chers immediately went to see the supervisor, Sister Lorraine,
on May 1, 1978, hoping that she might reconsider the punishment
imposed on the students. She was in St. Clare's Girls' School
but she refused to see them, not even for 10 minutes.
On the same day, the parents sought help from the 16 teachers..
It was then that the students, teacuers and parents began to sit
together to deal with the problems existing in school.
During the meeting, one of the parents, Mr. Chan Po, suggested
consulting. Mr. Szeto, the president of the Professional Teachers'
Union. After hearing their complaint, Mr. Szeto promised to help.
un May c,
6 parents, together with the 4 students suspended
from class went jointly to see the principal but Miss Kwan said
she would only interview one person at a time for 5 minutes.
Parents were dissatisfied with such unreasonable suggestion.
They turned down the proposal.
contact Miss Kwan, Mr. Szeto accompanied them to the East Kow-
loon sub-division office of the Education Department. They were
received by the head, Mr. Cheng Tat-lai, who informed them that
any complaint concerning the Golden Jubilee Secondary School
would have to be referred to the Headquarters.
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After the parents' failure to
At 2 pm. on May 2, the parents went to the Unofficial Mem-
bers of the Executive and Legislative Councils' Office (Unelco)
with Mr. Szeto Wah to ask for mediation. However, no solution
was reached. On May 3, Mr.. Szeto Wah went to see Miss Kwan her-
self at about 11 an. She told him she had to consult the Manage-
ment Committee for the withdrawal of the suspension and the ward-
ing letters, But she sent letters to the parents in the after-
noon stating that she would stick to the decision made.
Szeto then met Father Collins of the Educators' Social Action
Council (ESAC), Father Folly of the Catholic Education Council,
Joyce Bennet of the Legislative Council, and the Commissioner
of the ICAC on different occasions. He discussed the matter
with them and hoped they would help. To his disappointment,
no one could help to change the decision of the principal.
Mr.
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