Blacklisting Candace Chong｜CUHK says it “could not provide a venue”; talk “cancelled”｜CUHK: Facilities use as usual, no further comment
封殺莊梅岩｜中大「未能提供場地」 講座「被取消」 中大：設施使用如常，沒補充
Playwright Candace Chong wrote earlier this month alleging that she had been “blacklisted” by the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, the Leisure and Cultural Services Department and West Kowloon. The Office of Arts Administration under The Chinese University of Hong Kong had scheduled a talk by Chong at the Shaw College Hall on 20 October, with registration for members of the public and alumni opening in early September. The office suddenly announced on its website today (26 September) that the talk had been “cancelled because the university was unable to provide a venue for the event”, and apologised for the inconvenience caused to registered attendees, asking for their understanding. 《集誌社》 asked CUHK why it was unable to provide a venue and whether this was related to Chong’s earlier allegation that she had been “blacklisted”. CUHK replied in the evening in 40 Chinese characters: “The university was unable to provide a venue for this event. CUHK’s current policy and operation regarding the use of campus facilities remain unchanged. There is no further comment.” Chong wrote on Facebook that evening that the problem with Hong Kong’s current management was ignorance, mediocrity and cowardice: “They don’t know what they are harming, they don’t know what they are destroying, and they don’t know what they are afraid of.”
劇作家莊梅岩月初發文，揭被演藝、康文署、西九等「封殺」。中文大學轄下藝術行政主任辦公室（下稱辦公室），原定於 10 月 20 日在中大邵逸夫堂舉辦莊梅岩講座，早在 9 月初開放予公眾人士和校友登記。辦公室今（26日）突然在網站公布，講座「因校方未能就是次活動提供場地」而取消，又指對已登記觀眾造成不便深感抱歉，敬請體諒。 《集誌社》向中文大學查詢，為何未能提供場地？與早前莊梅岩指「被封殺」是否有關等等？中大晚上以 40 字回覆指，「未能就是次活動提供場地。中大現行的校內設施使用政策及運作如常，沒有其他補充」。莊梅岩晚上在 Facebook 發文指現時香港管理層問題是無知、平庸同懦弱，「佢哋唔知自己傷害緊啲乜、唔知自己破壞緊啲乜、唔知自己怕緊啲乜」。