Hong Kong schools should not provide material against new law, government says

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HONG KONG, (REUTERS) - Hong Kong schools should not provide reading material that violates a new national security law unless they use it to 'positively teach' students about the issue, the city's Education Bureau said on Monday (July 6).. Read more at straitstimes.com.

HONG KONG, - Hong Kong schools should not provide reading material that violates a new national security law unless they use it to"positively teach" students about the issue, the city's Education Bureau said on Monday .

The Education Bureau, in a statement sent to Reuters, said schools were the gatekeepers for their teaching resources and school management and teachers should review"all teaching materials, including books". "The biggest challenge is to try as hard as you can to not self-censor because once you do it, you open up a can of worms, just like once you enact the national security law, there's no going back."

"It's very arbitrary," said Dr Fu King-wa, associate professor at the Journalism and Media Studies Centre at University of Hong Kong, who studies Chinese social media and information control.

 

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