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6. A uxiliary groups o f the H K C C included H ong * Prayer for C hristian U nity C om m ittee
K ong D octors' C hristian A ssociation, H ong * H ospital C haplaincy Service C om m ittee
K ong C hristian W elfare and R elief Council * C hristian C enter C om m ittee
and the A udio V isual E vangelism Com m ittee. 6. C hristian C itizenship M ovem ent C om m ittee in
Standing com m ittees included E cum enical conjunction w ith the W ah K iu Y at Po
Scholarship E xchange C om m ittee, C hristian sponsored a photographic contest and
C itizenship M ovem ent C om m ittee, H ong K ong exhibition on the them e "G ood C itizenship".
C hristian Fam ily Prom otion C om m ittee and T here w ere 300 entries and 100 w ere selected
Industrial C om m ittee. for the exhibition. A n estim ated 10,000 people
cam e to view the exhibition at City H all from
1961-1962 A pril 5-7.
7. E cum enical S cholarship E xchange C om m ittee
1. T he Council had been looking for a full-tim e had six scholarships available for 1962-63. Six
Executive Secretary ever since 1959. For the applications w ere received and the com m ittee
past seven years, M r. S.Y. L E E , the E xecutive aw arded three scholarships.
Secretary of the H ong K ong C hristian W elfare 8. C hristian Life Fam ily Prom otion C om m ittee
and R elief C ouncil, had been serving the arranged tw o program s for the observance of
C ouncil concurrently as E xecutive Secretary on the C hristian Fam ily Life W eek in M ay. Also,
a voluntary basis. M r. C alvin N G A I took up a study conference on the "C hristian H om e in
his duty as E xecutive Secretary w ith the our C hanging Society Today" w as held in
Council on A ugust 1, 1961 and M iss M argaret K ow loon on June 23-24.
Y IP as office assistant on M arch 1, 1962. 9. T he C hristian E ducation C om m ittee nom inated
2. T he Council suggested to the churches that tw o delegates to attend the T h ird W orld
certain special Sundays be included in their C onference on C hristian E ducation, held July
1962 C alendars in accordance w ith a unified 9-20, 1962 in N orthern Ireland. The
schem e: com m ittee also recom m ended that the H K CC
C hristian U nity Sunday becom e a m em ber o f the W orld C ouncil of
C hristian Fam ily Sunday C hristian E ducation and Sunday School
C om m onw ealth Y outh Sunday A ssociation.
C hristian C itizenship Sunday 10. W om en's W orld D ay o f Prayer for 1962 took
C hristian L iterature Sunday place on M arch 9 w ith two bilingual services.
M edical Sunday T here w ere 800 w om en at the K ow loon service
3. N ine delegates, staff and a reporter from H K C C and 400 at the H ong K ong service. A n offering
attended the T hird A ssem bly o f the W orld w as collected and donated to the H ong K ong
Council o f C hurches held at N ew D elhi, B ible Society.
N ovem ber 19 - D ecem ber 5, 1961. T his w as 11. T he need for a C hristian C enter to house
the first W C C assem bly ever held in Asia. different C hristian organizations had often
U pon their return, the H ong K ong participants been expressed. T his idea m et w ith the
gave reports to churches and C hristian groups. approval o f all m em bers o f the Council.
4. T he C ouncil's E nglish Secretary w as asked by E nthusiastic participation should assure success
the G overnm ent Inform ation Services to w rite in the efforts to raise H K $ 1,200,000 for the
an article on the w ork and activities o f the new C hristian C enter.
P rotestant churches and organizations for that
year. 1962-1963
5. D uring the year, the Council expanded again to
m eet the grow ing needs o f the com m unity. 1. T hree new com m ittees w ere set up:
T he follow ing new com m ittees w ere set up: * C om m ittee for C o-operation in C hurch
* C hristian E ducation C om m ittee D evelopm ent and P lann ing
* C hurch U nity C om m ittee * C om m ittee on U nited Protestant H ospital
* W om en's W orld D ay o f Prayer C om m ittee * Y outh C om m ittee

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