Hong Kong school withdraws graduation-video guidance after controversy
Good Hope School in Hong Kong has withdrawn guidance for next year’s Form Six graduation video after community concerns over an alleged restriction on Cantonese. The school expressed regret, said it had heard the criticism and insisted that limiting Cantonese was not part of its ethos.
Good Hope School in Hong Kong has withdrawn guidance for next year’s Form Six graduation-class video after the document sparked controversy, the South China Morning Post reported. The school had faced accusations that the guidance amounted to a ban on Cantonese in the students’ graduation video. Good Hope issued a public statement on Monday evening in response to concerns from the wider community.
It said it had “fully and formally withdrawn” the guidance paper. The school also expressed regret over the controversy and said it had listened to the concerns raised. Good Hope stated that it had never been its ethos to constrain the mother tongue, although the supplied report ends before giving the full wording of that explanation.
The available material does not provide further details about the original guidance, the number of students affected or the school’s next steps.
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