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Service will then terminate its regular publication print materials for the council. It is hoped this
of the Christian Service News. will increase; our knowledge of each other and
of the work of the Christian community working
SERVICE TO SEVERELY MENTALLY
in partnership.
RETARDED CHILDREN
The overall work of the department has
The Committee for Service to Severely
Mentally Retarded Children is formed by repre­ been guided by a policy committee named by
sentatives of eight churches and voluntary service the Christian Council’s Executive Committee. To
assist the special work of shortwave programming
agencies and an observer from the Social Welfare for the South East Asia Radio Voice, the Com-
Department. The Committee has agreed to
raise funds to provide three years full support munication Department Committee organized
for up to ten severely mentally retarded children the SEARV Sub-committee. As yet we have not
mobilized the larger committee to assist in the
in the newly proposed Children's Hospital of the
Junk Bay Medical Relief Council. A management utilization of the AVEC Production Centre
committee composed of representatives from facilities by the local community. This can be
both the Junk Bay Medical Relief Council and one of the goals for the next year.
the Hong Kong Christian Services Committee
for Service to Severely Mentally Retarded Child­ Though we have not accomplished all we
ren has been appointed to implement the plan. expected, nevertheless. We have come together
organizationally, and are moving forward to-
gether in Christ.
Miss May Siu, a registered enrolled nurse
who was seconded to the project by the Haven
of Hope Sanatorium of the Junk Bay Medical by Heyward Wong, Chairman
Relief Council. The Committee for service to Communication Department
Severely Mentally Retarded Children made it 1973-1974
possible for Miss Siu to go to Canada. She will
be returning to Hong Kong in the summer of
1974 to begin service with the proposed project. ANNUAL REPORT (6/73-5/74)
COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT

COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT Since the Audio Visual Evangelism Committee
ANNUAL REPORT became an integral part of the Council in June
1973-1974 1973, the Department has been very active in
its new role in the communication work. A
summary of the work is listed as follows:
F O R E W O R D
SEARV/CHINESE PROGRAMS
The Communication Department of the
Hong Kong Christian Council is now well estab­ In August 1973 we employed Miss Teresa Chung
lished within the organizational frame-work of
replacing Mr. Windson Lau, as a full time pro-
the council. It represents the logical develop­ gram assistant to work on the programs. Though
ment of the cooperative work in audio visual SEARV has faced a number of difficulties such
concerns which started twenty years ago under as damage from typhoons, the Philippine govern-
the name of the Audio Visual Evangelism Com­ ment policy and the world oil problem during
mittee. With the agreement of both the council the year, the SEARV programs still came out
and the auxiliary organization, the former AVEC well. We received about 24 listeners’ responses
committee merged into the council structure to from different countries in South East Asia
beome Communication Department. during the year. The present schedule of broad-
cast is as follows:
The Communication Department has con­
tinued most of the work pioneered by AVEC, FREQUENCY: 31 meter band,
such as the film and filmstrip services, the local 9,750 kHz.
and shortwave broadcasting and recording work, TIME OF BROADCAST:
and other electronic and visual aid services to 1st broadcast: 2100-2300 GMT
the Christian community. But in addition it has
(HK Standard
taken on the new task of producing informational
Time 5:00-7:00 a.m.)