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M nutes o f the General Council, of
Hong Kong Council of Churches

Time： Monday, 18th January, 1954 at 1 1 a.m.

P lace： Room. 304, Gloucesterr B ldg., Off ice o f the HK Bible Houses
present- Archdeacon H Lee (HK Chinese Chr istia n Churches Union)
Dr. So Tat Ming )
Rev. F.L. Cheng. ) ) -Church of Christ in China Assocn.
Rev. John K.C. Ma)
Major Percy Li Standle y )
Lt. Col. F.T. Wall er ) - The Salvation Army
L ieut. Baldin Lau }
Dr. Arthur S Olson)
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R e v . Allen Chli ) - Lutheran Missions
Rev. Pang Fu )
Rev. Wong Chung Hoi) )
Rev. Wong Tsok ) - Methodist Church
Rev. Paul Jefferies )
Mr. Lam Chi Fung ) - Baptist Church Union
Rev. Lau Yuet Saing)
Bishop R.O. Hall )
R ev. Paul T' so ) - Sheng Kung Hui
Rev. Cheung Wing Kgok)
Rev. R. Trueman - European m inisters and Clergy
Rev. William A. H illiard 7th Day Adventists Mission
Rev. J.P . Anderson
Mr. S. H. Pang.- Chinese Y.M.C.A.
Miss Wong Yuk Mui - Y.W.C.A.
Rev. Ching Ming Lee
Rev. Chan Tit Long
Rev. J.E. Sandbach - Odng-ujrtiuTios cub-conn&ttsQ.
2 prayer was offered by L t. Col. W aller,
3., Words o f welcome to a ll the representatives present at this- General
Council by Rev. J. E. Sandbach who acted-as chairman.
Rev. John K.C. Ma was nominated to take the minutes o f th is meeting.
5, Rev. Cheung Wing Kgok was chosen as interpreter in th is meeting.
6. The follow ing actions were taken：
a* Having omited ths phrase from time to tim e», change^the word

e f f ecting to a ffe ctin g in paragraph 2 ; f5 other members1 being
changed t o 7 other members» in paragraph 4, the Con stitu tion of

Hongkong Council o f Churches1 as drawn up by the sub-committee
was accepted^r^c^XA^.
b. Both Chinese and English are observed as o f f i c i a l languages.
c. Election o f o ffic e r s ：
Chairman - Canon Paul T' so Vice-chairman - Rev. J.E. Sandbach
Secretary (English) Rev. R, Trueman (Chinese) Rev. John Ma^

Treasurer：M r Lam Chi Fung
Executive members - Col. W aller, Rev. Y.S. Lan, Rev. Olson,
E x - o f f i c i o m e m b e r s - B i s h o p R . O . H a l l , R e v . W . N . C h e u n g & A r c h . L e e Rev. C.H. Wong, Rev. J.P. Anderson, Mr. S.H. Pang & Miss Y.M, Wong

The Executive was asked to meet and work out things in detail s to be
submitted to the General Council fo r approval.
8. The meeting was closed with benediction by Bishop R .0. Ha11.