THE first student union of the Hongkong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has finally been set up though not all positions have been filled.
Its establishment early last month was a year behind schedule because of the failure to motivate enough students to cast their votes in order to ratify the constitution.
It should have been passed in the 1991-92 academic year, the first year of the university's operation, but it failed to meet the quota of of votes.
The constitution was not passed until last November when over half the student population cast their votes in support.
Sean Lin King-sing, president of the newly-elected union, was a little disappointed about the lukewarm response.
''It seems that only a few students are interested in joining or care about union activity. This, unfortunately, is a common problem in other tertiary institutions as well.