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OTHER WORK AFFILIATED AGENCIES

In order to encourage awareness among local All of the Council’s affiliated agencies issue
Christians and to motivate them to be more concerned annual reports. If you are interested in any of them,
for the peace of the world, we promoted the 1983 please feel free to make direct contact with the
world-wide ecumenical call for ’’Peace on Earth’’. organization. As the chief liaison officer between
This was carried out during the Advent/Christmas the Council and these agencies, I want to highlight
season, and was a call to build a chain of peace and some of the things which might be of interest to you.
light in the darkness of poverty and violence in the
world. Materials in both Chinese and English were HONG KONG CHRISTIAN SERVICE
specially prepared for this promotion.
Heads of the Hong Kong Buddhist Association, This is multi-service agency for which the General
the Hong Kong Taoist Association, the Hong Kong Secretary has direct responsibility. It has 36 service
slamic Society, the Hong Kong Confucian Society, units and employs a full-time staff of more than 520.
the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong and the Its services include:
HKCC continued to meet twice a year. As in previous 1. Pre-school Children’s Services:—
years, a gathering was held and a joint statement was a. Infant Stimulation and Parent Effectiveness
issued during the Chinese New Year period. Training Project
In 1971, the HKCC and the Roman Catholic b. 4 Day Care Centres (inclusive of 7 integrated
Church jointly organized the Joint Ecumenical units)
Committee on Development. Last year, the Committee c. A special Child Care Centre (in the planning
helped to sponsor the Asian Seminar on a Christian stage)
Perspective on Adult Education in a Changing World, 2. Children and Youth Social Work
organized by Caritas. The report of the proceedings a. 8 School Social Work Units
of the Seminar is now ready. A paper based on the b. 4 Children and Youth Centres
findings of the Seminar is to be prepared for the 4th c. 2 Outreaching Social Work teams
World Conference on Adult Education sponsored by
UNESCO.