"History is more than a simple academic exercise; it's a crucial means for creating a common societal consciousness. It's not just some step on the ladder up through the school system where just memorizing names, dates, and places by rote is good enough," says Lam.
「歷史不僅是一門學科，更是塑造公民意識的重要環節，不是為了應付升學，囫圇吞棗死背就好的，」林發欽說。