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The staff of the Centre were often invited to A U X ILIA R Y /R E LA T E D
address morning assemblies of secondary O R G A N IZ A T IO N S
schools run by churches, sharing their views on
the effect of the mass media on young people. The work of the Council is not just those of its
Executive Committee, its Committees, and its
staff. The Council is an expression of "Joint
8. Publications Action for Mission". The Council is indirectly
responsible for the work of the following 6
i) Regular Publications
— Message (monthly) organizations, all started or reorganized as a
result of "Joint Action for Mission".
— General Secretary's Report
(monthly)
— Five Loaves and Two Fish Bulletin
(quarterly) 1. Christian Industrial Committee
— News and Views (quarterly)
— Civic Education Reference Bulletin It was started by the Council in 1967 to act
(30 issues per annum) as a voice for the workers. It engages in
labour legislation, counselling and evangelism
ii) Books and acts as an advocate for more adequate
— Faith and Life (Religious Education labour legislation. In recent years, it has also
textbooks for secondary schools
been concerned with public policies affecting
— Booklet on the Green Paper on the the livelihood of workers and their families.
Review of Further Development of
Representative Government in
Hong Kong 2. Hong Kong Christian Service

iii) Occasional Publications It is the social service arm of the Council. It
— Pamphlet on the Basic Law provides 17 different types of social service to
— Reference Materials for the Special the wider community in Hong Kong. Last
Sundays year, it was registered as a separate legal
— The devotional booklet for the entity under the Company Ordinance. It also
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity celebrated its 35th anniversary of serving
— The Liturgy for the World Day of Hong Kong in May-June this year.
Prayer
3. United Christian Medical Service
9. Overseas Relations
It was started by the Council in 1971 (first
Hong Kong Christian Council is a member admission to its hospital in 1973). It serves the
of the Christian Conference of Asia and the Kwun Tong District with a general hospital
Commission on World Mission and Evangelism (United Christian Hospital), a community
of the World Council of Churches. We maintain
health project (Kwun Tong Community Health
cordial relations with many churches, NCCs, Project) and a school of nursing (Nethersole
and church agencies around the world.
School of Nursing). The Hospital has just
embarked on ahuge expansion project and
will become a regional hospital with 1,400
beds by the time of its completion in 1991.

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