St Stephen's College is a well-known school located in Stanley, Hong Kong Island. Alumni consist of who's who of Hong Kong society including Yip Man, the grandmaster who brought Wing Chun to Hong Kong. The seven students, age 15-16 years old, are alleged to have placed cameras in changing rooms as well as classrooms. The former included both male and female. The cameras were said to have been placed as long as three months ago. The school is supposed to be an elite education institution teaching in a 'Christian environment.' Presume its Christian teachings were not inculcated properly into these boys.
My issue with it is that the incidents involves up to seven (so far) students. This is more serious than your average Peeping Tom or teens-on-hormone-gone-wild behaviour. The students are old enough to know what they were doing and the consequences if caught. Some of the students may have siblings in the same school or even friends whose sister or brother study in the same school. Imagine your friends sharing these photos. And the whole thing went on undiscovered for three months which tells to some extent the security awareness of the school all made the more grating when it has boarding facilities.
By the way, this guy is on the School Council, Reverend Douglas Koon, who were in the press a few years back. In 2015, he likened Hong Kong to a "cat" and the Beijing Central Government to its "master" when he was making a reference that if the people of Hong Kong want to have more freedom then they should behave themselves, in others words, obey the master's wishes. In 2014 - the year that saw the Umbrella Movement occurred - he came out in defense of the archbishop of the Hong Kong Anglican Church a.k.a. Sheng Kung Hui when the latter said (this before the Umbrella Movement) that the pro-democracy protesters should learn to keep quiet as Jesus remained silent in the face of crucification. He added icing to the cake by further adding that, after some student protesters arrested in a prelude to the Movement complained that while under prolong arrest they had no food and had to queue for the toilet, 'why didn't they bring along their Filipino maids to the march?'
With that kind of Christian teachings, why should anyone be surprised the types of student-followers that come after.
Addendum dated 6 April 2017: That the school is undergoing an identity crisis can be gleaned from the difference in its Latin and Chinese motto. In addition, a normal Christian school especially one which is more than a hundred years old would not under normal circumstances have Chinese characters in and as part of its emblem. Well, this school has and nowhere in its history milestone does it state when the Chinese motto became part of the emblem. No wonder the school and its students have an identity crisis.
With that kind of Christian teachings, why should anyone be surprised the types of student-followers that come after.
Addendum dated 6 April 2017: That the school is undergoing an identity crisis can be gleaned from the difference in its Latin and Chinese motto. In addition, a normal Christian school especially one which is more than a hundred years old would not under normal circumstances have Chinese characters in and as part of its emblem. Well, this school has and nowhere in its history milestone does it state when the Chinese motto became part of the emblem. No wonder the school and its students have an identity crisis.