1 Aug 2021立場新聞#1475
Call to Ban HKPTU; Regina Ip Says Union Uses Discounts to Lure Teachers into Opposing China and Destabilising Hong Kong
葉劉淑儀表示應取締教協,批評教協以利益誘惑教師,使其支持教協反中亂港的偏激立場。
Regina Ip said the Hong Kong Professional Teachers’ Union should be outlawed, criticising it for luring teachers with benefits to support the union’s extremist stance of opposing China and destabilising Hong Kong.
31 Jul 2021立場新聞#1473
After Two State Media Outlets Lash Out, Education Bureau Rejects HKPTU Recognition and Ends Case Referrals
《新華社》及《人民日報》30日批評教協,指應「鏟除毒瘤」後,教育局隨即宣布全面終止與教協合作關係,包括不再承認教協的教師培訓、不再處理教協轉介個案等。教育局指,教協積極參與民陣及支聯會,並曾推動教師罷課,「本質上與政治團體無異」。
After Xinhua News Agency and the People’s Daily criticised the Hong Kong Professional Teachers’ Union (HKPTU) on the 30th, saying the “tumour” should be “rooted out”, the Education Bureau immediately announced a comprehensive termination of its cooperation with the HKPTU. This included no longer recognising the HKPTU’s teacher training and no longer handling cases referred by the union. The bureau said the HKPTU had actively participated in the Civil Human Rights Front and the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, and had promoted teacher strikes, adding that it was “essentially no different from a political group”.
26 Jul 2021立場新聞#1461
Baptist University to require new undergraduates to complete national security education and stop collecting student union fees; president Alexander Ping Kong Wai: university is not a political venue
香港浸會大學校長表示,新學年起將暫停代學生會收會費,而新學年入學的本科生須於畢業前完成不計學分的國安教育課程。校方指有關課程涉及政治、網絡、環境安全及公共衞生等範疇。
The president of Hong Kong Baptist University said the university would stop collecting student union fees on behalf of the union from the new academic year. Undergraduates enrolling in the new academic year will also have to complete a non-credit-bearing national security education course before graduation. The university said the course covers political, cyber, environmental security and public health issues.
15 Jul 2021明報#1445
Lingnan University stops collecting students’ union fees, citing complaints over bundled charges (13:15)
嶺南大學稱收到對學生會會費與學費一併收取的投訴,並以嶺大學生會是獨立註冊社團為由,宣布不再代收學生會會費。
Lingnan University said it had received complaints about collecting students’ union fees together with tuition fees. It announced that it would no longer collect the fees on behalf of the students’ union, citing the union’s status as an independently registered society.
14 Jul 2021立場新聞#1441
HKU orders Students’ Union to vacate Union Building by 21 July; student organisations required to register with university
行政長官林鄭月娥13日評論港大學生會評議會悼念議案事件,指校方應對有關學生採取行動。港大隨即發表聲明,不承認學生會現有在校內的角色,並要求學生會在七天內遷離學生會綜合大樓。
Chief Executive Carrie Lam commented on 13 July on the Hong Kong University Students’ Union Council’s memorial motion incident, saying the university should take action against the students concerned. HKU subsequently issued a statement saying it did not recognise the Students’ Union’s existing role on campus and requiring it to vacate the Students’ Union Union Building within seven days.
13 Jul 2021立場新聞#1438
[National Security Education] All Hong Kong kindergartens to receive National Security Reader in July; Education Bureau says it will help young children understand their Chinese identity
教育局4 月向全港中小學、特殊學校派發《香港特別行政區維護國家安全法讀本》後,宣布7月起會向幼稚園分派該國安讀本作教師參考書,協助幼兒培養國民身份認同。
After distributing the Reader on the Law of the People's Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to primary and secondary schools and special schools across Hong Kong in April, the Education Bureau announced that it would distribute the national security reader to kindergartens from July as a reference book for teachers, helping young children develop a sense of national identity.
13 Jul 2021立場新聞#1439
【Dismantling Student Unions】PolyU Students’ Union: University to stop collecting membership fees on its behalf; wording of statement on Alice Wong Yuen Lam’s arrest called “overly radical”
繼城大、港大及中大早前宣布停止代學生會收會費後,香港理工大學學生會指校方已決定由新學年起不再代收學生會會費。理大校方就事件回覆傳媒查詢,稱學生會是獨立註冊團體,應自行處理其財政事務。
After City University of Hong Kong, the University of Hong Kong and the Chinese University of Hong Kong earlier announced that they would stop collecting student union membership fees, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University Students’ Union said the university had decided to stop collecting its membership fees from the new academic year. In response to media enquiries, PolyU said the Students’ Union was an independently registered organisation and should handle its own financial affairs.
8 Jul 2021眾新聞#1436
HKU Students’ Union Council Withdraws Motion to Mourn Police Stabber Who Died by Suicide; Executive Committee Apologises and Resigns
香港大學學生會評議會7日通過悼念梁健輝議案後,被校方及保安局強烈譴責。香港大學學生會成員凌晨召開記者會宣布撤回該議案,並就事件鞠躬道歉及請辭。
After the University of Hong Kong Students’ Union Council passed a motion on the 7th to mourn Leung Kin-fai, it was strongly condemned by the university and the Security Bureau. Members of the University of Hong Kong Students’ Union held a press conference in the early hours, announcing the withdrawal of the motion, bowing and apologising for the incident, and resigning.
18 Jun 2021立場新聞#1395
Tin Shui Wai Primary School Teacher Reported for Buying Apple Daily for Colleagues; School Says He Had “Improper Motives” and Suspends Some Classes
有小學教師為同事購買《蘋果日報》,被其他老師向校方舉報。據指,校方暫停該教師部分課堂,並批評他「動機不良」。
A primary school teacher bought Apple Daily for colleagues and was reported to the school by other teachers. It was reported that the school suspended some of the teacher’s classes and criticised him for having “improper motives”.
9 Jun 2021獨媒#1388
Lingnan University Students’ Union loses mass-mail access after using “Wuhan pneumonia”
嶺南大學學生會因在發送予全校學生的電郵中,使用「武漢肺炎」一詞,被校方以學生會近年變得高度政治化為由,終止學生會在大學電郵系統群發電郵的權力。
Lingnan University terminated the Students’ Union’s authority to send mass emails through the university email system after it used the term “Wuhan pneumonia” in an email sent to all students, citing the union’s increasing politicisation in recent years.
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