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taken by the Education Department only made the public realize

that it was hiding the truth and launching an attack on the teachers

and the students.

E. The Drive to Re-open the school

Although the students are having their tutorials at both

universities, they have never abandoued the chance to fight for

re-opening the schoolTM The teachers and parents have been trying

hard to contact different societies, bodies and people of different

walks of life, explaining to them the truth of the affairs and

Heping with their help the problems can be solved by feasible ways.

Petition letters have been handed to the Governor and

Bishop by various sociotiesand committees, showing their hearty

desire for re-opening the school

On May 28 (Sunday), about 10,000 people, many of whom

Here representatives of various organizations, attended the mass

rally in Victoria Park to protest against the closure of the school.

The participants. unanimously called for the immediate re-opening

of the school, In the rally, the 19 speakers attacked the high-

handed policy of the Education Department and the haughty attitude

of the Bishop. At the end of the rally, Mr. Szeto Wah, the president

of the Professional Teachers Union, read out the manifesto of the

organizers and announced that a dollar a head" fund raising drive

and a bignature campaign would get underway The money collected

would be paid for rallies, publicity, legal fees and other activities

At present, the fund raising drive and signature campaign

are in progress. Teachers, students andparents have been invited

to tell the truth and explain the situation on different occassions.

They hope that through these communications they are able to win the

support of the public which is very important to their drive to

re-open the school.

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