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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.

5• Inter-Church Aid
In Christ there is no East or West. The Morrocan disaster of the
Agadir earthquake equally appalled us, even though we had just had the Japanese
typhoon Vera. The first response of HK $400 came from the Swatow Baptist
Church; there was nothing unusual to it except that 8 5 % of this money came from
subscriptions of the Swatow refugees who themselves lived in a deplorable con-
dition. A total of $585 was collected and sent through the EACC Inter-Church
Aid Department. The East Pakistan Cyclone disaster relief was collected during
Christmas. This was to show how much the churches and schools responded to
Christian love and sympathy and $850 was received. For the World Refugee
Year we have collected $1,314.90 to be spent locally.

6. Consultation on the Church and Modern Society in Japan
This conference was held from September 30th to October 21st, 1960,
in Japan under the auspices of the National Christian Council of Japan and of
the Nippon Christian Academy. The Council sent two delegates, Dr. Peter Wong
of the Church of Christ in China and Rev. James Pong of the Sheng Kung Hui, to
attend. The total programme was varied and interesting and very educational.

7. The Chinese Christian Sunday School Curriculum Conference of South East
Asia
This conference was held from November 3rd to November 24th, 1960. It
was attended by over 30 delegates, advisers and consultants from eight countries,
comprising Burma, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaya, Thailand, China, Hong Kong
and Sarawak.
The result of this conference led to the proposed formation of a local
Standing Committee on Christian Education of the Hong Kong Christian Council.

8. Prayer for Church Unity_196l
A joint bilingual service of prayer and intercession in Chinese Methodist
Church, Gascoigne Road was held on Monday, January 23rd. The choirs of the
All Saints' Church, Kowloon Hop Yat Church, Kowloon Methodist Church and Swatow
Baptist Church participated in the singing of hymns.
The conducting ministers were invited from the various churches represent-
ing the major denominations.

9. Joseph Cook Memorial Lectures
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Dr. John lexander Mackay, President of Princeton Theological Seminary
and Hononary Chairman of the International Missionary Council, arrived in
Hong Kong on 24th February, 19ol to deliver a series of three lectures at the
Chinese Methodist Church, Hong Kong, on 27th and 28th of February and 1st
March. The topics were:-

(a) Christian Truth and Shadows that Betray it
(b) The Community of Christ, and Churchism
(c) Christian Discipleship and Ethicism

The Church was well packed and the occassions were considered very
successful.

10. Women's World Day of Prayer Fellowship, 75th Anniversary of the Women's
World Day of Prayer
This conference was .held in Hoh Fuk Tong Centre, Castle Peak, from Feb.
11th to 18th, 1961 . There were 35 delegates representing 15 countries.