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Leung Kwok-hung (2L) lost his long locks when he was jailed for four weeks in 2014. (Sing Tao Daily)

Long Hair’s jail haircut illegal

LAWMAKER Leung Kwok-hung (梁國雄) should not have had his ‘iconic’ long hair shorn off by prison authorities, a court ruled. High Court

Justice Thomas Au Hing-cheung (區慶祥) said the Correctional Services Department’s (CSD, 懲教署) rule requiring all male prisoners to have their hair cut “suffi ciently close but not close-clipped” violated the Basic Law and sex discrimination law.

Leung, nicknamed ‘Long Hair (長毛)’, had his locks cut over his objection when he was jailed for four weeks at the Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre in June 2014. He fi led a judicial review challenging the rule for applying only to men.

The CSD argued there could be risks that “long hair is used as a potential method of concealing prohibited items” to attack other inmates or for suicide,

and that such risks were signifi cantly higher in the male than the female inmate population.

But Au found the rule was differential treatment based on sex, violating the Sex Discrimination Ordinance (性別歧視條例) and Basic Law Article 25 (基本法第二十五條) which provides that “all Hong Kong residents shall be equal before the law”.

The judge also said the reasons put forward by the Commissioner of Correctional Services were “all stereotyped or generalised assumptions”.

The ruling triggered a mini-debate on school rules restricting boys’ hair length. One educator thought schools should not interfere if boys’ hair does not affect others. Another said schools should have discipline but should not “push things too far”.

立法會議員梁國

雄幾年前因衝擊

立會論壇被判服

刑四星期，入獄

時長髮遭懲教署

剪掉。他入稟提

司法覆核，挑戰

署方規定男犯人

必須剪短髮的守

則，高院法官區

慶祥裁定長毛勝

訴。判詞指守則

不 合 法 並 違 反

《基本法》，下

令懲教署需設法

糾正。署方稱將

考慮適當的跟進

安排。

背景資料

(The Standard, 18 January)

● Text : Lon Yan ● Photo : Sing Tao Daily

Answers on P12

6 words to know Worksheet

Junior level

Advanced level

‘Long Hair’ Leung Kwok-hung lodged

a 1. ________, asking to review a

prison haircut rule.

Government’s argument: long hair creates risks of attack or 4. ________ .

Judge: CSD’s reasons are 5. ________ or 6. ________ assumptions about risks associated with male inmates.

Ruling: rule was 7. ________ based on gender.

Leung’s argument: rule applied only to male inmates; hence, it violates the 2. ________ and the 3. ________.

Writing tips

Treatment is a noun that means the manner in which someone behaves towards or deals with someone or something.

– Boys and girls should be given equal treatment in all respects.

It also means medical care given to a patient.

– Patients receive top-notch treatment in this hospital.

Treat is a verb that means to behave or deal with in a certain way.

– I don’t think I have been fairly treated.

Treat something as means to regard something as being of a specified nature with implications for one’s actions.

– Providing false information to the tax department will be treated as a crime.

Treat also means to give medical care or attention to; try to heal or cure.

– The pedestrian who was knocked down by a speeding bicycle was treated for cuts and bruises.

Used as a noun, treat means an event or item that is out of the ordinary and gives great pleasure.

– This delicious cookie is really a treat.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

sufficiently (adv) 足夠地; 充份地• I think I have made myself sufficiently clear.

objection (n) 反對• I have no objection to postponing the meeting to next

week.

conceal (v) 隱藏; 隱瞞• Why do you try to conceal such important information

from your parents?

stereotyped (adj) 具成見的; 典型化的• Stereotyped views are one of the root causes of

discrimination.

assumption (n) 假定• We are proceeding with the project on the assumption

that funding will be approved.

interfere (v) 干預; 干涉• In a free country, the government does not interfere

with the operation of private businesses.

Tuesday 24 January 2017

B. Critical thinking1. Do you agree with the court’s ruling in the ‘Long Hair’ case?

2. Would male inmates having long hair create real security problems? Why or why

not?

3. Is a school rule prohibiting boys wearing long hair discrimination based on gender?

4. Should such a rule be abolished?

5. ‘It would be imprudent to stretch discrimination principals indefi nitely.’ Discuss.

A. Fill in the mind map

A. Vocabulary bank

Please complete the mind map below:

Replace the highlighted words with words from the news article.

Lawmaker Leung Kwok-hung’s long hair was 1. cut off by the Correctional Services

Department when he served a four-week jail term in 2014. He 2. launched a judicial

review to 3. contest the validity of the haircut rule on the grounds that it applied only

to male 4. prisoners and not female prisoners. The court decided that the rule

5. breached both sex discrimination legislation and the territory’s mini-constitution.