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HKBU Communication Society suspended due to PolyU siege post Wei Bingjiang: Freedom of speech is not absolute freedom

2022-12-04T03:38:11.740Z


The Communication Society of the Baptist University recently published a post on the social networking site about the "3rd Anniversary of the PolyU Siege". The school expressed its extreme regret afterwards and issued a stern reprimand. Wei Bingjiang, President of Baptist University, today (4th)


The Communication Society of the Baptist University recently published a post on the social networking site about the "3rd Anniversary of the PolyU Siege". The school expressed its extreme regret afterwards and issued a stern reprimand.

Baptist University President Wei Bingjiang said on a radio program today (4th) that the school respects the opinions of students, but believes that freedom of speech is not absolute freedom. The school expressed its opposition to exaggerating violence and confusing incidents. Zhuang" will not be affected after the change of term.


It has been more than three years since the anti-revision incident in 2019. Wei Bingjiang believes that it will take time to settle down. He does not deny that there are still students who have not calmed down. "Some of them still have strong feelings." However, some students have changed their views and began to reflect on their behavior .

He stated that HKBU supports students to rehabilitate, and has also re-admitted students who have completed their sentences, but did not disclose the specific number during the interview.


He also mentioned that the school no longer collects student union dues on behalf of the school, and he also noted that some societies claim to disdain to become a "welfare village" (mainly providing student welfare), "I don't know what is needed to lead the masses, it is very dangerous thing."


Wei Bingjiang, President of Hong Kong Baptist University (file photo/photo by Zheng Zifeng)

The Communication Society of HKBU published a post on the social platform "3rd Anniversary of the PolyU Siege". Afterwards, it was severely reprimanded by the school. The provisional administrative committee of the society then announced the suspension of operations.

Wei Bingjiang said on the commercial platform "Politics Sunday" today that the PolyU incident obviously involved violence and illegal acts, and some of the people involved have been convicted by the court. He emphasized that the university respects the opinions of students, but believes that freedom of speech is not absolute freedom. Play up violence and confuse incidents to express opposition.

It means that the "Xinzhuang" of the society will not be affected after the change of term

Wei Bingjiang pointed out that the school had objections to the handling of the society's incident, but emphasized that this time it was only aimed at the speech itself, and that the society's "Xinzhuang" would not be affected after the new term. He pointed out that the Student Affairs Office also maintained communication with the society.

It has been more than three years since the anti-revision incident in 2019. Wei Bingjiang said that he believes that after experiencing the incident, it will take time to settle. He pointed out that there are people from different spectrums in a school. Most of them are neutral and there are extreme positions. He does not deny that he still Some students have not yet calmed down. "Individual students still have strong feelings, and I believe they still do." However, he has communicated with some students who participated in the incident. Some students' views have changed and they have begun to reflect on their behavior at that time.

It has been more than three years since the anti-revision incident in 2019. Wei Bingjiang said that he believes that after experiencing the incident, it will take time to settle.

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Re-admit students who have completed their sentence

He mentioned that the school supports students to rehabilitate, and some students who have completed their sentences have been re-admitted, but there is no data at hand. He emphasized that all universities will also appropriately provide equal learning opportunities.

Wei Bingjiang also mentioned that the school is preparing courses to help students learn more about the National Security Law.

During the anti-revision storm, the PolyU campus was besieged. Wei Bingjiang, who was the executive and vice president of the PolyU at the time, visited the PolyU campus many times to inspect and deal with incidents in person.

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Responsibility for collecting dues should rest with the student union, not the school

As for the HKBU’s announcement that it will no longer collect membership fees for the student union starting from this academic year, Wei Bingjiang pointed out that he actively participated in student union activities during school hours and benefited a lot, so he supports the student union very much. The student union collects membership fees only from the perspective of convenience. I also raised doubts when I was in school more than 40 years ago. If the student union does not have to worry about the number of members and financial resources, it will be out of touch with the students.

He pointed out that students have the right to choose whether to join the club or not, so the responsibility for collecting membership fees should be on the student union, not the school.

He also pointed out that he noticed that some societies claimed to be disdainful of being a "welfare village" (mainly providing student welfare), and he believed that the relevant ideas reflected the lack of understanding of the purpose and needs of organizing associations, "I don't understand what it takes to lead the masses , is very dangerous.”

When asked about the wave of immigration in recent years, Wei Bingjiang pointed out that he has not seen any impact on enrollment yet, but he admits that the current wave of immigration will prolong the decline in school-age enrollment in the future.

He also pointed out that various universities have been "scrambling for talents" from the past to the present, and the recruitment of outstanding professors and scientific research personnel is becoming increasingly fierce.

HKBU’s School of Communication and PolyU’s siege post was accused of being inappropriate. The school ordered the suspension of operation HKBU: It is extremely regrettable that HKBU will stop collecting membership fees on behalf of the student union starting from the new academic year. DSE, the Chinese medicine teaching and clinical practice site of the University of Hong Kong|The president of the university took a video to cheer up the candidates: Do your best Baptism David Bingjiang: Do your best Wei Bingjiang is the sixth president of HKBU and hopes to lead HKBU into a world-renowned research-oriented liberal arts university Candidate Wei Bingjiang sees teachers and students frankly admits to worry about the National Security Law and reminds them not to violate it

Source: hk1

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