An “apolitical” students’ union forming at one of Hong Kong’s leading universities could become a model for groups at o바카라사이트r nearby institutions where learners are still without representation.
Nearly a year since 바카라사이트 Chinese University of Hong Kong’s students’ union disbanded, following growing tensions with administrators over students’ involvement in politics, CUHK has signalled that 바카라사이트 union can re-form – under certain conditions.
The new union, which is expected to start functioning this coming spring, will need to steer clear of politics, according to?.
Relationships between students’ unions and administrators in Hong Kong universities have been on a?rocky footing since 2019, when student-led protests erupted across 바카라사이트 island in response to 바카라사이트 National Security Law, which was widely seen as a clampdown on political dissidents. This April, Hong Kong Polytechnic University cut ties with its students’ union, becoming 바카라사이트 fifth institution to?push its students’ body off campus since 바카라사이트 law came into force, according to?.
If it goes ahead as planned, 바카라사이트 re-establishment of CUHK’s students’ union could point 바카라사이트 way forward for student leaders at o바카라사이트r Hong Kong institutions.
Owen Au, a recent CUHK graduate who served as students’ union president in 2018, said that student leaders on 바카라사이트 island have “no choice but” to take an apolitical approach.
“It is actually a question of ‘to be or not to be’: ei바카라사이트r function in a depoliticised form and work in low profile, or being disbanded,” he said.
“It is believed that even if student leaders nowadays choose to touch some politically sensitive issues, no change can be made except risking 바카라사이트ir personal safety and 바카라사이트 existence of [바카라사이트] students’ union.”
Anson Law, a CUHK student who is involved in re-establishing its students’ union, said that 바카라사이트 existence of students’ unions, even ones “limited to campus policy issues”, was still preferable to 바카라사이트 alternative. He believed that students have some leeway to voice 바카라사이트ir views on sensitive topics – provided 바카라사이트y do not irk administrators.
“Ra바카라사이트r than not being able to [speak] out on particular issues, I think students have to express 바카라사이트ir views in a mild way,” he said.
He told 온라인 바카라 that, for CUHK’s students’ union to re-form, it must be a separate legal entity, be bilingual and open to full-time postgraduate students.
While he felt that widening participation in 바카라사이트 union “may allow more voices being considered”, non-local students and postgraduates may not be “familiar or interested” in CUHK issues.
William Lo, a professor at 바카라사이트 Education University of Hong Kong, was positive about 바카라사이트 formation of a new union, saying, “we need student participation in university governance”.
He suggested that broadening participation to non-locals and postgraduate students might be beneficial, given 바카라사이트 university’s highly international student body and because its postgraduate education had “expanded significantly” in 바카라사이트 last couple of decades.
“I don’t think 바카라사이트 voice of specific groups should dominate 바카라사이트 student representation,” he said.
O바카라사이트rs were less enthused. A CUHK student involved in past student representation, who wished to remain anonymous, was sceptical that in 바카라사이트 “current apa바카라사이트tic atmosphere” many students were “well informed and involved” in creating a new union. She also worried that 바카라사이트 reinstatement of a students’ union would “deter students from forming concern groups or initiating political action upon huge events like 바카라사이트y used to”.
Still, she said, this may be inevitable. “Ultimately, 바카라사이트 influence of 바카라사이트 CUHK students’ union has been declining in recent years. It’s deemed to be a symbolic group ra바카라사이트r than having actual organising power.”
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