Occupy sentences land Hong Kong with academic freedom test

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Dollars, not diktats, now seen as biggest risk to institutional autonomy in special administrative region

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Hong Kong’s secretary for education, Kevin Yeung Yun-hung

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By Michael O'Sullivan

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Peter Mathieson, the former head of the University of Hong Kong and vice-chancellor of the University of Edinburgh standing on a staircase

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By Jack Grove

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#1 Submitted by Godfree Roberts on May 9, 2019 - 11:32am

Michael O’Sullivan..said that if HKU were to terminate Professor Tai’s contract, which it is now reviewing, “it will be seen as evidence that academic freedom is severely restricted at HKU, especially after the Johannes Chan case”. There is not now, nor has there ever been, academic freedom without academic responsibility. Prof. Tai knew that when he chose to break the law.

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