reachers reported the incident to the Bishop and the Edu-
sation Department in writing but no reply from the Bishop had
yet been given. The Education Department replied on Oct. 131.
that the result of the investigation would be referred to the
authorities concerned. Teachers have not yet been informed about
the outcome of the investigation.
On Oct. 14, the book-keeper, Hiss Kwok Pui-ti, had her
She admitted correcting the figures altered
contract terminated,
but she had never altered the figures in the claims.
C. The Education Department Was Firm On The Warning Letters
while the principal was threatening to dismiss the teachers
who had exposed the financial irregularities of the school, the
Education Department remained firm on the 35 warning letters
issued to the teachers after the students' sit-in.
1. The P.T.U.'s demand
Starting from July 1977, the president of tue Professional
Teachers' Union, Mr. Szeto Wah, had asked the Director of Edu-
cation three times to produce evidence to the charges is the 35
warning letters out the reply to Mr. Szeto was only that the
Education Department had "evidence" but they were not prepared"
to divulge it.
2. The Hong Kong Observers' demand
The Hong Kong Observers had tried three times to ask Mr.
Topley, the Director of Education, to explain why he issued the warning letters for a sit-in conducted by students to demand
that school authorities respond to allegatious of iiuaucoal
irregularities, and, "wituout a shred of evidence, Hr. Tople,
held all the teachers, individually and collectively, respon- sible for the situation, and threatened to deprive them of their means of livelihood," Hr. Topley repiled that "the Education
Department first heard allegation about monetary irregularities of the school through the manage.ent committee on april 12”.
and "the teachers were reported to be directly or indireétly
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