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government grants, the students and non- -teaching staff members

during the past four years. The money had been obtained through

the following channels:

1) Defrauding staff members of their salaries;

ii) Profiteering;

iii) Extra-charges collected from students;

iv) Defrauding the capitation grant allotted by the

Government.

A large sum of money had been siphoned to the account of

the Precious Blood Order. The teachers finally decided to bring the matter to the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC)

on the following grounds:

1) They had time and again queried Sister Leung, but

every time Sister Leung either denied their allegations or gave

ambiguous excuses like "it is necessary" or "loans from the

Government has to be paid back". However, it was learnt that

the loans were repaid only with the "tong" fees collected monthly

from students. This long sustained evasive manner made the

teachers understand that it was no use talking to Sister Leung again.

ii) The teachers believed that the whole Precious Blood

Order, rather than Sister Leung herself, was responsible for the

malpractices, and Sister Leung should bot be held entirely

responsible.

iii) The teachers had lost confidence in the Education

Department since school account books were regularly audited by

the Education Department but no irregularities had ever been

detected.

iv) The teachers believed the case involved corruption

and at that time the anti-corruption campaign was being driven

in full swing by the ICAC.

v) The teachers wanted to consult Mr. Cater for opinions

as how to handle the matter.

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