Four members appointed to HKU council – but no word yet on crowning of ‘Tsar’ Arthur Li as chairman
Four appointments were made to the University of Hong Kong’s governing council by the government this morning, but these did not include that of the council’s chairman – a position that “The Tsar” Professor Arthur Li Kwok-cheung is widely expected to take up.
Four appointments were made to the University of Hong Kong’s governing council by the government this morning, but these did not include that of the council’s chairman – a position that “The Tsar” Professor Arthur Li Kwok-cheung is widely expected to take up.
It had been expected the government would announce today the appointment of a successor to HKU council chairman Leong Che-hung, whose term expires on November 6.
Li, a current HKU council member and former education minister, has been a controversial figure for many students and alumni, who have vowed to stage another wave of protests against his appointment as council chairman.
The latest developments came after the leak of a recording of Li discussing the promotion of liberal scholar Professor Johannes Chan Man-mun to a key managerial post during a council meeting in September.
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The three new appointments and one reappointment of council members were announced in a “late notice” of the government gazette.