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including Rev. Lo, Lung-Kong, Miss Hannah Lai-Kuen Christian Church for the benefit of the society in Hong
Wong, Miss Ho, Siu-Hing, Miss April Mui-Ching Lai, Mr. Kong.
Andrew Lup-Chun Kwok, and our Executive Secretary,
Mr. Philip Lam, has been selected by the Executive
Committee to attend this conference. Missioin and Theology:
The Commission on Mission and Theology had
The Asian Church Women’Conferecne held a 4 day sponsored a Forum on the 11th November, 1988 at
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international seminar on ‘‘amily Life’’n Hong Kong Mongkok Church, Kowloon. Prof. Chen, Ze Min, the Vice
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from the 20th to 23rd July, 1989 at the Lutheran House, President of Nanjing Theological Seminary, was invited to
Kowloon. The Executive Committee had appointed Mrs. speak on ‘‘he next Generation of Church Pastors in China
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Nancy Chow to organize a Preparatory Committee to help 一 The Theological Education Development in China
run the seminar. About 50 participants from Korea, Today” .
Philippines, Thailand, Taiwan, Bangladesh, New Zealand,
India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Indonesia, Pakistan, Australia During this year the major task of this commission is
and Hong Kong attended the seminar. In addition, there to plan and to make preparation for the important
was one supporter from Switzerland. The theme of the consultation to be held in April, 1990. The theme of the

seminar was “Hope in Families —An Asian Perspective” . consultation will be “The Mission of the Church in Hong
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The Four topics were “The Changing Role of Women at Kong in the 90’”
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Home and in Society”，“Conflicts and Adjustment in

Married Life”，“Healing of the Broken Home” and Similar consultations had been held in the 70’and
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“Dynamics of Family Life” 80’ But since Hong Kong is entering into the transitional
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s,
period in the 90’ and Hong Kong people have already
The British Council of Churches had originally been aberrantly anxious about their uncertain future
scheduled to hold an International Conference in resulting in unusual flux of migration, the work of the
Edinburgh, Scotland from 20th to 27th September, 1989. Church in the next decade will definitely be affected.
The theme had been set to be uAn International Dialogue Therefore, this coming consultation will be more crucial
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with Chinese Christians - Living the Gospel in Society” and important than the previous ones. In order to
Many delegates from different countries including more strengthen the preparation work, the Commission has
than a hundred from China had been invited to attend. The invited additional representatives from own member
H.K.C.C. Executive Committee had also appointed Ms. Ko, churches as well as from five non-member churches to form
Siu Wah, the Chairperson, Rev. Li Ping Kwong, the the Planning Committee.
Vice-chairperson, and Dr. Heyward Wong, the General
Secretary to represent Hong Kong and participate in the The draft of the programme has already been
conference. However, due to the recent events occurring in completed, and the staff has been involved in doing a great
China, the Conference had to be postponed indefinately. deal of research in order to provide a sufficient quantity of
background information for the consultation.
Exchanges with Mainland China:
A delegation of ten church leaders from Shanghai, led Public Policy:
by Bishop Sun Yanli, was invited by the Council to visit The Council, through the Committee on Public Policy,
Hong Kong from the 1st to the 8th November, 1988. On has expressed its special concern in many current issues
Sunday 6th November, seven of them were invited to especially those reported below:-
preach in different churches in Kowloon and Hong Kong. 1. Basic Law - Within the religious circle, one of the
They had a wonderful fellowship with Hong Kong important concerns in the Basic Law is about the
Christians during their brief visit here. religious freedom in Hong Kong after 1997. Ms. Ko,
Siu Wah, the Chairperson and Rev. John Tse, the 2nd
Upon the invitation of the Zhejiang Provincial Vice-Chairperson of the Council are both serving on
Christian Council, a delegation of ten church leaders from the Basic Law Consultative Committee. Both of them
the Hong Kong Christian Council was to visit various together with the General Secretary attended several
churches in Zhejiang Province during May 1989. However, meetings on this particular matter. The first meeting
due to the unrest in China during that time the visit had to was held on 12th September, 1988, together with other
be postponed. religious leaders to meet with three members of the
Basic Law Drafting Committee who came from China
A delegation of ten officials from the Quangdong especially for that purpose. The second meeting was
Provincial Religious Affairs Bureau visited Hong Kong held on 22nd April, 1989 with religious leaders of
from 12th to 18th April, 1989. The six local major religious other faiths to discuss the role of religious
groups took turns to host them. They were very impressed communities in the future political structure of the
by the educational, medical and social works done by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Another

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