Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Bayan zanga-zangar Hong Kong ta 2014
, ƙungiyar ta yi yaƙin neman zaɓe sosai don samun 'yancin kai na hukumomi. A watan Maris na shekarar 2015, an nada Andrew Liao a matsayin shugaban Majalisar, babbar hukumar gudanarwa ta HKUST, ta Babban Jami'in CY Leung. Kamar yadda aka dauki Liao a matsayin mai goyon bayan Leung, kungiyar ta ba da sanarwar adawa da nadin a kan cewa ya zama abin da ake zargi da nepotism. Dangane da sanarwar kungiyar, gwamnati ta kare shawarar da ta yanke a matsayin mai bin ka'idar meritocracy.