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The above scholarships are still available for the Academic year
1965-66. Those people who are interested should apply now.

7. Industrial Committee
Labour Sunday - Sunday, April 28, 1963 marked the first official
observance of Labour Sunday in Hong Kong. In its October 1962 meeting,
the Hong Kong Christian Council has set aside the Sunday preceding May
1st as Labour Sunday. For this day, the Industrial Committee prepared
written materials in Chinese and English, consisting of a publicity
poster, and a handbook with articles on Labour Sunday, biblical and
theological helps to pastors, and prayers which were sent to almost
300 churches in Hong Kong. These written materials were adapted for
Hong Kong use from the Church Labour Letter, mailed from Doshisha
University, Kyoto, Japan.

Lectures on the Effects of Urban-Industrialisation on Traditional
Chinese Cultural Patterns
During the month of October 1963, the Industrial Committee, with
the help of the University of Hong Kong Department of Extra-mural
Studies, sponsored a series of five lectures on the topic, "The Effects
of Industrialisation and Urbanisation on Traditional Chinese Cultural
Patterns". The Lecturer for the occasions was Dr. Marjorie Topley,
B. Sc. Econ. (Lond.) of the University of Hong Kong.

They were open to the general public and well attended by people
who were involved in the Church, education, Government services, and
social welfare agencies, as well as other interested people. The
average attendance at each lecture was 30 people.

Aid to Special Projects.
The Committee has been exploring the possibility of using ecumenical
funds to assist specific denominational projects that are thought to be
of peculiar significance in meeting the problems of the Church in
industrial and urban Society.

All such assistance must be subject to periodic review, and all
aided projects must make periodic reports to the Industrial Committee.
The frequency of these reviews and reports will be determinded
separately for each individual project, although "quarterly reports"
would be the norm. as an experiment, the Committee is helping with
part of the salary of a children's worker at the Holy Carpenter Church
for a three-month period.

Taiwan Study Observation Tour
The Committee is looking into the possibility of arranging a study
observation tour of some work of the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan in
urban- indust rial society. It is hoped that the tour may take place
between April 1, 1964 to May 13, 1964.

8. Youth Committee
The Youth Committee of the Hong Kong Christian Council was
established late last year, and therefore, was till feeling its way
in 1963. Thirteen people representing various member churches and
denominations serve on this Committee, with the Rev. Matthew Fong
acting as Chairman.

This year our work has consisted mainly in making plans to send
a delegation of eight young people to the first "Asian Christian Youth
Assembly" to be held in the Philippines, December 28th 1964 to January
8th, 1965. This Conference is expecting to have youth representatives
and youth leaders from West Pakistan, East Pakistan, India, Ceylon,
Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, Mew Zealand, Philippines
Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, and probably Okinawa and Vietnam.

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