01 Investigation
Written by: Deng Yinglin, Chen Xinxi
2020-07-03 13:29
Last update date: 2020-07-03 13:29"Hong Kong 01" revealed in May this year that Kong Sheng Tong Middle School of Causeway Bay DSS School lent two classrooms to the private school Jinde School under the same school sponsoring organization, and illegally owed millions of rents. The Education Bureau and Kong Zhong said at the time that the classrooms involved had been taken back to secondary schools.
A few Kong Zhong teachers revealed that more than a month after the report was published, the relevant classrooms were still used by Jinde; Jinde’s Facebook post on Tuesday (June 23) showed that the principal still occupied one of the rooms that claimed to have been returned Classroom, the situation is inconsistent with what the Education Bureau and Kong Zhong claimed. Some teachers worry that the incident will affect the reputation of the school and the admission of students, and the team contract of the teaching staff has not been signed, or it will affect the teaching arrangements for the next school year. The Education Bureau is urged to follow up and review the accounts as soon as possible.
It is understood that the Education Bureau received complaints as early as 2019 and went to the school several times to follow up. Until February this year, the school corrected the problem. It is expected that the problem will continue to be revealed in May. It has not improved until the end of June. Both the Education Bureau and the school responded that both classrooms are now locked. However, the source revealed that because the school was asked to correct the suspected "re-offending" twice, the Bureau found that the incident was "highly concerned" and will follow up appropriately.
Jinde School posted a post on the Facebook page on June 23, and the picture thanked the kindergarten representatives for visiting on June 18. The first left in the photo is the principal of Jinde School, Jane Lancaster-Adlam. After "Hong Kong 01" inquired about the photos and the media reports, Jinde's page has deleted this photo this morning. ("Chinese Academy Hong Kong Jinde School" facebook screenshot)
Jinde fb publicly posted a photo to reveal that it still occupied Kongzhong classroom in mid-June
It is understood that after the incident of "Hong Kong 01" was revealed in May, a group of Confucius and Chinese teachers had actually signed a joint signature to the Association of Religious Education for help, criticizing the school for failing to adjust the teacher's salary as promised, and publicly failing to truthfully explain to the public. Jinde was used as the principal's office and 206 and 207 of the school affairs office, but it was not actually returned to Kong.
By mid-to-late June, five teachers in Kong Zhong disclosed that the two classrooms involved were still occupied by Jinde; and the Jinde School posted a post on the Facebook page on June 23, and the picture thanked the kindergarten representative on 6 Visited on the 18th. "Hong Kong 01" confirmed from two sources that the venue in the photo is Room 206 claimed by Confucius, which is inconsistent with Kong Shengtang's earlier statement that "the relevant place has also been returned to the middle school for use." It is suspected of deceiving the Education Bureau.
However, after "Hong Kong 01" asked Kong Zhong about the photos and made relevant reports in the media, Jinde's special page has deleted the above photos this morning (3rd).
Principal Kong Zhong said the classroom door was locked and did not respond to why there are photos showing Jinde still occupying
Yang Yonghan, the current principal of Kong Sheng Tang Middle School, responded to the "Hong Kong 01" enquiry on Wednesday (1st) and said that he repeatedly inspected rooms 206 and 207, emphasizing that "the secondary school has recovered its own use and the glass door is locked." According to what I heard, there was no colleague using the two rooms in the index month.
"Hong Kong 01" was asked by email again yesterday morning (2nd) why the principal Jinde can still use the classroom to meet with outsiders even when the classroom is locked. Kong Zhongzhi did not reply before the deadline, but Yang Yonghan posted on the school Facebook page last night, reiterating that in 2017, the government approved the allocation of five classrooms for use by Jinde, also known as the other two classrooms. Out" and recover the rent.
Yang’s statement is inconsistent with the Education Bureau’s earlier reply to "Hong Kong 01". At that time, the Bureau stated that it was only after the Bureau strictly reminded that it was necessary to act according to the guidelines, Kong Zhong made the amendment, and Jinde returned the classroom to Kong Zhong in February this year. Make up the rent.
After the incident of "Hong Kong 01" was revealed in May, several real-name Confucius teachers signed a letter to the Association for Help, urging the Education Bureau to perform its supervisory responsibilities, review Kong Zhong's accounts, and follow up the school situation. (Photo by Li Zetong)
Teachers approve of the Education Bureau's "lazy man" news that the Bureau will "highly pay attention"
Kong Wei teacher A Wei (pseudonym) criticized that the media in May disclosed that the school illegally borrowed classrooms to private schools, but the Education Bureau did not come to the school to follow up: "It seems like a lazy man without any follow-up." He believes that Schools are engaged in education, not business." DSS schools should be supervised by the Education Bureau, urging the Bureau to review the school’s accounts: "Go to check whether there is any unclear account between the school sponsoring body and the private enterprise, or whether Unreceivable accounts receivable."
The Education Bureau replied that it was known that the school had recovered the room and locked it as required by the Education Bureau, and recovered the relevant fees from Jinde School. The Bureau will continue to pay close attention to the operation of the school. It is understood that the Education Bureau received a complaint as early as 2019 and went to the school to follow up many times. Until February this year, the school corrected it. The bureau did not come to the school again because of the epidemic. The room will be lent again and the Bureau will "highly pay attention" to the school in the future, or may follow up further.
Kong Zhong teacher A Wei (pseudonym) urged the Education Bureau to check Kong Zhong’s accounts: “Go to the school sponsoring organization and the private company for any unclear accounts, or any accounts receivable or unreceivable.” (Photo by Li Zetong )
Teacher worries affect school reputation and admissions
A Jun (pseudonym), a teacher who works in Kongzhong, bluntly said that the general school will negotiate with the teacher in April and May for the next year's contract, so as to arrange the teaching arrangements for the next school year in June and July, criticizing the school for not signing with the teacher so far Contract, worrying that since the 2015/16 school year, the problem of high teacher turnover rate will continue, affecting the teaching arrangements for the next school year. After the school was revealed to be suspected of illegally borrowing classrooms and suspected of being used as a mask dispersal point, it has received many enquiries from parents. Worrying about the incident, it will continue to affect the reputation of the school and students' desire to enroll.
Principal Kong Zhong: Informing the contracted teachers one after another: None of them signed
In a written reply to "Hong Kong 01" on Wednesday, Yang Yonghan said that signing a contract involves the future development of the school and must be handled with care. "Whether the contract is signed in June is an administrative decision." Only the teacher revealed that the principal only told the whole teacher that he would sign a contract with everyone as soon as possible on the same day (July 1). Until last night, "the teacher did not see the contract nor knew the content of the contract. Not signed yet."
The school sponsoring group admitted that they had borrowed the classroom and then revealed the private school of the Confucius Shengtang Middle School for 2 million yuan.
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Ye Jianyuan urges the Education Bureau to follow up: DSS schools receive government subsidies and their finances must be independent and clear
Ye Jianyuan, a member of the Legislative Council of the education sector who assisted them in following up the incident, believes that the incident involves the interests of teachers and students, and that the DSS schools receiving government subsidies must be independent and clear. The use of classrooms, the Education Bureau is not aware of it, I believe it is a serious problem; if Qian Yin is involved in the normal situation, the school management department has more serious problems."
He urged the Education Bureau to investigate the incident, to find out whether each stakeholder had a private agreement, whether the agreement was legal, and whether there was a problem with the account, etc., and then follow up on the severity of the incident to help schools improve management. "Education regulations have different practices. Severe schools are suitable for continuing operations."
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