Hong Kong protests: officials withdraw HK$250 million in funding requests for two universities after disquiet at lack of control over campuses voiced by pro-government lawmakers
- Lawmakers told funding requests to be withdrawn for two projects related to medical facilities at University of Hong Kong and Chinese University
- University campuses have recently become latest battlefields in the political unrest rocking Hong Kong
Officials have pulled HK$250 million (US$32 million) in funding proposals for medical teaching facilities at two of Hong Kong’s top universities after pro-Beijing lawmakers expressed dismay over management’s handling of protests on their campuses, the Post has learned.
A pro-establishment lawmaker, who wished to remain anonymous, said the camp was very unhappy with what had recently happened at universities and thought that the presidents and management had failed to control their institutions.
“So we want to understand thoroughly how the schools will manage or rectify the current situation of having no regulations on campus before agreeing to approve the funding requests,” he said, adding that most in the camp refused to give the nod.
“If the government forcibly puts the request to the committee, then we have to vote no.”