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A school principal from Hong Kong who was seen in a video swearing at security guards at<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/a>SAFRA Jurong <\/span><\/a>during a school trip to Singapore<\/span><\/a> is seeking legal advice on his employment rights.<\/p>\n This comes after the school rejected his resignation<\/span><\/a> on June 3 and requested his \u201cimmediate dismissal\u201d, according to a South China Morning Post (SCMP) report.<\/p>\n Lee Cheuk-hing, the former principal of San Wui Commercial Society Secondary School, said on June 5 that he had appointed legal representatives to review his dismissal after his contract was terminated without compensation, the SCMP reported on June 7.<\/p>\n The Hong Kong-based news outlet said Lee expressed \u201cshock and regret\u201d over his dismissal on June 3.<\/p>\n Former lawmaker and school manager Edmund Wong said the school board had not received any formal statement from Lee, the SCMP reported.<\/p>\n Wong also said the board would take its own legal steps if Lee brought in representatives to challenge his dismissal, the English-language newspaper added.<\/p>\n In the video posted on the Threads social media platform on May 23, a man standing at the doorway of a bus is seen arguing with two women on the street who are wearing SAFRA security uniforms.<\/p>\n The women can be heard saying that the bus has to move \u201cbehind\u201d. The man then tells them to \u201cshut up\u201d and hurls several comments in Cantonese at them, including swear words, before making faces and taunting them to get on the bus.<\/p>\n A woman standing behind the man tries to pull him back to de-escalate the situation, but he shouts at her to \u201cget out of (his) way\u201d.<\/p>\n Netizens identified the man as Lee.<\/p>\n About 35 students and some teachers from his school were in Singapore for an economics and technology study tour from May 20 to 24 when the incident occurred, Hong Kong media outlet HK01 reported.<\/p>\n SCMP reported on May 26 that Lee was suspended from his position after the school\u2019s management committee heard evidence from him and staff who had been on the trip.<\/p>\n The school board believed Lee\u2019s performance \u201cfell short of public expectations\u201d, said Wong, the school manager.<\/p>\n On May 26, SAFRA confirmed that an incident involving a bus and its appointed security personnel had taken place at its Jurong recreational club on May 22.<\/p>\n It added that its appointed security company had lodged a police report.<\/p>\n On May 28, Lee tendered his resignation as principal<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n In an interview with Hong Kong media outlet DotDotNews, Lee said he had failed to set a good example and would reflect on his actions.<\/p>\n Lee apologised to the public in Hong Kong and Singapore and urged students not to emulate him.<\/p>\n The Union of Security Employees in Singapore said on May 30 that it strongly condemns any form of abuse towards its security officers.<\/p>\n It said it had visited SAFRA Jurong to show its support for the security officers involved, who shared how challenging the situation was.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n A school principal from Hong Kong who was seen in a video swearing at security guards at SAFRA Jurong during a school trip to Singapore…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57988,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59056\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/57988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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