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https://scmp.com/article/982746/whose-school-it-anyway

Whose school is it anyway?

No stranger to controversy, Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun reacted calmly when newspapers revealed the hefty donations he had received from media tycoon Jimmy Lai Chee-ying. But he responded more sharply on Wednesday to an issue close to his heart when he began a three-day hunger strike to protest against a court ruling that ended the Catholic diocese's full control over its schools.

It was a rare moment of defeat for the outspoken religious leader. But the issue at the core of the dispute will not simply vanish in the wake of the court finding. Other religious school leaders are trying, outside the courts, to overcome a serious ambiguity that they see at the heart of the 'hasty' school reform: who runs aided schools - the sponsoring body or government-created management committees?