Congregation also lacked the general expertise in the administra-
tion and management of secondary schools. It was against this background that Sister Beatrice Leung Kit-fun, regarded as one of the most competent and qualified persons within the Congregation, was appointed Principal and Supervisor, both in preparation for the School as well as its operation after establishment.
9.
Sister Leung had a number of objectives for the new School, including the attainment of good academic standards,
social consciousness and high ethical values based on the
Catholic religion. As to how these objectives were to be attained, she appeared to be less certain and her policy and programmes seemed to be largely based on experimentation. Nevertheless
the Committee came to have the impression that she was a person full of self-confidence and conviction that she was doing the right thing.
10.
Given Sister Leung's ideals and the lack of suitable personnel within the Congregation to render her assistance, it was only natural that she had to rely on help from people outside the Congregation. Even before the School was established, she had gathered around her a group of teachers who more or less shared her beliefs in how a school ought to be run and in how students should be educated. Nearly all of this group of teachers were relatively young and, as far as the Committee is aware, also highly motivated men and women who treated teaching very seriously. Their attention to and concern for their students, apparently, were not confined to their studies during school hours. They devoted a lot of their time outside school hours looking after the studies and extra-curricular activities of their students and showing considerable concern over their personal problems. Furthermore, they had given Sister Leung a great deal of assistance which she very much
needed both before and after the establishment of the School.
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