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Hong Kong officials slammed by daughter of Maxim’s founder for ‘failing to instil Chinese pride in pupils’
- Children should be taught to appreciate their national identity from kindergarten, says Annie Wu in condemnation of ‘out of touch’ officials
- As well as education system, she blames younger parents for not bringing up children ‘correctly’ as patriots
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Pro-Beijing businesswoman Annie Wu Suk-ching has blasted the “out of touch” Education Bureau, accusing officials of failing to promote national pride in Hong Kong schools and the Chinese identities of its young people.
The daughter of the founder of Maxim’s – whose restaurants have been repeatedly smashed up by the city’s hard-core protesters – also hit out at the parents of young children who refused to instil patriotism in their offspring and did not bring them up “correctly”.
Wu is founder and serving member of the management committee of The Chinese Foundation Secondary School in Siu Sai Wan and a former member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Standing Committee, the country’s top political advisory body.
The Hong Kong government previously tried to introduce a “national education” subject into the curriculum at primary and secondary schools to nurture Chinese patriotism in 2012, but the move was seen by critics as an attempt to push propaganda from mainland China.
The government, under then chief executive Leung Chun-ying, was forced to shelve its plans following a backlash from students and parent concern groups. The campaign propelled Joshua Wong Chi-fung, the pro-democracy activist, to fame at the age of 15.
Chan Ho-him is a reporter for the Hong Kong desk focused on covering education policies. He joined the Post in 2019. Prior to that, he was an investigative reporter at Ming Pao.
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