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A fellowship of the World Council of Churches, (from right to left)
Chairperson of Christian Conference of Asia Dr. Wong Wai-ching,
Council’s Chairperson Rev. Dr. Li Ping-kwong, the former Gen-
eral Secretary of Christian Conference of Asia Dr. Feliciano V.
Carino, Council’s 1st Vice-Chairperson Rt. Rev. Thomas Soo,
the General Secretary of World Council of Churches Dr. Konrad
Raiser, the Coadjutor Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Hong
Kong the Most Rev. Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, and the Councirs Gen­
The 3rd World Congress of
eral Secretary Rev. Eric S.Y. So.
the World Association for
Christian Communication
took place in the Netherlands
during July 3-7, 2001. 7
participants from Hong Kong
attended including represen­
tatives from Breakthrough,
the Publisher of Chinese
Christian Literature Council,
Visitation from the Church of Fujian
the Council’s General
Province. The Council’s Honorary Treasurer Secretary (3rd from right)
Elder Simon Sit (center) and the General
and Rev. Judy Chan (left).
Secretary Rev. Eric S.Y. So (right) presented
the souvenir to Rev. Lin Zhi-hua (left).
Hong Kong 2000^ on February 25, 2001. The re­
search addressed the future expectations of Hong
Catholicos Aram I (center), Rt. Rev. Thomas Soo (right) and Kong people and social leaders and aroused the in­
Rev. Eric S. Y. So (left)
terest of the mass media. The report was later sent
to the Executive Members of the Council, the mem­
B. Social C o n cern
bers of the "We Love Hong Kong 2000" Prepara­
1. Concerning the issue of the future development of
tion Committee, university libraries, public libraries,
social service in Hong Kong and the future need of
social leaders and government officials.
the society, the Council has been taking up the role
to coordinate discussion among the Christian social
service agencies. After several meetings took place
among heads of social services, they jointly signed
a letter to the Chief Executive and the Central Policy
Unit to give response to the Paper: “Bringing the
Vision to Life - Hong Kong’s Long-term Develop­
ment Needs and Goals，’. The Government took an
active response and promised to follow up the issue.

2. A presentation on the public opinion research took
A presentation on the research results of uWe
place before the opening ceremony of the tcWe Love Love Hong Kong 2000”