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non-projocted aids workshops in Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines and
Thailand, under the leadership of Rev. Denis Saunders of the Meth-
odist Mission Society in London. We received regular script informa-
tion and sample scripts fo r both broadcasting and TV from WACB.
We are expecting a Broadcasters Workbook which is presently being
prepared and produced by WACB.

BROADCASTING DEPARTMENT
-*SEARV/HONGKONG: South East Asia Radio Voice hopes to begin broad-
casting to Burma and Thailand after June this year when the assembl­
ing of its 50,000 watt short wave transmitter is installed near Manila.
There are no other target dates yet for other areas.

---WORKSHOPS: AVEC sponsored several small broadcasting workshops
.for pastors involved in religious broadcasting over Radio Hong Kong.
Those attending included both Protestants and Roman Catholics. One
guest leader was Mr. John G roller, senior Producer for the United
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. He also had talks with responsible
personnel in Radio Hong Kong.

' * -‘LOCAL. RADIO: In his capacity as Secretary for both the English
and Chinese Advisory Committees to Radio Hong Kong, the Director
is involved deeply in the LOCAL religious broadcasting. The most
important work is currently a daily TEN TO EIGHT program. The
Advisory Committees are also exploring the TV opportunities but
have no concrete report at the moment.

VISUAL AIDS DEPARTMENT

* The V-A dept. has continued promotion through the monthly mailings.

*FILMS: DAY OF TRIUMPH is a 2-hour feature length color film on
the fin a l days of Jesus culminating in the resurrection.- We owe
a debt of appreciation to the Lui Ming Choi Foundation of Hong Kong
for their making it possible for us to lease this film for 10 years.
Under the leadership of Rev. Charles Reihbrecht we were able to screen
this now film in the City Hall Theatre in June 1966.

^FILMSTRIP PROJECTS: The committee has been involved in three

productions; HOW PERSONS LEARN with the Christian Education Committee
of the council; series of pictures with the HKWRC; and a p ilo t pro­
ject on the Parables of Jesus with the Lutheran World Federation's
Broadcasting Services o ffic e .

-‘LIBRARIES: the committee has several loan lib ra ries. Films - 151

religious t it le s and 117 Coronet educational title s (English on ly )•
Filmstrips - 686 t it le s ; Flannelgraphs - 25 t it le s and. 5 flannelgraph
boards and easles; and miscellaneous recorded tapes.

CONCLUSION: We believe that the Audio Visual Resources are effective
means of communicating the Christian Message to both literates and
illite r a te s . Therefore we resolve to place at your disposal the
basic techniques for the effective u tilisa tion and operation o f audio
visual resources. We intend to help you make your programs of out­
reach more CREATIVE AND EFFECTIVE .

X lll. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Hong Kong Christian Council wishes to express and to place
on record its sincere appreciation of the help and encouragement given
by the churches and so many friends who have made the work of the Council
possible. Although it would be impossible to supply a fu ll l i s t , the
Council is extremely grateful to a ll loca l church leaders, both clergy
and lay for their participation andcooperaticn in the work of this ecumenical
movement.