Tensions at Hong Kong universities continue: Lingnan council member storms out of forum, citing student profanity and personal attack
Former Law Society president offended by profanity and 'rude' students
A high-profile appointee to Lingnan University's council stormed out of one of his first events, a forum on academic freedom, after students swore as they questioned him.
Junius Ho Kwan-yiu - who once criticised students for performing a song laden with curse words - again declared a contempt for profanity.
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"I cannot accept swear words in Lingnan University," said Ho, the former president of the Law Society, who was appointed to the council by chief executive Leung Chun-ying last month, prompting concerns academic freedom at the university could be undermined.
He said such language might be common among students "flirting with one another".
Ho's comments came during a question-and-answer session, during which two students swore at him. They also accused him of not being able to provide views on liberal arts - the cornerstone of the university's curriculum for which it has been recently named one of the top 10 in Asia by Forbes Magazine.
Suddenly slamming his microphone on the table, Ho then accused Philip Lau Chun-lam, the student union president, of attacking his family personally.
Lau later said he had asked if Ho would flirt with his wife in the way he suggested students did with one another.