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4. T he W orld D ay o f Prayer C om m ittee arranged funds collected this year w ere used to support
four services for the W orld D ay of Prayer; two various projects in the w orld.
services at the Y M C A C hapel, Salisbury 5. In 1975, the H K C C received H K $76,505 from
Road, one at the C hung C hi C ollege C hapel, the H ong K ong C hristian com m unity to
and the m ain service in C antonese at the support R elief Program s in B angladesh, Indo­
H ong K ong C hinese M ethodist C hurch. T he c h in a , T an zania and Som alia.
them e "Becom e Perfectly O ne" w as 6. In M ay 1975, over 4000 refugees from South
interpreted through singing, slide V ietnam arrived in H ong K ong. The
presentations, interpretive dance and scripture G overnm ent carried the m ajor responsibility
readings. for their care. T he H K C C w as called to
5. C om m ittee for the P rom otion o f the Y ear of coordinate the various C hristian m inistries in
W om en em erged after the 5th A ssem bly o f the the refugee cam p.
A sian C hurch W om en's C onference in 7. A youth conference w as held in 1975. In
O ctober 1974. T he C om m ittee proposed two O ctober, a Study T our to B urm a and T hailand
m ajor em phases: prom oting the Fellow ship o f w as organized. In February 1976, a prayer
the Least C oin and providing leadership service w as held for the churches in the
training program s for w om en. A booklet for P hilippines. Tw o youth leaders w ere sent to
the prom otion o f the FLC w as printed and the W C C A ssem bly as stew ards and tw o local
N ovem ber o f each year w as designated to participants to a youth exchange program in
collect funds for supporting projects in various H olland and Japan.
countries in the w orld. T he com m ittee also 8. A n A greem ent w as signed by representatives
sponsored a church w ide conference on from the L utheran W orld Federation
"Equality D evelopm ent and Peace" w ith over C om m ission on W orld Service and H K CC
120 church w om en attending the conference. stating that as from January 1, 1976, all
6. Rev. W illiam T ung becam e G eneral Secretary property, equipm ent, m achines, tools,
in 1974.
furniture and fixtures w ould be transferred to
H K C C for the purpose o f carrying out social
1975-1976 service activities. T he legal title to the
building w ould be conveyed to the Council in
1. T hree representatives from the H K C C 1986. T he new H ong K ong C hristian Service
attended the 5th A ssem bly o f the W C C in o f the H K C C w as form ally inaugurated on
N airobi from N ovem ber 23 to D ecem ber 10, January 21, 1976.
1975.
2. A W eek o f Prayer for C hristian U nity took 1976-1977
place on January 18-25, 1976 an d a M usical
W orship Service w as held at the C hina 1. T he overseas relief drive w as officially nam ed
C ongregational C hurch. the 'F ive Loaves and Tw o F ish ,5 C am paign.
3. T he W orld D ay o f Prayer C om m ittee prepared T he total am ount collected w as H K $ 155,000.
four services at four different places on M arch 50 % o f the total am ount w as sent to the W CC
5, 1976. M ost o f the offering from the four for w orld relief. T he rest w as sent for
services w as sent to the W C C to support the agriculture and m edical projects in India and
M aolin C om m unity D evelopm ent Project in B angladesh.
T aiw an, adm inistered by the T aiw an C hristian 2. "The M essage" w as inaugurated in M ay 1976.
Service. Total copies printed w as 3,500. "The
4. T he C om m ittee for the Prom otion o f the M essage" w as sent to schools, theological
International W om en's Y ear com pleted its one sem inaries, m em ber churches and individual
year m andate and a new com m ittee for subscribers.
w om en's w ork w as form ed in early 1976. T he 3. In Septem ber 1976, the W om en's W ork
com m ittee also prom oted the FLC and the C om m ittee appointed five participants to join
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