Necessity of "Moral and National Education" as curriculum Favorite 

Moral and national education (MNE) s a school curriculum proposed by the Education Bureau of Hong Kong, transformed from the current moral and civic education (MCE). This curriculum evoked huge controversy in Hong Kong society for its "biased content" about propaganda of the contemporary social and political landscape of China, which was accused by activists groups as an act of brainwashing by the Chinese Communist party, and a curriculum laden of nationalism and lack of critical thinking.

Scholarism and Parents' Concern Group started an anti-MNE movement of four months. On 29 July 2012, 30 organisations protested in a march. According to the organisers, more than 90000 protestors, including many parents with their children, participated in the march. Later, members of the student activist group Scholarism began their occupation of the Hong Kong government headquarters on 30 August 2012, of which three began a hunger strike. On 1 September, an open concert was held as part of the protest, with an attendance of 40,000. During the event the three hunger-strikers ended their hunger strike, and were succeeded by a team of ten other hunger-strikers. Eventually, facing the strong opposition from the public, the government postponed the commencement of the subject by introducing a three-year trial run period, such that the schools were allowed to commence the latest in 2015

Back ground info:
Moral and national education (MNE) was one of the four key tasks in the 2001 curriculum reform undertaken by the Education and Manpower Bureau (superseded by the Education Bureau in 2007), and its framework was revised by the Education Bureau in 2008. On 13 October 2010, Chief Executive Donald Tsang stated in the "Policy Address 2010-2011" that moral and national education would replace MCE in order to "strengthen national education". The government planned to introduce the new subject in primary schools in 2012 and secondary schools in 2013, and carried out a four-month consultation in 2011. Following the opposition from the public, the government postponed the commencement of the subject by introducing a three-year trial run period, such that the schools were allowed to commence the latest in 2015.