HKU vice-chancellor exonerated of misconduct allegations

Hong Kong’s education chief hopes “everyone can learn a lesson” and “let things go” after the governing body of the city’s oldest university cleared its vice-chancellor of allegations of misconduct, write Harvey Kong and Lo Hoi-ying for the South China Morning Post.

Secretary for Education of Hong Kong Christine Choi Yuk-lin weighed in on the matter on Saturday 13 April after the governing council of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) said it had accepted a report submitted by a five-member panel that investigated a series of emails accusing Xiang Zhang of misconduct. “I hope everyone can learn a lesson from this incident and let things go as the matter has already been settled,” Choi said. “We should all work together as we are not only facing local competition; we are facing competition from around the world…” she said.

Last September, council members received anonymous emails accusing Zhang of inappropriate handling of donations from a mainland Chinese corporation, recruiting without bidding a headhunter from the United States to hire a pro-vice-chancellor in institutional advancement and a medical dean, and asking that the candidates have a US university background.
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