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”.

      • @CanadaPlusEnglish
        4•5 months 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.

      • @littlewonder@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2•5 months ago

        A cool org like the Satanic Temple will ask that their own seven tenants be displayed as well.

        This will cause the Christian right to lose their minds. Who could have ever seen this coming? They will say that it will corrupt the children. They will not let the tenants be posted. Raging mobs of Concerned Christian Parents will yell at their school boards.

        Cue lawsuits from the Satanic Temple.

        Suddenly and quietly, the lawmakers realize that they haven’t yet broken the courts completely and they’ll roll back the ten commandments requirement. From the side of their mouths, they’ll blame the evil, godless liberals for the downfall of the US. You see, it’d all be milk and honey if we didn’t ban Jesus (you probably haven’t heard of him, right?) from the children.

        It’s the same song and dance every fucking time. Please donate to the Satanic Temple and/or the ACLU so they can continue to push back against this bullshit.

    • @PlainSimpleGarak@lemm.eeEnglish
      2•5 months 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.