Education University of Hong Kong sets up city’s first research centre dedicated to national security
- Chairman of university council says centre has been set up as an important platform to proactively promote national education
- Centre, led by academic Gu Minkang, will be responsible for coming up with a compulsory national security and legal education curriculum for undergraduates
Hong Kong’s largest teacher training institution has set up the city’s first academic centre dedicated to national security, aiming to ensure students have a strong grasp of the law and related issues.
The Education University of Hong Kong launched its National Security and Legal Education Research Centre on Tuesday. David Wong Yau-kar, chairman of the university’s council, said the centre would be dedicated to imbuing the correct concept of the nation in students.
“[We] have set up this centre as an important platform to proactively promote national education and relevant legal education, imbuing a correct perspective of the nation and the rule of law among our students for them to contribute to the development of Hong Kong and the country,” Wong said at the launch ceremony.
The centre, led by legal academic Professor Gu Minkang, will be responsible for coming up with a compulsory national security and legal education curriculum for undergraduates starting in the 2025-2026 academic year.
“In the future, the centre will endeavour to take concrete actions to boost national security education among students and staff, strengthening their basic understanding of the Chinese constitution, the Basic Law and the national security law,” Gu said.
Gu, the centre’s director, said he would also lead it to organise forums on national security education and develop new theory courses and legal education programmes.
Secretary for Justice Paul Lam Ting-kwok said the university played a crucial role in national education.
