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Service. If that is attained there will be a new page of medical history in
Hong Kong.
The 'Medical Sunday' 1960 was given to the lepers, on October l6th. We
called it the Leper Sunday. On June 5th the beloved wife of Dr. Sturton died.
Friends quickly contributed generously in her memory to a 'Rose Sturton Scholar-
ship Fund' for a Chinese radiographer. The bi-lingual quarterly publications
were issued as usual giving information of the activities of the Association.
A summer conference was held at St. Stephen's College, Stanley on Sunday 31st
July, i960. Discussion report, and lectures were made, and some fruitful
conclusions arrived at.Regular Meetings were held and lecturers were invited
to speak on different topics to members. The expansion of the Association
will surely help the medical field in Hong Kong to approach more nearly to
its call.

(II) Hong Kong Christian Welfare & Relief Council
The Council membership remained at twenty four churches and agencies,
and both regular and emergency meetings were held, at which plans for joint
work were made, funds allocated, and the experiences and difficulties encountered
were exchanged. Increased funds were received from many countries as a result
of World Refugee Year appeals.
The two main functions of the Council are raising funds for members'
own work, and developing and operating on a pilot basis certain inter-church
projects. The first task - the raising of funds for members' work - resulted
in grants sixteen members totalling $1,147,488.46. The second task involved
the development of four projects - rural resettlement, rehabilitation of drug
addicts, self-help rehabilitation, and vocational training - by the Council on
behalf of all its members.
In addition to these two main tasks, the Council operates through
committees for specialised work. A Vocational Training Committee co-ordinates
the work of the members in this field. A Disaster Relief Committee co-ordinates
relief to victims of fire, flood, or typhoon disasters and recommends to the
Council all appeals for inter-church aid for this purpose. An Emergency Cash
Assistance Committee makes available funds for relief to individuals through
members. A Youth Work Committee is starting on extension and improvement of
the youth activities of members, and an Ecumenical Work Camp committee sponsors
and carries out the annual work camp.
For all of this work, funds have been received from the national
Christian councils of thirteen countries, from five national missionary
missionary bodies, from.eleven schools or groups, from seventeen individual
churches (apart from the many hundreds of churches who have contributed through
their national Christian Councils) and from a number of individual donors.
The Executive Secretary of the Council, Mr, S. Y. Lee, has the help
of a number of fraternal workers, whose services are part of the contribution
made to the Council's work by the British Council of Churches. These are
Mr. J.B. Atkinson as Secretary, Rev. J.A. Muir as Principal of the Practical
Training Centre, and Mr. G. Stokes as Youth Work Training organiser.
In addition, two outstanding volunteer workers have come to Hong
Kong during the year and helped with the Council's work, Rev. R. Sprackett and
Mr. J. McCahon. Bob Sprackett helped greatly with the running of the Presby-
terian Case-Work Centre for many months, including taking charge of it while its
director was on leave, while John McCahon developed and supervised the planning
and constructional work involved in the new settlements for rehabilitation of
drug addicts. The Council's sincere thanks go to these two who have worked so
hard in furthering its work.

(III) Audio Visual Evangelism Committee
1 960 has been another year of much sowing. Tracts have been
used with the films month by month in the prisons and with the film "Something
to Die For". The number of showings was about 800, and the estimated audiences
about 130,000.