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Other than collecting offerings from worship services,

many churches and church groups took the form of sponsoring
"famine lunches" to raise funds. As a result, over
HK$155,000.- has been raised from the Christian Community
of Hong Kong. Some churches forwarded their collections

directly to the Christian Aid of the British Council of
Churches and the World Council of Churhces in Geneva.

Most churches and Christian service agencies sent their
collections to the Hong Kong Christian Council. As of
May 12, 1975 the Council received over HK$67,800.- which
has been forwarded for use in Bangladesh and Africa through

the Commission on Inter-Church Aid, Refugee and World Service
of the World Council of Churches.

To be like Christ, the church must share its resources with
others. It has been said that one side of the coin is

privilege the other side is responsibility. The Council is
grateful to all the churches, Christian schools and service
agencies and individual Christians for their support and

participation in the fund drive.

MORATORIUM

The Executive Committee examined the recommendations from
the Asia Inter-Church Aid Consultation, sponsored by the
World Council of Churches and the Christian Conference of

Asia, on the issue of moratorium. From out of the discussion,
the following stance pertaining to the concerns of moratorium
was formulated:

1) The Hong Kong Christian Council is committed to
working towards total financial self-support in

its administrative, policy-making and supervisory
apparatus. At present, 81% of the needs Council's
General Office come from local sources. In this