{"id":20123,"date":"2025-04-02T12:16:47","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T04:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/equalopportunities\/?page_id=20123"},"modified":"2025-07-14T11:29:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T03:29:33","slug":"lodging-a-complaint","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/equalopportunities\/equal-opportunities-home\/policy-procedure\/lodging-a-complaint\/","title":{"rendered":"Lodging a Complaint"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"20123\" class=\"elementor elementor-20123\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider wavo-column-gap-default elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-05ac821 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"05ac821\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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to do so as soon as possible after the alleged act(s).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider wavo-column-gap-default elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-81edf91 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"81edf91\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c89ff34\" data-id=\"c89ff34\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c09db7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-banner\" 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href=\"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2023\/02\/Informal-Proceeding-Flowchart.pdf\" title=\"\"><\/a>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-576039b\" data-id=\"576039b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fdfa57 elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-banner\" data-id=\"4fdfa57\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-banner.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-banner-4fdfa57\" class=\"premium-banner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-banner-ib premium-banner-animation1 none premium-banner-min-height\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/equalopportunities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/04\/premium_photo-1661313626999-90d230cabf8d-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-banner-ib-desc\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-banner-desc-centered\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-banner-title-wrap\"><h3 class=\"premium-banner-ib-title premium_banner_title\">Formal Proceedings<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"premium-banner-ib-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2023\/02\/Formal-Proceeding-Flowchart.pdf\" title=\"\"><\/a>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d891f87\" 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