Mainland state media "Xinhua News Agency" and "People's Daily" published articles on the same day last Saturday (July 31) to bombard the Education Association, and the Hong Kong Education Bureau immediately issued a paper stating the termination of the working relationship with the Education Association.
Chief Executive Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor responded to the first response at a press conference today (2nd), saying that he fully supported the decision of the Education Bureau and denied that the authorities' actions were due to "an editorial, an article."
Lam Zhengyue said that the relationship with the Education Association was not bad during the election for chief executive and the early days of taking office, because it was regarded as a group that should be consulted at the time, and after taking office, he hoped to establish transactional contacts with it, and jointly proceed towards the goal of high-quality education development. However, she taught a "profound lesson" in the anti-revision law, criticizing the Education Association for putting political stance over the education major, causing political issues, anti-government, and anti-central sentiments to enter the school, describing it as robbing the entire education sector. The other teachers are very unfair.
Lam Cheng: The work of the Education Association during the anti-regulation period "is obvious to all"
At the end of the press conference, Lam Cheng took the initiative to respond to the issue of the Education Association. She pointed out that the current government attaches great importance to education. When running for the chief executive, she visited the Education Association. After taking office, she invested an additional 5 billion yuan in recurrent expenditure as "new education resources." "At that time, I hoped to "walk" with the teacher, but described that he had taught a "profound lesson" in the anti-regulation storm. It pointed out that many students did not have the awareness of law-abiding at that time, and some teachers were arrested in the incident. The government must be determined. "Original and clear source."
Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor pointed out that the full name of the Education Association is the "Hong Kong Education Professionals Association" and it should focus on education. When he visited the Education Association during the election campaign, he regarded the Education Association as an organization that should be consulted, but said that the situation in recent years is similar to that of the Education Bureau. According to the press release, "The Educational Association has been doing work in recent years, especially during and after the legislative amendments. Everyone will see it." She described that the Educational Association had changed more than the existing political stance at that time, and made political stance over education. Professional, describing that the Association of Education has brought political issues, anti-government, and anti-central sentiments into schools. This not only affects students, but also because the Association of Education is the largest education organization in Hong Kong. In his opinion, this action is very unfair to other teachers.
She emphasized that the Education Bureau announced the complete termination of the work relationship with the Education Association after arranging the work, and she fully supports this decision. The work is not a one-time job." He emphasized that under the National Security Law, no organization in Hong Kong can touch the national security bottom line.
Said that allocating resources to the education sector in the early days of taking office was not "to please the Education Association"
Lam also mentioned at the press conference that when she was invited to attend the 45th Anniversary Celebration of the Education Association on May 19, 2018, she was described as an "ice-breaking journey" by the outside world. When I mentioned that my attendance is "it is right", I also explained that because everyone attaches great importance to the development of teachers and education, I hope that the government and the Education Association will have transactional exchanges in the future to jointly move towards the goal of quality education development, but described the Education Association It has now deviated from this goal.
Lam Cheng later quoted from attending the education forum last year. After taking office, the transfer of resources to the education sector was once described as "to please the Education Association" and emphasized that "there is no such thing at all." Education must be good.
Refuse to comment and ban the Association of Education to solicit opinions directly from the education sector in the future
The Education Bureau immediately suspended its cooperation with the Education Association. How will the Government consult the education sector in the future?
Lam Chenghui said that the government has actively contacted the education sector in all matters related to education in the past two years, such as epidemic prevention.
She emphasized that in addition to the Education Association, the education sector also has teacher unions, school-running organizations, secondary school principals, parent-teacher associations, etc. The government will directly consult with a large number of educational organizations.
Regarding whether the Educational Association was banned, she pointed out that "banning" requires a basis for law enforcement, and will not comment today.
She also emphasized that she hopes that teachers will not think that this move means that the authorities do not pay attention to the importance of teachers in Hong Kong, or betray her dedication and enthusiasm for quality education. She hopes to work with teachers to cultivate a national identity and Hong Kong sentiment. , Social responsibility, law and law-abiding next generation.
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