HKPTU Reporter
Within the past three weeks our campus is not in peace. For our real democracy, university students boycotted class on 22nd September, and secondary school students also participated on different scales. Tamar became a theatre for civic lecture. However, since the Authority had turned a deaf ear to the pleas of our students, on 28th September students decided to take further action to occupy the forecourt of the Central Government Offices in Tamar, known as “Civic Square” to demand a dialogue with the Authority. So shocking and irritating, protesters were removed fiercely or arrested by the police, which gave rise to the early launching of the Occupy Central movement. At last the Authority fired tear gas at demonstrators, at which we all felt furious, and during that night our Union appealed schools and our colleagues to boycott class. This was the first time that we called for a class boycott since 1989. After one week, we appeal all secondary schools and primary schools to return to class, and continue our democratic education in our classroom. About this development, our President, Fung Wai-wah is now invited to talk with us.
Why Class Boycott?
We all agreed to students’ launching class boycott to fight against the resolution of National People’s Congress Standing Committee and fight for our real universal suffrage. About the struggle, we supported the university students to participate in class boycott because they are all adults and mature enough to think independently. However, we hesitated about boycotting class in secondary schools, because our colleagues also needed to take parents?concern into consideration. Therefore, class boycott was not called for at that moment.
The turning point was the incident taken place on 28 Sep, where our students protested outside Central Government Offices, and wanted to recapture the Civic Square, which is a place now fenced off by the Authority, meaning to stop the dialogue with the People. To remove the demonstrators, the Authority at last fired tear gas 87 times at the weaponless mass and students, at which our colleagues were all irritated, and therefore we decided to call for a class boycott, and appealed our colleagues to express our discontent towards our Authority, and urge our Authority to reply to our students. …… 閱讀全文 →