HKUSTSU Structure
The Council
The legislature of HKUSTSU, it has the following main duties: to pass any rules or regulations in order to supervise and advice on all sub-organizations of HKUSTSU; to consider and approve the Master Budget of HKUSTSU and applications for affiliation to HKUSTSU; and to interpret the Constitution of HKUSTSU. There are 34 ex-officio seats taken by representatives of each (sub-organization i.e. each) HKUSTSU’s body and affiliated society in the Council, in which at most eight Popularly Elected Councilors are also included to reflect students' opinions. Its five standing
committees, each consisting of its members, i.e. the Affiliated Societies Committee, the Constitution Committee, Election Committee, the Finance Committee and the Council Administration Committee coordinate and handle the relevant affairs.
The Executive Committee
The administrative body of HKUSTSU, it has the following main duties: to handle all routine of HKUSTSU and to represent HKUSTSU externally. As the motion that HKUSTSU should join the Hong Kong Federation of Students (HKFS) was passed in a Referendum last year, the Executive Committee represents HKUSTSU to participate in HKFS's meetings as well. The fee of HKUSTSU membership fee of $100 every year thus includes the HKFS membership fee of $6 each person. The Executive Committee provides welfare for HKUSTSU's members such as Notebook Ownership Programme and Welfare Express. Its standing committees are responsible for coordination and
handling of internal and external affairs.
The Court
The judiciary body of HKUSTSU, it has the following main duties: to settle disputes within HKUSTSU; to interpret the Constitution; and to impose penalties on members or sub-organizations of HKUSTSU in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of HKUSTSU. An impermanent body established only when in need in the past, it has become permanent consisting of the Chief Justice, Judges, Registered Jurors, Court Secretaries, etc. since the amendment to the Constitution of HKUSTSU made by a resolution in the Annual General Meeting this year. The selection means
of the members of the Court is mainly recommendation, not by elections like that of the other three bodies’.
The Editorial Board
The Editorial Board, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Students’Union, one of the four bodies of the Union, is in charge of the publication of HKUSTSU’s Official Publication “WINGS”, which includes “WINGS - High Fly Post” and “WINGS Extra Edition”. Beginning publication in December, 1991, it was established earlier than HKUSTSU as “WINGS Editorial Board” formerly. Our functions are to promote the objects of HKUSTSU and to protect the free expressions of opinion by students of the University. We strive for advancement of humanistic spirit in UST and promotion of the atmosphere of political involvement of students.
As a campus media, we do our utmost to report campus news with analysis to reveal problems so as to act as your eyes, enhance the transparency of campus news and the affairs of the Students’ Union, and defend the students’ right to know.
Meanwhile, we bear our social responsibility in mind to follow up current affairs. We complement mass media with deep analysis and comparison of arguments and viewpoints of various parties to raise the understanding of students.
Insisting that we should not only focus on campus and current affairs, we take the lead to promote literature and art in UST as well. "WINGS", in which poems and book reviews would be published, would also introduce ubiquitous kinds of art, exposing literature and art to students in their lives. It is understandable that readers can hardly identify themselves with articles even though they contain thousands of words, so we devote to the organization of various functions to accomplish the
missions of the Editorial Board as well.
We would not always stay neutral but strive for independence. We have held clearcut stands towards major issues. For instance, we strive for universal suffrage in Hong Kong for both the Chief Executive and Legislative Council without Functional constituencies; we call CCP to account for the massacre in the June 4th Incident; we oppose the legislation of Basic Law Article 23; we support equal rights for
homosexuals.
Literature and art, campus news, current affairs, social issues, food reviews, film reviews, design, typesetting…We do all, we are all. For details of our duties, feel free to come to our counter, opposite to the escalators in the center of Hong Kong Jockey Club's Atrium, on 12th to 14th, or visit these webpages with our other publications uploaded: http://eb-ust.blogspot.hk or http://www.facebook.com/hkusteb.
Affiliated Societies
In addition to the four bodies of HKUSTSU, there are now about 100 affiliated societies in UST. They can be divided into five categories, namely House Associations, School Students’ Unions, Departmental Societies, Sports Association (SA) and Independent Clubs and Association (ICA).
The societies would, in general, provide various functions like Mentorship Program and Annual Dinner for their members while distributing publications and gift packs to them regularly. Their members own the right to vote in General Meetings and on Polling Days of the societies and can join the functions with a favorable price.
Hall residents are the main targets to serve of House Associations, which foster the communication among their own hall residents through various activities, fight for rights and interests for the residents, and run the tuck shops/refreshment bars/food stalls in halls.
Every School Students' Union and Departmental Society represents all the students of the whole school and those of the whole department namely to fight for rights and interests for their respective students and boost communication among them.
SA would hold regular trainings in the campus in order to promote relevant sports. University sport team members are often selected within SA.
Those independent affiliated societies which could not be put under the four categories mentioned above would be generally called ICA, as implied in the name. Currently most affiliated societies, mostly hobby groups, belong to it. They promote relevant hobbies through functions and provide a platform for people with the same hobbies to exchange their relevant ideas.
In general, no restriction is for joining Affiliated Societies. Students are free to join any society they feel interested even though they may not belong to certain departments. Students in Science majors, for example, are welcome to join the Departmental Societies related to Business. But School Students' Unions are generally only open to the students of respective schools. Students may join their own School Students' Union.
商學院大樓 開學前到此一遊
A Preview of Lee
Shau Kee Business Building
商學院大樓將於新學年正式啟用，以應付四年制的學生人數；紓緩本部大樓空間不足的問題。成為眾多商科學生每日的必經之地。事關重大，編委率先向大家介紹全新的商學院大樓。
Lee Shau Kee
Business Building will be put in use next academic year to afford the number of
the 4-year-system cohort and alleviate the lack of space in Academic Building,
becoming the place Business students pass every day. As it is important, we will
be the first to introduce this new Building.
李兆基商學大樓、高等研究院和高等研究院宿舍三部分，合稱為「李兆基學園」。其選址位於清水灣校園的最高點，臨近南閘。學園最初預計完工日期為一一年底，後分別延至一二年第二季及年底，終於在今年秋季新學年開始投入服務。
Lee Shau Kee Campus,
comprising Lee Shau Kee Business Building, the Institute of Advanced Study (IAS)
and the IAS Residences, is located at the top of our Clear Water Bay campus and
near South Gate. It was first scheduled for completion at the end of 2011, but
the schedule was then delayed to the second season in 2012 and the end of that
year respectively. The Campus will begin to be in service in the coming
academic year starting from this autumn finally.
筆者曾親到李兆基商學大樓（以下稱新大樓）參觀，大部分工程已經完成，只剩下飯堂及一小部分課室尚在裝修，一些教授亦已在此授課。新大樓樓高七層，共提供一百八十個辦公室、四個講堂及禮堂。地下至二樓為飯堂、本科生使用之課室、演講廳及實驗室等；三樓供碩士課程的學生使用；四至六樓屬各學系辦公的地方，亦是教授的辦公室；頂層則是院長室。
We paid a visit to Lee
Shau Kee Business Building (the Building). Most construction was finished
except the canteen on the ground floor and a few classrooms. Some professors
gave their lectures there already. The Building consists of seven floors with
180 offices, 4 lecture halls and halls. On the ground floor to the second floor
there is the canteen, classrooms for undergraduates, lecture halls, laboratories
and so on. The third floor is for postgraduates taking master degree programs. Offices
of departments and professors are located on the fourth to sixth floors while
Dean’s office on the top floor.
除以上的基本設施外，大樓內亦增加不少設施，如研習室、休息室、「充電區」及戶外休憩區。商學院大樓尚未竣工，不過就目前各樓層的規劃和用途來看，這座新建築的確有令人驚喜萬分的地方，卻也有其值得改善之處。
Besides the
abovementioned basic facilities, many new facilities are set up in the
Building, such as study rooms, common rooms, “charging areas” and outdoor
sitting-our areas. In terms of the planning and uses of each floor, the
Building, the construction of which has not completed yet, does have some amazing
parts, but also room for improvement.
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7/F
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院長室
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4-6/F
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各學系辦公的地方，亦是教授們的辦公室
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EMBA專用
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MBA專用
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BBA專用
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飯堂，BBA專用
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Dean’s Office
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Offfices of departments and professors
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Exclusively for EMBA
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Exclusively
for MBA
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Exclusively for BBA
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Canteen exclusively for BBA
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出色之處 Advantages
1. 環境舒適優美 A comfortable and graceful environment
大樓大部份地方都鋪了地毯，減少步行時候的聲響。加上寬闊的走廊和清涼的空調，令人有點置身酒店之感。
Rugs are laid on
most of the parts in the Building, minimizing the noise made when walking. The
broad corridors and cool air-conditioning make people feel as if they were in a
hotel.
另外，大樓也有不少富現代感的外觀和室內設計。當中加入大量玻璃設計及特大窗戶，以增加空間感及採光度，風格與Academic Building 實用性為主的設計大相逕庭。
In addition, many
modern appearance and indoor design is adopted. A wide variety of design with
glass and outsize windows are added to raise the sense of space and degree of
daylighting. Its style entirely differs from the practicality-based design of
Academic Building.
(Photos)
*由休息室到後樓梯都經過悉心設計
Facilities from
common rooms to back stairs designed with the utmost attention
2. 提供一個良好的學習環境 A good learning environment
以往在迷宮般的Academic Building找Professor/ Teacher
Assistant，難免需要穿梭於不同電梯之間，對於一眾「路癡」來說絕非易事。現在，一眾「路癡」有福了！因Professor和TA的辦公室就在大樓上層，每個學系佔一層，方便莘莘學子去請教。
It was not easy for
the disorientated to shuttle between lifts to find professors or teacher
assistants in Academic Building, which looks like a maze, but they are in luck
now as the offices of professors and TAs are on the upper floors of the
Building with a department each. It is convenient for students to consult.
而且，為配合同學溫習和討論Project的需要，大樓設有多個不同大小的研習室，那麼商學生就不必為找地方討論Project而商學院大樓、Academic Building兩邊走。還有，學校考慮到同學手提電腦的電量難以支撐一天上課的需要，在大樓每層都設有「充電區」方便同學隨時充電。
There are also a
number of study rooms with different sizes for students’ needs for revision and
discussion about projects, so that Business students don’t need to travel
between the Building and Academic Building in order to seek places to discuss
projects. Considering that the battery of students’ notebooks may not afford the
study needs during a day, the University has established “charging areas” on
every floor as well for students to charge anytime.
(Photos)
另外，大樓設有多個寬敞美觀的戶外休憇地點，供同學在緊密的課堂中呼吸新鮮空氣，部分戶外平台更能欣賞漂亮的科大景致。
Several wide and
beautiful outdoor sitting-out areas are provided for students to breathe fresh
air during the tight schedule. Students can even have a nice view of UST on
some outdoor platforms.
(Photos)
有待改善之處 Room for Improvement
1. 透明度不足
Insufficient transparency
商學院大樓一直是科大學生的一個謎，因我們這些最終使用者從大樓選址到土地規劃都蒙在鼓裏。校方多年來都鮮有就大樓的設施向同學公開諮詢，又怎能建出最切合商學生需要、方便學生的學習環境呢？
The Building has
been a mystery of UST students, because relevant information, from the site
selection to the land use planning, has been concealed from us, the ultimate
users. How could the University build a learning environment suiting Business
students most with less consultation open to students?
首先是大樓和Academic Building的距離之遠，引致上課不準時的問題。這座雄偉建築雖說樓高八層，然而一看「水牌」，才發現四至七樓是不同學系的辦公室，二至三樓是EMBA和MBA學生的，而就只有地下至一樓，才真真正正是為每級六百多個商學院學生而設的。如果大樓無法負荷所有學生的課堂，那麼只能有勞商科學生商學院大樓、Academic Building兩邊走。由於商學院大樓位於南閘旁，如若要從大樓的課室步行到Academic Building，起碼需時十分鐘。若是下課時人多擠迫，或Professor課堂超時，上連堂的學生便不能於十分鐘的轉堂時間內趕往下一堂課，遑論在下課後把握機會請Professor 解惑。不想每天在商學院大樓和Academic Building之間奔波，同學只好在編排時間表時把上課地點也列入考慮因素內。
The first problem
is that the long distance between the Building and Academic Building would
cause students to be late for lectures. The majestic Building consists of eight
floors. However, the fourth to seventh floors are with offices and the second
to third floors are for EMBA and MBA students, while only the ground floor to
the first floor are for Business students with a number of over 600 each
cohort. If the Building cannot hold lectures of all students, Business students
will then have to shuttle back and forth between the Building and Academic
Building. As the Building is beside South Gate, it takes at least 10 minutes to
walk from the classrooms in Academic Building to Academic Building. If it is
crowded at the end of lectures or professors give lectures overtime, students
taking double lectures will not manage to within the 10 minutes, let alone
grasping the chance to consult professors after lecture. Students will have to
take lecture locations into consideration when planning their schedules if they
don’t want to shuttle back and forth between the Building and Academic
Building.
另外，是有關不少同學關心的Canteen問題。筆者在參觀時並未看見任何Canteen的蹤跡，幸而詢問在場保安員，其表示方知Canteen將位於地下的一塊空地裏，但現時還未動工。至於餐廳類別和品牌？恐怕要到它們開幕那天才能揭曉。「民以食為天」，科大學生一直對學校的膳食供應商有不少意見。如今學校準備設立新Canteen之時，是否也應該調查一下同學的喜好，並以此作為選擇新的供應商的準則？
The other is about
the canteen that a lot of students care about. We did not see any trace of the
canteen during the visit. Fortunately, asked, the security guard told us that
it would be located on a vacant area on the ground floor, but the construction
has not started yet. The types and brands of the restaurants would probably be
unknown until the day they open. “Eating comes first.” UST students have had a
plenty of opinions towards on-campus catering suppliers. Planning to set up the
new canteen, should the university also investigate students’ preferences and
see it as a criterion of choosing new suppliers?
2. 使用率/
設施安排 Utility rate/the arrangement of facilities
商學院大樓的多個樓層的空間使用率偏低，不少地方令人有過度空曠之感，特別是每層「充電區」外的位置就更顯空洞。學校不妨在此添置枱凳或飲品機等設施，充分利用空間。
The utility rate of
several floors in the Building is low. Many places make one feel that they are
too wide. The place outside “charging areas” on every floor is especially vacuous.
The University might put facilities like tables and chairs or vending machines
there for adequate use of the space.
(Photos)
設施方面，大樓只有一個Lecture Theater，似乎未能滿足大班教學的需要。而在Lecture
Theater，我們發現裏面居然有三個投影器屏幕。就我們在Lecture Theater上課的經驗所得，一個投影器屏幕已能讓全場學生一目了然，設置三個未免多餘。
In terms of
facilities, only one Lecture Theater seems not able to satisfy the needs for
large-class teaching. We found that there were three screens in the Lecture
Theater. With reference to our experience of having lectures in Lecture
Theaters, one screen is enough for all students to see clearly and thoroughly,
so having three may be redundant.
(Photo)
總而言之，商學院大樓無疑是科大史上的一大突破，同時亦見證了科大商學院的蒸蒸日上。不過，漂亮的的建築不只是志在炫耀，同時亦要講究實用性，以解決新學制下學生漸多的問題，及為學生提供良好的學習環境。
All in all, the
Building is certainly a breakthrough in UST’s history, witnessing the progress
of School of Business. Nevertheless, beautiful buildings are not only built to
show off; practicality should also be valued to solve the problem of the
increasing number of students under the new system and to provide a good
learning environment for students.
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