CY Leung Wants to Cultivate Young Patriots

Leung wants to instil patriotism in university students, media

Former chief executive Leung Chun-ying continues to make himself newsworthy, this time saying patriotic groups need to be stronger in universities and the media.

He said even though Hong Kong has the national security law, and what he says is an improved electoral system, patriots need to continue working hard and suggested patriotism needed to be instilled among young people.

"We have to build up the ideological and organising powers of patriotic groups, those who govern have to break barriers with these groups, make them stronger. This includes the grooming of such political groups in universities," said Leung, who is vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

2015 football match HKers booed China anthem

"In education, in media, we have to raise the ability of patriotic groups in these important aspects in society. Of course we also need to form a consensus and widely promote the One Country, Two Systems principle."

He added it was a basic requirement that Hong Kong students become proud Chinese patriots.

To prove his point, he cited the example in 2015 when some Hong Kong students booed the Chinese national anthem during a football World Cup qualifying group match between China and Hong Kong at Chinese University.

Leung said he met with the university's management over the matter, but nothing was done.

Perhaps it was after that incident that he made sure every other vice chancellor was replaced with someone with a pro-Beijing bent?

Sounds like someone is still sore about the incident, or has been told to bring it up.

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Either way demanding that young people become proud Chinese will be harder these days if he hasn't noticed what has happened in the last few years. 

Perhaps his fixation on indoctrinating young people comes from his inability to control his children, in particular daughter Leung Chai-yan who has had public spats with him?

Doesn't he know by now that the more you force kids to do something, the more they want to do the opposite?