They want to meet the education chief to discuss university funding cuts
Students at half of Hong Kong's universities will not follow the lead of some of their counterparts who plan to boycott classes next week, but their representatives have reiterated their demand for a meeting with education chief Arthur Li Kwok-cheung.
The education chief will meet Hong Kong Federation of Students' representatives on Sunday, but the students' union representatives said it was crucial he meet them too.
Thousands of students at Polytechnic University and City University are planning a boycott on Tuesday and Wednesday, in protest at university funding cuts. A similar boycott will be held at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology on Wednesday, while Baptist University students are scheduled to take similar action on Thursday. Mass demonstrations will accompany the boycotts.
Student unions from the four universities demanded that a mechanism be set up under which students and staff were consulted on university funding plans.
Students from the other universities promised support by turning up at the events. The Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union has also vowed to show support.
Student leaders from all eight government-funded tertiary institutions, who met Financial Secretary Henry Tang Ying-yen on Thursday night, were upset that Mr Tang did not reveal his overall budget plans during the meeting.
