【逃犯條例】理大籲師生撤離混亂校園　促暴力佔領人士離開

反修例示威持續，暴力有升級，港大、城大、理大、浸大附近，都有黑衣人堵路及「佔領」校園。繼中大校長段崇智今日（15日）下午發公開信，要求所有外來人士即時離開中大，香港理工大學管理層（包括校長滕錦光）亦向全校師生及校友發英文版本電郵，指理大校園變得一片混亂，有外部激進分子過去幾天進入校園，致校內許多設施遭嚴重破壞，對員生帶來直接安全隱患，校方緊急呼籲學生及教職員工撤離校園，並強烈譴責及要求佔領校園的暴力行為人士立即離開。

理大致校友及師生的電郵開首，指對本港動蕩局勢和不斷加劇之暴力行為蔓延至大學感悲傷和遺憾，並呼籲各方保持冷靜和克制，又認為暴力無助於解決任何問題，只會加劇緊張關係，並造成更大的損失。

理大校方指，理大校園內出現混亂，過去幾天亦見有外部激進分子（activists from outside have gone onto the campus ）進入校園，致校內許多設施遭嚴重破壞，理大校方以師生安全為首要考慮，故決定將本學期餘下教學轉成網上教學，不再設面對面授課。同時緊急呼籲學生及教職員工撤離校園，並強烈譴責及要求佔領校園的暴力行為人士立即離開。

理大校方在電郵末指，懇求理大成員在此困難時刻站在一起，並希望社會僵局和動盪不再，社會盡快恢復和平與安寧。

香港理工大學晚上約８時亦向傳媒發新聞稿，嚴正呼籲校園內所有人停止危險或違法活動，並立即離開。理大嚴厲譴責佔領校園人士，恣意破壞校園及作出暴力行為，強調理大不允許他們在校園逗留，又指最近一星期理大校園設施遭示威者大肆破壞，基於師生安全考慮，校方改以網上形式進行本學期餘下課堂，並製訂新的評核安排。理大校方亦宣布，大學辦公大樓繼續暫停運作至下周三（20日），員工會盡可能留家工作。

理大校方向師生及校友發信（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