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Hong Kong extradition bill: education boss Christine Choi condemns teachers and students for plotting classroom boycotts
- Largest teachers’ union in city to discuss strike action as petitions call on teachers to join mass protest
- Education authority says there are safer and less disruptive ways of expressing views than striking
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Hong Kong’s education authority has hit out at teachers and students for planning to strike against the government’s controversial extradition proposal.
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Undersecretary for Education Christine Choi Yuk-lin’s warned them to express their views safely and without disrupting school operations after some teacher and student groups voiced support for class boycotts and joining a rally outside the Legislative Council Complex on Wednesday, when the bill resumes its second reading.
The agitation from the education sector is part of what is expected to be a massive strike against the fugitive plans, including more than 2,000 counsellors, carers and therapists from 50 social work organisations and religious groups.
Speaking to reporters after Secretary for Education Kevin Yeung Yun-hung met with school managers and principal representatives, Choi said it was not responsible and appropriate to take part in the strike.
“There are so many ways they can express their opinions or views ... we urged [schools] to put students’ safety and interests as the most important consideration and not affect schools’ operations,” she said.
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