Disputes in the
Referendum regarding "Campus TV"
上年春季學期，僅僅四個月，科大已經熱鬧非常。先有學生事務處（SAO）越權管理學生選舉活動；再有仲裁委員會常設化修憲；接着有同學自組學生事務關注小組，發起聯署及公開論壇，爭取實現「校園共治」。不過，要數歷時最長的，可謂「校園電視公投風波」。科大學生會，一直維持四權分立原則，轄下有約一百個屬會，享高度自治，成就科大多元學生活動。傳媒方面，則有四大架構之一的「編委會」（即本報負責機關）及一屬會「科大電台」。今年五月，有基本會員SUN Kai Man James（下稱孫氏），蒐集超過一百八十名基本會員的聯署，連同長達十三頁的學生會憲章修訂條文，提交幹事會，發動公投，要求成立「校園電視」，並將之列為第五大架構。不過，由於投票票數僅343，不足會員人數18%（即1395 人），修憲議案最終不獲通過。然而，本會估計「校園電視」可能於不久的將來捲土重來，故特別製作此特輯，希望有助各位了解此事的來龍去脈。
UST was already in hustle
and bustle within Spring Term last academic year, lasting for only 4 months,
experiencing the act of Student Affairs Office (SAO) in excess of terms of
reference to regulate student elections first, the amendment of the SU
Constitution about building the permanency of the Court then, and the joint signature
declaration and the open forum fighting for “co-governance in campus” originated
by Students’ Affairs Concern Group formed by students on their own afterwards.
The disputes in the Referendum regarding “Campus TV”, however, lasted for the
longest period. HKUSTSU, remaining the principle of four separate powers, and
its affiliate societies with a high degree of authority, about 100 in total,
have contributed to diverse student activities. UST’s media include the
Editorial Board (i.e. the body in charge of this Freshman Edition), one of the
four bodies of the SU, and People's Campus Radio, an affiliate society. In May
this year, a Full Member Sun Kai Man James (stated as Sun hereinafter) proposed
a written requisition signed by not less than 180 Full Members with the
proposed amendment of the SU Constitution of 13 pages, calling for a Referendum
for establishment of “Campus TV” and listing it as the SU’s fifth body, and
submitted it to the Executive Committee. Yet, since only 343 votes were casted,
less than 18% of the total Full Membership of the Union (1395 persons), the
resolution was not carried. However, it is expected that a comeback of “Campus
TV” will be made soon possibly. This article is thus written especially for you
to understand the event’s development.
