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12. Approved the proposed Southeast Christian Broadcasting 13. The Standing Committee on Ecumenical Scholarship Exchange
Development Program and encouraged the committee to was set up in July 1959. One of the responsibilities was to deal
proceed along the line. with the selection of candidates for the Ecumenical Scholarship
13. Messages from the WCC and IMC were translated and Exchange Scheme of Church World Service and for the EACC
circulated among the churches. scholarship. A Swatow Baptist preacher was selected to be the
14. Appeals for financial aid for the program of the HKCC were recipient of the CWS scholarship for theology.
sent to Britian and North America. The response was
encouraging.

1959-1960
1. There were eighteen representatives of the churches and 1960- 1961
organizations as the HKCC member. 1. EACC working committee meeting was held on April 25 in HK.
2. The Malayan Christian Council asked the HKCC for the There were also a meeting in April on "Life, Mission and the

translation of 800 copies of the Order of Service prepared by Unity of the Church”and a Missionary Consultation, at the
the Canadian Women’League for the World Day of Prayer. Church Guest House. Four delegates were appointed by the

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3. HKCC sent an official delegate and a consultant to participate in HK Christian Council to represent four different denominations.
the EACC Assembly held from May 14-24, 1959 in Kuala 2. The commonwealth Youth Sunday was celebrated on May 29.
Seven English speaking churches and eight churches
Lumpur.
4. The HKCC helped the EACC to organize a service weekend participated.
and an excursion combining sight-seeing and study. A training 3. The chairperson of the Executive Committee was asked to
conference was also sponsored by the EACC. write to protest against football pools and to request the
5. The observance of the Week of Prayer for Church Unity from churches and Christian schools to follow suit. All the Chinese
Jan. 17-24, 1960 was started at St. John's Cathedral. There was newspapers, Kai Fong Association united in protest. As a
also a joint bilingual service of prayer and intercession on Jan. result, 11 unofficial members of the Legco opposed the bill and
18. all the official members abstained from voting, an action which
6. Commonwealth Youth Sunday was observed on May 20, 1959. was unprecedented in the history of HK.
Twelve churches participated. The Governor attended the 4. The Chinese Christian Sunday School Curriculum Conference
service. of South East Asia was held from Nov. 3 to 20. It was attended
7. The HKCC protested to Government against the introduction by over 30 delegates, advisers and consultants from eight
of football pools. Protests were printed through the medium of countries. The result of this conference led to the proposed
daily newspapers and the Christian press. formation of a local standing committee on Christian Education
8. Four Ecumenical Visitors visited Hong Kong in April, May, of the HKCC.
November and December. Many church leaders of different 5. 75th Anniversary of the Women's World Day of Prayer
nationalities visited HK in December and January. Conference was held in Hoh Fok Tong Center from Feb. 11 to
9. Churches of six denominations presented contributions of 18. 35 delegates representing 15 countries presented.
HK$2,760 for typhoon victims in Japan in response to the 6. Auxiliary committees of HKCC including HK Doctor's Christian
s
HKCC’inter-church appeal. Association, HK Christian Welfare and Relief Council and Audio

10. As a result of world wide interest in World Refugee year, the Visual Evangelism Committees. And the standing committee
Christian Welfare and Relief Council had an active year. Gift including Ecumenical Scholarship Exchange Committee,
from overseas amounting to more than a million. The greater Christian Citizenship Movement, HK Christian Family
part of these funds was applied in grants to members for their Promotion Committee and Industrial Committee.
welfare and relief work. The Council itself sponsored in the field
of training, resettlement and the rehabilitation of drug addicts.
11. Lecture on Christian Citizenship was given to students of the 1961- 1962
Christian Middle Schools, an essay competition on citizenship 1. The Council had been looking for a full time Executive
was organized among Middle School students. There was also Secretary ever since 1959. During the past seven years, Mr. S.
an arrangement with Rediffusion for the broadcasting on Y. Lee, the Executive Secretary of the HK Christian Welfare
citizenship every Sunday. The committee lodged a protest with and Relief Council, had been serving the Council concurrently
Government against the legalisation with the proposed as Executive Secretary on a voluntary basis. Mr. Calvin Ngai
institution of football pools in the Colony. took up his duty as Executive Secretary with the council as
12. The Council formed an Industrial Committee in September, from August 1, 1961 and Miss Margaret Yip as office assistant
1959. from March 1, 1962.

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