Choi: civil politics education needed

Choi Chi Yu, a lecturer from the FED, thought that there were not enough activities in the university to help students understand more about the legislation during election time.

Choi commented, "It's even worse than some secondary schools. During the election, some secondary schools invited different legislators to talk about the election to their students. It's a pity that our university did not do that," Choi said. He suggested the FSH set up courses or workshops about civil politics for students who are interested. He also raised the possibility of having a political association in the university.

He thought that students in UMac generally do not show much concern about politics. He attributed the indifference first to the lack of media education both from secondary school and families, which made them think that TV and newspapers were nothing more than entertainment. Youngsters usually think that current events and politics are boring which have nothing to do with them.

He named them the "rootless generation," who are unable to identify themselves as Chinese and thus have a low sense of political participation.

As a teacher of future teachers, Choi is very worried about his students' apathy toward politics. He said that many of their concepts about politics were wrong. "Some of them even do not believe that their choices would be kept confidential," said Choi.