EN CLAIR
PRIORITY
FM HONG KONG 1408342
UNCLASSIFIED
TO PRIORITY F C O TELNO 853 OF 14 JULY 1978
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20HKK 280/1
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO. 51 17 JUL 1978
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON.
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(87 89
MY TELNOS 880, 081 AND 882.
PRECIOUS BLOOD GOLDEN JUBILEE SECONDARY SCHOOL
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Action Taken
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STATEMENT BY THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION ON CHANGE OF SPONSOR.
THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS STATEMENT IS DRAWN FROM RECORDS WHICH WERE MADE AVAILABLE BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TO
THE COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY.
2. IN A LETTER DATED 12 APRIL 1977, THE SISTERS OF THE
PRECIOUS BLOOD INFORMED THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION THAT, WITH
THE AGREEMENT OF THE SUPERIOR-GENERAL OF THE ORDER AND HER COUNCIL THEY WISHED TO GIVE UP SPONSORSHIP OF THE PRECIOUS BLOOD GOLDEN JUBILEE SECONDARY SCHOOL, AND THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR RUNNING IT, AT THE END OF THE 1977 SCHOOL SESSION.
3. IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN BISHOP WU, HIS
VICAR-GENERAL, AND THE EDUCATION DEPT, THE SISTERS AGREED TO THE BISHOPS REQUEST THAT THEY WOULD CONTINUE TO OPERATE THE SCHOOL UNDER A NEW SUPERVISOR, A RECONSTITUTED MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE WHIGI WOULD INCLUDE AN OFFICER OF THE EDUCATION DEPT, AND A NEW PRINCIPAL OF THE SCHOOL.
4. ON 18 APRIL 1977, THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE OF THE SCHOOL WAS
MADE UP AS FOLLOWS:-
SE FAN LING-CHI, MANAGER AND SUPERVISOR
SR TERESA CHOW YIN-HAR, MANAGER
SR LUI YIN-KAM, MANAGER
MR P C FUNG, MANAGER, APPOINTED BY THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION UNDER
SECTION 41 OF THE EDUCATION ORDINANCE.
GR AGNES SIU LAI-FONG WAS APPOINTED AS ACTING PRINCIPAL, TO HOLD
OFFICE UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF AUGUST. SHE WAS SUCCEEDED AS ACTING PRINCIPAL, ON 2 AUGUST 1977, BY MISS HILDA KWAN WAI-YIN WHO HAD BEEN NOMINATED BY BISHOP WU, PROPOSED BY THE MANAGEMENT OF THE SCHOOL AND APPROVED BY THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION,
15. BY AGRESING