【逃犯条例】理大吁师生撤离混乱校园　促暴力占领人士离开

反修例示威持续，暴力有升级，港大、城大、理大、浸大附近，都有黑衣人堵路及“占领”校园。继中大校长段崇智今日（15日）下午发公开信，要求所有外来人士即时离开中大，香港理工大学管理层（包括校长滕锦光）亦向全校师生及校友发英文版本电邮，指理大校园变得一片混乱，有外部激进分子过去几天进入校园，致校内许多设施遭严重破坏，对员生带来直接安全隐患，校方紧急呼吁学生及教职员工撤离校园，并强烈谴责及要求占领校园的暴力行为人士立即离开。

理大致校友及师生的电邮开首，指对本港动荡局势和不断加剧之暴力行为蔓延至大学感悲伤和遗憾，并呼吁各方保持冷静和克制，又认为暴力无助于解决任何问题，只会加剧紧张关系，并造成更大的损失。

理大校方指，理大校园内出现混乱，过去几天亦见有外部激进分子（activists from outside have gone onto the campus ）进入校园，致校内许多设施遭严重破坏，理大校方以师生安全为首要考虑，故决定将本学期余下教学转成网上教学，不再设面对面授课。同时紧急呼吁学生及教职员工撤离校园，并强烈谴责及要求占领校园的暴力行为人士立即离开。

理大校方在电邮末指，恳求理大成员在此困难时刻站在一起，并希望社会僵局和动荡不再，社会尽快恢复和平与安宁。

香港理工大学晚上约８时亦向传媒发新闻稿，严正呼吁校园内所有人停止危险或违法活动，并立即离开。理大严厉谴责占领校园人士，恣意破坏校园及作出暴力行为，强调理大不允许他们在校园逗留，又指最近一星期理大校园设施遭示威者大肆破坏，基于师生安全考虑，校方改以网上形式进行本学期余下课堂，并制订新的评核安排。理大校方亦宣布，大学办公大楼继续暂停运作至下周三（20日），员工会尽可能留家工作。

理大校方向师生及校友发信（英文全文）

Dear Students, Colleagues and Alumni
 
Over the last five months, Hong Kong has been shaken by a series of protests, confrontations, disruptions and escalating violence. We are deeply saddened and bitterly regret that the state of turmoil and spiraling violence has spread to university campuses.
 
It is particularly worrying that our campus has been turned into a scene of disorder and that activists from outside have gone onto the campus in the last several days. Not only have many facilities on the campus been severely and extensively vandalised, the activities inside the campus also pose immediate safety risks to our students and staff who are on the campus. We urgently advise our students and staff to stay away from the campus. The University also strongly condemns the occupation of the campus by the people who commit these acts of violence and demands them to leave immediately.
 
The safety of our students and staff is always the University’s top priority. For this reason, we have decided to substitute all face-to-face teaching with on-line teaching for the rest of this semester. We are working with the academic staff to make use of all feasible on-line means to ensure teaching can continue during this period. We will do our utmost to safeguard our students’ right to learning.
 
We once again call on all parties to remain calm and restrained. In a civilised society, violence can’t help to solve any problem but will only intensify the tensions and cause greater damages. We plead to the members of PolyU to stand together in this difficult time. With our concerted efforts, we sincerely hope that the social impasse and turbulence will come to an end, and our society will return to peace and tranquility soon.
 
Best regards 
 
Professor Jin-Guang TENG, President
Professor Philip C. H. CHAN, Deputy President and Provost
Dr Miranda LOU, Executive Vice President
Mr Andy TONG, Vice President (Campus Development and Facilities)
Ir Professor Alex WAI, Vice President (Research Development)
Ir Professor Ben YOUNG, Vice President (Student Affairs)
Professor S. L. HO, Registrar 
Professor WONG Wing-tak, Dean of the Faculty of Applied Science and Textiles
Ir Professor T. C. Edwin CHENG, Dean of the Faculty of Business
Ir Professor Y. L. XU, Dean of the Faculty of Construction and Environment
Ir Professor H. C. MAN, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering
Prof. David SHUM, Dean of the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences
Professor LI Ping, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities
Professor K. P. LEE, Dean of the School of Design
Professor Kaye CHON, Dean of the School of Hotel and Tourism Management
Professor Esmond MOK, Dean of Students