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again one of the highest in recent years. The offering years, except those projects in mainland China, we usually
collected on that day was donated to the churches in channel our relief funds through W.C.C. to different parts
Burma. of the world.

Besides, the Scholarship Sub-committee of the Council
Social Concern - Five Loaves and has also been related to its counterpart in the W.C.C. Four
people have been granted scholarships by the W.C.C.
Two Fish Campaign: through the Council during this year:-
One of the most important tasks of the Council is to
raise fund for charity purposes especially for world hunger Miss. Lam, So-Yuk-
and human suffering. Since 1976 this perennial campaign studying towards her Master of Education degree in
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has been given a name called “ive Loaves and Two Fish” Counselling at the University of Manchester in the U.K.
Compared with other Asian countries, the responses from Miss. Ling Olivia Lam -
Hong Kong churches for charity work have been generous studying towards a diploma course in Social Development
and much appreciated by the world bodies. at Coady, Canada.
Rev. Chu, Wood Ping and Miss Lo, Hilda Lai-Man -
F
The Council has been publishing the “ive Loaves and
s
Two Fish”Christmas cards for several years. Last year we studying for a ten week course at St. George’College in

Jerusalem.
sold 267,900 cards with an income of HK$535,800-
Donations from churches, schools and individuals The Christian Conference of Asia is another
amounted to about HK$ 900,000. Thus altogether a sum of ecumenical body with which the Council is related. The
HK$1.45 million was raised for the Campaign.
s
main theme for C.C.A’Mission Conference in 1989 is “The
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Mission of God in the Context of People’ Struggle”
Last year the Executive Committee disbursed the fund Several consultations have been organized by C.C.A.
for the following projects: around this topic.
Bangladesh Flood Rehabilitation
Project...........................................................HK$256,000. The first consultation was held in Taipei on 21st-25th
Southern Sudan Famine November, 1988. The purpose of this consultation was to
Relief............................................................. 156,000.
Earthquake Rehabilitation Project look at this main theme from the sub-regional point of
in Yunan, China........................................... 236,000. view. Therefore, representatives from four East Asian
Lin Xa Village Rural Development countries including Korea, Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong
were invited to attend. Four delegates, representing
Project in Jiangsu, China........................... 200,000.

Armenia Earthquake Rehabilitation ordained, lay, women, and youth were sent by the •
Project.......................................................... 156,000. Executive Committee of the Council to participate in this
Zhejiang Flood Rehabilitation Consultation. They were: Rev. Daniel Chow
Project.......................................................... 100,000. Mr. David Lin
Ms. Josephine Tso
Ms. Lai, Ying Ying
The total amount for the above allocations was
HK$1.14 million and the balance was kept as emergency The second consultation on “Development Education
fund.
in the Industrialized Countries of Asia”was held, in Kyoto,

Japan from the 28th May to the 3rd June, 1989. Three
In order to strengthen the work of the Five Loaves and
Two Fish Campaign, a subcommittee of seven members delegates, Rev. Ying-ngok Yu, Rev. Miss Mary Au, and
Mr. Joseph Kaung were sent by the Executive Committee
including Ms. Ko Siu Wah, the Rt. Rev. Peter Kwong, Rev. to attend the meeting.
Li Ping Kwong, Rev. John Tse, Rev. Yung Kok Kwong,
Mr. Simon Sit, and Col. A.A. Lim has been formed by the
Executive. The third meeting under the topic “An Asian
Ecumenical Workshop on the Impact of Tourism - Its

Challenge to the Mission of the Church of Asia”was held
Ecumenical Fellowship: in Thailand on 20th-29th July, 1989. The Executive
One of the objectives of the Council is to maintain a Committee requested the Y.W.C.A. to send one of its
close relationship with local and overseas Christian workers, Mr. Chun, Ping Kit, to attend the workshop.
churches and organizations. Over the years, the Council
has been maintaining such fraternal relationships. The fourth one, “Asia Mission Conference”，the
highlight of a series of consultations, conferences,
Our relationship with the World Council of Churches workshops sponsored by the C.C.A., will be held in
is mainly on relief and development projects. Through the Indonesia, 21st-27th September, 1989. A delegation,
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