Some consultation session attendees fear Professor Rocky Tuan Sung-chi will not be able to defend school’s autonomy
Students at Hong Kong’s second oldest university have expressed concern that the professor recommended to lead it for the next five years will not be able to protect its institutional autonomy.
In a consultation session on Thursday with students, which was marred by a protest by an attendee, Professor Rocky Tuan Sung-chi – the candidate for Chinese University’s next vice-chancellor – discussed issues of governance and student activism with participants.
Undergraduate Horace Hung Ho-ming told the Post after the meeting that he felt Tuan was not qualified for the role.
“For example, when we asked him about the automatic appointment of the city’s chief executive as the chancellor of public universities, he did not seem to know much about the situation in Chinese University or Hong Kong, and talked mainly about what it is like in the US, ” Hung said.
The student also criticised Tuan for beating around the bush on sensitive topics.
“When we asked him about whether the school would help students who were caught while participating in social movements, he merely said something like the school would monitor the situation and act as a point of contact, ” Hung said.
“There is a danger in whether he could defend Chinese University’s autonomy and interests and protect the school from political suppression.
