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Thursday, April 12, 1973
Secretary.
These points were reiterated in a personal letter to the Colonial
The Government responded positively to this statement and accepted
that the general objectives behind their proposals are in line with
government policy. It promised that the Board of Education, which has
all three church leaders as members, would carefully consider the points
made by the Joint Secretariat, and Mr. P.C. Woo the Chairman of the Board
has said that the Board would be happy to discuss the proposals with them.
The Government statement was welcomed by church and civic leaders
yesterday. On the other hand, the Joint Secretariat has chosen to ignore
its substance and has simply dismissed it.
Despite their earlier assurances the Joint Secretariat yesterday
set aside previous undertakings and decided to go ahead with further
boycott action.
In view of this one can only conclude that the Joint Secretariat
is determined to take militant action for its own sake. We deplore the
anxiety so inflicted on children and parents alike.
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