Carrie Lam to school Hong Kong teachers on constitutional role of chief executive in live-streamed lecture

The webinar later this month will include a 45-minute speech and a half-hour question and answer session

However, some teachers have questioned why the talk was scheduled for the middle of the afternoon, when most educators are in class

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Chief Executive Carrie Lam will give local teachers a lecture on the constitutional role of her office later this month. Photo: K. Y. Cheng

Published: 9:11pm, 9 Nov 2021Updated: 11:22pm, 9 Nov 2021

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor will deliver a live-streamed lecture on the chief executive’s constitutional role to 1,500 secondary school teachers later this month, though some educators have said the talk clashes with their afternoon classes.

The Education Bureau’s Curriculum Development Institute on Tuesday said enrolment for the talk was already open, and would run until November 19. Each school can nominate up to eight teachers to attend, with priority given to those at the top of every list in the event of overbooking.

The webinar is scheduled to last from 2.45pm to 4.15pm on November 25, with 15 minutes set aside for registration, 45 for Lam’s speech, and 30 for a question and answer session.

Lam first revealed her willingness to school local teachers on the constitutional status, powers and functions of her office during her policy address last month, positioning it as part of a wider plan to strengthen instruction relating to the Basic Law.

But two teachers told the Post they would not be signing up for the talk as it clashed with their schedules. One, who only gave her surname as Chan, questioned why the event was arranged at a time when most teachers were in the middle of class, and expressed scepticism about the educational value of the subject matter.