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rector they were "directly or indirectly involved with students
in defiance of the school authority".
On the other hand, despite the repeated demands from
different organizations to disclose the findings of the finan-
cial irregularities, the Education Department and the Church
remained silent.
D. The Revengeful Policy of the New Principal
At the same time, a new principal was appointed by the
Bishop to run the school with a revengeful policy to torture
both the old teachers and students. Under the reign of Miss
Kwan, any complaints about her were deliberately ignored by
the Education Department and the Church.
All channels to voice their grievances being blocked,
the teachers and students were forced to resort to petition
the Bishop for help. Unexpectedly, the Bishop refused to see
the teachers and the students, and a sit-in resulted.
E. The Closure
The Education Department did not hesitate to make use
of the sit-in to close the school.
Mr. Haye was smearing the teachers when he described
the teachers', parents' and students' sincere and desparate
attempt to implore the Bishop to change the abnormal and un-
bearable situation in the school. In fact, the state of affairs
took a new turn when the Bishop's representatives began to
listen to the grievances of the students and teachers and they
went back to school to resume classes on Friday (May 12) in
response to the calls of the educational bodies. Is this not
evidence that the situation was going to mitigate?
It was
only the school that refused to mitigate it. The principal
refused to let the four suspended students resume classes des-
pite the appeals from the educational bodies and the nine priests.
The students only remained in the covered playground for the
last ten minutes to show their support for the four schoolmates.
Their behaviour was reasonable and could be understood,
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