{"id":83866,"date":"2026-09-10T19:45:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T11:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=83866"},"modified":"2026-09-10T19:45:02","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T11:45:02","slug":"hk-principal-fired-over-safra-jurong-swearing-incident-seeks-over-154000-in-unfair-dismissal-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=83866","title":{"rendered":"HK principal fired over SAFRA Jurong swearing incident seeks over $154,000 in unfair dismissal claim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"text-primary article-summary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">A principal in Hong Kong who was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/asia\/east-asia\/hong-kong-school-rejects-resignation-of-principal-who-swore-at-security-guards-in-spore-fires-him?ref=inline-article\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"gap-x-04 items-center inline text-primary-60 select-auto\" aria-label=\"link\" target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"custom-link\"><span class=\"inline font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"typography-test-id\">fired for swearing at security guards during a school trip to Singapore<\/span><\/a> is demanding more than <!-- -->$154,00<!-- -->0 from his former school board in an unfair dismissal claim, according to media reports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Lee Cheuk-hing<!-- -->, the former principal of <!-- -->San Wui Commercial Society Secondary School<!-- -->, was caught on camera hurling profanities at security guards at\u00a0SAFRA Jurong<!-- --> <!-- -->in May.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Media outlet HK01 reported that he was in Singapore with <!-- -->about 35 students<!-- --> and some teachers from his school for a study tour from <!-- -->May 20 to 24<!-- --> when the incident occurred.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Lee was initially suspended from his post after the school board found that his performance fell short of public expectations. He submitted his resignation, which was rejected, and was sacked in June.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The former principal argued that his dismissal was unreasonable and took his case to the Labour Tribunal, demanding about <!-- -->HK$960,000 (S$154,700)<!-- --> in compensation, HK01 reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">His case was briefly heard at Hong Kong\u2019s Labour Tribunal office on<!-- --> Sept 8.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Lee claims he was unfairly dismissed without proper notice, and he is seeking back pay and long-service compensation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">His trial is scheduled to <!-- -->start on Dec 1<!-- -->.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">In a 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 in SAFRA security uniforms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">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 phrases in Cantonese at them, including swear words, before making faces and taunting them to get on the bus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Netizens identified the man as Lee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">On <!-- -->May 26<!-- -->, SAFRA confirmed that an incident involving a bus and its appointed security personnel took place at its Jurong recreational club on<!-- --> May 22.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">After the incident, the Union of Security Employees in Singapore <!-- -->on May 30<!-- --> said it strongly condemns any form of abuse towards security officers, adding that it had visited SAFRA Jurong to show its support for the security officers involved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/asia\/east-asia\/hk-principal-fired-over-safra-jurong-swearing-incident-seeks-over-154000-in-unfair-dismissal-claim\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A principal in Hong Kong who was fired for swearing at security guards during a school trip to Singapore is demanding more than $154,000 from&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":83867,"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-83866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83866","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=83866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83866\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/83867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}