breeding rebellion and hatred of the
authorities. The extra mural activities of
pupils at these schools during the latter part
of 1967 were a clear indication of the effects,
of their classroom indoctrination;
between
1 September and 28 November, 1967, 112 of
their pupils we e arrested for such offences as
possession of offensive weapons, of real or
fake bombs, or of inflammatory posters;
forming part of intimidating assemblies;
and obstructing the police in the performance
of their duties.
4.
The Chung Wah (i.e. "China") School is
one of the leading communist schools in Hong
Kong. Last October a quantity of inflamma-
tory propaganda was discovered at the school·
by the police during a raid which had been
occasioned by an injury to one of the pupils
who had been found carrying a bomb.
On
27 November an explosion occurred at the
school, and although the staff denied that
anything was wrong the police entered and
found a teenage student who had lost one hand
and three fingers from the other hand as a
result of the explosion. The police also
found explosive powder, chemicals suitable for
making explosives and further evidence that an
explosion had taken place. Six persons were
arrested and on the following day the school
was closed by the Director of Education, by
virtue of his powers under, the Education
Ordinance, until 15 August, 1968 (i.e. until
shortly after the end of the academic year).
The school was closed on the grounds that the
conduct of the "managers, teachers or pupils of a school is or has been unsatisfactory".
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