Hard Lessons in Academic Freedom

Linda Yeung:

Hong Kong's universities may have risen in the esteem around the world, but local academics believe this hard-won status is being challenged by a growing threat to academic freedom.

Their fears were spelled out forcefully at a meeting of the Legislative Council's educational panel on March 12, when more than 30 rights activists, university staff and students told lawmakers of what they saw as mounting pressure for curbs on one of the city's most hallowed rights.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at March 24, 2012 2:19 AM
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