20 Apr 2024Cable#3396
港大風波｜港大校長張翔被投訴 校方：吹哨者投訴不能視為惡意
HKU student union media outlet Undergrad cited the university as saying that a whistleblower’s complaint against HKU President Zhang Xiang cannot be regarded as malicious. A task force recently found that the evidence for the whistleblower’s allegations against Zhang, including improper handling of university property and exemptions from tendering, was insufficient to establish the allegations. Zhang subsequently issued a statement strongly condemning those spreading rumours for serious defamation and stressing that the whistleblower system should be used cautiously. Undergrad cited the university’s response as saying that the task force unanimously accepted that the whistleblower’s complaint was made in good faith, involved serious allegations and had prima facie evidence, and that the anonymous complaint was therefore handled under the relevant mechanism. The university also said that staff or students who make good-faith reports or participate in investigations would be protected regardless of whether the allegations were substantiated. University employees who retaliated against them would face disciplinary action.
港大學生會媒體《學苑》引述港大回覆指，校長張翔被指投訴事件，吹哨者的投訴不能視為惡意。
日前專責小組認為吹哨者指控張翔，包括不當處理大學財產及豁免招標等證據不足以確立指控。張翔其後發聲明，強烈譴責造謠者嚴重誹謗，強調「吹哨者」制度要慎用。《學苑》引述校方回覆指，專責小組的一致接納吹哨者的投訴是善意，而且涉嚴重指控並有表面證據，故按機制處理有關匿名投訴。校方又指善意舉報，或參與案件調查的教職員或學生，無論指控是否成立都會受到保護。大學員工若對他們報復，將受到紀律處分。
13 Apr 2024獨媒#3346
調查結束指控全不成立 張翔：對港大造成的傷害難以彌補
A series of allegations against the University of Hong Kong President Zhang Xiang appeared in the media late last year, amid reports of an alleged power struggle between the University Council and the president. The Council subsequently set up a task force to investigate. More than six months later, the HKU Council announced yesterday (April 12) that the investigation report found the evidence insufficient to establish the allegations against the president. Zhang later issued a statement saying he had “finally been cleared”, but said that “the damage caused to the University of Hong Kong by this incident remains difficult to repair.”
去年末，連串針對港大校長張翔的指控見諸傳媒，更傳疑校委會與校長爭權，校委會及後成立專責小組調查。事隔逾半年，昨日（4月12日）港大校委會公布，指調查報告指證據不足以確立對校長的指控。張翔及後發聲明，稱「終於還我清白」，但指「今次事件對香港大學造成的傷害，仍難以彌補。」
9 Oct 2023明報#8462
應校長邀加盟港大 諾獎得主撐張翔 指校委再查不符港利益
Ahead of the University of Hong Kong Council meeting to discuss anonymous complaints against President Xiang Zhang, two prominent scholars whom Zhang invited to join HKU have either written or will write to the Council in support of him. Fraser Stoddart, the 2016 Nobel laureate in chemistry and Chair Professor in HKU’s Department of Chemistry, told the media that the Council should ignore the anonymous allegations. He described any renewed investigation as a “waste of time” and saddening, saying it would not be in the interests of the university or Hong Kong. He asked: “Why allow petty politics to damage the university?” He cautioned that if HKU wants to attract top scholars, it must avoid a “toxic culture” and support the university’s management.
香港大學校務委員會開會討論針對校長張翔的匿名投訴前夕，兩名由張翔力邀加入港大的知名學者已經或將會致函校委會，開腔支持張翔。2016年諾貝爾化學獎得主、港大化學系講座教授Fraser Stoddart接受訪問時，呼籲校委會應勿理會匿名指控，形容若校委會再啟動調查是「浪費時間」及令人傷感，也不符合大學及香港利益，反問：「為何容讓瑣碎政治破壞大學？」他提醒，港大如果要吸引頂級學者，就要避免「有毒文化」，及支持大學管理層。
9 Oct 2023獨媒#8464
港大校委會成立專責小組查涉張翔投訴 王沛詩：查明真相後才採取行動
HKU President Xiang Zhang has faced anonymous complaints alleging multiple incidents of mismanagement. The HKU Council held a special meeting this afternoon to address the matter and announced afterwards that it had established a five-member investigation task force. Three members are from the Council, while the other two will be non-Council members appointed by the Council. The task force is expected to submit its report within 12 weeks. Council Chair Wong Pui-si stressed that there were no assumptions, saying, “The president is still our president.” She said HKU would stand united until the facts were established, and would only take action after the truth had been found.
港大校長張翔遭匿名投訴，被指涉嫌多宗管理不當事件。港大校委會今日下午舉行特別會議處理，會後宣布成立5人調查專責小組，當中3人為校委會成員，其餘2人會由校委會委任非校委會成員加入，預計12星期內提交報告。校委會主席王沛詩強調沒有任何假定，「校長仲係我哋嘅校長」，港大會上下一心，直至找出事實真相才會採取行動。
4 Oct 2023獨媒#8441
港大10校董會成員發聲明 對校方「放任」處理就校長的投訴表失望和遺憾
Ten members of the University of Hong Kong Council issued a public statement yesterday, saying that Xiang Zhang, the HKU president, had recently been accused of multiple governance problems. They said all the views expressed in recent days had been conveyed through media reports, while the Council, HKU’s highest governing body, had so far made no formal public response. They expressed disappointment and regret over the university’s “laissez-faire” handling of the matter. To protect HKU’s reputation, the statement urged the university’s governing bodies, including the Council and the President’s Office, to take action as soon as possible, including addressing the confidentiality requirements concerning the complaints, making the relevant documents public, and handling the complaints in accordance with established procedures, including but not limited to establishing an independent investigation committee.
港大校長張翔近日接連被指控多宗管治問題，10名港大校董會成員昨發公開聲明，指近日所有聲音皆透過媒體報導，而作為港大最高管治架構的校委會，至今並無作正式公布回應，對校方「放任」處理感失望和遺憾。聲明稱為保港大聲譽，籲大學管治機構包括校委會和校長辦公室盡快採取行動，包括解決投訴事項的保密要求，公開相關文件，並按機制處理投訴包括但不限於成立獨立調查委員會。
2 Oct 2023HK01#8433
港大校委會緊急加會討論對張翔投訴 涉獎學金、醫學院長招聘獵頭
HK01 learned from multiple independent sources that the University of Hong Kong Council unusually held an additional special meeting on Tuesday (October 3) to discuss complaints against HKU President Zhang Xiang. The complaints included the exemption from a tender process to hire a US headhunting firm to recruit a vice-president and the dean of the Faculty of Medicine; a scholarship payment from a mainland company that was at one point requested to be transferred to an account controlled by the President’s Office; and the previously reported exemption from a tender process to purchase the president’s car for 2.05 million.
The HKU Council held its regular meeting last Tuesday (September 25), making the additional meeting one week later highly unusual. Zhang Xiang was reportedly issued a lawyer’s letter to the Council Secretariat requesting that the meeting be postponed, adding further uncertainty over whether it would take place.
《香港01》從多個獨立消息渠道獲悉，港大校務委員會周二（10月3日）罕有加開特別會議，討論對校長張翔的投訴，包括涉及豁免招標聘用美國獵頭公司招聘副校長及醫學院院長；一筆來自內地企業的獎學金款項，一度要求轉到校長辦公室控制的賬戶；以及此前曝光豁免招標以205萬元購買校長座駕。
港大校務委員會上周二（9月25日）已召開恆常會議，一周後加會極不尋常。據悉張翔向校委會秘書處發律師信，要求押後召開會議，令開會再添變數。
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