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W om en's L eader T rain in g held in South 4. Tw enty-four teachers and social w orkers
K orea. In M ay 1977, tw o delegates w ere also visited T aiw an during the C hristm as holidays.
appointed to the attend the 6th A ssem bly of T his trip w as sponsored by the Presbyterian
the C hristian C onference o f A sia and the C hurch in Taiw an. Tw enty-one young
A sian W om en's F orum o f the C C A in Penang. professionals also visited Taunggyi, M andalay
F our m ore w eekend sem inars w ere planned and R angoon.
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for 1977 begin nin g in M ay. 5. W om en’ W ork C om m ittee arranged two
4. A n estim ated 2,000 C hristians participated in sem inars on the topics cH ow to A rrange

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1977 W eek o f P rayer for C hristian U nity. The W om en’ P rogram s” and ‘echniques in

celebration included seven D istrict Prayer V isitation”in O ctober and D ecem ber. T he
Services, a Praise in W orship Service and a C hinese N ew Y ear C elebration Service w as

Pulpit E xchange. N early 30 churches w ere held at the M arin ers’ Club. A lso, the
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involved. T he Joint C om m ittee on the W eek Professional C hristian W om en’ L uncheon
o f Prayer for C hristian U nity w as chaired by w as held in A pril. R epresentatives w ere sent
Rev. Fr. H arold N aylor. to the E cum enical C onsultation o f
5. T he W orld D ay o f P rayer service w as held on Theologically T rained W om en, A sian C hurch
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M arch 4, 1977. T he C om m ittee sponsored W om en’ C onference 6th A ssem bly and the
four w orship services. T he offering received 3rd A sian E cum enical C entre in M anila.
6. Rev. K w ok N ai-w ang becam e the G eneral
w as given to an agricultural project in India.
6. T he Joint C om m ittee on D evelopm ent, form ed Secretary o f the H K C C as o f January 1, 1978.
by representatives from the H K C C and the
R om an C atholic D iocese o f H ong K ong, 1978-1979
conducted a sem inar on "Social Progress and
E conom ic D evelopm ent" on N ovem ber 27, 1. D uring this year, the C ouncil engaged in a
1976. T here w ere about 90 participants from great deal o f ecum enical activity. T he W eek
a variety o f professions. o f Prayer for C hristian U nity w as organized
7. Tw o study tours w ere conducted, one visiting by an E cum enical U nity C om m ittee; the
India, N epal and B angladesh, and the other observance o f the 92nd W orld D ay o f Prayer
visiting B urm a, T h ailan d and T aiw an. T he w as on M arch 2 w ith over 800 participants;
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Y outh C om m ittee also helped in a 150- the W om en’ W ork C om m ittee held a series
delegate regional youth conference sponsored o f sem inars for over 80 leaders from local
by the C C A held in M ay. congregations; the Y outh W ork C om m ittee
8. T here w ere about 180 college students conducted two surveys and organized
involved in the C ollege Student W ork Project. intensive L iturgical Renew al W orkshops
E ach student w orked eight hours a w eek and consisting of tw elve two hour sessions; a

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received H K $200, later on increased to reference bulletin on H ong K ong’ E conom ic
H K $220. and Public A ffairs continued to be published;
‘The Message” （Chinese) and ‘ew s and
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Views”（English) communicated a concern for
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C hristian U nity and M ission.
1. T he Joint C om m ittee on D evelopm ent 2. T he Five Loaves and Tw o F ish C am paign
collected H K $73,874 this year for flood relief
published a 32-page booklet on Social
and service projects in India and other
Progress and E conom ic D evelopm ent.
2. T he Five L oaves and Tw o F ish C am paign countries in A sia.
raised H K $ 6 1,548 for victim s in South India. 3. A new Secondary School R eligious E ducation
3. Starting from February 1978, the circulation syllabus w as designated by the E ducation
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o f ‘h e M essage”increased from 3,500 to C om m ittee and the E ducation Secretary o f the
5,000. It w as distributed to the m em ber Council. Tw o C hristian m odels for student
churches and schools free o f charge. developm ent w ere also introduced - a one
w eek study cam p and a five w eek cam p.

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