University Management Hurries to Cordon Off the "Wall of Democracy" As Student Union Halts Operation
On October 7, 2021, the management of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (#CUHK) cordoned off the #WallofDemocracy, a bulletin board located in Cultural Square for students to freely express one's views and opinions. Students are notified that the Wall is closed for maintenance, after the agenda had been passed in September. Security guards were also deployed.
The Wall has been managed by the 50-year-old Student Union until the group stopped operating on the same day.
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https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/31205
During the 2019 Anti-Extradition Law Bill Amendment Movement (#AntiELAB), the university management has threatend to resume the wall already.
Text: InMedia #Oct7
Photo: #FirstHand
#PoliticalSuppression #Bulletin #StudentUnion #University #Opinion #FreeSpeech
On October 7, 2021, the management of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (#CUHK) cordoned off the #WallofDemocracy, a bulletin board located in Cultural Square for students to freely express one's views and opinions. Students are notified that the Wall is closed for maintenance, after the agenda had been passed in September. Security guards were also deployed.
The Wall has been managed by the 50-year-old Student Union until the group stopped operating on the same day.
Read more:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/31205
During the 2019 Anti-Extradition Law Bill Amendment Movement (#AntiELAB), the university management has threatend to resume the wall already.
Text: InMedia #Oct7
Photo: #FirstHand
#PoliticalSuppression #Bulletin #StudentUnion #University #Opinion #FreeSpeech
#NationalSecurityLaw Empties "Democracy Walls" in All Hong Kong Universities
At the start of the term in 2020,
some universities in Hong Kong had installed security gates at the entrance and removed most of the pro-democracy posters on campus.
In 2021, university students' unions were de-recognised by the university management, despite being elected by students.
Pro-democracy students continued to be arrested and charged by the authority.
Meanwhile, the government imposed National Security Education on school curriculum.
In September 2021, the Stand News captured in a series of photos how the "Democracy Wall," a public bulletin on university campus where students express their opinions, looked like in 8 universities in Hong Kong.
Following the implementation of the National Security Law in 2020, only torn paper scraps and vaguely visible pro-democracy slogans can be found on these "Democracy Walls."
Looking from a distance, these boards are almost completely empty.
In Hong Kong in 2021, student unions, Democracy Walls, and freedom of speech have seemingly all fallen like dominoes in universities, surrounded by red lines.
Source: Stand News #Sep28
https://bit.ly/3FxTsl2
#FreedomofSpeech #University #Academy #StudentUnion #NSL #LennonWall #DemocracyWall
At the start of the term in 2020,
some universities in Hong Kong had installed security gates at the entrance and removed most of the pro-democracy posters on campus.
In 2021, university students' unions were de-recognised by the university management, despite being elected by students.
Pro-democracy students continued to be arrested and charged by the authority.
Meanwhile, the government imposed National Security Education on school curriculum.
In September 2021, the Stand News captured in a series of photos how the "Democracy Wall," a public bulletin on university campus where students express their opinions, looked like in 8 universities in Hong Kong.
Following the implementation of the National Security Law in 2020, only torn paper scraps and vaguely visible pro-democracy slogans can be found on these "Democracy Walls."
Looking from a distance, these boards are almost completely empty.
In Hong Kong in 2021, student unions, Democracy Walls, and freedom of speech have seemingly all fallen like dominoes in universities, surrounded by red lines.
Source: Stand News #Sep28
https://bit.ly/3FxTsl2
#FreedomofSpeech #University #Academy #StudentUnion #NSL #LennonWall #DemocracyWall
#University #Admissions
Steep Drop in Applications to Political Science and Journalism Programmes in HK following China-imposed National Security Law
#PoliticalFreedom #WhiteTerror
Source: Stand News, #Oct23
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Steep Drop in Applications to Political Science and Journalism Programmes in HK following China-imposed National Security Law
#PoliticalFreedom #WhiteTerror
Source: Stand News, #Oct23
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Steep Drop in Applications to Political Science and Journalism Programmes in HK following China-imposed National Security Law
The Joint University Programmes Admissions System (#JUPAS) published its 2021 admission numbers. The number of applicants to faculties of Political Science and Journalism saw a significant drop this year.
Admissions to the Government and Public Policy in both Chinese University of Hong Kong (#CUHK) and City University had dropped by 20% last year, and by another 40% this year.
A 15% drop was seen in admissions to Journalism among Hong Kong universities last year, and a further 13% this year.
Ronson #ChanLongSing, chairman of Hong Kong Journalists Association, said that the National Security Law has aggravated the political environment in the city, leading to the decline in these numbers. Students saw that becoming a reporter could lead to being sent behind bars; "It is reasonable for those with a rational mind to not choose Journalism."
Tommy #CheungSauYin, a Political Science graduate at Chinese University of Hong Kong and former President of CUHK Students Union, added more depressing facts.
Cheung noted that in 2019, 18 CUHK political science graduates won seats in the District Council election, but all of them have now been disqualified by the government. "There is no future for political science undergraduates," he said.
#PoliticalFreedom #WhiteTerror
Source: Stand News, #Oct23
https://thestandnews.page.link/um3G228riSQDNtRD6
Steep Drop in Applications to Political Science and Journalism Programmes in HK following China-imposed National Security Law
The Joint University Programmes Admissions System (#JUPAS) published its 2021 admission numbers. The number of applicants to faculties of Political Science and Journalism saw a significant drop this year.
Admissions to the Government and Public Policy in both Chinese University of Hong Kong (#CUHK) and City University had dropped by 20% last year, and by another 40% this year.
A 15% drop was seen in admissions to Journalism among Hong Kong universities last year, and a further 13% this year.
Ronson #ChanLongSing, chairman of Hong Kong Journalists Association, said that the National Security Law has aggravated the political environment in the city, leading to the decline in these numbers. Students saw that becoming a reporter could lead to being sent behind bars; "It is reasonable for those with a rational mind to not choose Journalism."
Tommy #CheungSauYin, a Political Science graduate at Chinese University of Hong Kong and former President of CUHK Students Union, added more depressing facts.
Cheung noted that in 2019, 18 CUHK political science graduates won seats in the District Council election, but all of them have now been disqualified by the government. "There is no future for political science undergraduates," he said.
#PoliticalFreedom #WhiteTerror
Source: Stand News, #Oct23
https://thestandnews.page.link/um3G228riSQDNtRD6
#HKProtest #University
Defiant University Students Carry Out Pop-Up Protests on Graduation Day, Calls Attention to Persecuted Students
November 4 marked the annual graduation ceremony of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (#CUHK). Although no large-scale protests were seen this year under the iron grip of the National Security Law, traces of defiance still sprang up around the campus.
#NationalSecurityLaw #NSL #NeverForget #Academia #WallofDemocracy #CUSU
Sources: Citizen News, Chinese University Student Press; #Nov4
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Defiant University Students Carry Out Pop-Up Protests on Graduation Day, Calls Attention to Persecuted Students
November 4 marked the annual graduation ceremony of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (#CUHK). Although no large-scale protests were seen this year under the iron grip of the National Security Law, traces of defiance still sprang up around the campus.
#NationalSecurityLaw #NSL #NeverForget #Academia #WallofDemocracy #CUSU
Sources: Citizen News, Chinese University Student Press; #Nov4
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Defiant University Students Carry Out Pop-Up Protests on Graduation Day, Calls Attention to Persecuted Students
November 4 marked the annual graduation ceremony of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (#CUHK). Although no large-scale protests were seen this year under the iron grip of the National Security Law, traces of defiance still sprang up around the campus.
Large Banners Protest Admin Interference in Student Governance
As early as 6:30am, a large vertical banner with the words “Restore Student Autonomy「還我學生自治」” was spotted, as was another smaller one that said “Consultation Must Precede Staff-Student Collaboration 員生共治，必先共議」” . By 8am, both banners had been removed by school staff.
On the #WallofDemocracy, a large notice board created for students to voice opinion, multiple posters were seen with the call “OSA and subsidiary faculty committee, join the provisional Administration”, protesting the school's new requirement for student organizations to be registered with the school administration.
During the graduation ceremony, defiant graduates from Nursing showed protest handbills that wrote “Dare to be different; Be Faithful to your belief 「棱角分明，毋負期許」”. Some social work graduates wore white ribbons on their graduation robes, and carried handbills with slogans such as “Grieve our Student Union”.
Ex-Police Security Chief Disrupts Students Handing Out White Ribbons, But Chastised by Parents
At around 12:30, 5 CUHK students held up a banner that wrote “Grieve my CUHK” on the University Mall, and set up a counter to hand out white ribbons.
Although the group of students did not obstruct the proceeding of graduation ceremony, they were quickly encircled by more than 10 campus security and were ordered to leave. The students demanded the security guards for reasons that they were not allowed to hand out white ribbons, as they were not obstructing the ceremony.
Lee Wing-kwong, head of Campus Security and a former Police Superintendent, ordered his staff to remove the students’ protest materials immediately. He was, however, stopped by members of Student Affairs Office, who asked him to “calm down”.
Some parents on the site stepped in to show their support to the protesting students. Quoting the classic Confucian text "Great Learning", they criticized the campus guards for abusing their powers: "Don't you officials remember the Way of the Great Learning?"
"We've Graduated, But They Couldn't"
Scattered protest activities continued around campus into the evening. Nine graduates, wearing their graduation robes, held up signs with names of fellow students who had been arrested and jailed for their involvement in the 2019 anti-ELAB movement.
Their names are Cheung Chun-ho, Tang Hei-man, Ko Tsz-bun, Lau Chun-yuk, Fu Ngai-Ching, Chen Lik-sik, Hui Yi-shui, Li Chun-ho.
The last sign read poignantly: "We've graduated, but they couldn't."
#NationalSecurityLaw #NSL #NeverForget #Academia #WallofDemocracy #CUSU
Sources: Citizen News, Chinese University Student Press; #Nov4
https://bit.ly/3nVrgRf
Defiant University Students Carry Out Pop-Up Protests on Graduation Day, Calls Attention to Persecuted Students
November 4 marked the annual graduation ceremony of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (#CUHK). Although no large-scale protests were seen this year under the iron grip of the National Security Law, traces of defiance still sprang up around the campus.
Large Banners Protest Admin Interference in Student Governance
As early as 6:30am, a large vertical banner with the words “Restore Student Autonomy「還我學生自治」” was spotted, as was another smaller one that said “Consultation Must Precede Staff-Student Collaboration 員生共治，必先共議」” . By 8am, both banners had been removed by school staff.
On the #WallofDemocracy, a large notice board created for students to voice opinion, multiple posters were seen with the call “OSA and subsidiary faculty committee, join the provisional Administration”, protesting the school's new requirement for student organizations to be registered with the school administration.
During the graduation ceremony, defiant graduates from Nursing showed protest handbills that wrote “Dare to be different; Be Faithful to your belief 「棱角分明，毋負期許」”. Some social work graduates wore white ribbons on their graduation robes, and carried handbills with slogans such as “Grieve our Student Union”.
Ex-Police Security Chief Disrupts Students Handing Out White Ribbons, But Chastised by Parents
At around 12:30, 5 CUHK students held up a banner that wrote “Grieve my CUHK” on the University Mall, and set up a counter to hand out white ribbons.
Although the group of students did not obstruct the proceeding of graduation ceremony, they were quickly encircled by more than 10 campus security and were ordered to leave. The students demanded the security guards for reasons that they were not allowed to hand out white ribbons, as they were not obstructing the ceremony.
Lee Wing-kwong, head of Campus Security and a former Police Superintendent, ordered his staff to remove the students’ protest materials immediately. He was, however, stopped by members of Student Affairs Office, who asked him to “calm down”.
Some parents on the site stepped in to show their support to the protesting students. Quoting the classic Confucian text "Great Learning", they criticized the campus guards for abusing their powers: "Don't you officials remember the Way of the Great Learning?"
"We've Graduated, But They Couldn't"
Scattered protest activities continued around campus into the evening. Nine graduates, wearing their graduation robes, held up signs with names of fellow students who had been arrested and jailed for their involvement in the 2019 anti-ELAB movement.
Their names are Cheung Chun-ho, Tang Hei-man, Ko Tsz-bun, Lau Chun-yuk, Fu Ngai-Ching, Chen Lik-sik, Hui Yi-shui, Li Chun-ho.
The last sign read poignantly: "We've graduated, but they couldn't."
#NationalSecurityLaw #NSL #NeverForget #Academia #WallofDemocracy #CUSU
Sources: Citizen News, Chinese University Student Press; #Nov4
https://bit.ly/3nVrgRf
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【中大畢業禮】畢業生快閃行動高舉入獄學生姓名 冀眾人明白仍有同學正受苦難
中文大學今（4日）舉行畢業典禮，中大校園今早多處出現標語，抗議校方接管學生會。中大畢業典禮尾聲，一群社會科學院和文學院的畢業生在百萬大道，舉起印有被捕中大學生姓名的紙張，並寫道「我們畢業了，但他們不能」，快閃行動歷時數分鐘。紙張上的名字包括：陳起行、高梓斌、劉晉旭、符凱晴、陳歷釋、許貽顓、張俊浩、鄧希雯、李俊皓，9人因前年中大二號橋衝突，被判入獄。
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HKUST president to step down a year early
#HKUST #WeiShyy #StwpDown #Education
Source: Citizen News, #Nov9
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HKUST president to step down a year early
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Source: Citizen News, #Nov9
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HKUST president to step down a year early
On November 9, 2021, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (#HKUST) announced that its president #WeiShyy will step down on October 19 next year, almost a year before his five-year term is due to end.
Shyy didn't explain why he was resigning.
The aerospace professor became head of HKUST in September 2018 and is the President with the shortest tenure.
During Anti-ELAB movement in 2019, #AlexChow, a HKUST student, who fell to his death in a car park after partaking a nearby pro-democracy protest.
When the news broke out on November 8, 2019, Shyy suspended an ongoing congregation immediately.
He was seen shedding and wiping away tears while asking participants of the ceremony to stand and observe a moment of silence.
On the same day, Shyy issued an open letter requesting Hong Kong authorities to conduct independent and thorough investigation into the cause of death of Alex Chow, saying the police force, in particular, should clarify why there was a delay in first aid assistance.
Shyy stated in the open letter, "If there is no satisfactory explanation, it will set off our indignation. "
Source: Citizen News, #Nov9
https://bit.ly/3bRu1h1
#ViceChancellor #Education #HKUST #WeiShyy #StwpDown
HKUST president to step down a year early
On November 9, 2021, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (#HKUST) announced that its president #WeiShyy will step down on October 19 next year, almost a year before his five-year term is due to end.
Shyy didn't explain why he was resigning.
The aerospace professor became head of HKUST in September 2018 and is the President with the shortest tenure.
During Anti-ELAB movement in 2019, #AlexChow, a HKUST student, who fell to his death in a car park after partaking a nearby pro-democracy protest.
When the news broke out on November 8, 2019, Shyy suspended an ongoing congregation immediately.
He was seen shedding and wiping away tears while asking participants of the ceremony to stand and observe a moment of silence.
On the same day, Shyy issued an open letter requesting Hong Kong authorities to conduct independent and thorough investigation into the cause of death of Alex Chow, saying the police force, in particular, should clarify why there was a delay in first aid assistance.
Shyy stated in the open letter, "If there is no satisfactory explanation, it will set off our indignation. "
Source: Citizen News, #Nov9
https://bit.ly/3bRu1h1
#ViceChancellor #Education #HKUST #WeiShyy #StwpDown
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科大校長史維請辭 明年10月卸任 曾畢業禮落淚公布周梓樂死訊
香港科技大學宣佈，校長史維已向大學校董會請辭，將於明年10月19 日卸任。
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Hong Kong CityU President to Step Down in 2023
On November 11, 2021, the City University of Hong Kong (#CityU) announced that its president #WayKuo will leave his post in 2023.
Kuo specialises in electronics systems and nuclear energy. In 2020, Kuo did not co-sign a declaration, like five other university presidents, did that states their support of One Country Two Systems and their comprehension of the need to enforce the #NationalSecurityLaw.
Just two days ago, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (#HKUST) also annouced the pending departure of its president #WeiShyy in 2022, which is one year earlier than the original term.
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https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/31416
Source: InMedia #Nov11
https://bit.ly/3n2Uv5m
#ViceChancellor #StepDown
Hong Kong CityU President to Step Down in 2023
On November 11, 2021, the City University of Hong Kong (#CityU) announced that its president #WayKuo will leave his post in 2023.
Kuo specialises in electronics systems and nuclear energy. In 2020, Kuo did not co-sign a declaration, like five other university presidents, did that states their support of One Country Two Systems and their comprehension of the need to enforce the #NationalSecurityLaw.
Just two days ago, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (#HKUST) also annouced the pending departure of its president #WeiShyy in 2022, which is one year earlier than the original term.
Read more:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/31416
Source: InMedia #Nov11
https://bit.ly/3n2Uv5m
#ViceChancellor #StepDown
#Pandemic #NewNormal
The University of Hong Kong Imposes Vaccine Mandate in Coming School Term
In an email sent on November 11, 2021 to all staff and students by the management, the University of Hong Kong (#HKU) requires everyone entering the campus to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 from January 17, 2022 onwards.
Otherwise, unvaccinated personnels will have to undergo weekly Covid-19 tests at their own expenses.
Source: HKU Campus TV #Nov11
#Vaccination #Covid19 #Control #University
The University of Hong Kong Imposes Vaccine Mandate in Coming School Term
In an email sent on November 11, 2021 to all staff and students by the management, the University of Hong Kong (#HKU) requires everyone entering the campus to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 from January 17, 2022 onwards.
Otherwise, unvaccinated personnels will have to undergo weekly Covid-19 tests at their own expenses.
Source: HKU Campus TV #Nov11
#Vaccination #Covid19 #Control #University