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arrangements were discussed for the service to be held on Friday,
March 7th at the Methodist Church, Gascoigne Road, Kowloon.
The service was attended by over 700 people.

The theme of the service was "Growing Together in Christ", and as
the service was in the form of Prayer and Meditation the Committee
decided to omit any Speakers. There were two Chinese speaking Leaders
and two English speaking Leaders and the service was in Cantonese
and English. The offering of 1,069 dollars and 30 cents was given to
the EACC for Christian Aid Service to War victims and refugees in Laos.
Because of the experimental nature of the service Committee members
gathered together all the comments that it was possible for them to do.

At the Evaluation Meeting therefore, the Committee was delighted
to realise that there was little, if any, adverse comment. The timing
(one hour) was greatly appreciated, and Speakers were not missed in
any way. As an experiment it was well worth trying. Though the
Committee recognises that this particular form of service might not
be acceptable year after year.

At the Evaluation Meeting, Officers were elected and the Committee
reappointed. It was decided to book the City Hall for the service in
1970. During the year a new Constitution has been discussed and this
has now gone to the officers for their final checking and Comments
and for approval by the HKCC.

The Committee will be very glad to have any comments, criticisms
and suggestions for the coming months of planning, as the Committee
is always anxious to encourage wider interest and closer co-operation
in the Churches.

Hong Kong Christian Industrial Committee

Industry and Church

Industry is Hong Kong's life blood. Its phenomenal growth cannot
but creat numerous human and social problems. It has been amply
demonstrated that whatefer happens in industry will have a terrific
bearing, not only on the 500,000 industrial workers, but also on
every citizen in this place. Hong Kong is an industrial society.
The Christian church has to face this fact and challenge.

In 1968, the Hong Kong Christian Industrial Committee continued
her task of serving industry and of bringing Christian faith to bear
upon industrial life. The task is immense but a firm start has been
made.

Strategy

Mobilize existing groups by bringing them together.
Form new groups for specific purposes.

Concentrate on Kwun Tong.

Programme

1. Workers: contact and education of industrial workers is our top
priority.

(a) regular factory, dormitory visits. This involves no programme
in the formal sense. Or one can say that the staff is the
programme.

(b) conducting groups of workers in social centres and evening
school.

(c) a seminar "Workers in Hong Kong" for 22 trade union officials.