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6. The Library was moved to a room in the CCLC on 2nd Peace”，over 120 church women attended the
floor of the Christian Centre. There were altogether conference.
1,508 books including 1,035 volume in English.
7. The Joint Committee for Development met for many
times seeking common concern of both the Roman
Catholic church and the HKCC.
8. The United Christian Hospital was officially opened 1975-1976
by His Excellency Sir Murray MacLehose，the 1. Three representatives from the HKCC attended the
Govenor of HK on December 6 , 1973. 5th Assembly of the WCC in Nairobi from November
23 to December 10,1975.
2. A Week of Prayer for Christian Unity took place on
January 18 through 25, and a Musical Worship
1974-1975 Service was held at the China Congregational
1. To participate in the world-wide churches* concern Church.
about famine, the Council designated Good Friday, 3. The World Day of Prayer Committee prepared four
March 28, 1975, as a day to fast and to remember how services at four different places on March 5. Most of
Christ gave Himself for others. Other than collecting the offering from the four services were sent to the
offerings from worship services, many churches took WCC to support the Maolin Community Development

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the form of sponsoring “amine lunches”to raise Project in Taiwan, administered by the Taiwan
funds. As a result, over HK$155,000 was raised. Most Christian Service.
churches and Christian service agencies sent their 4. The Committee for the Promotion of the International
collections to HKCC which was then forwarded to Women’Year completed its one year mandate, a new
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Bangladesh and Africa through WCC. committee for women’s work was formed in early 1976.
2. The Church Unity Committee initiated and promoted The committee also promoted the FLC and the funds
a monthly gathering of a group of Chinese clergymen collected this year were used to support various
to discuss a variety of topics. The participants took projects in the world.
turns to arrange the program. 5. In 1975, the HKCC received HK$76, 505 from the HK
3. This year, a variety of activities took place during the Christian community to support Relief Programs in
Week of Prayer, January 18-25, 1975 for Christianity: Bangladesh, Indo-China, Tanzania and Somalia.
Pulpit Exchange on Unity Sunday, January 19; six 6. In May 1975, over 400 refugees from South Vietnam
churches in Tsuen Wan held a joint worship service at arrived in HK. The Government shouldered the major
St. Peter’Church on Unity Sunday; Bishop Baker responsibility of caring, the HKCC was called to
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invited clergy and ministers of all denominations to coordinate the various Christian ministries in the
participate in the Holy Communion followed by a refugee camp and the form of care from the churches
breakfast fellowship on Thursday morning, January was chiefly spiritual.
13, 1975. The high light of the week centered at the 7. A youth conference was held in 1975. Then in October,
Musical Worship Service held on Friday evening at a Study Tour to Burma and Thailand was organized.
the Chinese Methodist Church, Kowloon. In February 1976, a prayer service was held to
4. The WDP Committee arranged four services for the remember the churches in Philippines. Two youth
WDP: Two Services were held at the Salisbury Road leaders were sent to the WCC Assembly as stewards
by YMCA Chapel at 10:00 am and 8:00 pm, one at the and two local participants to a youth exchange
Chung Chi College Chapel at 8:00 pm. The main program for Holland and Japan.
Service in Cantonese was held at 3:00pm at the HK 8. The new Hong Kong Christian Service of the HKCC
Chinese Methodist Church. The theme “Become was formally inaugurated on January 21, 1976. In this

Perfectly One”was interpreted through singing, slide year, HK Church World Service merged its work with
presentations, interpretive dance and scripture Lutheran World Federation, Department of World
readings. There were no sermons. Service. And out of the merger, came the HK
5. Committee for the Promotion of the Year of Women Christian Service - the service arm of HKCC.
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Women’Conference in October 1974. The Committee
proposed two major emphases: to promote the
Fellowship of the Least Coin and to provide
leadership training programs for women. A booklet 1976-1977
for the promotion of the FLC was printed, and 1. This year the drive was officially named “hared your
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November of each year was designated to collect five loaves and two fishes”campaign. The total

funds for supporting projects in various countries in amount collected was about HK$155,000. 50% of the
the world. The committee also sponsored a church total amount was sent to the WCC to help the need all
wide conference on ‘‘quality Development and over the world; the rest was divided equally for
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