Members of HKU’s student union voice their opposition to the appointment of two professors to the university’s senior management. Photo: Dickson Lee Members of HKU’s student union voice their opposition to the appointment of two professors to the university’s senior management. Photo: Dickson Lee
Members of HKU’s student union voice their opposition to the appointment of two professors to the university’s senior management. Photo: Dickson Lee
Hong Kong /  Education

University of Hong Kong approves vice-president appointments amid political affiliation row, backlash from students and staff

  • Governing council votes in favour of mainland Chinese academics Max Shen Zuojun and Gong Peng taking up senior positions
  • Thousands signed student union petition against the appointments, with Shen’s reported Communist Party membership proving controversial

Topic |   Universities in Hong Kong
Chan Ho-him
Chan Ho-him

Updated: 6:12pm, 28 Oct, 2020

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Members of HKU’s student union voice their opposition to the appointment of two professors to the university’s senior management. Photo: Dickson Lee Members of HKU’s student union voice their opposition to the appointment of two professors to the university’s senior management. Photo: Dickson Lee
Members of HKU’s student union voice their opposition to the appointment of two professors to the university’s senior management. Photo: Dickson Lee
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