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(iv) Industrial Committee
During the year we have been progressing carefully and slowly. The
reason for this policy was that if we were not careful the political elements
might come into our midst. There were four English issues of the Chinese
quarterly in the fiscal year. The Chinese issues were mainly for local con-
sumption and were welcomed by the local people. We have begun to contact the
Tsun Wan Churches by meetings and fellowships and a Tsun Wan Committee will be
formed to be responsible for work in that district. A Study Institute on
Church and Industry was organized in April, inviting. Rev. Richard P. Poethig,
Mr. M.M. Thomas and Rev. Alan Brash to give topical lectures, and we had a
very good opportunity to discuss together.

E. Work of Special Committees

(I) Place of Education in the Mission of the Church
’The education problem’ created by the increasing demand of Governments
to control or to tak e over completely the education of the nation's children
in EACC area has aroused some concern. A consultation on this problem will be
held on April 5-7, 1961 in Singapore. A local study group was appointed by
the Christian Council with the Rev. Paul Jefferies as a convenor. The members
of this Committee consisted of Christian educationists in Hong.Kong. Their
findings will be published in due course.

(II) Christian Home in Changing Society
In view of the coming World Council of Churches 3rd Assembly at New
Delhi in December 1961, the Council was asked to appoint a study group to find
out the problems and related matters that face the local situation that may at
the same time be contributive to the New Delhi Assembly. The matter was
referred to the Christian Family Life promotion and the finds will be produced
in due course.

(III) Christian Cemetery
During the period Government offered us a piece of land in the Woh
Hop Shek Public Cemetery as a Christian Cemetery. Actually the site is
identical with the old Christian Cemetery section of Woh Hop Shek, but Govern-
ment retains every right to reclaim the land and to control the burials.
Since the Council cannot claim any benifits from it and it will be an extra
burden to the Christians who used to bury in the section, the Council may
have to consider an alternative scheme.

F. Ecumenical Visitors
Because of the EACC Working Committee Meeting in April and other related
meetings we have some of the distinguished church leaders from countries in
the East Asia area to visit us. The following is a list'of the ecumenical
visitors:-

Bishop E.C. Soprepena, Dr. D. G. Moses,
Chairman EACC Vice-Chairman, EACC
Rev. Alan A. Brash, U Kyaw Than,
Secretary for I.C.A., EACC Associate General Secretary, EACC
Miss E. R. Castro Dr. D. T. Niles,
U Tin Tun, Treasurer EACC General Secretary, EACC
Bishop H. J. Lew Dr. T. Muto
Miss A. L. Fransz Mr. M. M. Thomas
Rev. J. R. Fleming Prof. J. R. Chandran
Rev. A . E. D. Frederick Mrs, L . Paw
Rev. M. Ogawa • Rev. S. J. Weerasinghe
Dr. B . Guansing Mrs. Shanti Solomon
Rev. T. S. Sihombing Prof. H. Nakagawa
Mrs. Ba Maung Chain Rev. B. Jackson
Rev. Richard Poethig Father K. Philippos
Mr. Conshanturo Bernardez Dr. G. P. Charles
Rev. Vern Rossman Bishop Gabriel Sundaram
Mr. Frank Engel Mr. Lee Tjie Kiet