繼港大校委會成員李國章，早前在校委會會議的發言被人「偷錄」及外泄後，商業電台再次聲稱接獲絕密錄音，而今次的主角就是另一位校委會成員紀文鳳。

為了讓讀者更了解紀文鳳的發言，《港人講地》再次特地將錄音內容翻譯成中文，更同時貼出中、英文版本供讀者參閱。深信讀者細閱箇中內容後，定可自行判斷誰是誰非，亦能看出，否決「陳文敏任命」的決定，完全跟「政治干預」無關。

港大校委紀文鳳15年9月29日校委會會議發言（中文譯本）

主席，在過去超過三十年來，我一直都是企業的行政總裁及僱主，我僱用過數以百計的員工。但在我人生中，我從未遇上一個候選人，他會在招聘期間公開地、不顧一切地討論他／她有機會取得的職位，事實上這個做法已經違反了保密原則。

最不幸的是，校委會從沒有機會審議物色委員會推薦的人選，而我們認為我們這樣做事實上是符合程序。

我非常支持新聞自由，而且非常同情這名候選人需要就媒體對他的批評作出辯護。

但明顯地，他過火了，他不惜製造爭議，利用校內校外的力量，直接或間接地去游說、事先張揚、脅逼、恐嚇、虛構，有時甚至威嚇校委會成員去通過他的任命。今年2月12日，我就成為其中一個受害人，一份本地報章指控我在校委會中拖延他的任命，後來，我需要發表一份公開聲明，去澄清校委會當時甚至還未開始討論這次任命。以上事件只是眾多事件的其中之一，對我而言，這些手段都是非常嚴重地干預大學事務。

作為校委的成員，以及大學的受託人，我們是專業人士，擁有獨立判斷及道德規範，我們作出衡量時都是基於公眾（的最大利益），因為副校長這個職位是負責學術及人力資源的工作，副校長理應是眾人模範，包括教職員及學生。基於我對這獲推薦人選的誠信非常有保留，故此我不接受這個推薦。謝謝。

Chairman, I have been a corporate CEO and employer for over 30 years, and I have interviewed and hired hundreds of people in the past. But never in my life have I encountered a candidate who will overtly and recklessly discuss his or her potential employment at any stage of the recruitment process. This in fact is already in breach of confidentiality.

It is most unfortunate that the candidate recommended by the University Search Committee has never been tabled at this Council for deliberation, in our view we are actually doing it according to procedures.

I am in support of press freedom and also in sympathy with the candidate who defended himself against the criticism of some media, but apparently he has gone too far, to create controversy and use external and internal forces, directly or indirectly to lobby, pre-claim, coerce, intimidate, fabricate and sometimes even threaten Council members to approve his appointment. I myself was a victim on Febrary12 this year, when I was accused by a local newspaper for stalling his appointment at this Council. I then had to issue a public statement to clarify that the Council has not even started to discuss this appointment. This is just one incident among many, and to me, all these tactics in fact are interferences with the University affairs at highest level.

As members of the Council, and also trustee of the University, we are professionals with our independent judgment and ethics, we do our assessment based on the……community at large. Given that position of the pro-vice-chancellor is responsible for academic recruitment and resources, the pro-vice-chancellor should be a role model for all, staff and students included. So I have strong reservation about the recommended candidate’s integrity and I would not accept the recommendation. Thank you.