FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1978
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PRECIOUS BLOOD GOLDEN JUBILEE SECONDARY SCHOOL
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FOLLOWING THE ANNOUNCEMENT THIS MORNING OF GOVERNMENT'S ACCEPTANCE OF THE HUANG COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION FOR A SECOND SCHOOL TO BE ESTABLISHED SO THAT PARENTS COULD HAVE THE CHOICE OF WHICH SCHOOL THEIR CHILDREN SHOULD ATTEND, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION HAS GAINED THE AGREEMENT OF FIVE PEOPLE TO FORM A MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR THE SECOND SCHOOL. THEY ARE:-
(A) MR. CHAN PAK-MAN (SUPERVISOR)
(B) MR. LAM SZE-HIN
(C) MR. HUI YIN-FAT
(D) MR. LI SZE-BAY
(E) MR. YEUNG PO-KWAN.
THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE HAS ASKED THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION TO FACILITATE RECRUITMENT OF TEACHERS (WHOSE CONTRACTS WERE NOT RENEWED BY THE MANAGERS OF THE ST. TERESA SECONDARY SCHOOL) BY WITHDRAWING THE WARNING LETTERS ADDRESSED TO THESE AND OTHER TEACHERS IN JUNE 1977. AS A GESTURE OF GOODWILL AND TO ENABLE TEACHERS TO MAKE A FRESH START, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION HAS AGREED TO THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE'S REQUEST.
THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE HAS FURTHER PROPOSED THAT MIDDLE 1 STUDENTS ALLOCATED TO ST. TERESA'S SCHOOL UNDER THE SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACEMENT ALLOCATION SYSTEM SHOULD HAVE THE CHOICE, WITH THE IR PARENTS' AGREEMENT, OF ENTERING THE NEW SCHOOL IF THEY SO WISH. THE GOVERNMENT HAS AGREED TO THIS PROPOSAL.
THE NEW SCHOOL WILL BE FULLY AIDED AND THE PREMISES FOR THE NEW SCHOOL WILL BE IN THE HOK YUEN STREET BRANCH OF THE GRANTHAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION. CONVERSION WORK WILL BE PUT IN HAND IMMEDIATELY TO BRING THE SCHOOL UP TO A FULL STANDARD OF FACILITIES.
THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE WILL ANNOUNCE DETAILS OF THE NEW SCHOOL IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
(1) MR. CHAN PAK-MAN (ALSO KNOWN AS MR. PALMAN CHAN) IS THE
PRINCIPAL OF MUNSANG COLLEGE.
(2) MR. LAM SZE-HIN (ALSO KNOWN AS DR. DANIEL H. LAM) IS THE
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS } H.K. BAPTIST COLLEGE, SUPERVISOR OF
MUNSANG COLLEGE AND A MANAGER OF NINE OTHER SCHOOLS.
/(3). MR. HUI YIN-FAT .....
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