19 Jun 2024集誌社#3710
港大內鬥｜「調研期間」 校委會會議 不足半小時散會
The governance dispute at the University of Hong Kong continues, with the University Council and President Zhang Xiang engaged in a public war of words over the appointment of a vice-president. The Council held a special meeting at 4pm today (19th) at HKU’s Knowles Building. The university said that both President Zhang Xiang and Council Chairperson Wong Pui-see attended, but the meeting ended before 4.30pm, lasting less than half an hour. Council members present included former Legislative Council member Abraham Razack, JPMorgan managing director David Pak Wai Lau, and HKU honorary clinical professor in the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology Shew Ping Chow. Norman Chihnan Tien, who was earlier appointed by the Council as Acting Vice-President (Administration and Finance), was also present.
港大管治風波持續，委任副校長一事，校委會與校長張翔隔空罵戰。校委會今日（19日）於下午四時，在港大鈕魯詩樓召開特別會議。校方透露，除校長張翔及校委會主席王沛詩均有出席會議，惟會議在四時半前已完結，時間少於半小時。現身會議的校委成員有前立法會議員石禮謙、摩根大通董事總經理劉伯偉、港大矯形及創傷外科學系名譽臨床教授周肇平。此外，早前獲校委會任命的暫任行政及財務副校長田之楠亦有現身。
1 Nov 2023獨媒#8587
立法會通過中大校董會改組 張宇人拒評會否罷免段崇智
After prolonged controversy, the Legislative Council passed the private bill proposed by three legislators at its third reading, with 76 votes in favour, none against and three abstentions. The number of members on the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s Council will be reduced from 55 to 34, while the number of external members will increase, changing the ratio of external to internal members to 2:1. The method of appointing the vice-chancellor will also be amended to require the support of three-quarters of the Council’s members, while the number of Legislative Council members will remain unchanged. During the debate on the Chinese University of Hong Kong Ordinance, vice-chancellor Rocky Tuan became a target of criticism. When the three legislators who proposed the bill were asked whether they would consider removing Tuan and vice-Eric Shu Pui Ng, Tommy Cheung only said that he did not know what work the Council would undertake in future.
爭議多時的中大校董會改組草案，立法會以76票贊成、無人反對、3票棄權，三讀通過由3名議員提出的私人草案，中大校董會人數將由55人減至34人，並增加校外校董人數，令校外成員與校內成員的比例改為2:1，亦修改聘任校長的方法，須經校董會4分之3成員投票支持通過；但立法會議員數目則維持不變。在整個中大條例辯論，校長段崇智成為攻擊對象，3名提出草案的議員被問會否探討罷免段崇智和副校吳樹培，張宇人僅表示不知道校董會將來工作。
6 Oct 2023獨媒#8454
吳秋北批評大學迎新營「邪氣泛濫」 有人「收𡃁」控制學生
Following controversies over orientation camps at several universities, various measures have been introduced to tighten the organisation of activities. The Legislative Council Panel on Education also met this morning to review the management of university activities and moral education. Legislators lambasted orientation-camp culture, criticising it as “clique culture, emotional blackmail and bullying”, and advocated replacing orientation camps with other activities. Ng Chau-pei, president of the Federation of Trade Unions and father of three daughters, was particularly impassioned. He disclosed that his daughter had just entered university this year and had also attended an orientation camp. He said emotionally that “some students” had reported that orientation camps were a way of “recruiting followers”, “passing on certain traditions while controlling students all the way”, and he sharply criticised orientation camps as being “rife with sinister influences”. Secretary for Education Christine Choi repeatedly stressed at the meeting that the government would absolutely not tolerate the “unhealthy practices” associated with orientation camps.
多間大學在迎新營風波後，推出不同措施收緊活動安排，立法會教育事務委員會今早亦開會檢討大學生活動的管理及品德教育。議員們鞭撻迎新營文化，批評是「埋堆文化、情感勒索、欺凌」，又提倡以其他活動取代迎新營。有三名女兒的工聯會會長吳秋北最肉緊，他透露女兒今年剛入大學亦有參加迎新營，他激動表示「有同學」反映，迎新營是「收𡃁」方式，透過「承傳某種傳統，一路控制同學」，他又狠批迎新營「邪氣泛濫」。教育局局長蔡若蓮在會上多番強調，絕不姑息迎新營「歪風」。
4 Aug 2023獨媒#8142
中大修例完成逐條審議 料11月恢復二讀
The Bills Committee on the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Amendment) Bill 2023 held its third meeting today. Vice-Chancellor and President Rocky Tuan was absent for the third consecutive time, citing the need to undergo a medical procedure. Several lawmakers said Tuan was avoiding attendance. The Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions Dennis Tsz Wing Leung criticised him, saying, “Whenever there is something requiring him to come to the Legislative Council, he gets sick,” and questioned whether CUHK should instead hire a president who is “not sick all the time” to lead the university. The committee completed its clause-by-clause scrutiny today. It will submit a report to the House Committee in October, with the second reading expected to resume in November.
《2023年香港中文大學（修訂）條例草案》委員會今日舉行第3次會議，校長段崇智連續第三次缺席，他今日的理由為需進行醫療程序。多名議員認為段崇智迴避出席，工聯會梁子穎批評對方「逢親有事要嚟立法會，佢就會病」，認為是否應另聘一名「唔係成日病嘅校長」帶領中大。委員會今日完成逐條審議，將於10月向內務委員會提交報告，11月恢復二讀。
28 Jul 2023明報#8092
批聯署曲解《基本法》院校自主 梁振英：再證需「停用」段崇智
Three CUHK council members who are Legislative Council members, including Cheung Yu-yan, submitted a private bill to the Legislative Council concerning the restructuring of the CUHK Council. CUHK Alumni Consultative Committee chairman and council member Kelvin Yu Ming Yeung, among others, launched a petition calling for the proposal to “strike a balance between the university’s accountability to the public and institutional autonomy”; it received support from more than 1,000 alumni. Former Chief Executive CY Leung wrote yesterday criticising Kelvin Yu Ming Yeung for misinterpreting the institutional autonomy provided for in the Basic Law. Leung said that “institutional autonomy does not mean complete autonomy” and reiterated that there was a need to “stop using” CUHK President Rocky Tuan.
張宇人等3名中大議員校董向立法會交私人草案，涉及改組中大校董會，中大校友評議會主席兼校董楊于銘等發起聯署，要求方案「在大學向公眾問責與院校自主之間取得平衡」，獲逾千校友支持。前特首梁振英昨撰文批評楊于銘曲解《基本法》訂明的院校自主。梁認為「院校自主不是完全自主」，並重提有需要「停用」中大校長段崇智。
27 Jul 2023明報#8081
修港大規程 議員否決公聽 謝偉俊質疑僅納書面意見 「以後不需開會」
A Legislative Council Bills Committee met yesterday to discuss amendments to the University of Hong Kong Statutes that would allow the Disciplinary Committee to determine whether students had damaged the university’s reputation. By two votes in favour, three against and one abstention, the committee decided not to hold a public hearing and to accept written submissions only. Paul Tse Wai-chun, an Election Committee constituency legislator who proposed holding a public hearing, said the amendments concerned one of the best-known and oldest universities and suggested upholding the tradition of allowing the public to participate in the discussion. He said, “If everything is conducted in writing, there would be no need to meet.”
立法會一個小組委員會昨開會討論修訂《香港大學規程》，准紀律委員會裁定學生有否損校譽。委員會以2票贊成、3票反對及1票棄權下，決定不召開公聽會，只接納書面意見。提議召開公聽會的選委會界別議員謝偉俊表示，今次修訂涉及一所最知名且歷史悠久的大學，建議秉承傳統讓公眾參與討論，又稱「若每件事均以書面進行，我們就不需要開會」。
21 Jul 2023獨媒#8047
中大校董：段崇智及管理層具「智慧」處理黑衣人 令校園破壞較少未如理大般「火光熊熊」
The committee on the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Amendment) Bill 2023 held its first meeting today. Kelvin Yu Ming Yeung, chair of the CUHK Alumni Senate and also a member of the University Council, sent an open letter yesterday to committee chairwoman Leung Mei-fun, saying that the Bill had not been formally discussed or approved by the University Council and urging consideration of the Council’s views. The Bill was privately introduced by three Legislative Council members and was said to target CUHK Vice-Chancellor Duan Chongzhi. Ooi Hong Lim, another University Council member elected by the Alumni Senate, said that Duan opposed “Violent CUHK” and that it was due to the “wisdom” of him and the management in 2019 that damage on the CUHK campus was more limited, unlike at PolyU, where “flames were blazing”.
《2023年香港中文大學（修訂）條例草案》委員會今日舉行首次會議，身兼校董的中大校友評議會主席楊于銘，昨日向委員會主席梁美芬發出公開信，指《草案》未經校董會正式討論及通過，要求需考慮校董會的意見。草案由三名立法會議員私人提出，被指為針對校長段崇智。同樣為校友評議會選任校董林偉雄則稱，段反對「暴大」，2019年是基於他及管理層的「智慧」，才令中大的校園破壞較少，未如理大般「火光熊熊」。
21 Jul 2023獨媒#8050
中大修例私人草案立法會拒辦公聽會 下周五逐條審議
The Bills Committee on the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Amendment) Bill 2023 held its first meeting on Friday (July 21). Committee chairwoman Leung Mei-fan declined to hold a public hearing, allowing only 10 days for written submissions, and scheduled clause-by-clause scrutiny for next Friday (July 28).
Kelvin Yu Ming Yeung, chairman of the CUHK Alumni Senate and also a member of the University Council, sent an open letter to committee chairwoman Leung Mei-fan yesterday requesting a public hearing. At today’s meeting, several legislators opposed the request, including Tang Ka-piu of the Federation of Trade Unions, who was among those who proposed the private bill. He said reform of the CUHK Council was “quite politicised” and that a public hearing might become “more about criticising people and things one dislikes than examining whether the bill itself is appropriate”. Saying that this was “to protect CUHK”, he considered that a public hearing should not be held. New People’s Party member Lai Tung-kwok also supported written submissions, saying they would allow for more detailed views. Wong Yuk-fun said at the meeting that he did not agree with some legislators’ claim that receiving public views in written form was “rational”, saying that “a face-to-face public hearing would make things even more open and transparent for the public”.
《2023年香港中文大學（修訂）條例草案》委員會周五（7月21日）舉行首次會議，委員會主席梁美芬拒舉行公聽會，只安排10日接受書面意見，並安排在下周五（7月28日）進入逐條審議程序。
身兼校董的中大校友評議會主席楊于銘，昨日向委員會主席梁美芬發公開會，要求舉行公聽會。今日會上，多名議員對此表示反對，包括有份提出私人草案的工聯會鄧家彪，他指中大校董會改革「幾政治化」，公聽會或變成「對唔鍾意嘅人和事造批評多過就係睇呢個條文本身係咪合宜」，稱「為保護中大」，認為不宜舉行。新民黨黎棟國亦支持書面，認為能更詳細。會上汪玉歡則稱，不贊成部分議員指書面形式聽取公眾意見才是「理性」，認為「面對面的公聽會更比到公眾更加公開透明嘅」。
29 Jun 2023獨媒#7882
立法會首讀二讀改組草案 中大：校董會未正式審議
Legislative Council members Cheung Yu-yan of the Liberal Party, Lau Kwok-fan of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong, and Tang Ka-piu of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions, who are also members of The Chinese University of Hong Kong Council, introduced a private bill to amend the Chinese University of Hong Kong Ordinance and restructure the University Council. The bill received its first and second readings in LegCo today. Cheung Yu-yan, who proposed the amendments, reiterated that the bill was not intended to fulfil his personal vision, but to ensure that CUHK carries out the university governance reforms it should have undertaken but has not, thereby safeguarding the public interest. Cheung said yesterday that the consultation had been sufficient and that he had not heard any opposition on the University Council. CUHK told inmediahk.net that the bill had not been formally considered by the University Council before it was gazetted, and that the Council had not had an opportunity to discuss it and therefore could not express an opinion.
身兼中文大學校董的立法會議員自由黨張宇人、民建聯劉國勳及工聯會鄧家彪提出私人條例草案，修訂《香港中文大學條例》，改組校董會，草案今日在立法會首讀及二讀。提出修訂的張宇人重申條例草案並非實現個人願景，而是要中大做一直以來應做而未做的校政改革，維護公眾利益。張宇人昨日稱諮詢足夠，未有在校董會聽到反對聲音。中大回覆《獨媒》表示，條例在刊憲前未有提交校董會正式審議，未有機會進行討論，無法發表意見。
18 Apr 2023獨媒#6324
鄭國漢：有學生會成員自以為與校方共治 鄧飛認同：只有教授管治
Lingnan University’s Council proposed amendments under which an undergraduate student representative would be elected by undergraduates and then appointed by the Council, while a postgraduate student representative would also be added as an ex officio member of the Council and a member of the Court. During the Legislative Council committee’s discussion of the bill, Lingnan president Cheng Kwok-hon said some Student Union members had assumed they co-governed the university with the administration, adding that he himself had never used that term. Election Committee sector lawmaker Tang Fei agreed, saying that only professors govern universities. He said: “Even in the Song dynasty, people could say that scholar-officials co-governed with the emperor, but clearly that was not the case! Scholar-officials imagined it themselves; when it becomes a trend, it will become mainstream, so we must be very careful.”
嶺大校董會提出修例，由本科生互選出任學生代表，再經校董會委任產生，並增設研究生學生代表，成為校董會當然成員及諮議會成員。立法會委員會討論條例，嶺大校長鄭國漢指，曾有學生會成員自以為與校方「共治」大學，自己從不使用該字眼。選委界鄧飛認同，稱大學只有教授管治，認為必須警惕：「宋朝都可以話士大夫與天子共治，好明顯唔係啦！士大夫自己想像出嚟，當成為潮流就會變成主流，要好小心。」
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