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Written by: Chen Jiayi
2020-10-27 12:37
Last update date: 2020-10-27 12:42
The University Committee of the University of Hong Kong is expected to meet today to discuss the results of the selection of the two vice-president positions. Earlier it was reported that Tsinghua University scholar Shen Zuojun would be recommended as the Vice President (Research) of the University of Hong Kong, and another Tsinghua University scholar Gong Peng was recommended for the post. Vice President (Academic Development).
However, in the Tsinghua University website, the information that originally showed that Shen Zuojun was a member of the party committee of the "Department Party Committee" was deleted after the news was exposed. The incident caused concern.
The president of the Hong Kong University Student Union, Ye Zhilin, stated on the commercial TV program "Starting on a Sunny Day" today (27) that a letter will be sent to the school committee in the afternoon, urging the school committee to postpone the appointment of two vice-principals.
The president of the Hong Kong University Students' Union, Ye Zhilin, said that a joint statement letter will be submitted to the school committee this afternoon.
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The president of the Hong Kong University Students’ Union, Ye Zhilin, said that more than 2,000 joint declaration letters will be submitted to the school committee this afternoon, requesting the school committee to postpone the appointment of two deputy schools and to investigate the conflict of interest of the selection committee and the background of the candidates. At the same time, the list of members of the selection committee and selection criteria are disclosed, and Shen Zuojun is required to make a political declaration.
She said that she would not stop the meeting, and hoped that the students present could put pressure on the school.
She believes that the two candidates for the deputy school have similar backgrounds to the principal of the University of Hong Kong, Zhang Xiang, and are of little help to the internationalization advocated by the University of Hong Kong.
She pointed out that after Zhang Xiang, the president of the University of Hong Kong, took office, the allocation of resources was inclined to graduate students.
She said that appointing a vice-principal is equivalent to choosing a leader of the University of Hong Kong. The vice-principal involves decisions on personnel, finances and resources.
Tsinghua University scholar Shen Zuojun is accused of having a party committee background. She believes that anyone with political connections should not be involved in school policy decisions, and she does not want university management to teach at other universities and hold multiple positions.
She said that the University of Hong Kong has always been concerned about the autonomy of institutions and academic freedom, worried about political censorship, and did not want the University of Hong Kong to appear inland.
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On the Hong Kong and Taiwan program "Millenniums", Ye Zhilin pointed out that in the past, the selection committee members were more diverse, with broader academic achievements and spectrum, but this time the selection committee has no representatives of undergraduates, only graduate students.
The school argued that because the two vice presidents were mainly responsible for research and academic development, they had a greater impact on graduate students, but she did not agree, and believed that the two positions at decision-making levels would have an impact on all students.
She also disagrees. The selection committee includes Wang Yujian, the chief vice president of the University of Hong Kong.
She explained that before Wang Yujian became the chief vice president, he had not gone through the selection process, but now he has the power to select others, questioning Wang Yujian's legitimacy and legitimacy.
And Zhang Xiang has worked with two candidates for many years, and she also believes that Zhang Xiang is responsible for the selection of a conflict of interest.
She asked the school to disclose the list of selection committees with the same criteria.
The University of Hong Kong Student Union
