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Summer Residence (for Students)

CityU Students in Postgraduate Hall

Allocation for Postgraduate Hall

  1. Bedspaces will be allocated to students who are applying for summer residence. If the demand exceeds the overall supply, lot drawing will be exercised.
  2. The rest of the bedspaces would be open for short-stay bookings.
  3. All full-time and part-time postgraduate students are eligible to apply.

Room Assignment for Summer Residence 2011 (for CityU Students)

Your indicated preferences will be considered as far as possible. There is NO GUARANTEE that you will be assigned to a particular hall or unit, room type and with specific a roommate/flatmate. Final room assignments will be subject to room availability and hall admission policies. Even after the students have moved into the rooms assigned to them for summer residence, the Student Residence Office and/or the Residence Masters reserve the right at any time to re-assign them to other rooms as appropriate.

  1. Current residents – student residents in Semester B of 2010-11 who select the SAME hall/room type as in Semester B of 2010-11:
    Residents will be allowed to stay in the current rooms that they are residing.
  2. Current residents – student residents in Semester B of 2010-11 who select the Preferential Plan in a different hall/room type from Semester B of 2010-11:
    Residents will be required to move into the rooms assigned for Summer Residence in 28 - 31 May 2011
  3. Current residents – student residents in Semester B of 2010-11 who select the Weekly and/or Bi-weekly Plan(s):
    • For current residents who select to stay during the 1st week and 1st bi-week (18 May to 13 June 2011):
      Residents will be allowed to stay in the current rooms that they are residing even though the preferred hall/room type is different from the hall/room type in Semester B of 2010-11.
    • For current residents who select to stay from the 2nd bi-week (13 June 2011 onwards) in a different hall/room type from Semester B of 2010-11:
      Residents will be required to move into the rooms assigned for Summer Residence in 28 – 31 May 2010.
  4. New applicants:
    Rooms will be assigned to new applicants on a totally random basis.
  5. Request of room change/swapping will not be accepted.

Room Removing Schedule

Current residents are required to check out of the current rooms that they are residing and move into the rooms assigned for summer residence during the periods specified below. If residents are not able to check out or move into the rooms concerned in person, a written and signed notice must be given at least two working days in advance informing the Student Residence Office of the full name of the person who will complete the necessary procedures for checking out of or moving into the appropriate rooms on the residents’ behalf. If residents cannot complete the room moving within the time specified, the penalties stated below will be levied.

  1. Penalty Charges for not Complying with the Check Out and Moving In Procedures
    Resident who fail in any way to comply with the checking out and/or moving in procedures during the periods specified above, in particular by being late in checking out, will be liable to pay penalty charges of HK$100 per day per person.
  2. Penalty Charges for Improper Check-out
    A minimum fine of HK$200 per room will be imposed on those residents who fail to reinstate all the furniture back in its original position or fail to tidy or clean up the rooms before checking out.
  3. Late Check-out resulting in packing all luggage and personal belongings
    For the cases in which the resident fails to check out by the deadline, which has affected the move-in of the new resident into the assigned bedspace and required SRO to vacate the bedspace by clearing, packing and moving the residents' belongings, penalty charges at $600 per person on top of the late check-out penalty charges ($100 per person per day) will be levied.