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(2) To arrange for payment cf all charges for which the Centre
is responsible.

(3) To a rrange for a special ecumenical library fund.

(4 ) To arrange for a long term plan for premium provision.

(5) To arrange for the investment of surplus funds.

(6) To advise the Hong Kong Christian Council Executive
Committee concerning the supervision of the maintenance care
of the Centre.

We are happy to report that during the year, an increasing
number of Christian groups have come to use the Christian Centre
facilities for holding consultations and meetings. The Ministers
and Clergy's fellowship whose members composed of both Homan
Catholics and Protestants have also ccrne to use the Centre’s
Conference Room for their regular meetings. The Department of
Extramural Studies of the Chinese University of Hong Hong is
also making enquires for using the Centre for their evening sessions.
It is our hope that this Christian Centre may continue to be a
place of Christian witness and service as well as a Centre of
Christian nurture in international and interdenominational
relations.

2. Ecumenical Library Committee

The additional of a Library within the Christian Centre was
made possible by a gift from the Kresge Foundation. This
Foundation generously donated US$20,000 for the building plus
US$10,000 for books and equipment.

It was decided by the Library Committee that this Library
should provide materials in limited areas for use of the Church
in Hong Kong and by visiting scholars, bearing in mind material
available in other libraries.

A library assistant has been appointed and books are being
ordered, with the following order of priority being followed in
the initial stages:

(a) Basic Library tools;

(b) Materials of the Ecumenical movement and Inter-church
relations;

(c) Materials for the work of the various committees of the
Council;

(d) Materials relevant to Hong Kogg and the history of the Church
and society in China;

(e) Recent developments on Christian mission and Church renewal;
(f) Limited materials relevant to recent developments in China.

It was also agreed that the Library should collect journals,
letters, diaries and manuscripts etc. of historical importance
to bhe history of the Christian Church in China, with special
reference to the southern region.

The Library is a reference library. Materials may not be
taken away without special permission.

The donation of the Kresge Foundation has been allocated by
the Library Committee for expenditure over three years. Books
have been ordered and the Library is slowly taking shape.