Unruly students learned ‘improper behaviour’ from Occupy movement, says Hong Kong education chief
- Kevin Yeung Yun-hung told Legco meeting that the eduction system needed to instil positive messages and values in students
- Campus protests have resulted in injuries to 16 people in the last five years
Kevin Yeung Yun-hung was responding at the weekly Legco meeting to the question of pro-establishment lawmaker Starry Lee Wai-king, who asked if the series of incidents showed a problem in the city’s education system.
Yeung said data obtained from the Education Bureau showed that, since 2014, there have been 11 incidents of demonstrations on campus by university students that developed into confrontations, resulting in a total of 14 members of teaching staff and two others being wounded.
But Yeung said it wasn’t from their schooling that the youngsters learned such behaviour.
“People see youngsters manifesting certain improper behaviours and they think there’s something wrong with the education system, but I can certainly say that they’re not taught to do these things,” Yeung said.