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held Septem ber 30 - O ctober 2, 1993 in
than 50 people from different countries attended the
G uangzhou. Rev. H arold W ong, President o f the
consultation, sh aring A m ity F oundation's w ork and
U nion Theological Sem inary w as our retreat
vision in C hina. T here w as p lann ing for the future,
speaker. T he staff also m ade a trip to the church
including the building o f the H eadquarters for the
and school in Bei W an County and had discussions
A m ity Foundation. T here has been a good
w ith the local people and governm ent officials.
C hristian w itness in C hina through the w ork of
M any o f the children, because o f poverty, could not A m ity.
afford to go to school and the local governm ent
w ould like to return the school property back to the
A delegation o f 16 people from th e C hina C hristian
church. T he E xecutive C om m ittee has m ade a
Council w as invited by the H ong K ong C hinese
resolution to fund the rebuilding o f the school and
C hristian C hurches U nion to visit H ong K ong. T he
to help all the children to be able to go to school
visit w as originally scheduled for D ecem ber 1993,
free. M r. Fung Sau-chung w as appointed to be a
but due to visa problem s, w as delayed to January
m em ber o f the school board, representing the
1994. T he delegation m ade a visit to the C ouncil
Council. Later, Rev. W endell K arsen and M r.
on January 13, to explore future possibilities o f
P hilip L am led a group from the U nion C hurch
expanding our exchange program s.
H ong K ong and other interested people to visit the
sam e school w ith the intention o f prom oting
Invited by the G uangdong C hristian C ouncil, a
stronger financial support. M any church people
delegation of 11 people from the C ouncil headed by
have also responded. It is hoped that hundreds o f
Dr. L am T ak-ho m ade a visit to Y in D e February
poor children w ill have the opportunity to receive
23-25, 1994. D uring this b rief visit, the delegation
free education in the near future.
gained a belter understanding of the religious
activities in G uangdong.
T he C hinese C hristian A rt E xhibition, jointly
sponsored by the C ouncil and the Y M C A o f H ong
M r. W u M cng-qing, D eputy D irector o f the
K ong and arranged by the A m ity Foundation, H ong
Shanghai R eligious A ffairs B ureau, along w ith
K ong O ffice, w as held O ctober 7-12, 1993 at the
three other officials, visited the C ouncil on M arch
Salisbury Y M C A . Rev. Li P ing-kw ong and M r.
16, 1994, sh aring m utually on religious activities in
W illiam Fu, representing the Council and Y M C A
both C hina and H ong K ong. Rev. F. W. Leung,
respectively, delivered opening rem arks and
President o f the G uangdong C hristian C ouncil and
presided over the ribbon-cutting cerem ony. D r. H e
Rev. M atthew D eng, G eneral Secretary o f the
Qi, representing C hinese C hristian artists, also
Z hejiang C hristian C ouncil also m ade a visit to the
delivered rem arks and acknow ledgm ents. T he
exhibit w as w ell-attended. Council July 13, 1994. I w as invited by the
G u an g /h o u C hristian C ouncil, along w ith eleven
other m inisters from H ong K ong, to m ake a visit to
A delegation o f ten people from the G uangzhou
G uangdong July 21-23, for cultivating better
C hristian C ouncil and the B ureau o f R eligious
C hristian fellow ship and im proving m utual
A ffairs and a delegation o f seven people from the
understanding.
C hina R eligious A ffairs B ureau m ade visits to the
Council respectively on O ctober 16 and N ovem ber
Finally, an international consultation on "The
29，1993. T he purpose o f these visits w as to
C hristian H istory in C ontem porary C hina and E ast
exchange ideas and to prom ote m utual
A sia and M issionary Cases" join tly sponsored by
understanding betw een religious people in H ong
K ong and C hina. the C hina C hristian C ouncil and the N ational
A cadem y o f Social Sciences w ill be held. T his
C onsultation w ill be a very significant contribution
It has alw ays been the policy o f the C ouncil to
to the m issionary m ovem ent, especially in C hina.
support the w ork o f A m ity Foundation for its
T he Council has decided to support this
developm ent projects in C hina. I w as invited to
consultation. It is hoped that the C onsultation will
participate in the 2nd C onsultation for donor
give a new interpretation o f the m issionary
agencies, N ovem ber 20-27, 1993 in Hui Y in. M ore
m ovem ent to reduce m isunderstanding and
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