It was also attended by Law Week chairwoman Melissa Pang and Eastern district council member

and chairman of Eastern District Fight Crime Committee Hui Ka-hoo.

Ms Eu listened to the students' opinions on school violence and planned to pass their views onto the Legislative Council.

'The rate of school violence [incidents] in Hong Kong is quite high,' Ms Eu said. 'I want to see what society can do to help improve the situation.'

During an ad-hoc survey in the session, most students admitted that they would not report an incident of violence to teachers because they feared repercussions.

Ng Lai-wah, 19, from Homantin Government Secondary School, said most teachers did not know how to handle violence on campus.

'Most teachers don't have experience in handling violence at school. There is not enough training for them. Sometimes, their involvement makes things worse,' said Lai-wah, the head prefect in her school.

She believes that the best way to deal with an incidence is to separate the two parties involved.

'Taking the most agitated person away from the scene and talking to them could help calm them down,' she said.

Some students at the discussion said the problem was made worse by media reports of school violence and a lack of social workers in schools.

They suggested some solutions, such as providing more counselling services in schools.

Ms Pang, a lawyer, thinks that more discussions on the issue among students would help tackle the problem.

'It's important to stress among students that school violence is wrong. You can't just tell the students not to do this or that. But let them talk about the issue and understand the problem.'

As a legal professional, Ms Pang doesn't think that implementing new laws would be an effective way of solving the problem.

'There is a law that controls [school violence] and it's adequate,' she said.

'In reality, the law only plays a small part. What's more important is education and that students understand why they should abide by the law.'