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meeting on the same subject was held on 26th April, schools are doing.
1989 together with three Basic Law drafters from
China. First of all the Committee made a survey by sending
The Commission on Public Policy had originally out questionnaires to all Christian secondary schools. The
scheduled to hold a seminar on the Basic Law on 1st responses were quite satisfactory. 46% of these schools
June, 1989. But the seminar had to be postponed filled out and returned the forms. After analysing the
indefinitely since two speakers, who were drafters of answers from the returned questionnaires, the Education
the Basic Law from China, were unable to come to Concerns Committee decided to hold two seminars.
Hong Kong due to the recent unrest in the country.
T he first sem in ar o n “C h ristia n A ctiv ities in C h ristian

2. “The Last Temptation”一 Last year in November the S eco nd ary S cho ols”w as held on 11th M arch , 1989, a t W ard

Commission proposed to the Executive Committee to M em orial M eth o d ist C h urch. T h ree sp eak ers w ere invited
voice its protest on the public showing of the film to ta lk on th is su b jec t w ith Rev. N g, C h un chi, based on

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“The Last Temptation of Jesus”A letter was finally th e C h u rc h ’ stan d p o in t, M r. C how , Y iu W ing, based on
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sent to the Government Secretariat expressing our th e sch o o l’stan d p o in t an d Rev. P a u l K w ong, based on the
regret and indignation regarding the public showing chaplain’s standpoint.
of the said film because of its distortion of Biblical
facts causing unfortunate insults to our Lord Jesus. T he second sem in ar on “T he S trate g y and
Im p lem en tatio n o f C h ristia n A ctiv ities in Secondary

3. Anti-Smoking Campaign - In May this year the S ch o o ls”w as held oi> th e 14th an d 15th Ju ly , 1989 a t the
Commission gave support to the Health and Welfare Y.M.C.A. H arb o u r V iew In te rn a tio n a l H ouse. A ltog eth er
branch of Government Secretariat for its anti-smoking th e re w ere eig h t lectu res on five m ain topics:
campaign. The commission also proposed to delete the
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clause “o prohibit those young persons under 18 Rev. Canon Simon Ho and Dr. David C.S. To spoke on

years old to buy cigarettes”in the document in order “The Promotion and Strategy of Christian Work in
to minimize the chance of controlling the young Schools” .
people by the undesirable element in the society. Mr. David Chu Chun Yun and Rev. Ng, Chun Chi
spoke on “How to Prepare and Organize Evangelistic
Besides the above issues, the Commission had also Meetings in Schools” .
paid much attention to other social problems such as Mr. Tong, Po Kwai and Mr. Chow, Yiu Wing spoke on
homosexuality and refugee problems etc. It is expected “The Operation of Student Christian Fellowships”
that the Council would voice its opinions through the Mr. Hui, Lap Chung spoke on ^Knowing Heresies and
Commission in due course. How to Face Them” .
Mr. Lee, Chi Kong spoke on uThe Technique of
Due to the turmoil that occurred in China during May Nurturing the Students” .
and June, the Council had published paid advertisements
in local Chinese newspapers urging all Christians to pray
for peace and justice in China. The Council also urged all
local churches to hold memorial services for the dead. <(Message"
Furthermore, the Council also joined with other

orgaizations to publish advertisements in all major Since the former editor of the “Message”resigned on
newspapers in Hong Kong and Macau urging the 1st October, 1988, we are extremely fortunate to have Mrs.
authority to use peaceful dialogues rather than resorting Jean Chen to take over the editorship of this periodical at
to violent means to resolve all problems. least for the tim e being. M rs. Chen had been an editor of
the Chinese C hristian L iterature Council for alm ost thirty
years. She is well experienced in editorial work. During

this year ten issues of the “Message”have been published.
Education: The themes for the respective issues have been,
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The main direction of the Education Concerns “Reflections on Mission Theology”，“ocial Concern” ，
Committee this year is trying to focus its attention on the “New Target - New Hope”，“Misfortune and Blessing” ，
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relationship between the Church and church-related “Pentecost and Family Life”，“Retirement and Seamen’
schools. At the same time, the Committee is also paying Life” “The M ission of C hurch-related Schools” .
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attention to the possible ways of developing evangelistic
work in non-Christian schools. Since no one can be sure Revision of the Constitution:
about the future of Hong Kong and the problems that the The Chinese draft of the revised Constitution of the
church and church-related schools have to face after Hong Kong Christian Council was completed by the end of
1997, the first thing the Committee had to do is to find out 1987. During early 1988 the draft was handed over to the
what kind of activities, with Christian concern, that these Councils Honorary Legal Consultant, Mr. Moses Cheng,
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