University of Hong Kong students threaten to escalate action if council rejects their call for governance reform
Organisers of class boycott say they will consider extending the strike, launching a judicial review or starting a city-wide campaign
Students boycotting classes at the University of Hong Kong have warned that they may escalate their action if their demand to form a committee to review the institution’s governance is not met at a council meeting today.
The committee will examine whether the chief executive should be the university’s chancellor by default, as well as the composition of the governing body.
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Yvonne Leung Lai-kwok, a member of the organising committee for the boycott, said future actions could include extending the strike, launching a judicial review or starting a city-wide campaign.
“I believe it is very important for us to consider having an extension of the whole campaign to unite all the universities’ student unions ... [because] the other universities are facing the same circumstances”, Leung said.
But she stressed that such actions were not yet set in stone as the committee would need to further discuss them with other students.
The warning came as the student organisers’ request for a meeting with 10 faculty deans was rejected or went unanswered.