25 May 2023港大學苑#6492
強制分配室友政策：校方稱微調政策 增考慮因素 舍堂代表批掩飾問題
The Dean of Students Samson Shu Ki Tse announced by email to residents on May 25 that, following a forum on May 22, the university had decided to fine-tune its forced roommate allocation policy. In addition to trying to pair local and non-local students, it would also take residents’ interests and lifestyles into account. A university official had disclosed this intention in closing remarks at the forum. The dean also said the policy would be reviewed by an independent researcher, with details to be announced later, and that participants had raised many important questions about it.
Tang Chun-yin, a representative of the Li Ming Chak Hall Residents’ Association, told this newspaper that the email did not mention the attendees’ questions about the policy’s legality or doubts about its effectiveness, and was merely intended to “whitewash the issue”. Yeung Ngo-wai, an undergraduate representative on the Residence Committee, questioned the feasibility of the adjustment and said that fine-tuning the policy without fully listening to students would not help promote cultural integration among residents. Chan Tze-woon, an undergraduate representative on the Student Affairs Committee, also criticised the university for creating an “established fact” that the policy had already been approved before making “minor repairs”, without changing its compulsory nature. The representative expected the adjustment to do little to ease cultural conflicts and instead add to the administrative burden on hall offices and residents’ associations.
學生事務長謝樹基今（5月25日）以電郵向宿生宣佈，校方於5月22日之論壇後決定微調強制分配室友政策，除儘量配對本地生及非本地生外，亦會考慮宿生的興趣及生活習慣。曾有校方人員於論壇的結尾發言中透露此意向。謝亦稱政策將交由獨立研究員審視，日後公佈詳情。謝於電郵中亦稱認為參加者提出了很多關於政策的重要問題。
利銘澤堂宿生會代表鄧俊彥回覆本報查詢時批評，電郵沒有提及論壇上會眾對合法性問題及政策成效的質疑，只為「粉飾太平」。宿舍委員會本科生代表楊翺維質疑是次微調之可行性，並認為在沒有充份聆聽學生意見的情況下微調政策無助推動宿生文化共融。學生事務委員會本科生代表陳昱男亦批評校方製造政策已通過的「既定事實」，再「小修小補」，惟不改其強制執行之本質，預料微調政策對紓緩文化衝突幫助不大，徒添舍堂辦公室及宿生會之行政壓力。
21 May 2023港大學苑#6472
分配室友政策正當性成疑 宿舍委員會未達共識 學生事務委員會從未批准
The university earlier announced a new hall policy under which roommates would be assigned to new hall residents from the next academic year, with local and non-local students paired where possible [1]. The policy reportedly was not approved at a Hall Committee meeting, nor discussed or approved by the Student Affairs Committee. A student representative criticised the university for bypassing the committee meetings.
The Hall Committee discussed the policy at a meeting on 19 April. The agenda included “discussion of proposals concerning the hall communities of the University of Hong Kong”; one proposal was to have wardens and hall offices assign rooms, but there was no proposal concerning local and non-local students sharing rooms. Hall representatives who attended said that, while the agenda was being discussed, the warden of Starr Hall, Anskar Yu Hung Leung, incorrectly said that Starr Hall had requested local freshmen to share rooms with non-local students [2]. The committee subsequently began discussing pairing local and non-local students as roommates. Some attendees raised concerns about cultural conflicts and the workload for halls, but the director of student affairs did not address them. A hall representative who attended said most student hall representatives opposed implementing the policy and some wardens had reservations. However, the university took a hard line and did not accept the opposing views. Committee chair and Vice-President (Teaching) Ho Lap-yan eventually ended student representatives’ remarks and closed the discussion on the grounds that it had gone on too long. The members did not reach a consensus at the meeting. Yeung Ngou-wai, the undergraduate representative on the Hall Committee, told this newspaper that the committee had generally made decisions by consensus in the past and had no majority-vote mechanism. This newspaper is making inquiries with Starr Hall warden Anskar Yu Hung Leung about the meeting’s contents.
校方早前公佈宿舍新政策，將在下學年起為新宿生分配室友，並儘可能配對本地生及非本地生 [1]。據悉，該政策未獲宿舍委員會會議通過，亦未經學生事務委員會討論及批准，有學生代表批評校方架空委員會會議。
宿舍委員會曾於4月19日的會議中討論此政策，會議議程包括「討論有關香港大學舍堂社群之建議」，其中一項建議為「改由舍監和舍堂辦公室分配房間」，但並無有關本地生與非本地生合宿之建議。當日與會之舍堂代表透露，討論該議程時，施德堂舍監梁如鴻誤指施德堂要求本地新生與非本地生合宿 [2]，隨後委員開始討論配對本地生及非本地生為室友，有與會人士關注文化衝突及舍堂工作量，但學生事務長避而不談。有與會舍堂代表指，大部分宿生代表均反對實施該政策，亦有舍監持保留態度，但校方態度強硬，未有接納反對意見，最終委員會主席兼副校長（教學）何立仁以討論過長為由，終止學生代表的發言並結束討論，會議中成員並未達成共識。宿舍委員會本科生代表楊翺維向本報表示，宿舍委員會過往會議多以共識作決策，沒有多數票決機制。本報正就會議內容向施德堂舍監梁如鴻查詢。
18 May 2023獨媒#6456
港大擬配對本地及非本地生同宿 學生代表：問卷調查97%同學反對
The University of Hong Kong’s Hall Committee issued a notice to wardens on Monday (15th), proposing that from the next academic year, hall offices would assign roommates to new residents and pair local and non-local students wherever possible, saying the aim was to promote integration and cultural exchange among residents. Casey Yau Hong Chik, an undergraduate representative on HKU’s Council, and Wong Chak-ming, an undergraduate representative on the Education Committee, surveyed students the day before yesterday. They received about 800 responses, 20% of them from non-local students, and 97% indicated opposition. They will meet with the university to discuss the matter.
香港大學宿舍委員會周一（15日）向舍監發通告，擬由下個學年起，舍堂辦公室會為新宿生分配室友，將盡可能配對本地及非本地生，稱是為了促進宿生間的共融及文化交流。港大校務委員會本科生代表戚由康、教委會本科生代表王則銘前日向學生發問卷作調查，收回約800個回應，當中兩成為非本地生，97%均表示反對，將約見校方商討。
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