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as a result, at the second reading of the Football Pools Bill
at the Legislative Council, 11 Unofficial members of the Legislative
Council opposed the bill and all the official members of the Legislative
Council abstained from voting in face of unofficial opposition to a
Government introduced bill, an action which was unprecedented in the
history of Hong Kong.

10. Commonwealth Youth Sunday
The Commonwealth Youth Sunday was celebrated on May 29, 1960.
The order of service was edited by an interdenominational Committee in
England and was translated into Chinese by the CCLOC. 3,000 copies of
this were distributed to the participating churches. Seven English
speaking churches and eight Chinese churches participated. The Queen's
message stressed the importance of Commonwealth Youths' contribution
towards world peace.
11. Standing Conference of Youth Organizations
This organization is to coordinate youth work in Hong Kong. It
is comprised of representatives of the main voluntary organizations
and interested departments of Government. The Standing Conference
runs one holiday camp and will be entrusted with establishing the
new camp which a United Kingdom donation will pay for. The Council
sent a representative to sit in the conference whose duty is to co-
ordinate the Youth Work of other people with that of the churches.

12. Expansion of the Council
During the year the Christian Council was again expanded. At the
General Meeting on April 16, 1960 the following new admission of
institutions was approved.

Full Members
The Council on Christian Literature for Overseas Chinese
Hong Kong Bible House
Standing Committees
Hongkong Christian Family Life Promotion Committee
Christian Industrial Committee
Standing Committee on Ecumenical Scholarship Exchanges
Auxiliary Organization
Audio Visual Evangelism Committee
Special Committee
Exploratory Committee on Sunday School Materials

13. Auxiliary Committees
(a)
Hongkong Doctors' Christian Association
In a cosmopolitan city like Hong Kong Christian doctors of medicine
are mostly indifferent to the witness they should give. Dr. S. D.
Sturton, Editor of the 'Christian Medicine', a quarterly published
by the Hongkong doctors' Christian Association, preached a very impressive
sermon on Hospital Sunday 1959 at the Cathedral. He said 'If we,
the doctors, nurses, orther medical workers, clergy and general public
of Hong Kong think of Christ, shedding His Blood for us on the Cross,
can we withhold anything from Him and His Service?’. Through the
sincere, enthusiastic, and sympathetic leadership of the Association,
the work has been very much developed in 1960. It is the aim of the
Association to appeal to the 200 Christian doctors in the Churches in
Hongkong to join the Association, not to withhold anything from Him
and His service. If that is attained there will be a new page of
medical history in Hong Kong.