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Committees

1. Sharing and Church Witness Committee B. Rebuilding Collapsing Schools Project
In the last financial year, the “Rebuilding Collapsing
The Committee is chaired by Rev. Dr. Li Ping-kwong.
Schools Project” has allocated HK$3,830,000 for
Executive staff Mr. Philip Lam is responsible for the
rebuilding a total of 34 schools in China. The following list
relevant works of the Committee.
shows schools that have been funded and rebuilt by this
“Five Loaves & Two Fish” is the resources sharing
project in this financial year.
program of the Hong Kong Christian Council and managed
by the Sharing and Church Witness Committee. It has a
Guangxi Province
history of 30 years. For the year of 2003/2004, the total
Fulang Primary School, Gonghou Township,
amount of donations to various projects was approximately
Daihua County
HK$ 21 million, a growth of 17.3% in comparison with the
Poma Primary School, Qianglu Township,
last financial year. Dahua County
Longnan Primary School, Guohua Township,
Income for the last 10 years is listed as follows:
Pingguo County
Longlou Primary School, Jiucheng Township,
Year Donations(HK$) +/-% Pingguo County
1994/1995 $5,221,682 +81% Zhexin Primary School, Baidou Township,
Napo County
1995/1996 $3,166,975 -39% Nadeng Primary School, Xiajia Township,
Lingyun County
1996/1997 $ 3,333,181 +5%
Nahe Primary School, Sishui Township,
1997/1998 $ 4,040,259 +21% Lingyun County
1998/1999 $ 6,024,506 +49% Inner Mongolia Province
1999/2000 $ 8,398,971 +39% Hongwei Primary School, Xianfeng Township,
Linhe County
2000/2001 $13,661,014 +63%
Shaanxi Province
2001/2002 $17,308,984 +26.7% Shangping Primary School, Caichuan Township,
2002/2003 $18,090,110 +4.5% Danfeng County
Liwang Primary School, Tong Township, Ji County
2003/2004 $21,173,782 +17.3%

A. Back to School Project Gansu Province
“Back to School Project” aims to send school aged Daxian Primary School, Dalu Township, Jiangyuan County
children, who live in the poor rural and mountainous areas Liwan Primary School, Caoxian Township,
of hinterland China, go back to school to continue their Jiangyuan County
primary education. In the 2003/2004 school year, a total of
46,518 students were sponsored. The following statistics Xinjiang Province
show the number of students sponsored since 1994: Keziben Primary School, Qiongkuerqiake Township,
Bachu County
Kezinuer Primary School, Qiongkuerqiake Township,
Year No. of Students sponsored
Bachu County
1994/1995 1,113 Kegongqinku Primary School, Qiongkuerqiake Township,
Bachu County
1995/1996 1,296
In the last year, the following fundraising events for
1996/1997 1,066
the “Rebuilding Collapsing Schools Project” were
1997/1998 2,068 organized:
1998/1999 5,777 (i) “Inochi” film premiere held in the Hong Kong
Convention and Exhibition Centre on August 23, 2003.
】999/2000 15,399
This event was organized together with the Galaxy
2000/2001 30,388 Entertainment Ltd.
2001/2002 44,168 (ii) “Fund Raising Walkathon” on December 9, 2003 at the

2002/2003 48,041 Peak. About 300 supporters participated.
2003/2004 46,518

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