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HONG KONG
TELNO 328
CONFIDENTIAL
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TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
26 APRIL 1969
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CONFIDENTIAL ADDRESSED FCO TELEGRAM 328 OF 26 APRIL RFI PEKING.
MY TELEGRAM 157: YU HUA MIDDLE SCHOOL.
WONG CHO-FAN, THE HEADMASTER OF THE FORMER CHUNG WAH MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE OWNER OF THE PREMISES, HAS CONTINUED TO MAKE FREQUENT VISITS.
HE HAS BEEN WARNED THREE TIMES IN WRITING THAT BY VISITING THE YU HUA MIDDLE SCHOOL HE IS COMMITTING AN OFFENCE UNDER SECTION 55(N) OF THE EDUCATION ORDINANCE AND, ON CONVICTION, WOULD BE LIABLE TO A FINE OF 5,000 DOLLARS AND TO IMPRISONMENT FOR TWO YEARS. THE LAST
SUCH WARNING WAS SENT TO HIM ON 17 APRIL.
2. 1 SHALL HAVE THE SCHOOL KEPT UNDER OBSERVATION. IF WONG CHO-FAN
CONTINUES TO VISIT IT I SHALL ON 9 MAY CONSIDER WHETHER A SUMMONS
SHOULD BE SERVED ON HIM FOR AN OFFENCE UNDER SECTION 55(N) OF THE
EDUCATION ORDINANCE. MY PRESENT VIEW IS THAT I CANNOT ALLOW HIM TO
CONTINUE TO FLOUT THE LAW AND BY HIS CONTINUED PRESENCE CAST DOUBT
ON THE STATUS OF YU HUA AS A SEPARATE SCHOOL FROM CHUNG WAH SEMICOLON
AND THAT LEGAL ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN AGAINST HIM. IN DOING SO IT
WOULD BE MADE CLEAR TO HIM THAT IF HE WILL APPLY TO THE DIRECTOR
OF EDUCATION FOR PERMISSION TO VISIT THE PREMISES, PERMISSION FOR
REASONABLY FREQUENT VISITS CONSISTENT WITH HIS POSITION AS OWNER
WOULD BE GRANTED, AND LEGAL ACTION AGAINST HIM WOULD BE DROPPED.
WE WOULD ALSO MAKE IT PLAIN TO THE COURT THAT IF HE WERE NOT
PREPARED TO SEEK THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION'S PERMISSION WE WOULD
STILL NOT WANT TO ASK THE COURT TO IMPOSE A SENTENCE OF IMPRISONMENT
UPON HIM ON THIS OCCASION BUT WOULD BE CONTENT WITH A FINE, OR
EVEN A CONDITIONAL DISCHARGE,
FCO PLEASE PASS ROUTINE TO PEKING.
SIR D. TRENCH
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RECEIVED IN R.GISTRY No.51
28 APR 1969
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