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5. BY AGREEING IN APRIL 1977 TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE THE FRECIOU

BLOOD GOLDEN JUBILEE SECONDARY SCHOOL, THE SISTERS OF THE PRECIOUS BLOOD WERE ABLE TO MEET THEIR OBLIGATIONS IN TERMS OF THE CONTRACS ALREADY SIGNED BY THE SCHOOL TEACHERS, TO OFFER OR NOT TO OFFER RENEWAL OF CONTRACTS TO THE TEACHERS IN RESPECT OF THE SCHOOL YEAR 1977-78, AND TO ENSURE THAT THE SCHOOL WOULD OPEN IN SEPTEMI

1977.

6. ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF BISHOP WU, SUPPORTED BY THE SISTERS

OF THE PRECIOUS BLOOD, AND APPROVED BY THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE WAS FURTHER RECONSTITUTED IN SEPTEMBER

1977, TO BE MADE UP AS FOLLOWS:-

SR LORRAINE TURCOTTE, MANAGER AND SUPERVISOR (ORDER OF THE

MISSIONARY SISTERS OF OUR LADY OF THE ANGELS OF LENNOXVILLE) SR FAN LING-CHI, MANAGER

SR TERESA CHOW YIN-HAR, MANAGER

SR SIU LAI-FONG, MANAGER

MR P C FUNG, MANAGER, APPOINTED BY THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION UNDER

SECTON 41 OF THE EDUCATION ORDINANCE.

7. IN JANUARY 1978, THE SISTERS OF THE PRECIOUS BLOOD INFORMED

BISHOP WU OF THEIR FIRM INTENTION TO RELINQUISH SPONSORSHIP OF THE PRECIOUS BLOOD GOLDEN JUBILEE SECONDARY SCHOOL, EFFECTIVE FROM 1 SEPTEMBER 1978, AND TO HAND IT OVER TO THE CATHOLIC

DIOCESE TO SPONSOR.

8. BISHIP WU THEN APPROACHED THE EDUCATION DEPT TO ASCERTAIN ITS

ATTITUDE TO A CHANGE IN SPONSORSHIP AND MANAGEMENT OF THE SCHOOL, AND IN PARTICULAR TO FIND OUT THE EFFECT ON EXISTING CONTRACTS WG THE TEACHERS IN THE PRECIOUS BLOOD GOLDEN JUBILEE SECONDARY SCHOO

9. AFTER TAKING ADVICE WITHIN THE GOVERNMENT, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION EXPLAINED TO BISHOP WU THAT IF ALL THE EXISTING MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE OF THE SCHOOL WERE TO RESIGN AT THE END OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR, JE MID-JULY 1978, THE REGISTATION OF THE SCHO (L. WOULD HAVE TO BE CANCELLED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE EDUCATION ORDINANCE. THIS WOULD CAUSE SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS IN CONTRACTS MADE BY THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE IN SEPTEMBER 1977

SINCE THE TEACHERS HAD TO BE INFORMED BY 31 MAY 1978, WHEZHER OR NOT THEIR CONTRACTS WERE TO BE RENEWED, IT WOULD ALSO MAKE IT

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