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hope that m em ber churches and organizations could iii. From April 14-21,2010, the Council sent 4 representatives
contribute more to the m inistry of unity, so that HKCC to attend the G eneral A ssem bly of the C hristian
may have further development. Starting from next year, C on ference of A sia (C C A ). T hey w ere: The Rt.
the Council will encourage Hong Kong churches and Rev. Dr. Thomas Soo, Rev. Phyllis Wong, Ms. Tong
Christian organizations to make special offering on Unity Wing-sze and the General Secretary. The Assembly
Sunday for the work of HKCC. was held in Kuala Lumpur, M alaysia. The General
S e cre ta ry w as electe d as one of the E xecutive
D. Connection with the Church in Mainland Com m ittee m embers of CCA, and Ms. Tong W ing-
China sze was elected as a m em ber of the Ecum enical
Formation, Gender Justice and Youth Empowerment
In this year, the following visits took place:
Group. In addition, Rev. Dr. Tobias B randner was
i. From D ecem ber 26-27, 2009, there w as a visit to elected as a member of the Faith, Mission and Unity
Y ingdeshi Dawan C hurch and H anguang, Jipeng Ministry Group.
Church in Guangdong province.
iv. On A pril 28, 2010, Dr. Praw ate K hi-arn, G eneral
ii. On January 25, 2010, co-w orkers from Z hejiang Secretary of CCA, visited the Council.
province Wenzhoushi Yongjia County north pastoral
v. On June 28, 2010, Dr. Mathews George Chunakara,
area visited the Council.
the officer of the International A ffairs and P ublic
iii. From M arch 26-30, 2010, Mr. W ong Zuoan, the
Witness from the World Council of Churches, visited
Director from the State Administration for Religious the Council.
Affairs, PRC and other delegates visited the Council
vi. On July 16, 2010 the G eneral S ecretary o f Asia
and met with the Standing C om m ittee m em bers,
Church W omen's Conference, Ms. Jiang Shu-wen,
representatives from the Christian sector and other
visited the Council.
religions.
vii. From July 23-30, 2010, the “School of Peace” in the
iv. On A ugust 7, 2010, Rev. Jing Jiuw ei, the deputy
name of Churches’ Forum on Peace and People’s
secretary of Yunnan Christian Council, visited the
Security in North-East Asia was held in Hong Kong
Council.
at the Tao Fong Shan Pilgrim 's Hall. The Council
v. On August 22, 2010, the General Secretary accepted
w as invite d as c o -o rg a n iz e r of the co n fe re n ce
an invitation from Jiuzhu Church o f Guangzhou to with Christian C onference of Asia. There were 16
preach in Sunday worship services. p a rticip a n ts, com ing from South Korea, Japan,
vi. On S e pte m be r 8, 2010, the G eneral S e cre ta ry Taiwan, Hong Kong and Philippines.
a tte nd ed the th a n ksg ivin g w orship , d in n e r and viii. From August 24-28, 2010, the General Secretary
concert of the 60th anniversary of Three-Self Patriotic attended the Executive Committee meeting of CCA
Movement in Guangdong province. held in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
vii. From Septem ber 14-17, 2010, the Council sent a
F. People at a glance
delegation to visit Shanghai and the W orld Expo
2010 at the invitation of the China Christian Council. i. Dr. Simon Chow was appointed as the President of
Lutheran T heological S em inary of Hong Kong on
E. Connection with overseas church and July 1, 2009 and the installation service was held on
meeting November 27, 2009.

i. From February 26-27, 2010, the General Secretary ii. Rev. Dr. Henriette T. Hutabarat Lebang was elected as
represented the C ouncil to attend the "Forum on the General Secretary of Christian Conference of Asia
Peace and People’s Security in North-East Asia”. The and succeeded Dr. Prawate Khid-am in August 2010.
meeting was sponsored by the Christian Conference iii. After 24 years at the YMCA of Hong Kong, Mr. Chuck
o f Asia and held in Xinzhu, Taiwan. He w as also Allison finished his service as General Secretary in
elected as chairman for next year. September 2010.
ii. From M arch 2-5, 201 0, the G e neral S e c re ta ry iv. Mr. R ay P u rvis w as a p p o in te d as th e G e ne ra l
attended the round table meeting in Yangon, held by Secretary of the YMCA of Hong Kong in August 2010.
the Myanmar Christian Council.

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