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Saturday, October 6, 1973

In addition, the Commission held discussions with Mr. Li Fook-wo

who was a member of the Working Group of the 1971 Salaries Commission;

Mr. Jack Cater, Secretary for Home Affairs; Mr. C.J.G. Lowe, acting

Director of Education; Mr. Yeung Kwong-siu, Assistant Director for Primary Education; Mr. J.R. Allen, the former Registrar of Trade Unions; and the current Registrar, Mr. Tsang Tat-sing.

More recently the Commission interviewed the Establishment Secretary, Mr. R.G.B. Bridge, and had another meeting with the Director of Education, Mr. J. Canning.

The Commission's terms of reference are:

To examine the underlying causes of the dispute which has arisen between the Certificated Masters in government and aided-schools and the government, including existing channels of communication and promotion prospects, and

То wine on what measures, apart from the newly announced salary scales, should be taken to obviate a recurrence of such a dispute affecting teachers employed in government and aided schools.

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