Universities warned about sexual abuse during orientation

Orientation camps at universities in Hong Kong have been condemned as having degenerated into “licensed collective sexual harassment”, with some lawmakers appealing to the city’s equality watchdog to boost oversight of the events as the summer holiday approaches, writes Ng Kang-chung for the South China Morning Post.

The calls were made as legislators were briefed by the Equal Opportunities Commission on prevention of sexual harassment on campuses at a panel meeting on Monday 20 May.

Commission Chair Linda Lam Mei-sau told the panel her agency was “deeply concerned” about reports of sexual harassment incidents at orientation camps in recent years. Lam said: “To prepare for the orientation activities in summer this year, we sent letters to tertiary institutions in April, calling on them to require students who are in charge of planning and executing orientation activities to receive anti-sexual harassment training … We also offered to support them in delivering the training.”
Full report on the South China Morning Post site