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TO PRIORITY F C O TELNO 885 OF 14 JULY 1978

INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON

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MY TELNO 890: HUANG COMMITTEE OF ENQUIRY INTERIM REPORT.

THE TEXT OF THE PRESS RELEASE ON FORMATION OF THE MANAGEMENT

COMMITTEE WAS ISSUED AT 1539 TODAY AS FOLLOWS-

BEGINS

FOLLOWING THE ANNOUNCEMENT THIS MORNING OF GOVERNMENTS

ACCEPTANCE OF THE HUANG COMMITTEES RECOMMENDATION FOR A SECOND

SCHOOL TO BE ESTABLISHED SO THAT PARENTS COULD HAVE THE

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CHOICE OF WHICH SCHOOL THEIR CHILDREN SHOULD ATTEND, THE DIRECTOR

OF EDUCATION HAS GAINED THE AGREEMENT OF FIVE PEOPLE TO FORM

A MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR THE SECOND SCHOOL, THEY ARE:- A. MR CHAN PAK MAN (SUPERVISCR)

B. MR LAM SZE HIN

C. MR HUI YIN FAT

D. MR LI SZE BAY

E. MR YEUNG PO KWAN

THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE HAS ASKED THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION

TO FACILITATE RECRUITMENT OF TEACHERS (WHOSE CONTRACTS WERE NOT RENEWED BY THE MANGERS OF THE ST TERESA SECONDARY SCHOOL) BY WITHDRAWING THE WARNING LETTERS ADDRESSED TO THESE AND OTHER TEACHERS IN JUNE 1977. AS A GESTURE OF GOODWILL AND TO ENABLE TEACHERS TO MAKE A FRESH START, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION HAS AGREED TO THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES REQUEST.

THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE HAS FURTHER PROPOSED THAT MIDDLE 1

STUDENTS ALLOCATED TO ST TERESAS SCHOOL UNDER THE SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACEMENT ALLOCATION SYSTEM SHOULD HAVE THE CHOICE, WITH THEIR PARENTS AGREEMENT, OF ENTERING THE NEW SCHOOL IF THEY SO WISH. THE GOVERNMENT HAS AGREED TO THIS PROPOSAL.

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