CUHK Alumni Senate can elect up to three members from the Standing Committee to be the university’s council members.
The Chinese University of Hong Kong Alumni Convocation, which was scheduled to be held in July last year, was postponed three times due to the number of registered attendees and the epidemic, and was held at the Hung Hom Coliseum on Saturday. After nearly four hours of counting, Yang Yuming, who graduated from the United College of Risk Management Sciences in 2004, was elected with 6,544 votes, defeating Kwok Pik-lin, who received 1,022 votes and graduated from the Chung Chi College of Economics in 1975. As for the two Standing Committee members, they are Lee Hsuan-Lang and Lo Chun-Yu, with 7,709 and 7,715 votes respectively. (Reported by Junhao Chen)
The Apple Daily reported that Lo Chun-yu, who graduated from the United College of Economics in 2005, said after his election that from the question-and-answer session and the election results, it could be seen that a number of CUHK alumni had expectations of the Convocation, and hoped that it would pay more attention to alumni affairs, university politics and social events. He promised to do his best to bring the power of the democratic camp into play after his election.
In the question-and-answer session of the candidates, Kwok Pik-lin, who is running for the chairmanship of the Convocation, said that CUHK’s philosophy is not political and that the university has responded to the freedom of speech and academic freedom, and the Convocation remains neutral. She also believes that the university must comply with the “Hong Kong National Security Law”. Another candidate, Yang Yuming, said that the Alumni Council is a voice on behalf of the alumni, earlier the CUHK Student Union Officers’ Association Cabinet “Soyo night” was “illegal” by the university was “DQ”, alumni demanded Yang said the DQ was not ideal, but believed that the university had good intentions to protect students, hoping to repair the tear after being elected, and also indicated that it would ask the CUHK administration to retract the decision.
This time, CUHK Alumni Convocation registered a record attendance of more than 6,000 people, some alumni believe that the current political and social atmosphere in Hong Kong, it is difficult for people to vote fairly and equitably, CUHK is also involved in social events in recent years, by the establishment and the Chinese Communist Party official media pressure, alumni see this conference as a rare voice.
According to the relevant ordinance and constitution of CUHK, CUHK Alumni Council can elect up to three members from the Standing Committee as university council members, and the chairman of the Alumni Council can be automatically elected as the university council member representing the Alumni Council if he/she meets the specified conditions.
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