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28, 1958 - January 1, 1959, under the 10. A lecture on C hristian citizenship w as given to
C hristian m iddle schools and an essay
auspices o f the E ast A sia C hristian
com petition on citizenship held am ong m iddle
C onference (EA C C ).
8. T he integration plan o f IM C and W C C w as school students. A n arrangem ent w ith cable
R e-diffusion H ong K ong allow ed broadcasting
approved.
9. In response to the jo in t appeal o f W C C and on the topic of citizenship every Sunday.
EA C C , a sum o f H K $ 3 ,142 w as sent to 11. T he C ouncil form ed an Industrial C om m ittee
in Septem ber 1959.
Indonesia for relief.
10. T he proposed Southeast C hristian B roadcasting 12. T he standing C om m ittee on E cum enical
Scholarship E xchange w as set up July 1959.
D evelopm ent Program w as approved.
O ne responsibility w as selecting candidates for
11. A ppeals for financial aid for the program of
H K C C w ere sent to B ritain and N orth scholarships from C hurch W orld Service and
from E A C C . A Sw atow B aptist preacher w as
A m erica. T he response w as encouraging.
selected to be the recipient o f the CW S
scholarship for theology.
1959-1960
1960-1961
M em bership o f H K C C w as now com posed of
18 m em ber churches and organizations.
1. E A C C w orking com m ittee m eeting w as held
2. H K C C sent an official delegate and a
on A pril 25, 1960 in H ong K ong. O ther
consultant to the E A C C A ssem bly in M ay 1959
m eetings that m onth included "Life, M ission
in K uala L um pur.
3. T he H K C C helped the E A C C to organize a and U nity o f the C hurch" and a M issionary
C onsultation at the C hurch G uest H ouse. Four
service w eekend and an excursion com bining
delegates w ere appointed by H K C C to
sight-seeing and study. A train in g conference
represent their denom inations.
w as also sponsored by the E A C C .
4. T he observance o f the W eek o f Prayer for 2. C om m onw ealth Y outh Sunday w as observed on
M ay 29. Seven E nglish-speaking churches and
C hurch U nity from January 17-24, 1960 took
eight C hinese churches participated.
place at St. John's C athedral. A jo in t bilingual
3. T he chairperson o f the E xecutive C om m ittee
service o f prayer and intercession w as held on
w as asked to w rite to protest against football
January 18.
5. C om m onw ealth Y outh Sunday w as observed on pools and request the support o f churches and
C hristian schools. A ll the C hinese new spapers
M ay 20, 1959 w ith tw elve churches
and K ai Fong A ssociation united in protest. As
participating. T he G overnor attended the
a result, 11 unofficial m em bers o f the
service.
L egislative Council opposed the bill and all
H K CC protested to the G overnm ent against the
official m em bers abstained from voting. T his
introduction o f football pools. Protests w ere
action w as unprecedented in the history of
printed in daily new spapers and the C hristian
H ong K ong.
press.
4. T he C hinese C hristian Sunday School
7- Four ecum enical representatives and m any
C urriculum C onference o f Southeast A sia w as
church leaders from other countries visited
held from N ovem ber 3-20. It w as attended by
H ong K ong.
over 30 delegates, advisers and consultants
8. C hurches o f six denom inations presented
from eight countries. L ater a proposal w as
contributions for typhoon victim s in Japan in
m ade to form a local standing com m ittee on
response to H K C C 's inter-church appeal.
C hristian E ducation o f the H K CC.
T he C hristian W elfare and R elief Council
5. 75th A nniversary o f the W om en's W orld D ay
received over HK$1 m illion from overseas
o f Prayer C onference w as held February 11-18
donations. G rants w ere given to m em bers for
at H oh Fuk T ong C enter. 35 delegates from 15
w elfare and relief w ork. H K CC itself
countries attended.
sponsored projects in the areas o f training,
resettlem ent an d drug rehabilitation.
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