28 Mar 2014
WONG CHUN PONG v. THE HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION
- Citation
- WONG CHUN PONG v. THE HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV48/2013
The appeal was dismissed because (1) the claim that s11(7) should permit student participation at a Search Committee stage is not reasonably arguable: a Search Committee is not prescribed by statute and cannot exercise the non-delegable Council function of appointing the President (s9(3)(b) and s11(6)); and (2) the constitutional challenge lacks reasonable prospects since the legislature permissibly distinguished externally appointed Council members from internally nominated or elected members and no fundamental right to vote on appointment was shown to be infringed, making the matter one of…