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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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