Lennon Wall

The PLKCKY Lennon Wall was created during the period of social unrest in Hong Kong and is controversial, well-known and significant to the secondary students. The Lennon Wall is now insignificant and was described as "a shell of its former self".

Sometime during the period of school closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the wall was vandalised. Post-its were ripped off and a poster crumpled. The wall at 2020-05-29 only consisted of a few scattered post-its. Currently (as of 2020-10-01), the wall is empty.

## Creation

The Wall was created by an unknown student and then was supported by the CKY Anti- Extradition (反修例) Group.

The Wall appeared on 2019-09-05, with a large row of Post-Its saying "LENNONWALL" on it. A tray of sticky notes and a marker/pen was put next to it in a cardboard box on top of the new water machines. Many students then put sticky notes on the Wall to share their views and opinions.

## Instagram Log

https://www.instagram.com/cky\_antielab/

**Day 1 ( https://www.instagram.com/p/B1\_gF5xAz82/ )** "這一秒若沉默如同被銷聲,🙊唯求花開盼爭勝。今天下午,一幅連儂牆不知從何冒起,校友隨即響應,貼上數十張寫滿標語的告示貼,表達心聲。有可靠線報指出該牆未經許可的出現已驚動到校方,林校長與蔡主任亦到場視察,未知校方會如何處理。"

Translation:

After these seconds of silence and commotion, we can just hope to achieve victory in the end. This afternoon, a Lennon wall appeared out of nowhere, and the students responded immediately and posted dozens of notices filled with slogans to express their feelings. A reliable source pointed out that this unauthorized appearance of the wall had been notified by the school. Head Principal Lau and Vice-Principal Lam also attended the inspection. It is unknown how the school will handle it.

**School Response (https://www.instagram.com/p/B2BiXRdABUI/)**

Update:

梁知（化名）是蔡繼有連儂牆的發起人，今早被林校長（Connie Lam) 傳召到4樓辦公室問話。林校長對梁知說「我哋學校努力守護安寧好耐，唔希望學校同出面一樣，畀呢啲社會問題入到學校」並對梁知指出近日有學生投訴連儂牆的標語對其造成「壓力」。梁知其後被林校長要求在明天早上交上一個「解決方案」

大家有何意見？

Translation:

"Liang Zhi" is the creator of our Lennon wall. This morning, Principal Connie Lam called him to the fourth floor staff room for questioning. She said to Liang Zhi, "I am trying to protect the peace and well-being of the school. I don't want the school to be the same as outside so that the social problems will enter the school.", and she pointed out to him that there have been complaints from students about the wall giving them pressure. Liang Zhi was later asked by the principal to hand in a “solution” tomorrow morning.

What do you think?

**6/9 Update (https://www.instagram.com/p/B2ERADLg8dV/)**

梁知（化名）分別於今早和放學後在高年級同學陪同下會面林姓署理校長，校方回應如下：

1. 校方希望尊重同學，讓他們有發表意見的權力。校方明白學生需要平台去發表自己的意見，並認為學校能提供一個安全的地方，因此決定保留原有的連儂牆，連同TOK房內的空間，讓同學張貼任何本地和國際時事新聞，和自己的意見。2. 為了保持學校氣氛和平，同學互相尊重，任何貼有粗言穢語、令人不安的圖片，和人身攻擊，都將會由發起連儂牆的學生撕走。

3. 如果同學對香港現正發生的社會事件感到不安、不知所措、徬徨、無助等等，請找信任的人傾訴。

校方希望大家能繼續為蔡繼有，為香港作出正面的貢獻。
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保良局蔡繼有學校反修例關注組感謝學校理解。
蔡繼有，加油！

Translation:

Liang Zhi met with the Principal today, accompanied by senior students this morning and after school, and the school responded as follows:

1. The school wants to respect the classmates and give them the power to express their opinions. The school understands that students need a platform to express their opinions and believe that the school can provide a safe place. Therefore, it is decided to keep the original connecting wall, together with the space in the TOK room, so that students can post any local and international news, and themselves.

2. In order to maintain a peaceful atmosphere in the school, students respect each other, any pictures with swear words, disturbing pictures, and personal attacks will be torn away by the students who initiated the wall.

3. If students are uneasy, overwhelmed, embarrassed, helpless, etc. about the social events that are taking place in Hong Kong, please talk to someone who they trust.

   The school hopes that everyone can continue to make positive contributions to CKY and Hong Kong.

The PLKCKY Anti-Extradition group thanked the school for understanding.

CKY, add oil!

## External Links

* https://lihkg.com/thread/1544535/page/1 (Posted by "Liang Zhi")
* https://t.me/cky\_antielab (Telegram Channel)