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8. Five retreat camps were arranged for Form V students. For 12. The Good Shepherd Church (SKH) gave a donation of
the last decade, over 1000 students joined the camp. There HK$300,000 for setting up a “Civil Education Fund.”
were other summer activities as well. 13. The HKCC Executive Committee received the proposal of
9. Religious Education Textbooks in Chinese for F .l to F.5 establishing the Committee for Christian Concern for Basic
students in its 4th year was being used in some 60 schools. Law.
10. In 1983, a total of HK$925,213 was raised and the money was 14. The HKCC staff represented the CCA at World Council of
sent to Ethiopia for famine relief work, two Indian villages for Churches Round Table Meeting in Addis Ababa.
development projects, and Sri Lanka for reconstruction world.
11. During the year, the Council had visitors from churches and
Christian organizations from aboard including Guangdong 1985-1986
Churches Delegation, British Council of Churches Delegation, 1. The Commission on Public Policy published an article on the
Moderator of the Presbyterian Church USA, Christian Legislative Council Power and Privileges Bill criticising the
Conference of Asia Delegation, China Church Delegation. The content of the Bill. The Commission also held the Christian
Council also organized three Youth Study Tours to Guangzhou. District Board Members Meeting, hosted a press conference
12. Heads of five religious faiths in Hong Kong and the HK together with the CIC and Association for Democracy and
Christian Council continued to meet twice a year and issued a Justice on the convergence of the Representative Government
joint statement during the Chinese New Year period. and the Basic Law, issued a public statement in support of the
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black people’ struggle for human rights in South Africa and held
an anti-apartheid meeting. The commission together with a
number of civic groups called a press conference urging the
1984-1985
1. The Chairperson and the Associated General Secretary of China Executive Committee of the Basic Law Consultative
Christian Council held a press conference at the HKCC to give Committee to amend its proposed standing orders, called
an introduction of the latest development of the church in China. another press conference with comment on the ^Report on the
2. A HKCC representative attended the 31st General Assembly Delivery of Medical Services In Hospitals/'
2. A resolution was passed at the HKCC's Annual General
of the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan.
3. The HKCC helped the CCA Youth Committee organizing the Meeting to allocate HK$234,000 from the Five Loaves and
“Asian Ecumenical Youth Leaders’Visitation which covered Two Fish Fund to Mexico for earthquake relief, and to dispatch

US$10,000 to Columbia for Volcano eruption relief. Also there
churches in Nanking, Shanghai, Fuzhow and Guangshou. 14 HK
Christians through the HKCC were invited to study the recent was a delivery of over 5000 woolen sweaters to Ethiopia.
Arrangements were also made for a renowned local
economic development in Guangdong province.
4. Sponsored an Education Seminar in a joint function with the I ao photographer to photograph the famine situation in Ethiopia and
Sudan for fund raising held in March 1986.
Fung Shan Ecumenical Center. 3. Jointly sponsored the “HK Christian Youth Assembly”in

5. Two delegates were sent to participate in the Education November 1985. Five Youth delegates representing the HKCC
Conference held in Okinawa, sponsored by the CCA Education went to Guangzhon for “he Guandong-Hong Kong-Macau
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Committee. Youth Festival 85" to celebrate the International Youth Year
6. "Joint Conference on the Green Paper on Representative

Government”was officially launched in a press conference. and strengthen links and ties with youths in China.
4. The 46th World Wide Communion was on October 6. 1986
Two Leaflets on Representative Government were published.
There was also an open forum on "Green Paper on the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity was inaugurated with

Representative Government”and a mass rally at the Ko Shan Eucharist followed by breakfast. The Unity Committee
specially published a devotion manual for churches.
Theatre on this Green Paper.

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7. Two books were published: “heological Reflection on 5. A “eminist Theology Forum”was conducted at the YWCA’
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Education in Hong Kong”and “Baptism，Eucharist and Ministry Ann Black Center to look at the experiences of women in HK
and the development of feminist theology. Two delegates were
Document.” sent to attend the Asian Feminist Theology Conference in
8. Ten Chinese pastors from Guangdong province visited the
Manila.
HKCC sponsoring by 15 local churches in HK.
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9. Sponsored a seminar on “he Sino-British Agreement: its 6. Promotion meeting for the World Day of Prayer was held on
January 8, and the World Day of Prayer service, a bilingual one,
implicaion for the Church in Hong Kong." More than 200 people
held at the CCC Presbyterian Church, about 300 people
attended. attended.
1985 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity Services were held in 7. An official delegate was sent to attend the 8th CCA General
three different areas. The worship services were held in Assembly in Seoul. Two delegates were invited by the CCA to
Cantonese and English separately. attend the “Education for Development Conference in
11. Held an Education Study Camp with a theme “Democratization
Sydney.”
of School Administration.”
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