19/09/2019 HCMP2801/2015 THE UNIVERSITY 80. OF HONG KONG v. HONG KONG COMMERCIAL BROADCASTING CO LTD AND ANOTHER After the 29 September 2015 Meeting, the Chairman said at a news conference that the decision was based on “the best and long term interests of the University” but did not provide any details of the discussions that had taken place at the Meeting. On the same evening, Mr Billy Fung gave the press his own summary of what was said at the meeting by those who voted against Prof Chan and stated (according to the affirmation filed by Apple Daily): (1) Prof Arthur Li criticized Prof Chan degree and suggested that the only for not having reason why a PhD he had been appointed as the Dean of the Faculty of Law of the University was that he was a “nice guy”. (2) Ms Leonie Ki, Ms Margaret Leong and Mr Benjamin Hung questioned Prof Chan’s integrity and accused Prof Chan for having disclosed to the candidate before public the that Council he was had the made sole a recommended decision on the Appointment Issue. (3) Prof Edward Chen also criticized Prof Chan for not having a PhD degree, and that he had rarely published articles in academic journals, and questioned his qualifications when compared to the other Vice-Presidents and Pro-—Vice Chancellors of the University. (4) Prof CM Lo criticized Prof Chan’s lack of academic standard and achievements as compared to an assistant professor. He also criticized Prof Chan for not showing sympathy towards him after his fall. (5) Mr Martin Liao said that he had made a search on Goggle Scholar and had found that there were only four searches made on his works in the past five years. (6) Dr Rosanna Wong opined that Prof Chan would only further divide the University. https: //legalref.judiciary.hk/Irs/common/ju/ju_frame.jsp? DIS=101619&currpage=T 27/33