要成功先發瘋！頭腦簡單向前衝！

又是12票，港大校委會的12個人，由6月30日的「等首席副校長上任」，到7月28日的再次維持「等首副」，到今天的否決物色委員會，同樣是12票。環球時報很坦白，它寫了一篇文章，標題為「港大拒絕委任佔中頭子入校委會」完全反映了問題的實質。8名反對陳文敏的校委發言，全是違心之言。雖則，陳文敏絕非佔中頭子。

校長馬斐森說，他會盡快成立新的物色委員會。事實上，校長的行政權力是獨立的，他不需要受校委會指派。現在的問題是  ─ 未必有教授願意接手這一物色委員會。

否決

今次的五名副校是由5個物色委員會負責。它們在2014年2月在校委會提出，在3月由校長成立。校委會在11月委任了2名副校，在今年2月再委任其餘2名，相隔為8個月和11個月。今次有問題的委任，用了17個月才準備完畢，在第18個月被否決。

筆者查看了網上的校委會從2009年1月至2015年7月的共76次會議撮要，它從未使用個否決一詞 ( REJECTED) 。筆者相信，今趟的校委會拒絕物色委員會的建議，開創了港大歷史的紀錄。

February 25, 2014:

 (iii) the setting up of the Search Committees to fill all five Pro-Vice-Chancellor positions and the memberships of these Search Committees, noting that the exact titles of the two newly established/re-established Pro-Vice-Chancellor positions would be reported to the Council when decided; and

March 25, 2014:

3. The Council

 (b) NOTED

(i) that consequent upon the Council’s approval at its meeting of February 25, 2014 of the setting up of Search Committees to fill the five Pro-Vice-Chancellor positions and their membership compositions thereof, the Vice-Chancellor-designate, Professor P.W. MATHIESON had proposed, after due consultation, names of members to fill these Search Committees, and the titles and portfolios of the Pro-Vice-Chancellors;

November 25, 2014:

3. The Council

(a) RESOLVED that

(i) Professor I.M. HOLLIDAY…. be appointed as Vice-President & Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning…

(ii) Mr. D.C.T. SO, ….. be appointed as Vice-President & Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Institutional Advancement) ….

February 24, 2015:

The Council

(a) RESOLVED that

(i) Professor Tzi Sum Andy HOR,…. be appointed as Vice-President & Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research) ..; and

(ii) Professor W. John KAO,….., be appointed as Vice-President & Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Global) ..

集職辭職，引爆不滿

 筆者在臉書留言，「留在校委會己沒有意義. 初步認為, 所有投贊成的, 除校長外, 應即時辭職, 留下12人與校長開會, 癱瘓這不義的校委會。」

筆者的一位學者朋友反對，「恕我不能同意你這「自動棄權」的主意。理由：

(一)八人(或七人，不計校長)退場後，剩十二條狗與校長，足夠開會quorum，癱瘓不了校委會。

(二)以後校委會內將會全無反對聲音，全紅的校委會將會更橫行霸道。

(三)校委會中全無自己友，日後連爆料都無人。

(四)日後想重奪校委會，由零開始必定比由四成自己友開始艱難得多！」

回應

根據條例，

5. 校務委員會會議的法定人數為校務委員的不少於三分之一。 (2003年第186號法律公告)

6. 即使校務委員會出現任何空缺，該會仍可行使其權力，但如在任何時間及只要校務委員人數少於10人，該會即須停止行使其權力。

因此，12人加1確是足夠法定人數。但是校委會的民選部份有：

(f) 按照規例選出的4名全職教師；

(g) 按照規例選出的1名不屬教師的全職大學僱員；

(h) 按照規例選出的1名全日制本科生；及

(i) 按照規例選出的1名全日制研究生。 (2003年第186號法律公告)

若，按照規例選出的全部辭職， 今次事件便下不了台。

在這當中，研究生代表已遞了辭職信；在4名教師代表中，袁國勇已遞了辭職信，張祺忠副教授對今次處理很不滿。港大理學院院長郭新認為，延遲任命副校長是不幸，他本來有意辭職。因而，只留下盧寵茂教授，讓他獻世算了；1名不屬教師的代表來自香港大學職工會理事長吳國恩。這工會與工盟友好。

可見，按照規例選出的代表集體辭職(盧寵茂除外)並非完全沒有可能。

關於好友反對的第二點，我們從校委會6月的等埋首副的12票，到7月觸發學生衝擊的12票，到今天的仍然是12票，已說明反對無效。我們應該決絕，而不是當民主花瓶的聲音。

關於好友反對的第三點，我們只要看看校委會的會議撮要便知道，它在未來不會有公眾重大關注的討論事項，它的功能其實是，「歡迎、通過、聽取、接收、議決、紀錄、注意、多謝。」“WELCOMED,APPROVED, HEARD, RECEIVED, RESOLVED,RECORDED,NOTED, THANKED”

至於第4點，根據條例，

(a) 根據校務委員會的提議，向校監建議對規程中任何一則作出增補、修訂或廢除；

即是，只有校監才有權修訂香港大學條例第1053章。民主修例的唯一可能性是中國實行了民主。重奪校委會是癡人說夢，但重奪畢業生議會則有可能。

罷教

教務委員會( Senate )在今年7月7日會議上表示院校自主與學術自由極其重要，並向校委會( Council )提交報告備案。這一做法十分不尋常。因為，維護院校自主與學術自由不是它的職權。它反而是校委會本身的職權。

教委會的行動早於港大校友關注組在7月12日的成立，因而，港大的教授明白到今次事件關係重大。筆者估計，這也開創了港大的歷史 ─ 教委會首次以此方式對校自主與學術自由表態。

July 28, 2015:

2. The Council RECEIVED a report from the President & Vice-Chancellor on the recent activities of the University including

(a) the Senate’s affirmation, at its meeting of July 7, 2015, of the importance of upholding academic freedom and institutional autonomy which were of the utmost importance for teaching and learning, research, internal and external relationships, and other activities of the University;

筆者估計，港大的不少教職員同情陳文敏事件。李國章二面三刀，在開會前表示自已很開明，其會議發言表明他一肚草，港大的教職員應該不歡迎他當校委會主席。

罷課

9.29校委會踢走陳文敏，相當於8.31政改落閘，因為校大12人組在踢走陳文敏之後，也不會放過馬斐森。這相當於港大全面淪陷，沒有希望。

2014年雨傘運動的先鋒是大學生罷課。所以，當今港大學生會實際上站在歷史的考驗上。其嚴肅的討論是：應否發動罷課？

呈請書及文件

立法會保留一個古老的英國傳統。當年的國會議員到其屬地視察民情時，若同情災民苦主，又感到事情重大，會接受呈請，並將問題帶到國會。

今次事件影響深遠，立法會不能就手旁觀。

立法會議事規則   

(6)    呈請書提交後，如有議員即時起立，要求將呈請書交付專責委員會處理，立法會主席即須請支持此項要求的議員起立；如有不少於20名議員起立，呈請書即告交付專責委員會處理。

校董會

根據2012年的畢業生議會研究報告《香港大學的未來報告》指出每年的校董會並不稱職，只是走過場。其實，每一位校董都有權在校董會提出議案。今年的校董會不應讓梁振英走過場。

(e) 討論任何校董所提出有關大學整體政策的任何動議；

As such, the Court would be comparable to the Annual General Meeting of a business corporation or a non-profit organization. However, the arrangement of the annual Court meeting in December each year does not seem to give the Court its due respect and recognition. The Court meeting was usually conducted in haste within an hour; with the Vice-Chancellor making a general progress report of the University in that year which lasted from half an hour to forty –five minutes. The remaining time was almost all spent on the routine approval of the audited accounts and the making, repeal or amendments of statues. Little or no time was allows for questions to be raised or comments to be made by Court members, and the meeting was hastily ended so that the Pro-Chancellor, the University Offices, and some of the Court members could rush to attend the ensuing functions like the University Fellowship Award Ceremony.

司法覆核

今次校委會脫離傳統，引起廣大公眾關注，其做法令其暴露於司法覆核的危險。但筆者認為，司法覆核應有很強的法理依據，不應將法庭誤作政治場所。

其他方法

關於做港大李國章的民意民調，筆者絕對贊成，要快做，因為委任會在11月尾刊憲。關於召開畢業生議會特別會議，譴責校委會。這可能是唯一教職員和畢業生的正式發聲渠道，但要小心，因為，畢業生議會主席可以以同一話題為由，拒絕召開。

no meeting shall be held before the expiration of three months from the date of the last meeting convened for substantially the same purposes.

李國章

筆者認為梁智鴻將卸任，李國章才是事件的策劃人。事至如今，作為反擊，民主派的態度應該是 ─ 不能以小惡而不為(在制度內)，應該全面開動機器，集中打擊李國章，就算不能踢走李國章，也要向他的屁股踢一腳。

後記

筆者不喜歡改變臉書封面，一向崇尚理性。今次事件實為是可忍也，孰不可忍。因此，筆者改了自已的臉書封面  ─ 

生活要有激情

總之一句話，

要成功先發瘋！

頭腦簡單向前衝！

港大校委會圖窮匕見？

筆者寫這文章時還不知道港大校委會的決定。這裡要分享的主要依據是校委會的會議撮要。

院校自主與學術自由

教務委員會( Senate )在今年7月7日會議上表示院校自主與學術自由極其重要，並向校委會( Council )提交報告備案。這一做法十分不尋常。因為，維護院校自主與學術自由不是它的職權。它反而是校委會本身的職權。

July 28, 2015:

2. The Council RECEIVED a report from the President & Vice-Chancellor on the recent activities of the University including

(a) the Senate’s affirmation, at its meeting of July 7, 2015, of the importance of upholding academic freedom and institutional autonomy which were of the utmost importance for teaching and learning, research, internal and external relationships, and other activities of the University;

行事守則  ─ 公開性

Proper Conduct of Public Business

4.3 The Council is entrusted with funds, … and wherever possible following a policy of openness and transparency in the dissemination of all decisions.

• Openness. Holders of public office…. should give reasons for their decisions and restrict information only when the wider public interest clearly demands.

根據校委會的行事守則，當重大公眾關注時，校委會不單有需要向公眾解釋，還應披露受限制資料。但反觀今次校委會在處理副校(陳文敏被推薦一職)委任時，基本上全部列入被限制資料(restricted matters)。

有違其行事守則

梁智鴻的7月27日信件表示：

『校委會屬下的人力資源政策委員會於 2013 年 9月的會議，在審視大學管理層情況下，認爲需重設於同年 6月會議中提出的「副校長」一職協助首席副校長， 並提交文件建議其具體職務範圍需由首席副校長決定。 校委會 在 2014 年 1月接納建議， 亦留意到該職位將更改銜，以及「更新職務範圍以協助首席副校長處理學術事宜」。[詳見 2014 年 1月 28 日校委會會議記錄 。另，該職位的銜於 2014 年 6月改為副校長 (學術人力資源 )]』

當中提及的3次會議的向外公開會議撮要完全沒有相關資料，意味著它從一開始已經把它列為受限制資料，那怕是更改名字的小事。因此，校委會的處理手法有違其行事守則，特別是公開性原則。

有違一貫手法

校委會每月才開會一次，每次約一兩小時，它的實際運作並非如彭泓基所說的老闆模式。它將大部份決策的具體考慮下放給其屬下的委員會，在今次事件中就是物識委員會(Search Committee)。

其實校委會的主要事務是，「歡迎、通過、聽取、接收、議決、紀錄、注意、多謝。」 “WELCOMED,APPROVED, HEARD, RECEIVED, RESOLVED,RECORDED,NOTED, THANKED”

以上文提到的2014年1月28日的會議為例，它討論的事項為：

1. The Council WELCOMED….

2. The Council HEARD…….

3. The Council RECEIVED ….. and NOTED…..

4. The Council APPROVED……

5. The Council

(a) APPROVED…

(b) NOTED….

(c) THANKED ……

6. The Council APPROVED……

7. The Council APPROVED….

* Excluding personnel matters relating to individuals.

從其議程分配上看到，校委會不會花太多時間在討論上。關注組指責它有違一向做法，絕對有理。

政治考驗

港大校長馬斐森在2014年4月29日的首次參加校委會會議上報告，他所組的新的管理團隊需要與大陸建立緊密關係。從這點可能埋下伏筆。

(c) the assembling of the new Senior Management Team; and with the new team, to refresh the University’s strategies and to enhance the internationalization of the University in a coordinated and focused way through tighter cooperation with the Mainland and the rest of world with strategically chosen partners.

後記

無論梁智鴻如何狡辯，校委會的會議紀錄撮要已清潔表明，它違反了常識和自己的行事守則及承諾。

附件

與今次事件相關的會議撮要和梁智鴻的7月27日信件。

http://democracyhk.blogspot.hk/2015/09/discussion-summary-of-council-meetings.html

Discussion Summary of Council Meetings & Letter from Dr C H Leong on 27/7

June 25,2013:

(of a post which the HRPC once referred to as an “Associate Provost” at an earlier meeting in June 2013.) - Letter from Dr C H Leong on 27/7

September 24, 2013

The following is a list of matters discussed at the Council meeting held on September 24, 2013:

The Council APPROVED, on the recommendation of the Vice-Chancellor, that amendments be made to the terms of reference of the Council Committees and its sub-committees, and joint Council and Senate Committees to provide for the engagement of the Executive Vice-President (Administration and Finance)(“the EVP”) in those Committees which works fell under the EVP’s portfolio.

(The Human Resources Policy Committee (HRPC) which is a standing committee of the Council at its meeting in September 2013 recommended the establishment, from the old PVC (Staffing) post, of a post which the HRPC once referred to as an “Associate Provost” at an earlier meeting in June 2013. In making its recommendation in September 2013, it was proposed in the HRPC paper that the DVC would decide on the exact portfolio of the proposed new PVC)- Letter from Dr C H Leong on 27/7

January 28, 2014:

Excluding personnel matters relating to individuals.

(The recommendation of HRPC was accepted by Council in January 2014, noting that there would be a change to the name of the post and “a revised portfolio to assist the Deputy Vice-Chancellor in the areas relating to academic staff” ) - Letter from Dr C H Leong on 27/7

April 29, 2014:

The Council WELCOMED Professor P.W. MATHIESON, the President & Vice-Chancellor, to his first meeting of the Council

The Council HEARD a report from Professor P.W. MATHIESON, President & Vice-Chancellor, on the recent activities of the University including

(a) his activities since assuming the office;

(b) his plan to meet with staff members and students of all Faculties, and to visit the Peking University and Tsinghua University in his forthcoming trip to Beijing; and his ongoing engagement with other stakeholders of the University; and

(c) the assembling of the new Senior Management Team; and with the new team, to refresh the University’s strategies and to enhance the internationalization of the University in a coordinated and focused way through tighter cooperation with the Mainland and the rest of world with strategically chosen partners.

June 24, 2014

11. The Council NOTED that the Chairman of Council had approved, on behalf of the Council, that Professor R.A. GLOFCHESKI, Professor in the Department of Law,  be appointed as a member of the Search Committee for the Vice-President & Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching & Learning) under the membership category “A senior academic member appointed by the Council” to replace Professor J.M. CARROLL with immediate effect.

* Excluding personnel matters relating to individuals.

(The name of the post was changed to VP & PVC (Academic Staffing and Resources) in June 2014.) - Letter from Dr C H Leong on 27/7

July 29, 2014

6. The Council

(a) NOTED the extension of the following appointments until December 31, 2014:

(i) Professor R.T.H. CHIN, Provost & Deputy Vice-Chancellor, as the Acting Vice-President & Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning); and

(ii) Professor P.Y.S. CHEUNG, as Associate Vice-President (Research), and Professor L.G. THAM, as Associate Vice-President (Teaching & Learning); and

(b) APPROVED that the Vice-President & Pro-Vice-Chancellorship appointments of Professor P.K.H. TAM and Professor S.P. CHOW be extended until December 31, 2014.

August 26, 2014:

1. The Council HEARD a report from the President & Vice-Chancellor, on the recent activities of the University including

(c) the progress for the search for suitable appointees to the five Vice-President & Pro-Vice-Chancellor positions; and

September 30, 2014:

2. The Council HEARD a report from the President & Vice-Chancellor, on the recent activities of the University including

(d) the progress of the searches for suitable appointees for the five Vice-President & Pro-Vice-Chancellor positions,

November 25, 2014:

3. The Council RECEIVED a report from the President & Vice-Chancellor, on the recent activities of the University including

(a) the recent political events in Hong Kong involving HKU students and staff;

(b) the progress of the searches for suitable appointees for the five Vice-President & Pro-Vice-Chancellor positions;

(b) HEARD the President & Vice-Chancellor speak to the process and arrangement for the search and selection of the next Provost & Deputy Vice-Chancellor, in that it was proposed that a Search Committee chaired by himself be set up comprising the Chairman of the Human Resource Policy Committee, a member each from the Council and the Senate, and a student representative;

4. The Council

(a) RESOLVED that

(i) Professor I.M. HOLLIDAY, currently Professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration of the Faculty of Social Sciences of HKU, be appointed as Vice-President & Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning) for a fixed term of five years, tentatively from January 1, 2015; and

(ii) Mr. D.C.T. SO, Executive Director, Charities in the Hong Kong Jockey Club from 2010 to 2014, be appointed as Vice-President & Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Institutional Advancement) for a fixed term of five years, tentatively from March 1, 2015; and

(c) RESOLVED

(i) that a Search Committee be set up with the remit of identifying a suitable candidate for appointment as the next Provost & Deputy Vice-Chancellor; and that a search firm be engaged to facilitate the search; and

(ii) on the recommendation of Chairman, that Professor Edward K.Y. CHEN be invited to serve as a lay member of the Council on the Search Committee; and

December 30, 2014:

1. The Council RECEIVED a report from the President & Vice-Chancellor on the recent activities of the University including

(a) the constitution of the Search Committee for the next Provost & Deputy Vice-Chancellor and its first meeting;

The Council

(a) APPROVED the extension of the term of appointment of Professor P.K.H. TAM as Vice-President & Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research) until August 31, 2015 or the arrival of the new Vice-President & Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research), whichever was earlier; and

(b) NOTED the extension of the appointment of Professor P.Y.S. CHEUNG as Associate Vice-President (Research) so that his term of appointment was coterminous with that of Professor P.K.H. TAM as Vice-President & Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research).

January 27, 2015

February 24, 2015:

The Council

(a) RESOLVED that

(i) Professor Tzi Sum Andy HOR, currently on secondment from the National University of Singapore as the Executive Director of the Institute of Materials Research & Engineering of the Agency for Science, Technology & Research of Singapore, be appointed as Vice-President & Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research) for a fixed-term of five years, tentatively from September 1, 2015; and

(ii) Professor W. John KAO, Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of Pharmacy, Surgery, and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, be appointed as Vice-President & Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Global) for a fixed-term of five years, tentatively from September 1, 2015; and

March 31, 2015:

April 28, 2015

May 26, 2015

1.     The Council WELCOMED… Mr. Billy FUNG Jing-en, the undergraduate representative, to their first meeting of the Council

June 30, 2015

3. The Council RECEIVED a report from the President & Vice-Chancellor on the recent activities of the University including

(a) the progress of the search for the new Provost & Deputy Vice-Chancellor;

(DVC and each PVC are selected by a Search Committee on a global basis. On completion of the task, the Search Committee makes a recommendation to Council which is the appointing body. For the post in question, the Search Committee was only ready to make a recommendation to the Council in June 2015.)

July 28, 2015:

2. The Council RECEIVED a report from the President & Vice-Chancellor on the recent activities of the University including

(a) the Senate’s affirmation, at its meeting of July 7, 2015, of the importance of upholding academic freedom and institutional autonomy which were of the utmost importance for teaching and learning, research, internal and external relationships, and other activities of the University;