Legislative Council Question 2: Education Bureau and UGC Reply on University Campus Access Control Measures

Acting Secretary for Education Sze Chun-fai, replying to Lee Tsz-king's question in the Legislative Council, said campus management falls within institutional autonomy, and the Education Bureau and UGC do not keep regular statistics on arrangements for opening campuses and public facilities at universities. HKBU, Lingnan University and HKUST have currently opened their campuses, while CityU, CUHK, EdUHK, PolyU and HKU have implemented varying degrees of access control, such as automatic turnstiles and online visitor registration. The authorities consider that drawing up uniform opening guidelines may affect institutions' flexibility in managing campuses.