Yan Chai Hospital Tung Chi Ying Memorial Secondary School Misses Inter-School Football Match Registration Deadline

Release date: 2024-09-21 22:19

Hong Kong and Macau

Guangdong

Incident Overview

Yan Chai Hospital Tung Chi Ying Memorial Secondary School failed to register for the inter-school football match before the deadline, resulting in the Inter-school Sports Association’s decision not to accept late registrations. The Education Bureau has announced that it will investigate the incident and has requested the school to submit a report.

Background

Yan Chai Hospital Tung Chi Ying Memorial College, a dominant force in the Shatin and Sai Kung District School A Football Match for 17 consecutive years, missed the registration deadline due to administrative negligence. The school had hoped that the School Sports Association would handle the situation at its discretion.

School Association’s Response

The School Sports Association explained that it had notified all schools of the competition arrangements as early as July and had been in contact with each school. The association stated that it had received the school’s request to reset the online system password on the 13th of last month, before the registration deadline, and had immediately processed the request.

Legislative Council Members’ Reactions

Some Legislative Council members have expressed support for the school association’s approach. Ho King-hong, a member of the New People’s Party’s Election Committee, stated that “the rules are the rules, and everyone has to abide by them all the time. If it is to be handled on a case-by-case basis, in addition to the consent of the school association, other participating schools must also agree. Otherwise, it will be absolutely unfair to the schools that submitted the registration form on time.”

Education Workers Union’s Statement

The Education Workers Union has come to the defense of the outgoing department head, stating that the school’s accusation of uncooperativeness during the handover period is false. The union claimed that the principal had been aware of the incident and had personally signed the form for the online system password at the end of July.

Teacher’s Criticism

A teacher from the same school has criticized the principal for repeatedly blaming the school’s administrative mistakes on the resigned teacher and publishing false information, which has seriously affected the teacher’s reputation. The teacher has asked the school to retract the false statements, apologize publicly, and explain the truth to the public.