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Com m unication  and                               (English/Christian).  Participants  include  Protestant,
                                                            Catholic  and  Orthodox  Churches  and  organizations  in
                                                             Hong  Kong.  This year’s  Committee  Chairperson  is  Rev.
          M essage  Com m ittee                              Desmond Cox of St. John’s Cathedral.

               Rev.  Dr.  Chan  Hin-cheung  is  the  Committee   The  Committee  also  produced  a  series  of Special
          Chairperson, and Ms. Kung Ka-wai is the Executive Staff.  Sunday  radio  broadcasts  on  the  following  themes:
                                                             Christmas  Day  by  Christ Temple,  Tao  Fong  Shan; AIDS
          A.  Chinese Publication                            Sunday  by  St.  John's  Cathedral  HIV  Education  Centre;
                                                             Week of Prayer for Christian Unity by HKCC and Catholic
          i. 《Message》                                       Diocesan Ecumenical Commission;  Environment Sunday
               In  the  year  of                             by Christians for Eco-Concerns;  and  Sea Sunday by the
          2009-2010,  Message                                Mission to Seafarers.
          published  5  issues  on
          a bi-monthly basis with                            B.  English Publications
          different themes:
                                                                 Rev. Judy Chan is the Editor of  “News and Views”.
                                                             It is one of the  major English publications of the Council,
          No of Issue         Theme                 .
                                                             giving  a quarterly  report on  news of the  Council  and  the
           #295 (Nov-Dec 2009 )  :  Mission Consultation of Hong   Hong Kong Church.
                               Kong Churches Retrospect
           #296 (Jan-Feb 2010 )  :  Mission Consultation of Hong
                               Kong Churches 2009            Special  Sundays
           #297 (Mar-Apr 2010 )  :     Post 1980's Generation
           #298 (May-Jun 2010 )  :  Christian Conference of Asia’s
                               13th General Assembly         A. To promote church  unity through witness
                                                                and prayer
           #299 (Jui-Aug 2010 )  :  Edinburgh 2010 ~ The Centenary
                               of the World Missionary
                               Conference                        Unity  Sunday,  World  Day  of  Prayer  and  World
                                                             Communion Sunday
          i i .《e-news》
               In  order  to  effectively  publicize  the  ministries   B.  To  promote  Christian  concern  on  special
          and  new  developments  of the  Council,  the  Committee   issues
          successfully  launched  the  bi-weekly  e-news  beginning
                                                                 Social  Concern  Sunday,  Christian  Family  Sunday,
          May 2009. The e-news captures the latest ministries and
                                                             Asia  Sunday,  Environment  Sunday,  Communications
          activities,  newsworthy world  news,  current  issues  in  the
                                                             Sunday,  Hong  Kong  Sunday,  Education  Sunday  and
          Christian sector, social issues etc. The Council sends the
                                                             World AIDS Sunday
          e-news  to  all  churches  in  Hong  Kong,  related  Christian
          organizations,  media and  individual subscribers via email   C. Others
          on  a  bi-weekly  basis.  A total  of 34  issues  have  been
          published so far with 23 issues published during this year.  Women's  Sunday,  Labor  Sunday,  Seafarers'
                                                             Sunday,日 derly Sunday, National Sunday, Health Sunday,
           B. Chinese Broadcasting                           Youth Sunday, Bible Sunday and Human Rights Sunday
               Mr. Ng Sze-yuen is the Chairperson of the Committee.
           Ms.  Miann  Chan  is  responsible  for  the  two  weekly   C onclusion
          Chinese radio Religious Programs broadcast on RTHK.
                                                                  Thank  you  to  all  the  co-workers,  Executive
           English  M inistries                              Committee  members  and  volunteers  who  contributed
                                                             their  effort  and  time  to  the  Council.  Without  their
                                                             concerted  participation  and  service,  the  Council  and
          A. English Broadcasting                            the  ministry  of  ecumenism  would  definitely  not  be  as
               Four Christian  radio  programs  in  English  are  aired   successful as it is today.
           on  RTHK-4  and  RTHK-3  each  week.  Rev.  Judy  Chan
                                                                  A famous  Chinese  writer Lu  Xun  said,  "Hope  may
           serves  as  Program  Producer  and  Ms.  Kammy  Fung
                                                             exist  or  not.  This  is just  like  the  path  we  have  on  the
           is  Program  Coordinator.  The  programs  are:  Sunday
                                                             earth.  Indeed  there  is  no  path  on  the  earth.  It  is just
           Service,  Minutes  That  Matter,  Reflections  and  Thought
                                                             because  people  keep  walking  and  finally  it  becomes  a
          for the Week.
                                                             path."  If we  have  a  firm  faith  and  enduring  hope,  there
               These  programs  are  supported  by the  ecumenical   will  be  a  future for Church  unity. As  the  Bible  says:  We
           Christian  community under the auspices of the  Religious   believe in a God who has the power to "make a roadway
           Broadcasting  and  Television  Advisory  Committee  in the wilderness, rivers in the desert." (Isaiah 43:19)


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