Schools respond to live-streamed military parade; students say a strong military ensures national security
學校響應直播閱兵 學生：強軍才能國安
Last month, the Education Bureau issued a circular to all primary and secondary schools in Hong Kong encouraging them to hold flag-raising ceremonies, sing the national anthem and watch a live broadcast of the military parade yesterday. Various schools responded. Acting Secretary for Education Jeff Chun Fai Sze said the parade was the best national security education and hoped students would carry on the patriotic spirit. Participating students said that a strong country and military were necessary for national security, and some said they would join the disciplined services in future to contribute to the country. Several schools held flag-raising ceremonies and arranged for students to watch the live broadcast, including CCC Heep Woh Primary School (Cheung Sha Wan) and HKFEW Wong Cho Bau Secondary School. Hong Kong College of Technology also invited students and teachers to provide commentary on the broadcast, explaining China’s military equipment to 200 teachers and students. Student commentator Shuai Binhua said history must not be forgotten or repeated, and that only if China’s influence continued to grow would it be able to reshape the rules of future wars and safeguard world peace. He said, “A strong military ensures national security.” Jeff Chun Fai Sze attended a Victory Day of the War of Resistance commemorative ceremony at the Patriotic Education Support Centre yesterday. He thanked the education sector for actively responding to the bureau’s appeal, saying the parade was the best national security and patriotic education and that “history is the best textbook”. He also said Hong Kong had played an important role during the War of Resistance, demonstrating an unyielding patriotic spirit. He added that the country’s progress towards prosperity had enabled its people to live and work in peace and contentment and had given it considerable weight on the international stage. These achievements had not come easily, and he hoped students would cherish and carry on the patriotic feelings of those who came before them, equip themselves well and contribute to the country’s future development.
教育局上月向全港中小學發通函，鼓勵學校昨日舉行升國旗儀式及唱國歌，以及收看閱兵儀式直播，昨日有不同學校響應。署理教育局長施俊輝表示，閱兵儀式是最好的國安教育，冀學生可傳承愛國情懷。有參與的學生認為國強才能國安，將來會投身紀律部隊貢獻國家。 施俊輝：歷史是最好教科書 昨日多間學校舉行升旗禮，並安排學生觀看閱兵直播，包括中華基督教會協和小學（長沙灣）及香港教育工作者聯會黃楚標中學等。香港專業進修學校更邀請同學及老師為直播旁述，向200名師生講解中國軍備。負責旁述的學生帥斌華表示，歷史不能遺忘及重演，認為只有中國的影響力日漸強大，對未來戰爭規則才有改寫的能力，世界和平才有保障，「強軍才能國安」。 施俊輝昨到愛國教育支援中心出席抗戰勝利紀念日儀式，席上他感謝學界積極響應局方號召，認為閱兵儀式是最好的國家安全及愛國主義教育，「歷史是最好的教科書」，又稱香港在抗戰期間擔當重要角色，展現出不屈不撓的愛國精神。 他又說，國家能走上繁榮昌盛的道路使人民安居樂業，並在國際舞台上舉足輕重，這些成果均得來不易，冀學生珍惜並傳承先烈的愛國之情，好好裝備自己，為國家未來發展作貢獻。