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WE SUGGEST REPLIES TO MR PARRY'S QUESTIONS ON THE FOLLOWING

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A. ON 1 FEBRUARY 1977 THREE TEACHERS OF THE PRECIOUS BLOOD GOLDEN JUBILEE SCHOOL LODGED WITH THE COMMISSION ALLEGATIONS INVOLVING CORRUPTION. THE ICAC OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT'S INVESTIGATION INTO THE ALLEGATIONS DISCLOSED NO EVIDENCE OF CORRUPTION: THE TEACHERS HAD SOURCED THE INFORMATION ON CORRUPTION TO AN EMPLOYEE OF THE SCHOOL WHO, WHEN APPROACHED, COULD NOT SUPPLY ANY EVIDENCE OF CORRUPTION. THE COMMISSION'S ENQUIRIES DID HOWEVER INDICATE MAL-ADMINISTRATION ON THE PART OF THE SCHOOL AUTHORITIES.

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THE RESULT OF THE INVESTIGATION WAS COMMUNICATED TO THE COMPLAINANTS ON 18 APRIL ITS YEAR THEY WERE ALSO ASKED WHETHER

THEY WOULD CONSENT TO THE COMMISSION REFERRING THEIR ALLEGATIONS TO THE PROPER AUTHORITIES, IE THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. AT THAT TIME, THE COMPLAINANTS DID NOT WISH THEIR NAMES, OR ANY INFORMATION THEY HAD SUPPLIED, TO BE PASSED TO THE EDUCATION

DEPARTMENT. THE ICAC THEREFORE MAINTAINED CONFIDENTIALITY AND DID

NOT INFORM THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT,

THE COMMISSION SUBSEQUENTLY LEARNT THAT THE TEACHERS HAD THEMSELVES GONE TO THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ON 22 APRIL 1977 TO REPORT THE MATTER.

B. ON 16 MAY 1978 THE PROFESSIONAL TEACHERS' UNION DELIVERED A

PETITION IN CHINESE TO THE GOVERNOR. IT REQUESTED:

1. THE IMMEDIATE REOPENING OF THE SCHOOL AND A RETURN TO NORMAL

SCHOOL ACTIVITIES:

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