Officials advise teachers to help students "cultivate habit and confidence" while singing anthem.

Hong Kong officials have singled out at least two schools for singing the Chinese national anthem “too softly”.

Teachers at a third school have been asked to help students “cultivate habit and confidence” in singing it.

Hong Kong has redoubled the emphasis on “patriotic” education since 2020 when China cracked down on the city’s pro-democracy movement.

Officials said students’ voices at the Hong Kong and Macau Lutheran Church Primary School were “soft and weak” and “should be strengthened”. At Yan Chai Hospital Lim Por Yen Secondary School, teachers were told to “help students develop the habit of singing the national anthem loudly in unison”.

      • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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        4 days ago

        It really should be a slam-dunk. The constitution isn’t unclear about separation of state and religion. At all.

        I’m guessing the state knows this, but figured they’d get credit with the Gilead crowd for even trying.

    • PlainSimpleGarak@lemm.eeEnglish
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      4 days ago

      And when they are sued for it, if they haven’t been already, it’ll never hold up in court. Regardless of the state in question. Fortunately.