DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT

In late 2015, I arranged a four-day exchange program between Chinese International School and SALEM-Immanuel Lutheran College (ILC) in Hong Kong. The exchange was filmed by a team of students from both schools and developed into a 40-minute documentary titled, “One Education, Two Systems”.


The aim of the project is to develop mutual understanding and appreciation between students at international schools and traditional local schools in Hong Kong and help bridge the divide in the education system. At the same time, the documentary also seeks to spark discussion on education-related topics, various disparities and other differences between the two systems (teaching styles, mental health, learning attitude, general atmosphere and competitiveness).

To promote public awareness of these issues and encourage public discussion, I have worked with local media HK01 to publish an article on the film. I am also currently working with other media outlets to continue promotion of the documentary. The film has been entered into local and international film festivals and we are currently trying to partner with local cinemas for public screenings in 2017. As a result of these efforts, I have been sharing my views with the Native-speaking English Teacher (NET) Section, Education Bureau, HKSAR, about how more collaborative programs and partnership initiatives between local and international schools can be promoted. At the same time, the NET Section is screening the documentary in a territory-wide cluster meeting in early April. Additional screenings from mid-April onwards will include time for reflection, discussion and feedback from teachers and students. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Regional NET Coordinating Team (RNCT) of the NET Section, who have long been supporting us in promoting this project, which has successfully developed from the experiences we had with our involvement in the NET Section’s Clipit competition, a student-created film competition. I am hopeful that this project is successful in encouraging more public discussion and policy reforms to address these issues.

Victor Yin

December 2016

導演聲明

在2015年末，我們安排了一個漢基國際學校與南亞路德會沐恩中學之間的交換活動，為期四天。這個計劃由兩方組成的一個攝影團隊錄製，經種種編輯、討論而做成了20分及40分版的一部紀錄片——“一學兩制”。此計畫的目標在於宣傳連結我們教育系統分割的兩面以及讓國際學校和本地學校的學生可以互相理解、欣賞。同時，這部紀錄片也突出了教育方面的話題，旨在觸發對教育本身的討論、研究（教學風格、心理健康、學習態度、學習氣氛和學生之間的競爭等）。

為了增強我們對這些事情的認識及這些促進教育系統的改革，我與本地媒體 HK01合作，也在和其他媒體溝通。這個影片會參與數個本地電影節，我們也在嘗試爭取在2017年初，于本地電影院和香港演藝學院等地公開放映的機會。

在這些努力和——的支持下，我在與香港教育局和香港教育統籌員商討，本地政府如何促進本地學校和國際學校之間的合作計劃和夥伴關係。教育局也將紀錄片發到香港所有學校。同時，在四月的會議，教育局將會播放紀綠片給在場的老師與同學。我希望這個計劃能夠成功的鼓勵公眾的討論及政策改革，以解決這些問題。

殷翰洵

二零一六年，十二月份