11 Nov 2020獨媒#911
One year after CUHK clashes, student union’s retrospective exhibition faces university pressure; exhibits cover “Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times” wording
去年11月11日，中文大學學生和示威者在校內「二號橋」與警方爆發衝突。中大學生會臨時行政委員會聯同6間書院學生會，今日（11月11日）起於中大文化廣場舉辦為期一周的「中大保衛戰」相片展覽及「和你寫」街站。學生會臨時行政委員會主席區倬僖表示，希望透過活動重新喚起公眾關注，亦讓新生了解中大歷史。校方早前要求修改展覽宣傳品，區倬僖批評校方態度與以往截然不同，無奈之下唯有刪減「光時」等敏感字眼。
On 11 November last year, CUHK students and protesters clashed with police at the university’s “Bridge No. 2”. From today (11 November), the CUHK Students’ Union Provisional Executive Committee, together with the student unions of six colleges, is holding a week-long photo exhibition on the “Defence of CUHK” and a “Write with You” street booth at the university’s Cultural Plaza. Owen Au Cheuk-hei, chairperson of the Students’ Union Provisional Executive Committee, said the activities aimed to rekindle public attention and help freshmen understand CUHK’s history. The university earlier asked for changes to the exhibition’s promotional materials. Owen Au Cheuk-hei criticised the university’s attitude as completely different from before, saying that, with no alternative, they had to remove sensitive wording such as “Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times”.
6 Nov 2020聞庫（立場）#892
Education Bureau for First Time Offers Schools Activity Suggestions for National Constitution Day, Advocating Flag-Raising, National Anthem and Constitution Briefings at Assemblies
人大常委 2014 年通過將每年12 月 4 日定為「國家憲法日」，教育局今日（6 日）向中小學致函，首次針對學校「國家憲法日」推廣活動，提供相關資料和活動建議。教育局建議，學校當日應升掛國旗和區旗，及奏唱國歌，期間教職員和學生必須保持肅立、舉止莊重及遵守相關的禮儀，「以示對國家的尊重，及展現他們作為國民的良好素養。」教育局又建議，在當日早會、周會或班主任課期間，向學生講解《憲法》和《基本法》。
The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress designated 4 December each year as National Constitution Day in 2014. The Education Bureau today (6 December) wrote to primary and secondary schools, for the first time providing relevant information and activity suggestions specifically for schools’ National Constitution Day promotion activities. The bureau suggested that schools should display the national flag and the regional flag, and play and sing the national anthem on that day. During this time, teachers, staff and students must remain standing, conduct themselves solemnly and observe the relevant etiquette, “to show respect for the country and demonstrate their good qualities as citizens.” The bureau also suggested explaining the Constitution and the Basic Law to students during morning assemblies, weekly assemblies or form-teacher lessons that day.
6 Nov 2020獨媒#894
CUHK Calls Students at Dawn to Halt Anti-Extradition Exhibition; Student Union Says It Is ‘Obvious White Terror’ That Cannot Tolerate Even Facts
11月「中大保衛戰」下週一週年，中文大學學生會臨時行政委員會（下稱學生會）聯同八間書院學生會，於11月11日至18日舉辦相片展覽及街站。校方前晚突然要求學生會刪除活動宣傳海報，並與學生會昨午會面，惟最後雙方未能達成共識。中大學生會前主席、臨政成員蘇浚鋒強調學生會將盡力確保活動繼續進行，批評校方做法是「明顯嘅白色恐怖，連事實及歷史都容不下」。
The anniversary of the November “CUHK defence battle” falls next Monday. The Chinese University of Hong Kong Student Union’s Interim Administrative Committee (hereafter the Student Union), together with the student unions of eight colleges, is holding a photo exhibition and street booths from 11 to 18 November. The university suddenly asked the Student Union to remove promotional posters for the events the night before last, and met with the Student Union yesterday afternoon, but the two sides ultimately failed to reach a consensus. So Tsun-fung, former chairperson of the CUHK Student Union and a member of the interim administration, stressed that the Student Union would do its utmost to ensure that the events went ahead, criticising the university’s actions as “obvious white terror, unable even to tolerate facts and history.”
5 Nov 2020聞庫（立場）#891
One Year After CUHK Clashes, Student Union Holds Retrospective Exhibition; University Says Publicity Posters May Violate Law and Urges Their Removal
中文大學衝突去年 11 月爆發大規模衝突，一週年將至，中文大學學生會臨時行政委員會（下稱 CUSU）聯同 8 間書院學生會，將於 11 月 11 日至 18 日舉辦等連串回顧活動，學生會指盼喚起港人對「中大保衛戰」的記憶。惟昨日活動宣傳海報發布後不到一小時，校方便要求 CUSU 成員刪除相關海報。此外，校方另發聲明指宣傳內容「或涉嫌違法以及不當使用頭像」，又敦促活動舉辦者立即修改或移除有關宣傳品，校方提到，任何不合規的活動，大學有責任亦有權利禁止有關活動。
The large-scale clashes at The Chinese University of Hong Kong broke out last November. As the first anniversary approaches, the Chinese University of Hong Kong Students’ Union Interim Administrative Committee (CUSU), together with the students’ unions of eight colleges, will hold a series of retrospective activities from 11 to 18 November. The students’ unions said they hoped to revive Hong Kong people’s memories of the “CUHK Defence Battle”. However, less than an hour after publicity posters for the activities were released yesterday, the university asked CUSU members to delete the relevant posters. The university also issued a statement saying that the publicity content “may involve violations of the law and improper use of portraits”, and urged the organisers to immediately amend or remove the publicity materials. The university said it had both the responsibility and the right to prohibit any activities that did not comply with the rules.
2 Nov 2020聞庫（立場）#880
CityU Broadcast: University Revises Student Disciplinary Code, Bans Derivative Works of School Song and Emblem, Likened to CityU Versions of School Song and Emblem Laws
城市大學生媒體《城市廣播》今日報道，城市大學早前通過修訂學生紀律守則，修訂內容無公開，但據了解修訂主要是為即將面世的校歌「護航」，新增條款禁止破壞大學品牌及形象的行為，包括未授權使用、修改、損毀及進行二次創作等等，而所謂「大學品牌及形象」，包括校歌、校徽或任何其他可以代表大學身份的元素，報道形容修訂是城大版的「校歌法」和「校徽法」。
Student media outlet CityU Broadcast reported today that City University had earlier approved revisions to its student disciplinary code. The details of the revisions have not been made public, but it is understood that they are mainly intended to safeguard the university’s forthcoming school song. The new provisions prohibit acts that damage the university’s brand and image, including unauthorised use, alteration, damage and derivative works. The university’s “brand and image” is understood to include its school song, emblem and any other elements that can represent its identity. The report described the revisions as CityU versions of a “School Song Law” and an “Emblem Law”.
27 Oct 2020獨媒#867
HKU Students’ Union Stays Outside Council Venue, Urges Max Zuojun Shen to Personally Respond on Communist Party Committee Status
港大校務委員會今日召開會議，審議任命內地學者申作軍與宮鵬為副校長。學生會於會前在鈕魯詩樓外，向教務長遞交聯署聲明，包括要求延後任命直接完成調查候選人背景、公開遴選委員會名單及準則，以及要求申作軍須以書面形式向學生和公眾作政治申報。港大學生會會長葉芷琳表示，學生會會靜坐至會議結束，又要求申作軍現身解釋自己是否黨委，以釋除大眾疑慮。
The University of Hong Kong’s Council met today to consider appointing mainland scholars Max Zuojun Shen and Peng Gong as vice-presidents. Before the meeting, the Students’ Union submitted a joint statement to the provost outside Knowles Building, including demands to postpone the appointments until a background investigation of the candidates was completed, and to disclose the membership and criteria of the selection committee. It also demanded that Max Zuojun Shen make a written political declaration to students and the public. HKU Students’ Union president Edy Tsz Lam Jeh said the union would hold a sit-in until the meeting ended, and demanded that Max Zuojun Shen appear in person to explain whether he was a Communist Party committee member, in order to dispel public concerns.
10 Oct 2020聞庫（立場）#848
Pui To amends school rules to ban black masks and “unapproved” books and periodicals; concern group condemns suppression of freedom
香港培道中學在新學年修改多條校規，包括不准學生攜帶「與課本無關而未經批准之報刊和書籍」、只可戴指定顏色的口罩等，如犯規最嚴重或開除學籍。踢爆事件的「香港培道中學本土關注組」指，校方今日（10 日）向家長及學生發信，首先指關注組並非學校組織，斥關注組多次斷章取義、誤導學生及公眾，「深表遺憾」，又重申政治不能帶入校園。關注組今日在 Instagram 回應事件，指校方以縮減灰色地帶為名義，事實上打壓學生自由。
Pui To Middle School in Hong Kong amended several school rules for the new academic year, including prohibiting students from carrying “newspapers, periodicals and books unrelated to textbooks and not approved” and allowing only masks in designated colours. The most serious penalty for violations may be expulsion. The Pui To Middle School Local Concern Group, which exposed the changes, said the school sent a letter to parents and students today (10th), stating that the group was not a school organisation and expressing “deep regret” that it had repeatedly taken statements out of context and misled students and the public. The school also reiterated that politics must not be brought onto campus. The concern group responded on Instagram today, saying that under the guise of reducing grey areas, the school was in fact suppressing students’ freedom.
10 Oct 2020聞庫（立場）#849
Reclaiming Student Management Rights, HKU Removes Lennon Wall and Encloses It with Water Barriers; Students’ Union: Deeply Regretful
位於香港大學校園的「連儂牆」，上月 26 日被身份不明人士惡意破壞，學生會重建後今早（10 日）再遭校方拆除，並以約兩米高的水馬圍封。香港大學學生會中央幹事會發聲明指，港大學生會於大學街上層攤位的管理權於本月 8 日期滿，已向校舍事務委員會遞交延續申請，直至昨日收到校方回覆拒絕。上址今日起歸校方管理，校方今早即清拆連儂牆，會方深感遺憾。
The Lennon Wall on the University of Hong Kong campus was maliciously damaged by unidentified persons on the 26th of last month. After the Students’ Union rebuilt it, the university removed it again this morning (the 10th) and enclosed the area with water barriers about two metres high. The HKU Students’ Union Central Executive Committee said in a statement that its management rights over a stall on the upper level of University Street expired on the 8th of this month. It had submitted an application for an extension to the Estates Affairs Committee, but received the university’s reply yesterday rejecting the application. The site came under the university’s management from today, and the university immediately dismantled the Lennon Wall this morning. The Students’ Union said it was deeply regretful.
6 Oct 2020立場Facebook#842
Kowloon Tong Alliance Primary School Teacher’s Registration Cancelled for Promoting Hong Kong Independence
九龍塘宣道小學一名教師被指在課堂上宣揚港獨，教育局裁定「嚴重專業失德」，本年9月取消其教師註冊。涉事老師去年3月設計工作紙，要求學生觀看關於香港民族黨被禁及水貨客的影片後，回答關於言論自由和港獨原因等問題。
The Education Bureau ruled that a teacher at Kowloon Tong Alliance Primary School had committed “serious professional misconduct” by allegedly promoting Hong Kong independence in class, and cancelled the teacher’s registration in September this year. In March last year, the teacher designed a worksheet requiring students to watch videos about the banning of the Hong Kong National Party and parallel traders before answering questions about freedom of expression and the reasons for Hong Kong independence.
21 Sept 2020獨媒#823
Kicked Out After Nearly 20 Years at Lingnan, Yip Yam-chung Refuses to Abandon the University Battlefield: Staying Is Itself a Value
上月初，《獨媒》創辦人之一、嶺南大學文化研究系助理教授葉蔭聰在專欄撰文提到，自己終身合約申請遭拒，僅獲一年臨時合約，明年便要離職。文章一出，即惹來公眾關注——其時，於佔中案被判刑的香港大學法律學院副教授戴耀廷剛遭校委會解僱，而同案的浸會大學社工系講師邵家臻也不獲校方續約。常於報章撰文批評政府的葉蔭聰如今又被踢走，自然被視為出於政治原因。
Early last month, Yip Yam-chung, one of the founders of InMedia and an assistant professor in Lingnan University’s Department of Cultural Studies, wrote in a column that his application for a tenure contract had been rejected and that he had received only a one-year temporary contract, meaning he would have to leave the following year. The article immediately drew public attention. At the time, Benny Tai, an associate professor at the University of Hong Kong’s Faculty of Law who had been sentenced in the Occupy Central case, had just been dismissed by the university council, while Shiu Ka-chun, a lecturer in social work at Hong Kong Baptist University in the same case, had also not had his contract renewed. As Yip Yam-chung, who frequently wrote newspaper articles criticising the government, was now also being forced out, it was naturally seen as politically motivated.
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