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A GOVERNMENT AIDED SCHOOL RUN BY CATHOLIC SISTERS, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION ISSUED AN ORDER ON 14 MAY CLOSING THE SCHOOL.
ACKGROUND DETAIL OF UNREST IN THE SCHOOL DATING BACK TO EARLY 19/ WAS PROVIDED IN HK TELNO 610 OF 12 MAY TO FCO).
9. THE CLOSURE OF THE SCHOOL LED TO A SERIES OF PETITIONS AND DEMONSTRATIONS BY TEACHERS, PUPILS AND THEIR SUPPORTERS THE LATEST BEING A PUBLIC MEETING ATTENDED BY APPROXIMATELY 6,000 PEOPLE AT VICTORIA PARK ON 28 MAY. THESE EVENTS HAVE AROUSED
CONSIDERABLE PUBLIC AND PRESS INTEREST. VOCAL OPINION IS EVENLY DIVIDED BETWEEN THOSE SUPPORTING AND THOSE OPPOSING GOVERNMENT'S
ACTION.
BY THE END OF THE MONTH TWO-THIRDS OF THE SCHOOLS TOTAL ENROLMENT (1,050) WERE CONTINUING THEIR EDUCATION IN OTHER SCHOOLS UNDER ALTERNATIVE ARRANGEMENTS MADE BY GOVERNMENT WHILE APPROXIMA 300 PUPILS, WHO HAD NOT AVAILED THEMSELVES OF THESE ARRANGEMENTS, WERE ATTENDING TUTORIAL CLASSES'' ORGANISED BY POST SECONDARY
STUDENTS FROM HONG KONG UNIVERSITY AND THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY.
11. ON 16 MAY THE GOVERNOR APPOINTED A COMMITTEE OF ENQUIRY UNDER
THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF DR RAYSON HUANG, VICE CHANCELLOR
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG TO **MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS.... ON
WHAT MEASURES SHOULD BE TAKEN TO AVOID A RECURRENCE OF A SIMILAR
STATE OF AFFAIRS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR''.
INTERVIEWS BY THE COMMITTEE OF ENQUIRY HAVE ALREADY BEGUN.
12. ALTHOUGH THERE ARE INDICATIONS, FOLLOWING THE APPOINTMENT OF
THE COMMITTEE OF ENQUIRY, THAT SUPPORT FOR THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR UNREST IN THE SCHOOL IS WANING, THE POSSIBILITY OF FURTHER PROTESTS WHEN THE SCHOOL REOPENS UNDER ANOTHER NAME IN SEPTEMBER
CANNOT BE DISCOUNTED.
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