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ing of HK$2,510,000 was mobilized during this finan- Concerning the m ethod for electing the C hief
cial year. As a supporting partner of ACT (Action by Executive in the absence of universal suffrage, the
Churches Together), we participated in the relief and Committee adopted the suggestion that the number of
rehabilitation effort of ACT in Indonesia, India and Election Committee members be increased from 800
Sri Lanka. ACT response to this disaster is one of the to 1600. It supported the proposal that the number of
largest disaster interventions in recent years. ACT to- members of the Fourth Sector of the Election Com -
tal funding for the Tsunami response is over HK$9.2 m ittee should include all elected D istrict Council
million. members, but not the appointed members. About the
nomination mechanism, it agreed that the number of
(b) We have also raised HK $270,000 for ACT subscribers required should be reduced to 100, and to
Pakistan Earthquake response. set the limit of the maximum number to 120.
7. Funding for Rural Development Projects Concerning the method for forming the Legisla-
in Asia tive Council, the Committee proposed to maintain the
current number of Legislators, i.e. 60. The constitu-
Hong Kong Christian Council has long been a ents of functional constituencies of the Legislative
supporting partner of rural developm ent projects in Council, if possible, should be individuals rather than
South Asia namely India, Bangladesh and Myanmar. institutions. The Committee held that the functional
The allocation of funding is as follows: constituencies should be canceled by 2012. It also sug-
gested changing directly elected geographical constitu-
India CASA HK$ 150,000 encies to ''m ultiple seats, multiple votes^ instead of
Bangladesh CCDB HK$ 150,000 the system of proportional representation.
Myanmar MCC HK$ 150,000
Lastly, the Committee maintained that the scope
8. The Council purchased a new office for “Five of constitutional development should not be confined
Loaves and Two Fish”at 11/F, Austin Comm ercial to the method for electing the C hief Executive and
Centre, 4 Austin Road, Tsim shatsui, Kowloon. The forming the Legislative Council. It should also start
office began operating on July 1, 2006. immediately to consider the complementary arrange-
ment and explore related issues such as the relation-
ship between the Executive and the Legislature, the
B. Justice and Social Concern evaluation of the Principal Officials Accountability
System, Advisory and Statutory Bodies and the increas-
Committee
ing power of the District Boards.
The Committee is chaired by Dr. Alice Yuk Tak-
The Committee, together with Christian groups,
fun. Executive Staff Mr. Wan Hoi-wing is responsible held a seminar on Novem ber 30, 2005 in which the
for the relevant works of the Committee. The activi- representatives from different political parties were
ties of the Committee included:
invited to express their views on the Fifth Report. A
prayer meeting was also organized on December 16 to
1. Constitutional Development
pray for the democracy and freedom of the society.
The Hong Kong Government published the Fifth 2. Globalization
Report of the Constitutional Development Task Force
to gather the views of the society on the method for The 6th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade
electing the Chief Executive in 2007 and forming the Organization was held in Hong Kong from December
Legislative Council in 2008. The Committee expressed 13-18, 2005. Before the meeting, HKCC published a
its views in November. It respected and observed the position paper on globalization, which analyzed the
Decision of the Standing Committee of the National
situation and effects of globalization and pointed out
People's Congress of April 26, 2004 and supported to
the mission of churches facing globalization.
move system atically and substantively towards the
ultimate aim of universal suffrage, which should not
In order to raise awareness among Hong Kong
be implemented later than 2012.
churches and C hristians on how to respond to
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