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(2) Theological Scholarships for the Laity;
(3) Special Theological Scholarships for Women;
(4) Professional and Technical Scholarships;
(5) Ecumenical Scholarship Exchange Scholarship;
(6) East Asia Christian Churches Scholarships.

Young men and women who are preparing for full-time Christian
service and have completed all or most of their basic theological
study; candidates for the ministry and pastors, persons preparing
for other forms of full-time employment in the church or related
organizations, if they meet the necessary qualifications, are all
eligible to apply for any one of the stated scholarships.

During the year an Ecumenical Scholarship was granted to Rev.
James Pan of the Chinese Methodist Church for post graduate study
in the field of theology in New College, Edinburgh. The above
scholarships are s till available for the Academic year 1967-1968.
Those interested should apply now.

7. Industrial Committee

Since 1959 the Committee on Industrial Evangelism has been serving
as a part of the Hong Kong Christian Council, which sponsored its or-
ganization. This Committee receives its financial and other support
from the Council, and submits all major proposals to the Council for
approval. The Committee membership is 16, comprising pastors of Chinese
churches involved in working with people in industry, missionaries in-
terested in this work, teachers and staff members of colleges and
universities, and also both the Secretaries of the Welfare and Relief
Council and the Hong Kong Christian Council. Meetings are held once
a month, and conducted in both English and Cantonese; these persons
who serve on the Committee are a ll volunteers, giving what time they
can to promoting the work of Industrial Evangelism.

Highlights of this past year have included the very fine participation
of many local churches in the program of Labour Sunday, with the exchange
of pulpits by ministers, lay-people speaking on this subject, and emphasis
being made to help the Colony become aware of this program. There have
been a series of meetings featuring visiting persons who are involved in
this program in other countries, such as Africa, Korea, Taiwan, Japan,
England, and the USA. Each of these persons has diared problems with us,
and we feel we have had mutual benefit from such sharing. In addition
to this, we have had a series of meetings in which labour leaders from
Hong Kong unions and industry have shared with our Committee, and have
made valuable suggestions in which more involvement could come about
in this work. We have had a system of rotating our meeting places over
the Colony, in order to acquaint ourselves with opportunities and problems
of the various areas, and the projects going on there.

In July of last year, a Retreat for workers in Industrial Evangelism
was held at Tao Fong Shan, Shatin, with an attendance of about 50, re-
presenting management, labour, the clergy, the teaching profession, and
others. Leaders from oversea, and local leaders gave their time to help
in this effort of study and preparation, so that each.attending person
could have questions answered, find possible opportunities for more
evangelistic outreach, and see the picture of industry in Hong Kong, as
related-to the work of the Church, in a clearer light. Such was the
enthusiasm generated at this retreat, that another was held on 8th
February, 1966, in which the whole program (not just a portion, as at the
last one) was in Chinese, and more "grass-roots" representation was sought.
As a part of this emphasis it is hoped that five seminaries w ill also
become involved in this study of Industrial Evamgelism; and a start has
been made in acquainting faculties and students with this work. The
Committee publishea the "Industrial News Sheet", which gees to a ll
interested persons, and a library of materials is established at the
office of the Hong Kong Christian Council. Slides, filmstrips, and films
are used regularly in churches, conferences and prisons, to seek to inform
others of the opportunities of witnessing in onels job. We look forward
to the continuing challenge of work here.

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