The City Student Union issued a document this Sunday (23rd), saying that the Student Union received an email from the City University Student Development Office, requesting the union to provide the 2005-2020 audit report on February 5, otherwise it would not rule out taking back the student union address, describing the student union as being Facing "the biggest crisis since the founding".
City University said on Monday (24th) that it has not yet received the audited financial statements. The Student Development Office is making a serious follow-up and conducting an investigation. It also criticized the representativeness of the student union as doubtful. About 80% of CityU undergraduates belong to other societies, not the student union. Members, the Student Affairs Office conducts a comprehensive review and review of the allocation of existing student activity rooms, and welcomes all students to apply for venue borrowing.
City University criticized the representativeness of the student union as being dubious, and said that the Student Development Office was making a serious follow-up and conducting an investigation.
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Describing the Student Union as an off-campus registered society but acting in the name of CityU
CityU pointed out that according to the agreement signed by the Student Development Office and the Student Union in August 2020, the Student Union was required to submit audited financial statements for several years to the university by the end of last year, but it had not received it as of Monday.
The school pointed out that the Student Development Office is making a serious follow-up and conducting an investigation.
CityU also pointed out that the Student Union is an off-campus registered society independent of the university, but it acts in the name of the City University Student Union.
The school pointed out that in order to allocate the use of campus space more equitably, so that different student organizations can also obtain space to hold activities, the Student Affairs Office has comprehensively reviewed and reviewed the allocation of existing student activity rooms, and all students are welcome to apply for borrowing venues.
There will be changes for students at many universities
More than a year after the implementation of the "Hong Kong National Security Law", many universities have drawn a line with the student union.
Looking through the information, in the past year, there have been changes in the student unions of many universities. Among them, the CUHK Student Union has been dissolved; the University of Hong Kong and EdUHK have announced earlier that they will no longer recognize the student union; and PolyU, CityU and HKBU, the school has also stopped acting. Membership fee.
As for Lingnan, last month the university asked the student union to deal with the "lack of adequate representation" and asked for advice on future directions. If the university was not satisfied, it would no longer recognize the student union.
The University of Education claims that the student union lacks representation and no longer recognizes its status. Temporary deposit of 9 million yuan is reserved for eight universities. Only PolyU has a student union. The status of the Hong Kong University Student Union is not recognized. Lost Common Memories The Judicial Committee of the CUHK University Student Union announced that the dissolution of the "unconstitutional" had no effect on the resumption of office