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1971-1972 w ere being finalized, th e G en eral S ecretary M r. N gai
left th e C o uncil and it w as discovered th a t th e C o uncil
1. A t th e re q u e st o f th e G ov ern m ent Inform atio n
faced serio us fin an cia l problem s. Rev. T u rnip seed w as
S ervices, th e C o uncil supplied in form ation on th e ask ed to a c t as G en eral S ecretary u n til a n o th e r
a ctiv itie s of th e P ro te sta n t ch u rch es in H K , w hich G eneral S ecretary w as found.
w as included in th e C h ap ter on R eligion of th e HK
3. T he ch u rc h e s in H K once a g a in helped to ra ise n early
A n n u al R epo rt 1971.
2. D urin g th e year, th e C o uncil appo inted re ­ HK$40,000 to enable th e C ouncil to fu n ctio n th ro u g h
th e AGM 1974 an d to allow tim e to develop a m ore
p resen tativ es to p a rtic ip a te in p erm an en t so lu tio n to th e fin an cia l crisis.
a. W orld A ssem bly of th e W orld C o uncil of C h ristian
4. T he A n g lican C h u rch a t th e re q u e st o f th e C o uncil
E d ucatio n, agreed th a t Rev. A lan C h an to be th e A ctin g G en eral
b. T he W orld C o n su lta tio n on C h ristian C ouncils held
S e cre ta ry effective from J a n u ra ry 1, 1973 to AGM
in G eneva,

c. A Chinese Christian Broadcasters’Conference in 1974.
HK, 5. O n M ay 14, 1973, a S ocial G en eral M eeting w as
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d. The South East Asia Radio Voice Directorate’ convened and th e revised c o n stitu tio n an d by-law s of
th e C o uncil w as u n an im ou sly approved in th e
m eeting in R angoon.
m eeting.
3. T he C ouncil an d th e H K C h ristian Service appealed 6. F o r th e first tim e, th e C o uncil had raised funds for th e
to th e lo cal C h ristian C om m unity for su p p o rtin g a S um aga Girls* V o catio n al T ra in in g School in Sri
service project called ‘Mercy Ship’and received

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H K $7,223.55 and 6000 lbs of used cloth ing . A ll th ese
c lo th in g w as tu rn e d ov er to th e H K Red C ross to send
to Ind ia and th e m oney w as rem ain in g in th e service.
4. D u rin g th e W eek of P ra y e r for C h ristian U n ity 1972,
one of th e sig n ific an t pro gram w as th e D istrict P ra y e r 1973-1974
M eetings. M any c h u rch es n o t previou sly involved in 1. T he new stru c tu re o f th e H K C C b ro u g h t th e D ivision
th e W eek o f P ra y e r activ itie s a tten d e d th e m eeting. of C h ristian M ission in to being. In O cto ber 1973, a
5. T he E cum en ical L ib rary now m ade av ailab le som e C om m ittee of n in e m et for th e first tim e. T h ere w ere
1,000 volum es in E n g lish and C hinese in five basic fou r o p eratio n bodies u n d er th e D ivision: S cho larsh ip,
a rea s and c o n sid era tio n w as being given to m ake it a E d u catio n , Y ou th an d S tu d en t, an d In d u stria l
lead ing lib rary . M ission.
6. T he E d u catio n C om m ittee sponsored a C o n su ltatio n 2. T he U n it on Y ou th an d S tu d en ts p a rtic ip a te d in tw o
on R eligious E d ucatio n. T h is to ok place on M arch 21, Y ou th E cum en ical C o ncerts d u rin g th e W eek of
1972 a t th e conference room of th e C ouncil. 60 people P ra y e r for U n ity , in fun d-raising for V ietnam , an d in
from c h u rch es and C h ristian m iddle schools th e In te rn a tio n a l E cum en ical W ork C am p in K orea
particip ated . w ith fou r y o uth s. Tw o A sian S tu dy T o urs to V ietnam
7. T he E cum en ical S ch o larsh ip s E x ch an ge C om m ittee and T h aila n d w ere org an ized for 31 y o u th s and
w as refo rm u lated in Ju n e 1971 and changed th e stud en ts.
resp on sibilities to serve as liaiso n w ith W CC 3. T he S pecial C om m ittee o f th e C ouncil, in clu ded
sch o larsh ip E x ch an ge P ro gram and w ith th e EACC C h u rch U n ity C om m ittee, W orld D ay o f P ra y e r
S ch o larsh ip s P ro gram , to lo cate o th e r av ailab le E cum en ical L ib rary C om m ittee and J o in t C om m ittee
sch o larsh ip s and to en co u rag e local people to ta k e for D evelopm ent.
a d v an tag e o f existin g o p p o rtu n itie s for fu rth e r 4. T he W eek o f P ra y e r to o k place from Ja n u a ry 15 to
stud ies. Rev. W ong Fook-yu got EACC sch o larsh ip to F e b u rary 1, 1974; an d th e a ctiv itie s in clu ded ex change
stu d y in Ind ia, and M r. F u n g W ai-m an got W CC o f p u lp it, a fellow ship d in n e r in th e C hinese
sch o larsh ip to stud y a t C hicago. M eth o d ist C h urch, K ow loon, a n E n g lish serv ice a t
YM CA, S alisb u ry R oad, an d tw o E cum en ical Y ou th
C o ncerts. A lso a dev o tio n al pam p h let w ith m ed itatio n
and p ra y e r m ate ria ls for w orship serv ice w ere
1972-1973 prepared.
1. T he A udio V isual E vangelism C om m ittee w as m erged 5. T h e serv ices for W D P w ere held bo th in K ow loon
w ith th e A rea o f C o m m un icatio n o f th e C o uncil on M eth o d ist C h u rch and HK St. J o h n ’ C ath ed ral.

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M ay 31, 1973 and H K C S w ith th e D ivision o f S ervice T h ere w ere also serv ices held in th e S a lv a tio n A rm y
on Ju n e 18,1973. C h urches, in th e Sw atow B a p tist C h urch, an d th e
2. F ollow ing th e G en eral A nn ual M eeting in M ay, 1972, A rm ed Services C h urch. T he to ta l offering w as
th e officers and sta ff of H K CC w ere ask ed to develop HK$2,165.10, 90% o f th e offering w as given to th e
pro po sals for m ore effective u tiliza tio n of sta ff and Sum aga G irls V o catio n al T ra in in g C en ter in Sri
im p lem en tatio n of th e goals o f th e C ouncil. As th ese L anka.

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