Lawyers, nurses, accountants, IT workers to join HKU students in protest over appointment row
Eighteen professional groups are joining students and academic staff at the University of Hong Kong in a rally this week to protest against the institution’s rejection of a liberal scholar for a key managerial position. The groups – including lawyers, accountants, information technology workers, nurses and social workers – are co-organising a march on Friday evening at the Pok Fu Lam campus with students and alumni.
Eighteen professional groups are joining students and academic staff at the University of Hong Kong in a rally this week to protest against the institution’s rejection of a liberal scholar for a key managerial position.
The groups – including lawyers, accountants, information technology workers, nurses and social workers – are co-organising a march on Friday evening at the Pok Fu Lam campus with students and alumni.
Organisers said the decision by the university’s governing council to reject Professor Johannes Chan Man-mun for the post of pro-vice-chancellor was politically motivated.
They also said the university was facing “unprecedented and naked political interference” in its affairs.
About 2,000 students and academic staff staged a silent march at HKU on Tuesday to defend institutional autonomy.