Explain pro-Beijing university president’s new five-year term, Hong Kong students warn, or face ‘consequences’
Lingnan University student union decries lack of transparency and now demands open meeting with institution’s governing council
Student leaders at a Hong Kong liberal arts university are warning of “consequences” if the school does not properly explain the justification behind a pro-Beijing scholar’s reappointment as president for five more years.
It said the students’ wishes to have him replaced had fallen on deaf ears. The union now demands an open meeting with the council.
After nearly a month of speculation, the university confirmed on Monday that Cheng, 65, would get another term as president starting in September and running to 2023.
An acclaimed economics professor who spent two decades at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Cheng has earned mixed reviews since taking office in 2013.