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The purpose of this conference was to bring Christian women from various churches
together for fellowship, mutual understanding, and the furtherance of Christian
womenrs work as related to the World Day of Prayer. The programme for the
World Day of Prayer for Women, 1961, was translated and published by CCLOC.

B. Expansion of the Council

(I) 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

(II) Need for Permanent Secretary
With the work ever expanding it is very necessary to have a full
time Secretary. The qualification of such a Secretary have been outlined
but up till now it has not been possible to secure such a man after many
futile attempts. However there is every hope of employing a full time
secretary in the fall of 1961.

(III) 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 inter-
ested departments of Government. The Standing Conference runs one holiday
camp and will be entrusted with establishing the new camp which a United King-
dom donation will pay for. The Council sent a representative to sit in the
conference whose duty is to coordinate the Youth Work of other people with
that of the churches.

(IV) North East Asia Literature Convenorship
It was suggested that someone in Hong Kong should succeed the Japan­
ese as the convenor of the EACC North East Asia Literature Conferences. Prof.
Isaac Mah of Chung Chi College undertook to accept the work of convenor.

C . Work of Auxiliary Committees

(I) 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 Hong Kong
Doctors' Christian Association, preached a very impressive sermon on Hospital
Sunday 1959 at the Cathedral. He said 'If we, the doctors, nurses, other
medical workers, clergy and general public of Hong Kong think of Christ, shed-
ding 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