HKU chief’s resignation slammed as ‘unacceptable’ and premature amid concerns over institute’s future
Ex-student leader questions Mathieson decision so soon after ‘10-year vision’ was unveiled
Billy Fung Jing-en said he was shocked and disappointed by Mathieson’s decision as the university had established a new “10-year vision” only last year, with the aim of becoming “Asia’s global university”.
He accused Mathieson of already harbouring an intention to quit while drafting the vision.
“The vision was established only a few months ago and I was hoping that he could exercise the idea with action,” Fung said on a radio show. “For someone who drafted this to suddenly leave … This is unacceptable.”
The university laid out its vision for 2016 to 2025 last August. One of the goals included giving opportunities to 50 per cent of its undergraduates to study outside of Hong Kong by 2019, and to extend this to all students by 2022.