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TUESDAY, MAY 20, 1975
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29 COMPLAINTS AGAINST SCHOOLS
STILL BEING INVESTIGATED
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THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S ACTION COMMITTEE ON SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS AND SUPPLIES IS STILL ACTIVELY INVESTIGATING 29 CASES OF COMPLAINTS AGAINST SCHOOLS.
SINCE THE COMMITTEE WAS SET UP IN DECEMBER 1974, IT HAS RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 206 COMPLAINTS AGAINST 160 SCHOOLS. OF THESE, 101 WERE SUBSTANTIATED AND RESOLVED WHILE THE ALLEGATIONS MADE IN 76 CASES WERE UNSUBSTANTIATED,
NONE OF THE COMPLAINTS INVOLVED ANY GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS. TWENTY-NINE OF THE 206 COMPLAINTS WERE MADE AGAINST 29 AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOLS, FIVE AGAINST AIDED SECONDARIES, 70 AGAINST PRIVATE KINDERGARTENS, 10 AGAINST PRIVATE PRIMARIES, 90 AGAINST PRIVATE SECONDARIES AND TWO AGAINST VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE COMMITTEE SAID: THESE NUMBERS SHOULD BE SEEN IN RELATION TO THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SCHOOLS TO GIVE A BALANCED PICTURE, THUS THE 206 COMPLAINTS INVOLVING ONLY 160 SCHOOLS REPRESENT SIX PERCENT OF 2,659 SCHOOLS IN OPERATION÷
MEANWHILE, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ADVISED THAT IF THEY WISH TO GIVE DETAILED AND CIRCUMSTANTIAL INFORMATION RELATING TO PRACTICES CONCERNING TEXTBOOKS AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES THEY MAY DO SO BY CONTACTING THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY (REGISTRATION), EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS, ON TELEPHONE NO. 5-778311 EXT. 254 ON WRITE DIRECT TO THE CHAIRMAN, MR. COLVYN HAYE. HIS OFFICE IS IN THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, LEE GARDENS, 3RD FLOOR, HYSAN AVENUE, CAUSEWAY BAY, HONG KONG.
IT IS STRESSED THAT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE FREE TO APPROACH THE CONSUMER COUNCIL DIRECT ON THESE MATTERS IF THEY WISHED.
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