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Saturday, October 6, 1973
REPORT ON TEACHER PAY DISPUTE READY SOON
The special Commission appointed by the Governor to enquire
into the teacher pay dispute earlier this year is now preparing its
report and expects to submit it to the Governor later this month.
The Commission was set up in May this year to examine and report
on the underlying causes of the Certificated Masters' dispute and to
suggest ways of preventing similar problems arising again.
It is chaired by Mr. TiK. Ann, with Dr. B.M. Kotewall and Dr. Rayson
Huang as members.
Altogether, the Commission held 17 meetings and met a total of
45 people including 30 certificated masters, the principals of the Colleges
of Education, the Chairman of the Grant Schools Council, representatives
of the Association of Lecturers at College of Education, representatives
of all village schools in the New Territories, and of the 1971 and 1972
Graduates of the three Colleges of Education, as well as the Deputy Commissioner
of Labour and the Assistant Commissioner (Administration).
They also met with the Joint Secretariat of 13 Hong Kong Educational
Bodies which later handed in representations, and saw the Hong Kong
Professional Teachers Union and the Government Schools Non-Graduate Teachers
Union.
In addition,