports clubs (forming the Sports Association, HKUSU), Cultural clubs (forming the Cultural Association, HKUSU) and Independent clubs (forming the Independent Clubs Association, HKUSU).

Union Council

The second highest authority and highest standing authority of the Union is the Union Council. Its functions are to represent the students of the University in such matters as affect their interests and to afford a recognized means of communication between the general body of the students and the University authorities.

Elected at the first meeting in every session, the Council Chairperson is the presiding member of the Union Council. The Chairperson has to be a Union Councillor of the past session to be elected Chairperson of the current session; if he is also a Union Councillor of the current session, he has to resign from the original representation and the seat will be substituted if necessary. When any member is in the Chair, he cannot move, second or vote on motions.

Also elected at the first meeting in every session, the Honorary Secretary heads the Union Council Secretariat. There is no specific requirement for seeking to be elected Honorary Secretary, but if he, same as the Chairperson, is a Union Councillor of the current session, he has to resign from the original representation and the seat will be substituted if necessary. The Honorary Secretary has full right to speak, but he cannot move, second or vote on motions.

Union Executives

An Executive Committee, elected in the way of General Polling, acts as the executive body for HKUSU.

The Union Executives are the forefront members representing HKUSU. The Committee comprising 17 members formulate Union policies and carry out resolutions of the General Meeting and General Polling. As well as this, they carry out daily administrative work of the Union.

The composition is as follows:

• President
• Vice-President (Internal)
• Vice-President (External)
• general secretary
• Financial Secretary
• University Affairs Secretary (two seats)
• External Affairs Secretary (two seats)
• Student Welfare Secretary
• Publications and Publicity Secretary
• Social Secretary
• Current Affairs Secretary
• Administrative Secretary
• President of the Sports Association (ex officio)
• President of the Cultural Association (ex officio)
• President of the Independent Clubs Association (ex officio)

Welfare and internal affairs

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The Students' Union Building before its revamp in 2011

HKUSU student activities and service outlets include:

Outlet Name	Services offered	Location
The Union Office	Room, poster, banner sites booking services	UG1, Union Building, HKU
The Student Co-operative Store (Co-op Store)	Discounted stationery and souvenirs	UG1, Union Building, HKU
Computer Hardware and Accessory Store	Computer Hardware, Accessories, Software, banner and poster printing	G/F, Union Building, HKU
Self-serviced Photocopying Centre	Octopus Card-operated Photocopying Machines, mobile phone charging	UG1, Union Building, HKU
HKUSU Photocopying Store	Discounted photocopying	UG1, Union Building, HKU

University affairs

The Union acts as a channel between students and the University. Some of the current projects include:

Project	Theme
3-3-4 University Curriculum Reform	Curriculum, General Education, Study Load of Professional Subjects (e.g. Engineering, Accounting, Law, etc.), Grading / GPA / Honours Classification System
Centennial Campus	Relocation of Faculties and the Students' Union, Usage of the Main Building, etc.

External affairs

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Pillar of Shame in front of the Students' Union Building before its revamp in 2011

HKUSU, as one of the students' unions of the 11 universities in Hong Kong, has been very active in current affairs and student movements.

In 1998, the General Polling of the Union adopted that the Pillar of Shame (國殤之柱) should stay in the University campus permanently. This marked the beginning of a permanent stance that the Chinese Communist Party should be held responsible for the June Fourth massacre in Tiananmen Square in Beijing in 1989. Later in 2009, another General Polling passed stated that the Central People's Government of China should rehabilitate the June Fourth Massacre, and be held responsible for the deaths and casualties during the incident.

In November 2016, students' unions across all major Hong Kong universities, including HKUSU, invited Christopher Patten, former Hong Kong governor, to be the guest of honour in a lecture that held at Loke Yew Hall in the University of Hong Kong.

Further information: BAHCEP (Beijing And Hong Kong Cultural Exchange Program)

New union building

As part of the construction of the Centennial Campus, the Hsü Long Sing Amenities Centre, where the HKUSU had resided for a number of years, was demolished in 2011. Development of a new Students' Union Building was completed in September 2011. Since the Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Law, and Faculty of Social Sciences has been relocated in the west of the HKU, the new Students' Union Building has become the heart of HKU, where majority of student activities will take place.

Union Choir

The Hong Kong University Students' Union Choir was founded in 1967 and has won a number of student awards since its foundation.

List of union presidents

• Billy Fung, 2015 President

  Billy Fung, 2015 President

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  Steven Kwok, 2008 President, later Labour Party chairman

• Raymond Mak, 2003 President

  Raymond Mak, 2003 President

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  Gloria Chang, 2000 President

• Andrew Fung, 1984 President, later Information Coordinator of Chief Executive Office

  Andrew Fung, 1984 President, later Information Coordinator of Chief Executive Office

• Mak Hoi-wah, 1975 President, later Hong Kong Alliance vice-chairman

  Mak Hoi-wah, 1975 President, later Hong Kong Alliance vice-chairman

• Yeoh Eng-kiong, 1969 President, later Health Secretary

  Yeoh Eng-kiong, 1969 President, later Health Secretary

• Lo Hin-shing, 1915 Chairman, later served as magistrate

  Lo Hin-shing, 1915 Chairman, later served as magistrate

In the early days of the Union, the student leaders were elected to the chairmanship of the Union Council, while the Chancellor of the university, also the Governor of Hong Kong, was the ex-officio President of the Union. Vice Presidents were "well-known gentlemen" in the city, such as donors of the Union. In 1926, the Union adopted amendments to the constitution which made the Chancellor as ex-officio Patron of the Union, while the union leader became known as President instead of Chairman, in line with English universities' practices.

List of union leaders

Session	President		Notes
2023	Vacant
2022	Vacant
2021	Charles Kwok Wing-ho	郭永皓	Resigned
2020	Edy Jeh Tsz-lam	葉芷琳
2019	Chan Hei-long	陳希朗	Acting
	Davin Kenneth Wong	黃程鋒	Acting, resigned
2018	Davin Kenneth Wong	黃程鋒
2017	Wong Ching-tak	黃政鍀
2016	Althea Suen Hiu-nam	孫曉嵐
2015	Billy Fung Jing-en	馮敬恩
2014	Yvonne Leung	梁麗幗
2013	Laurence Tang Yat-long	鄧日朗
2012	Dan Chan Koon-hong	陳冠康
2011	Li Tsz-shu	李子樹
2010	Vacant
2009	Chan Yi-ngok	陳一諤	Ousted
2008	Steven Kwok Wing-kin	郭永健
2007	Wan Hon-san	尹翰紳
2006		劉方
2005		陳啟業
2004		陳子堅
2003	Raymond Mak Ka-chun	麥嘉晉
2002	Vacant
2001	Bibi Ngai Wing-yin	魏詠賢
2000	Gloria Chang Wan-ki	張韻琪
1999	Chan King-chi	陳敬慈
1998	Tang Chui-chung	鄧徐中
1997	Patrick Wong Chun-sing	王振星
1996	Vacant
1995	Rosa Mok Pui-han	莫佩嫻
1994	Tang King-loy	鄧敬來
1993	Vacant
1992	Fong Tak-ho	方德豪
1991	Cheung Yui-fai	張銳輝
1990	Yau Chun-ming	邱振明
1989	Chow Wing-hang	周永恆
1988		蕭偉達?
1987	Mak Tung-wing	麥東榮
1986	Yuen Yiu-ching	袁耀清
1985	Li Siu-kei	李紹基
1984	Andrew Fung Wai-kwong	馮煒光
1983	Liu Chun-wah	廖振華
1982	Chang Ka-mun	張家敏
1981	Chow Kar-po	仇家寶
1980	Victor Fung Yip-hing	馮業興
1979	Alan Man Hoi-leung	文海亮
1978	Yeung Wai-ling	楊威寧
1977	Henry Lo Hon-yiu	盧漢耀
1976	Chung Chi-wai	鍾子維
1975	Mak Hoi-wah	麥海華
1974	Linda Tsui Yee-wan	崔綺雲
1973	David Chan Yuk-cheung	陳毓祥
1972	Joseph Luk Man-keung	陸文強
1971	Lawrence Fung Siu-por	馮紹波
1970	Sidney Chow Chi-keung	周志強
	John Ng Tung-wah	伍董華	Resigned
1969	John Tsui Pui-lun	徐佩倫	Elected 22 Oct
	John Lau Shek-yau	劉石佑	Resigned
1968	David William Faure	科大衛	Elected 18 June
	Yeoh Eng-kiong	楊永強	Resigned
1967	Tsim Tak-lung	詹德隆
1966	Yung Yue-hung	翁裕雄
1965	Albert Lim Heng-poh	林興波
1964	Stephen Louie Wai-ying	雷惠英
1963	Chan Charn-sing	陳燦升
1962	Pan Soo-yeng
1961	James Chan Chiu-ming
1956		曹紹釗
1947	William Ng Jit-thye		Elected 1 Oct
			Committee of the Students' Society
1946	R. Robertson		University staff Founders of the Students' Society
	George Beer Endacott	顏德固
	Bernard Mellor	梅樂彬
University suspended due to Japanese occupation
1941	Lim Meng-sai
1940	Hui Kwan-lun
1939?	See Chuan-jin
1937	Lee Ching-iu
1936	Yeung Wai-wah
1935	Ong Ewe-hin
1934	Tan Wee-han
1933	Lam Kow-cheong
1932
1931	Loke Kam-thong
1930	Chung Hok-nam		Шаблон:Efn
1927	Ong Chong-keng
1926	Ng Bow-poo
Chairman became President
1925	C. Z. M. Ma		Шаблон:Efn
1924	B. C. Lee
1923	Edward Hotung	何世儉
1921	T. L. Cheah
1920?	Tang?
	Cheah Toon-siew?
1919	Wong Fook-han
1915	Lo Hin-shing	羅顯勝
1914	Fung Man-sui
1913	A. S. Tuxford
1912	T. H. Matthewman?
	F. Clarke

See also

• HKU pro-vice-chancellor selection controversy
• University of Hong Kong
• Pillar of Shame

External links

• HKUSU Official Homepage