Elected CUHK Alumni Trustee Timothy Tin Lok Tam: Hopes to Follow Up on Election DQ Issues
當選中大校友校董譚天樂：盼跟進選舉DQ問題
The results of the election for an alumni representative to the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Council were announced yesterday. Of the more than 252,000 eligible voters, 1,114 cast ballots, exceeding the specified minimum threshold of 1,000 voters, for a turnout of 0.44%. Timothy Tin Lok Tam, chair of the Board of Directors of the CUHK Alumni Association Federation Education Foundation, was elected with 688 votes, while the other candidate, Barbara Pik Lin Kwok, founding president of the CUHK Greater Bay Area Alumni Association, lost with 426 votes. Timothy Tin Lok Tam told this newspaper that they were “happy” with the result, but also considered that “the responsibility is heavy and the road ahead is long”. After being elected, they hoped first to follow up on issues concerning restrictions on publicity during the election and the disqualification (DQ) of a candidate. The CUHK alumni trustee election was repeatedly embroiled in controversy before polling. These included a prospective CUHK alumni candidate being disqualified on the grounds of lacking a record of “good service to CUHK”. In addition, an official WeChat post by CUHK (Shenzhen) promoted only Barbara Pik Lin Kwok and did not mention Timothy Tin Lok Tam, prompting alumni to question whether this was unfair; the post was subsequently removed. Some CUHK alumni also said in recent days that the election had introduced new rules prohibiting candidates from promoting themselves online. In an earlier response, CUHK only said that candidates could promote their campaigns on multiple election platforms provided by the university.
香港中文大學校董會校友評議會成員選舉昨公布結果，逾25.2萬名合資格投票人中，有1114人投票，超過最少1000人投票的指定門檻，投票率0.44%。當中「中大校友會聯會教育基金會董事會」主席譚天樂獲688票當選，另一候選人「香港中文大學粵港澳大灣區校友會」創會會長郭碧蓮以426票落敗。譚天樂回覆本報稱對結果「開心」，同時認為「任重道遠」，當選後冀先跟進是次選舉宣傳受限及有參選人被取消資格（DQ）的問題。 今次中大校友校董選舉於選前屢傳爭議，包括有擬參選的中大校友被以欠缺「良好服務中大」紀錄為由DQ。另中大（深圳）官方微信有帖文只宣傳郭碧蓮，但未提譚天樂，被校友質疑是否不公平，而帖文早前下架。亦有中大校友日前稱，今次選舉設新規則禁止候選人自行在網絡宣傳，中大早前回覆時僅稱候選人可在校方多個選舉平台宣傳競選。