The Hong Kong University Students' Union
| Motto | Unity with Independence |
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| Institution | The University of Hong Kong |
| Location | UG1, Union Building, HKU, Pokfulam, Hong Kong |
| Established | 1912 |
| President | Ed Wong Ching-tak (Faculty of Arts) Session 2017 |
| Members | 15,985 (as of 2016) |
| Website | www.hkusu.org |
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| Traditional Chinese | 香港大學學生會 | ||||||||||||
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| Cantonese Yale | heung1 gong2 daai6 hok6 hok6 saang1 wui6 | ||||||||||||
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| Hanyu Pinyin | Xiānggǎng Dàxué xuéshenghuì |
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| Yale Romanization | heung1 gong2 daai6 hok6 hok6 saang1 wui6 |
| Jyutping | hoeng1 gong2 daai6 hok6 hok6 saang1 wui6*2 |
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Hong Kong University Students’ Union Council 香港大學學生會評議會 |
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| Seats | 65 (16 vacancies) |
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Last election
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Annual Election 2017 |
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Next election
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Annual Election 2018 |
| Meeting place | |
| Union Chamber | |
The Hong Kong University Students' Union (HKUSU; Traditional Chinese: 香港大學學生會) is an officially recognised student organisation in the University of Hong Kong, along with the Postgraduate Student Association.
The Union was established in 1912 when it was first named as the Hong Kong University Union (HKUU), some two years after the foundation of the University of Hong Kong. The Union was then reorganised and renamed as the Hong Kong University Students' Society (HKUSS) after the Second World War in 1945. In 1949, the Union submitted a successful application for becoming a student organisation to the Hong Kong Police.
The Union is the only official student organisation serving the undergraduates of the University of Hong Kong. Undergraduates become a Union member automatically. Other students of the University can become a member upon the payment of membership fee.
According to the Constitution, the aims of the Union are:
The highest authority of the Union is the General Meeting (GM) and General Polling (GP). The quorum for both the General Meeting or General Polling is currently 10% of the full members. The General Meeting is hardly ever called, mostly because it is difficult to find a venue to accommodate many members at the same time. However, General Pollings are held almost every year.
The second highest authority of the Union is the Union Council. Its functions are to represent the students of the University in such matters as affect their interests and to afford a recognized means of communication between the general body of the students and the University authorities.
An Executive Committee, elected in the way of General Polling, acts as the executive body for HKUSU.
There are currently 122 student societies affiliated to HKUSU. These students' societies and clubs can be categorised into six main groups: Campus media, Faculty and academic societies, Hall students' association, Sports clubs (forming the Sports Association, HKUSU), Cultural clubs (forming the Cultural Association, HKUSU) and Independent clubs (forming the Independent Clubs Association, HKUSU).
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