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For the past eight years, the Committee has been using methods
such as:

1. To arouse the conscience of local churches, Christian
organizations and schools toward the Movement.

2. To encourage th eir active participation, aiming at
developing a two-way movement.

3. To influence public opinion on topics of social interest
by any available means.

4. The Committee has appealed through the Council to ministers
of a ll Christian churches for the observing o f a special
Sunday on Christian Citizenship every year.

5. In the past years, the Committee has sponsored Christian
Citizenship essay competitions, radio talks, tadio pro-
grammes, good citizenship photographic competition and
exhibition, Christian citizenship cartoons, publication
o f Christian citizenship booklets and a rticles in the press.
The Committee also helped to protect against the operating
of Foot-ball Pools in Hong Kong and the licensing o f additional
bars in Kowloon with success.

As we review the past we have to thank God that we have been
able gradually to put some of our plans into execution despite
our extremely lim ited resources. In the coming year, in
addition to continuing the programmes which have.been carried
out in previous years, we have planned to encourage Christian
schools to observe a Christian Citizenship Week during each
academic year. Some schools have already given favourable
response to this proposal. The Committee has also published
10,000 copies o f Christian Citizenship.cartoons as.samples
fo r Chinese primary schools in Hong Kong and throughout South
East Asia. Nevertheless, members of the Committee fe e l that
this Movement has been gradually put into the hands o f a group
o f laymen, while the participation o f church ministers has
slowed down. The Committee believes that the driving force
should come from the churches themselves rather than from an
"outside" Committee.

I f i t is feasib le, we propose that every church should form a
sub-committee on Christian Citizenship Movement which shall be a part
o f the church' s youth fellowship, and the churches be asked to observe
a Christian Citizenship Movement Week.

2. Christian Education Committee

During the year, a Long- Range Training Programme was planned and
carried out in the form o f four half-day in stitu tes. These was held in
the True Light Middle School, Hong Kong on one Sunday in each o f the
months, April to July, 1964.

About 200 youth leaders representing 14 church denominations
participated in the Training Institute.

Leaders of the Institute were Dr. Ho Chung Chung, Dr. Bliss Wiant,
Dr. Timothy Chow, Rev. Edmund Der, Miss Mildred Proctor, Miss Lee Ching
Chee, Miss A lice Dickinson and Mr. Calvin Ngai.

The Institutes gave opportunities to hear lectures on Christian
b e lie f, ou work with children and with youth. There was a time fo r
learning new songs, a devotional period, and fo r fellowship.

The Committee is again planning a four-session in stitu te fo r the
coming year sim ilar to the one conducted in 1964.

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