Hong Kong’s school sector will see a “major shock” if the city’s equality watchdog upholds a complaint from a secondary school student over a ban on long hair, the vice-chief of a pro-Beijing teachers’ group has said. Tang Fei of the Hong Kong Federation of Education Workers said on Commercial Radio on Friday that schools in Hong Kong did not design and implement dress codes based on gender stereotypes. Instead, school rules reflect the requirements imposed by the Education Bureau, as well as traditional values and the missions of the school’s sponsoring body, he said. Tang’s comments came aft…
