Hong Kong’s Olympic Committee set up a meeting with the city’s equality watchdog to "discuss sexual abuse after the latter last week accused the sporting community of failing to take the issue seriously during a study two years ago," according to Su Xinqi of the SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST. The meeting between the Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong and the Equal Opportunities Commission is scheduled for Wednesday and comes after hurdler Vera Lui Lai-yiu last week said that she had been assaulted by a coach 10 years ago. Watsons Athletic Club, which formerly employed the coach in question -- said that it will "require all coaches to undergo a Sexual Conviction Record Check with the police before offering formal employment or renewing a contract." The club suspended Lui's ex-coach after the hurdler joined the global "Me Too" online campaign on Nov. 30. Lui’s revelation "prompted the commission to write to the Olympic Committee that same day, requesting its cooperation with a survey it was due to conduct on sexual harassment and assault and related policies among the city’s 75 sports associations" (SCMP, 12/10).
