SU Banquet & District Council Elections.

I really should have split this into 2 different posts, but I think you might miss the one that I would post earlier, so I’ve merged these 2 into one, such that you will read all of them.

Anyway the BU Student Union (SU) held its annual dinner last Friday and it was a very interesting and happy event. The food was decent, the programmes were fun, and the best thing of all is that I finally get to experience for myself how a good student union banquet is like. Sometimes I wonder if it’s things like these within the university campus that would attract the people, rather than some posh balls at fancy hotels. Of course you can say students in Singapore and Hong Kong are different, but would it be more attractive if things like this are seen more on campus rather than off it?

The view of the SU Banquet from my building. It’s actually quite a sight.

The opening of the SU Banquet, which included the university president, the vice-presidents and the director of student affairs (aka my boss)… it’s quite an interesting thought that the university president would be having dinner together with students under the moonlight, but that’s how my university president is like.

The dish of the day – Poon Choi! Basically it’s a lot of different ingredients being mixed into one big pot and everyone shares this big pot. You may think that this pot is not exactly big, but trust me, there’re a lot of good stuffs in it!

This pic would show you how crowded the podium was that evening. I think there must have been 600 to 700 people attending the banquet. According to the SU president, the tickets were sold out in a few days – the response was that good.

And throw in a celebrity performer the whole banquet is about just perfect! Featured here is the local act at17. People who are familiar with the Hong Kong music scene should have no problem identifying them.

And then it was the District Council elections yesterday. As it was the first time that I am eligible to cast a vote in my whole life, I was understandably excited about the whole affair. It was actually quite amazing to think that despite spending so much time in Singapore and was eligible to vote in 2 elections, the first time for me to cast a vote is actually in Hong Kong. Something must be wrong with the system in Singapore.

In any case, the voting process was quite smooth and simple – it is supposed to be anyway. I casted my vote for the candidate that I support, and the whole process was less than 5 minutes. Deep inside I really hoped that the guy I chose would win, but it wasn’t to be. He lost out by slightly less than 200 votes in the end, and my district fell to the hands of the Democratic Party. It doesn’t feel good – I wonder if that would signal the start of a tough 4 years ahead under this district councillor. The last district councillor (who was part of the HK Pan-Democratic Alliance or whatever they like to call themselves) was a sham and I don’t think I saw him at all since I came back to Hong Kong last December. And given that this new councillor also belong to that group, I think I have every reason to be pessimistic. What’s more, this new guy had grudges against my estate management committee in the past, and that’s more reason to be pessimistic.

Maybe I should consider moving out of this district as soon as possible.