ShakhiNULL
Hing Cheung Building,
11/F., Block M, Shaukiwan,
Hong Kong.
18th April, 1978.
12F
ster Lorraine Turcotte,
St. Clare's Girls School,
Mount Davis Road,
Pokfulam,
Hong Kong.
Dear Rev. Sister,
With reference to your letter dated 3rd April, 1978 (GB/78/134), I feel much obliged to inform you that in addressing the above-mentioned letter to me, you may have overlooked certain facts that render it unjustificable. Since you are functioning as the Supervisor of the School in such a far away corner of Hong Kong, I assume that the said incident on 4th March, 1978 must have been reported by an annoymous person from the School (excuse me for regarding that person as such since you made no mentioning in your letter as to who that person might be.) Therefore, may I remind you that, most probably, you might have been misled by the biased information contained in that report or you might have jumped to a hurried conclusion without adequate investigation. May I suggest that if you have looked into the matter properly, life would be much more pleasant for all.
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In the letter, if I am not mistaken, you seem to suggest that I have done something out of the normal, namely, by asking some M2B students to come back to school on 4th March, 1978. Yet, as far as I can remember, I have never received a circular from the School Authority stating that students aro forbidden to come back to school on Saturday mornings unless the parents of such students be first informed by the school. So, unless you can contradict me on this point, the students did not violate any regulations on that day..
Then, let us go to the most important point, Did I ask those students to back to school? What proofs are there for you to charge me with such an offence? It would be utterly beyond my imagination to contemplate the idea that my conversation with my students could be recorded by the School Authority. As my learned Supervisor is clearly aware, in such a civilized society as Hong Kong, ope cannot accuse another without any ground. Therefore, I request you to produce all the evidences in your hands to justify your letter.
Moreover, it would do me a great favour for you to clarify one point. Have the students the right to ask their teachers about their homework after-school? And if so, is it a duty for every consciencious teacher to help them? What should I do if I happen to be in the staff-room one Saturday morning and some students come in to ask me to help them with their homework? Should I inunediately apply to the School Authority in order to let the parents of such students be first informed?
Lastly, may I draw your attention to the fact that since I am a member of the teaching staff, there is really no need for you to send any letter by registered mail from Homantin Area to my home, causing unnecessary anxiety to my parents.
Yours truly,
Lau Sse Lim.
Je
Lau Tze Lim
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