The mainland state media Xinhua News Agency and the "People's Daily" recently published commentary articles criticizing the Hong Kong Association of Educational Professionals (Education Association) as a "malignant tumor". Its operation runs counter to education and must be eradicated.
The Education Bureau announced yesterday (July 31) that it would immediately terminate its cooperation with the Education Association and no longer regard the Education Association as a professional education organization. The Education Association expressed disappointment and regret over the decision of the Education Bureau.
Ye Liu Shuyi, a member of the Executive Council and the chairman of the New Democrat Party, issued a document saying that he agreed to ban the Association of Education, questioned the Association’s strong political stance, promoted teachers and students to participate in anti-government demonstrations, used general education to spread slanderous speeches, and accused the Association of using it. Welfare incentives and "temptation" members support the "anti-China chaos in Hong Kong".
Liang Zhenying, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and former chief executive, posted multiple posts, criticizing the Education Association as "a political organization through and through" and inciting teaching staff to participate in demonstrations. He hoped that the members of the Education Association would recognize the facts and clearly indicate that they do not support the Education Association. Political position and means.
Ye Liu: The Education Association's "Insatiable" resources increase but the teachers' English level has not improved
Ye Liu Shuyi posted a post on Facebook saying that he agreed to the Education Bureau's termination of the cooperative relationship with the Education Association. Although the Education Association has withdrawn from the stake and the Chinese People's Front, it has supported organizations that advocate "ending one-party dictatorship" for many years and has a clear political stance. Use the New Senior High School System and Liberal Studies to slander the country and encourage students to participate in anti-government demonstrations.
She also pointed out that a large number of teachers were attracted by the shopping concessions provided by the Educational Association to join, and questioned the Educational Association's use of benefits to "tempt" members to follow and support the "anti-China chaos in Hong Kong."
She believes that the Education Association did not teach and persuade teachers to participate in social events, and did not play a professional role, so she agreed with the authorities' approach.
Ye Liu also said that he observed in the Legislative Council for a long time that “The Association for Education has always been insatiable and constantly soliciting resources from the government.” For example, from 2017 to 2018, the government allocated about 78 billion yuan for education, but from 2021 to 2022, Its funding has increased by 40% to more than 110 billion yuan. "The Education Association only knows how to ask for resources from the government, but the level of teachers has not improved. Only the language benchmark test reports that we often see, teachers do not matter whether they are in English or Putonghua has not improved over the years, which is very disappointing."
Liang Zhenying: Educational Association "Wealth and Power"
Liang Zhenying also posted more than a dozen posts on Facebook, quoting a statement from the Education Association, and attaching photos of the Education Association’s previous participation in demonstrations, including pictures of "The Education Association announces a strike in a severe situation" and "No strike on strike".
Liang Zhenying criticized that the Association of Education is a political organization through and through." It held a radical political stance and "excelled and is inferior to other opposition political organizations." He also believed that the Association of Education was "big financial power" and members tended to spend money in the association. It's cheaper than the market merchants, which is described as "the temptation of the Education Association."
Liang Zhenying pointed out that Xu Hanguang, a supervisor of the Educational Association, is a standing member of the Stake. He criticized him for requesting the abolition of the "Hong Kong National Security Law and the release of political prisoners" in public activities, as well as lighting candles to sing democracy songs.
Liang Zhenying believes that the Educational Association is a political organization rather than a teacher organization, and hopes that members clearly express not to support the political stance and methods of the Educational Association.
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The Education Bureau no longer recognizes the new thinking of the Education Association: Even the referral cases of the Education Association are not handled as improper. The Education Association terminates the working relationship or misconducts the seats of the Council and the Education Commission by the Education Bureau. Attitude welcome to join the Education Bureau’s termination of the working relationship. The Education Association’s response: It is a loss for the industry to have 95,000 members. The Education Bureau completely terminates its working relationship with the Education Association. Eradication of the Education Association: has been anti-Hong Kong independence and did not instigate student demonstrations
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