Hair-Length Ban｜Two Former Students Sue Alma Maters, Say Rule Banning Boys from Growing Long Hair Breaches Disability and Sex Discrimination Ordinances
長髮禁令｜兩舊生入稟告母校 指禁男生留長髮校規違殘疾、性別歧視條例
Two students filed a civil lawsuit in court on Wednesday (15th), challenging their former schools’ rules banning boys from growing long hair. athan Lam Chak Chun, a graduate of TWGHs Wong Fut Nam College, and Wong Wing-hei, a graduate of Tin Shui Wai Methodist College, believe that the rules breach the Disability Discrimination Ordinance and the Sex Discrimination Ordinance. athan Lam Chak Chun said the only effective way to resolve the issue was through the courts, and hoped the proceedings would lead the court to declare that the hair-length ban violated the discrimination ordinances. The graduates, athan Lam Chak Chun and Wong Wing-hei, appeared outside the court with long hair on Wednesday and explained their reasons for filing the case. athan Lam Chak Chun said that the rules of co-educational schools in Hong Kong differed between boys and girls: “Why are girls naturally suited to having long hair, while boys are not?” He believed that the relevant rules constituted sex discrimination.
兩位學生周三（ 15日）入稟法院，提出民事訴訟，挑戰母校禁男生留長髮的校規。東華三院黃笏南中學畢業生林澤駿、天水圍循道衛理中學畢業生黃永熙，認為有關校規違反《殘疾歧視條例》及《性別歧視條例》。林澤駿表示，唯一有效可解決問題的方法，是由法院處理，希望透過訴訟，令法庭宣布髮禁令有違反歧視條例。 已畢業的林澤駿和黃永熙，周三在法院外以長髮示人，講解入稟心路。林澤駿表示，香港男女校的校規，男女之間有分別，「點解女仔天生適合留長頭髮，男仔唔適合？」他認為，有關規定有性別歧視。