Hong Kong patriotic educator Ng Kang-min passed away at the age of 100
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- Wu Hongmin, honorary chairman of Hong Kong Peiqiao Educational Institution and former Hong Kong representative to the National People's Congress, passed away on October 18 at the age of 100.
- The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Lee Ka-chiu, and many politicians expressed condolences for his death and affirmed his contribution to patriotic education and the process of Hong Kong's return to the motherland.
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Wu Hongmin has been a representative of the National People's Congress of Hong Kong for more than 30 years and has been in charge of Pui Qiao Secondary School for 28 years. He is a representative figure in Hong Kong's patriotic education circles.
China News Service, Hong Kong, October 18th. The Hong Kong Pei Kiu Educational Institution stated on the 18th that Wu Kangmin, the honorary chairman of the institution, a former Hong Kong representative to the National People's Congress, and the former principal of Pei Kiu Middle School, passed away peacefully on the 18th surrounded by his family at the age of 100.
The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Lee Ka-chiu, expressed his condolences for the death of Wu Hong-man on the same day. Li Jiachao said that Mr. Wu Kangmin cared about his family and country throughout his life. He has served as a representative of the National People's Congress for more than 30 years since the 1970s. He has served as a member of the National People's Congress Preparatory Committee for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and other important positions, making important contributions to the smooth return of Hong Kong to the motherland and the maintenance of long-term prosperity and stability.
Li Jiachao said that Mr. Wu Kangmin devoted his life to patriotic education and cultivated a large number of outstanding talents for the country and Hong Kong. He was an outstanding educator.
Leung Chun-ying, Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, posted a message on social platforms to deeply mourn Wu Kangmin.
The Secretary for Education of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, Josephine Choi, posted on the social platform that Principal Wu Hongmin has dedicated his life to education, and over the past decades, the school has been filled with success and success. He is far-sighted and adheres to the original intention of education. He has cultivated generations of young people in Hong Kong who are passionate about their family and country, ambitious and responsible, and has made outstanding contributions to Hong Kong's patriotic education.
Li Huiqiong, the chairman of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, posted on social platforms that she has always respected Mr. Wu Hongmin very much, and especially admires his unchanging feelings for his family and country throughout his life, as well as his tenacity in choosing the right and being bold in speaking out. Mr. Wu has implemented his patriotism in education and social affairs for decades, which is sincerely respected.
After graduating from Sun Yat-sen University in 1947, Wu Kangmin went to Hong Kong and taught at Hong Kong Peiqiao Middle School. After that, he took root in the front line of patriotic education for decades. He has been in charge of Pei Qiao Middle School for 28 years, running the school diligently, cultivating a large number of young students, and laying an important foundation for the development of the Pei Qiao education system. He also initiated the establishment of the Hong Kong Federation of Educators to unite the strength of patriotic education in Hong Kong. He was awarded the Grand Bauhinia Medal in 1998.
