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for uA bused W om en,\ E d u c atio n C onference held in O kin aw a, sponsored by
5. W om en m in isters and full-tim e w om en w ork ers in th e CCA E d u c atio n C om m ittee.
c h u rc h held re g u la r m eetings. T he C ouncil published 6. ‘‘o in t C onference on th e G reen P a p e r on Re­
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in a special issue of o u r “E conom ic and P u blic presen tative G overnm ent”w as officially launched in a

A ffairs”B ulletin . press conference. Tw o L eaflets on R epresentativ e

6. Two y o u th to u rs to C h in a w ere org an ized an d th e G ov ern m ent w as published. T h ere w ere also a n open
Y ou th C om m ittee also helped to a rran g e d an d p repare forum on “G reen P a p e r on th e R epresentativ e
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for th e C h ristian C onference o f A sia’ Y ou th G o v ern m en t”，and a m ass ra lly a t th e K o S h an

A ssem bly to be held in O ctober in D elhi. T h ea tre on th e G reen P a p e r on R epresentativ e
7. A special com m ittee - C om m ission in M ission w as G overnm ent.
form ed in O ctober, 1983 to look a t an d discuss ab o u t 7. Tw o books w ere published: “T h eo log ical R eflection

th e W CC’do cu m en t on M ission and E vangelism , how on E d u c atio n in H ong K o n g ” an d ‘‘aptism ,
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th e tw o m issional concepts applied in H K an d to E u c h a rist and M in istry D ocum en t.”
review th e role o f th e c h u rc h in re la tio n to social 8. T en C hinese p a sto rs from G uang do ng pro vince visited
w elfare w ork in H K. H K C C spo nsoring by 15 lo cal ch u rc h e s in H K.
8. F ive re tre a t cam ps w ere a rran g e d for Form V 9. Sponsored a sem in ar on ‘‘he S in o-B ritish A greem ent:
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stu d en ts. F o r th e la st decade, ov er 1000 stu d en ts its im p licatio n for c h u rc h in H ong K on g.”M ore th an

jo ined th e cam p. T h ere w ere o th e r sum m er activ itie s 200 people atten d ed .
as well. 10. 1985 W eek o f P ra y e r for C h ristia n U n ity Services
9. R eligious E d u c atio n T extbooks in C hinese for F .l to w ere held in th re e d ifferen t areas. T he W orld D ay of
F.5 stu d en ts in its 4th y e a r w as being used in som e 60 P ra y e r S ervices w ere held in C an to n ese an d E n glish
schools. sep arately .
10. In 1983, a to ta l o f HK925,213 w as raised and th e 11. H eld a n E d u c atio n S tu dy C am p w ith a them e
m oney w as se n t to E th io p ia for fam ine re lie f w ork, “D em o cratizatio n o f S chool A d m in istra tio n .”
tw o In d ia n villag es for developm ent pro jects, an d S ri 12. T he G ood S h ep herd C h u rch (SK H ) gave a d o n a tio n of
L an k a for re co n stru c tio n w orld. HK$300,000 for se ttin g up a “C ivil E d u c atio n F u n d .”
11. D u rin g th e year, th e C o uncil h ad v isito rs from 13. H K C C E x ecutiv e C om m ittee received th e pro po sal of
ch u rch es and C h ristia n o rg an iz atio n s from ab o ard e sta b lish in g th e C o m m ittee for C h ristia n C o ncern for
in clu d in g G uang do ng C hurches D elegatio n, B ritish B asic Law .
C o uncil of C hurches D elegatio n, M o d erato r o f th e 14. H K C C sta ff re p re se n ted CCA a t W orld C o uncil of
P re sb y teria n C h u rch U SA , C h ristian C onference of C h u rch es R ound T able M eetin g in A ddis A baba.
A sia D elegatio n, C h ina C h u rch D elegatio n. T he
C ouncil also orgainzed th re e Y ou th S tu dy T o urs to
G uangzhou.
12. H eads o f five relig io u s faith s in H ong K ong and th e
H K C h ristian C ouncil c o n tin u ed to m eet tw ice a y ear 1985-1986
an d issued a jo in t statem en t d u rin g th e C hinese New 1. C om m ission on P u b lic P o licy p u b lish ed a n a rtic le on
Y ear period. th e L eg islativ e C o uncil P o w er an d P riv ileg es Bill
c ritic isin g th e c o n te n t o f th e B ill. T he C om m ission
also held th e C h ristia n D istric t B oard M em bers
M eetin g , h o sted a press co nference to g e th e r w ith CIC
an d A sso ciatio n for D em ocracy an d Ju stic e on th e
1984-1985 conv erg ence o f th e R e p re se n tativ e G ov ern m ent and
1. T he C h airp erso n and th e A sso ciated G en eral th e B asic Law , issued a pu blic sta te m e n t in su p p o rt of
S e cre ta ry of C h ina C h ristian C ouncil held a press th e b lack p eo p le’stru g g le for h u m an rig h ts in S o uth

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conference a t H K C C to give a n in tro d u c tio n o f th e A frica an d held a n a n ti-a p a rth e id m eeting. T he
la te st developm ent o f th e ch u rc h in C hina. com m ission to g e th e r w ith a n u m ber o f civic groups
2. A H K C C re p re se n tativ e a tten d e d th e 31st G en eral called a press conference u rg in g th e E x ecutiv e
A ssem bly of th e P re sb y teria n C h u rch in T aiw an. C o m m ittee o f th e B asic Law C o n su lta tiv e C om m ittee
3. H K C C helped CCA Y o u th C om m ittee o rg an izin g th e to am end its proposed sta n d in g o rd ers, called a n o th e r
‘‘Asian Ecumenical Youth Leaders’ Visitation” which press conference w ith com m ent on th e “R epo rt on th e
covered ch u rch es in N an k in g , S h an g h ai, Fuzhow and D elivery o f M edical S ervices In H o sp itals.”
G uang sh ou . 14 H K C h ristian s th ro u g h H K C C w ere 2. A reso lu tio n w as passed a t H K C C ’ A n n u a l G en eral

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in v ited to stud y th e re ce n t econom ic developm ent in M eeting to a llo c a te HK$234,000 from th e Five Loaves
G uang do ng province. an d Tw o F ish F u nd to M exico for e a rth q u a k e relief,
4. S ponsored a n E d u c atio n S em inar in a jo in t fu n ctio n and to d isp atc h U S$10t000 to C olom bia for V olcano
w ith th e T ao F u ng S h an E cum en ical C enter. e ru p tio n relief. A lso th e re w as a deliv ery o f ov er 5000
5. Tw o d elegates w ere sen t to p a rtic ip a te in th e w oolen sw eaters to E th io p ia. A rran g em en ts w ere also

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