Scholarism offers to fund water tests for 20 to 30 Hong Kong secondary schools
Joshua Wong says too few schools are taking the initiative so group wants to share donations raised on July 1 march
Student group Scholarism is offering to fund water tests for about 20 to 30 secondary school student unions, after the ongoing lead contamination scare spread to schools two weeks ago.
The youth activist organisation, which rose to prominence in 2012 for its campaign against the government’s proposed national education curriculum, and later took a leading role in the Occupy movement, said it wanted to do pupils a service rather than having them wait until the Education Bureau or their schools agreed to commission water tests.
In an announcement published on Facebook on Wednesday afternoon, the group said it would commission tests at the Hong Kong Productivity Council in Kowloon Tong. Student unions at secondary schools may apply to take one of the 20 to 30 slots.
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Spokesman Joshua Wong Chi-fung said the exercise was estimated to cost HK$20,000 to HK$30,000 and the group would cover the full cost for the student unions.
