Cheng Kwok-hon: Some Student Union Members Assume They Co-govern with University; Tang Fei Agrees: Only Professors Govern
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。」