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Written by: Lao Minyi
2021-01-17 11:13
Last update date: 2021-01-17 11:14
Qian Dakang, the former president of Hong Kong Baptist University, experienced constant controversy during his tenure, including anti-revision regulations and impact on the university campus.
He said today (17th) on the commercial TV program "Zhenghao Sunday" that he would never agree to give up young people. He believed that universities and society should give them hope and self-confidence instead of mere criticism and punishment.
He also believes that after the anti-amendment law turmoil, the society has lost communication, "I am not willing to listen to others, and I will always find the reason."
Qian Dakang said that he would never agree to give up young people.
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Hong Kong has experienced the Umbrella Movement in 2014 and the Anti-Revision Movement in 2019. Some voices once said to "give up young people".
Qian Dakang said that he would never agree to give up young people and emphasized that young people are the future of society. If they give up easily, society will lose hope.
He believes that it is necessary to understand the needs of young people, and not to punish or punish them. Universities and society must give them hope and confidence.
Society must try dialogue to understand the root of contradictions
After the anti-amendment law turmoil, Qian Dakang believes that society lacks communication and that there is a phenomenon of "blue, yellow and no succession". He emphasized that society must try dialogue to understand the root of contradictions.
Qian attended a student forum during the social movement and frankly felt that the students were very angry, and understood from their dissatisfaction that they felt hopeless.
After that, he started private heart-to-heart talks with students, held more than 200 breakfast meetings, refreshments and supper, and provided communication channels for teachers and students to talk.
Qian Dakang attended a student forum during the social movement and frankly felt that the students were very angry, and understood from their dissatisfaction that they felt hopeless.
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It is very irresponsible to shirk to the education sector
Faced with the arrest of many students, he thought it was very irresponsible to shirk the problem to the education sector. He explained that this is a social problem and should reflect on the reasons behind everyone’s dissatisfaction, "Don’t listen to others, and always find the reason." .
He said that after the anti-regulation incident, many people supported and understood college students from the outside world, believing that universities only need to do a good job of transferring knowledge and sticking to their posts without much change.
He also believes that students can express their opinions rationally, respect the opinions of others, and cannot do illegal acts. He emphasizes that hate speech and slander must not be accepted, and they must be responsible for their actions.
Academic freedom and academic autonomy still exist under the National Security Law
In addition, Qian Dakang believes that global university integration is inevitable, and courses, students, and professors must be diversified and internationalized, rather than Chinese. Therefore, he launched the "Talent 100" plan, recruiting 100 academic staff worldwide, and the response was better than expected It is good, so it will be promoted to "talent 136", and also hope to increase the percentage of undergraduate overseas exchanges from 60% to 100%, and increase the percentage of exchange students to 10%.
He believes that after the implementation of the National Security Law in the Port Area, academic freedom and institutional autonomy will still remain.
He predicts that under the impact of the epidemic, the employment prospects of students this school year will be poor, and the school will try their best to assist; and that the impact of the epidemic has reduced the number of domestic students applying for admission by 20-30%.
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