to the Chairman of the Union.
Therefore, the teachers and
students felt that if the Students' Union had not been registered,
The students then asked
the school should be held responsible. Sister Siu to register the Students' Union with the Education
Department quickly so that it would resume
soon. Sister Siu gave
her promise.
c) To postpone the opening of F.6 classes
*
Sister
While Sister Leung was principal a panel chairmen meeting
had been called to discuss details for epening F.6 classes. Leung told the teachers that approval had been obtained from the
But after the sit-in, Education Department for opening F.6 classes.
the Acting Principal suddenly informed teachers that there would be no F.6 classes in the following year for the 'Lack of provision'.
H) Haye's defence for the Church
Mr. Haye, the Deputy Director of Education, on July 9,
1977 gave a well-publicised speech in which he hastened to assure
religious and other sponsors of education that the Government
1 He said that appreciates their work.
smear campaigns' were
launched to maliciously discount positive achievements in education
over the past 50 years. In doing so, Mr. Haye appeared to be
discrediting those who had levelled charges at religious bodies. He stressed, 'Truth will conquer and malicious rumour-mongers
will be exposed.' The speech was given on the speech day of
St. Clare's Girls' School, the principal of which later became
the supervisor of Golden Jubilee School.
As reported in the Editorial (June 22, 1977) South China Morning Post
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