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were printed, both in Chinese and English, than we anticipated using
at the service; these were distributed through the churches, to
women who could not attend the service; th is was, as in recent years,
in Hong Kong a bi-lin gu al one. Our two planning sub-committees, one
from Chinese-speaking churches and the other from English-speaking
churches, and our joint committee (the o ffic e rs of the sub-committees)
had met more frequently than in previous years in an e ffo rt to draw
up a constitution fo r our future guidance, to widen our representation,
and to foster through our meetings and services closer co-operation
between women of differen t denominations.

We are grateful for a ll the assistance given by the Hong Kong
Christian Council under whose auspices we act, and to the Hong Kong
YMCA and YWCA on whose premises we meet.

V II. WORK OF AUXILIARY ORGANIZATIONS

1. Hong Kong Christian Welfare & R elief Council

In 1965 the Christian Welfare & R elie f Counci, the service
arm o f the Hong Kong Christian Council, celebrates it s 10th
Anniversary. From 12 members in 1955 i t has grown to twenty
seven member churches and Christian agencies, a ll involved in
some kind of Protestant r e lie f or rehbailitation work in the
Colony. Its functions are s t i l l the same: to be the meeting
place, in respect of th eir welfare and r e lie f work, of the
principal Protestant churches and Christian agencies of Hong
Korg; to be the agency through which inter-church aid funds
fo r it s members’ work are obtained from overseas; and to be
the join t body of its members in carrying certain needed
pioneer social projects through th e ir early stages.

The fir s t purpose the Council carries out through monthly
meetings o f members’ representatives, and by additional committee
meetings of members concerned with particular aspects of the
to ta l work such as disaster aid, education, r e lie f, rehabilitation ,
vocational trauning, and agricultural settlement.

The second purpose is carried out through the machinery fo r
inter-church-aid set up by the World Council of Churches, whereby
the needs of Hong Kong are made known on a world wide basis and
funds are collected from many countries to help meet them.
During 1964 the churches in many countries contributed more than
one m illion dollars to make possible members’ work and join t
projects, as w ell as a further sum to cover the cost of the
Council’ s own administration. This is of course in addition
to the fa r larger amount contributed d ire c tly by the supporting
bodies of the member churches and agencies, since as yet only
a small proportion of the tota l support is raised by or channelled
through the Council.

The third purpose, that o f pioneering projects of common
in terest ard concern, is carried out through two projects of
join t Christian participation namely those fo r agricultural
resettlement, and vocational training. Work with th e re-
h abilitation of drug addicts is carried on by Lutheran World
Service on behalf of a ll members.

Through common e ffo rt and common respon sib ility help is
provided to needy people a fter disasters, to T.B. sufferers,
to students without resources through co llege, to feeding
programmes for school children, in youth work, in agricultural
settlement, in such lim ited emigration as is possible, and
in the rehabilitation of cured drug addicts

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