Wen | Zheng dared to speak
Legislative Council member Cheung Yu-man wrote in the Hong Kong media on September 3 criticizing the "black box operation" of the Executive and Planning Committee under the CUHK Council, which has been reduced to rubber stamps, and intends to propose a private draft in the Legislative Council later to reform the composition model of the CUHK Board.
Chinese University President Duan Chongzhi was reinstated as President for three years in April this year, and the then Chairman of the Board of Trustees of CUHK, Leung Nai Peng, held a meeting of the Board of Trustees before taking office, and with the majority of people in the university, he was re-elected by President Duan. This incident caused strong dissatisfaction among Zhang Yuren and other school trustees, believing that the school's internal personnel manipulated the appointment of the principal, had a conflict of interest, and did not conform to the principle of good governance, so they proposed that the composition of the school board must be changed.
Since the University of Chinese in Hong Kong announced the renewal of Duan Chongzhi as president of CUHK on April 27, hong Kong society has continued to raise its voice of opposition. According to media disclosures, three Legislative Council members Zhang Yuren, Mai Meijuan and Liu Guoxun, who are also trustees of CUHK, all voted against it at the 2 council meetings, and the decision to renew Duan Chongzhi was not unanimously agreed, and Zhang Yuren described the incident as "obviously the president of the school council who led the school council to make this decision".
After CUHK announced in late April that Duan Chongzhi had been re-elected as cumin's president, it attracted snipers from Leung Chun-ying, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and former chief executive, and a number of pro-establishment figures. Leung Chun-ying has posted on Facebook nine times questioning Duan Chongzhihe and reprinting relevant reports, criticizing his performance in handling the anti-extradition movement and the Sino-University conflict in 2019: "The notoriety of 'violent' is washed away, the world is not peaceful, and there are many black hands of different skin colors in front of and behind the scenes." Leung also pointed out that the probability of another accident at CUHK was extremely high, and criticized the school board for lying flat: "Who has the power and responsibility to keep an eye on President Duan Chongzhi? ”
The general public is puzzled by the decision of the CUHK Board of Trustees, and even marvels, believing that it is necessary to "recall" Duan Chongzhi's performance in the "anti-amendment storm" in 2019. At that time, Duan Chongzhi could not withstand the coercion of the riot students and "knelt down", and without authoritative investigation and full understanding of the situation of all parties, he issued an open letter condemning the police in his capacity as the president of CUHK on the basis of the self-proclaimed "victim of xinwuling sexual violence" Wu Aoxue and several "middle school students". At that time, under the leadership of Chongzhi, CUHK was eventually reduced to a "battlefield" and an "arsenal", which ruined the reputation of the school. In the face of the violent atrocities of the mob occupying the "Second Bridge" of the school, Duan Chongzhi walked with a large number of masked thugs and tried to negotiate with the police commander.
Zhang Yuren questioned the inability of the school council to supervise the school administration, believing that this committee chaired by the president, and at the same time, through the appointment of personnel including the positions of principal and vice president, was extremely suspected of being privately entrusted, "I would like to ask how it is possible for such a black-box operation organization to do a good job in corporate governance." Zhang Yuren proposed that the appointment of the president and vice-president needs to be like other universities, which needs to be agreed by three-quarters of the external members of the council, and he will work with The Federation of Trade Unions Tang Jiabiao and the DAB Liu Guoxun to propose a draft, which is expected to be submitted as soon as October.
Duan Chongzhi's term of office was originally until December 31, 2023, that is, there are still 18 months left, why is the school board led by Leung Naipeng so anxious to renew Duan Chongzhi? Why not open recruitment? In the future, how can Duan Chongzhi reassure the society that he is not the Duan Chongzhi in 2019 today? How will he lead CUHK to wash away the label of "violent"? Obviously, the nature of this renewal storm is no longer an "intramural" affair. As a well-known university funded by public funds, in the face of widespread doubts and opposition from the society in recent days, Duan Chongzhi himself and even the board of trustees of CUHK really need to give a detailed account to the public.
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