The games played at a university orientation camp have disgusted students, who have complained they were asked to kiss strangers on the lips, ask them for tampons or condoms and shout words referring to sex or sex organs.
Women joining Hong Kong Polytechnic University's Health and Social Sciences Faculty contacted the South China Morning Post, angry at the games they claim they were forced to play last week. 'I was shocked and mortified by the crude words and unnecessary intimacy with strangers,' said Esther, who chose not to reveal her full name. 'Instead of friendship and advice about my studies, I have gone home with ugly memories.'
During the three-day programme, the 120 freshers were divided into six groups, led by senior students posing as their parents, she claimed. Each group was named after a sex organ or action.
Group penalties to game losers included one called 'human satellites', which required them to stick out their tongues for members of the opposite sex to circle with their tongues.
'The most shocking news is that the organisers of the camp, who are university students, will soon become social workers and nurses,' said a friend of the students.
Esther said that in one of the games, one of her group members was asked to put on lipstick, passing the colour mouth to mouth to other students. 'It was very disgusting,' she said. 'But I followed because I was afraid of being isolated.
'One of the organisers said they did this to give us a feel of the ugly side of the society. This is nonsense. I felt like we were just entertaining the organisers.'