Student Councils of 8 universities in Hong Kong: reassembly, moving out and negotiating with the school ā what is left under restricting circumstances
Among the 8 universities in Hong Kong, 4 have already publicly refused to recognise their respective student councils, 6 have reclaimed spaces in which the councils used to station, and the remaining students councils of 2 universities, although are still given chances to stay within the campus, are required to collect membership fee on their own, leaving them vulnerable to financial crisis.
Before the school year commences, inmediahk interviewed the current- and ex-members of student councils from all these 8 universities, to review the past year, how their relationships with the school have shifted, and to talk about the situation they are in at the moment.
As tough as the reality can be, it is not sufficient to break these membersā spirits. Some said they wanted to reassembly the student council, that they would āsurvive despite the darkness around usā; some said they would strive their best to āhang onto the āstudents-autonomyā principleā, to āfight for better policiesā, to āshed their last bit of tearsā; some said they didnāt mind being called the āwelfare societyā, as long as they could secure the council itself, that they just wanted the council to āstill be there when they graduate, or even a few years afterā.
Source: Inmedia #Sep03
https://bit.ly/3RykEWk
#Student #Councils #University #HongKong
Among the 8 universities in Hong Kong, 4 have already publicly refused to recognise their respective student councils, 6 have reclaimed spaces in which the councils used to station, and the remaining students councils of 2 universities, although are still given chances to stay within the campus, are required to collect membership fee on their own, leaving them vulnerable to financial crisis.
Before the school year commences, inmediahk interviewed the current- and ex-members of student councils from all these 8 universities, to review the past year, how their relationships with the school have shifted, and to talk about the situation they are in at the moment.
As tough as the reality can be, it is not sufficient to break these membersā spirits. Some said they wanted to reassembly the student council, that they would āsurvive despite the darkness around usā; some said they would strive their best to āhang onto the āstudents-autonomyā principleā, to āfight for better policiesā, to āshed their last bit of tearsā; some said they didnāt mind being called the āwelfare societyā, as long as they could secure the council itself, that they just wanted the council to āstill be there when they graduate, or even a few years afterā.
Source: Inmedia #Sep03
https://bit.ly/3RykEWk
#Student #Councils #University #HongKong