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back to school on the following day. The other two demands could be negotiated later. At mid-night, two hours after the meeting, Father Gabriel Lam delivered the message of the Bishop, stating that the
Bishop considered the first demand outside his range of power, the second and third demands, rather Gabriel Lam promised to discuss them with the Bishop the next morning. Though dissatisfied with the message, the teachers, parents and students considered the meeting with . the Bishop's representatives a good beginning to the solution.
5. The Sit-in called off
On May 12, the Educators' Social Action Council and the
Professional Teachers' Union issued a joint statement calling on the teachers and students to remain calm and not to make the situation
worse. They proposed two ways of solving the problem;
a) teachers and students, including the suspended ones
should immediately return to classes together;
b) the Education Department, the school's Management Committee, teachers' representatives and educational bodies approved
by teachers should meet to discuss ways of normalizing
the school.
In view of the previous night's meeting with the Bishop's representatives, the teachers and students decided to resume classes in responge to the call. They went back to school on the morning of
May 12. The sit-in was called off.
teachers asked to see the Principal.
They arrived at school at ten minutes past twelve and the
Nine priests, including the
had three who attended in the meeting on Thursday night (May 11), just gone into the school to persuade the Principal to allow all the
Message students, including the four suspended, to enter school. from the Principal came later stating that all students and teachers
could enter the school except the four suspended.
gates had been kept closed all the time.
of gaining entrance even if they wanted to.
However, the school
The students had no ways
The school gates were
opened when the nine priests left the school at 12.45 p.m.
They told
the teachers and students about their meeting with the rrincipal. At this time, the teachers were told they could meet the Principal the..
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