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issue a statement that the ex»principal's resignation had nothing
to do with politics. But the Management Committee refused to
comply with the pequest on the ground that truth would remain
truth and need no clarification.
C) The letter by "a teacher" and he students' demand for
explanatinn
1. Early in May, many students received a letter signed
"A Teacher" which clarified what had recently happened in the
school and exposed in details the financial irregularities
practised by the school during the past 4 years.
2. Having read this letter, the students thought that
their parents as well as they had the right to know the truth
and the school authority was in the best position to say whether
there had been financial irregularities. Through the Students'
hion, they first requested the school to clarify the matter.
However, the school refused. The class committees thus wrote to
ask for explanation, but their effort was totally without
avail as Sister Siu, the acting principal, insisted on making
no comments.
3. On May 30, the two Form 5 classes, who had just
completed the HKCE Examination, wrote to ask for explanation
but their request was again ignored. On June 2, they sent
letters to all the other classes, initiating a joint-si gnature
campaign to urge the school to clarify the financial allegation.
As soon as the letters reached the other classes, Sister Siu
ordered the teachers to have them impounded as they were
distributed without the permission of the school and therefore,
considered illegal. Of the 23 classes, 8 classes did not yield
up their letters because they thought the school had no right
to deprive the students of their private properties.
of the school only irritated the students and aroused their
indignation.
The action
4. On June 4, the Students' Union had a meeting with
student representatives.
They passed unanimously the resolution
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