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TO PRIORITY F C O TELNO 784 OF 26 JUNE 1978
INFO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON.
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MY TELNOS 610, 672 AND 782.
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PRECIOUS BLOOD SECONDARY SCHOOL.
1. TODAYS PRESS REPORT THAT TWO TEACHERS FROM THE PRECIOUS BLOOD
GOLDEN JUBILEE SECONDARY SCHOOL WILL BE LEAVING HONG KONG FOR LONDON TODAY (26 JUNE) TO AIR THEIR GRIEVANCES TO WEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT, INCLUDING PARRY. THEY ARE MR WA! WING-KWONG AND MS FAN MAY-YUNG, WHO ARE AMONG THE 16 TEACHERS INVOLVED IN THE CURRENT DISPUTE. IT IS ALSO REPORTED THAT THESE TWO TEACHERS WILL SPEND TWO WEEKS IN THE UK AND MAY TRAVEL ALSO TO THE USA AND CANADA TO SOLICIT SUPPORT AMONG HONG KONG STUDENTS THERE.
2. MR WAI, WHO HAS BEEN A TEACHER AT THE PRECIOUS BLOOD SCHOOL
SINCE 1973, WAS PRESIDENT OF GRANTHAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION STUDENTS UNION IN 1972/73, AT WHICH TIME THE UNION WAS CONTROLLED BY THE PRO-CHINESE COMMUNIST FACTION. IN 1972 HE WAS
CONVICTED OF UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY IN CONNECTION WITH A NEW LEFT DEMONSTRATION AND WAS PLACED ON A BOND. HE WAS ACTIVE IN THE 1973 DISPUTE OVER TEACHERS PAY AND CONDITIONS.
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3. MS FAN HAS BEEN A TEACHER AT THE PRECIOUS BLOOD SCHOOL SINCE
1973 AFTER HOLDING ONE PREVIOUS TEACHING POST: SHE HAS NOT PREVIOUSLY BEEN INVOLVED IN MILITANT ACTION.
4. AS YOU ARE AWARE, A COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY HAS BEEN APPOINTED
UNDER THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF DR HUANG, VICE-CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG. THE COMMITTEE WAS ASKED BY ITS TERMS OF REFERENCE TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON WHAT MEASURES SHOULD BE TAKEN TO AVOID A REOCCURRENCE OF A SIMILAR STATE OF AFFAIRS (MY TELNO 628), AND IT IS ABSURD TO MAKE REPRESENTATIONS UNTIL IT HAS
REPORTED. ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE THE TEACHERS JUSTIFY THEIR
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