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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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