Last unregistered student union at Chinese University of Hong Kong disbands
Chung Chi College’s student union is the latest to dissolve, leaving just two of nine remaining at the university amid police registration pressures
The demise of Chung Chi College’s student union followed a meeting on Saturday evening during which provisional administrators and relevant representatives said the body could no longer function and that they would resign.
Only two college student unions remain, both of which have already registered with police as societies.
The 62-year-old student union of United College said in a social media post earlier this month that it had faced challenges operating over the past two years.
It said the university had forbidden the student union from acting in its official capacity and had withdrawn other facilities previously available to it before it registered as a society with police.
“Despite cooperating on the relevant procedures, and given the evolving circumstances, the union doubts that students will still have a genuine space for participation and expressing themselves. We feel deep confusion and regret,” it said.
CUHK is the only university in Hong Kong that offers a collegiate system for full-time undergraduates. Students are divided into nine colleges, which provide accommodation, dining halls, pastoral care and whole-person education.