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Dr。  Andrew  Hsiao     -  HKCC  Chairman
                                  Dr.  Heyward  Wong     -  HKCC  Hon.  Treasurer
                                  Rev.  David  Kao       -  HKCS  Chairman
                                  Mr.  Homer  Eng        -  HKCS  Hon.  Treasurer
                                  Rev.  William  Tung  -  S ta ff

                  The  Sub-comm ittee  has  held  a  number  o f  meetings  with  LWS
                  represen tatives.     M aterials  concerning  program,  fin an ce,
                  personnel  and  possible  structures  in  the  Council  have  been

                  studied  and  discussed.



                  Subsequently  the  Sub-committee  prepared  and  submitted  to  the
                  HKCC  Executive  Committee  fo r  approval  an  Agreement  statin g
                  the  reason  and  background  of  LWS  tran sferrin g  it s   programs
                  and  re sp o n sib ilitie s  and  HKCC  accepting  th is  tra n sfer  together

                  with  the  follow ing  fiv e   major  statements:


                       1)   That  as  from  January  1 s t ,  1976 ,  a ll  property,  equipment,
                            machines,  to o ls,  furniture  and  fix tu re s  now  owned  by
                            LWF/WS  in  Hong  Kong  w ill  be  tran sferred   to  the  HKCC
                            with  but  one  exception:    the  Scoail  Service  Centre  at
                            33  G ranville  Road,  Kowloon  and  that  th is  exception  is
                            lis te d   to  the  building  fa b ric  only,  not  to  fix tu re s,
                            furniture  and  equipment  in  the  building;  and

                       2)  That  as  regards  the  said  Social  Service  Centre,  th is
                            building  w ill  be  placed  at  the  disposal  of  the  HKCC
                            for  the  purpose  of  carrying  out  so cial  service  a c tiv itie s
                            and,  moreover,  leg al  t i t l e   to  the  building  w ill  be
                            conveyed  by  the  Lutheran  World  Federation  Board  of
                           Trustees  to  the  HKCC  in  1986,  the  year  in  which  expires
                            the  stip u lation   by  the  Central  Agency  in  Germany  that
                            the  building  remain  the  property  of  the  Lutheran  World
                            Federation  fo r  a  period  of  20  years  a fte r  1966;  and

                       3)  That  with  e ffe c t  from  January  1 s t ,  1976,  the  fin an cial
                            assets  of  LWF/WS  in  Hong  Kong  wi l l   be  tran sferred   in  f u ll
                           to  the  HKCC  to  be  used  fo r  the  continued  adm inistration
                           and  operation  of  the  former  LWF/WS  programme;  and

                       4)  That  with  e ffe c t  from  January  1 s t ,  1976,  the  Lutheran
                           World  Federation,  Geneva,  w ill  accept  fu ll  re sp o n sib ility
                           fo r  the  salary  of  the  present  LWF/WS  D irector,  The
                           Reverend  K.  L.  Stumpf,  including  housing  allowance  and
                           other  b en efits  now  availab le  to  him  u n til  his  retirem ent
                           in  December  1978,  th is  assurance  being  on  the  understanding
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