University council trio hit out at Hong Kong lawmaker’s demand it pays HK$700,000 cost of private member’s bill to reduce proportion of insiders on body
- Three Chinese University Council members criticise lawmaker Tommy Cheung over go-it-alone private member’s bill to increase proportion of outsiders on body
- The open letter also says there is ‘strong discontent’ over bill, drawn up despite earlier council consensus on changes
The three members, in a letter sent on Wednesday, also criticised Cheung, who also sits on the university council, for a failure to seek approval from the body for his bill.
The joint letter also expressed “strong discontent” with Cheung after he asked the university to pay more than HK$700,000 (US$89,419) to cover the costs of the proposed legislation.
They also complained that Cheung, also a member of the Executive Council, the government’s key decision-making body, had an “arrogant and hostile” attitude at university council meetings.
The private member’s bill to amend the Chinese University Ordinance was designed to downsize the council membership from 55 to 34 and increase the proportion of external representatives so they would outnumber internal ones 2:1.
