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16. 136 churches representatives from different Tso M an-king. 4000 representatives from
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denom inations participated in ‘he m ore than 100 countries attended the
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H ong K ong in the 9 0 ’”from A pril 17-23. Spirit, R enew the W hole C reatio n ” A fter this

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T he them e w as ‘erving the M illions in A ssem bly, the fiv e delegates shared their
U nity55 and a C hristian M anifesto w as issued. reflections on M arch 15.
17. From A pril 27-M ay 5, a delegation o f ten 5. A delegation from G uangdong C ouncil of
church leaders from the C ouncil visited the C hurches visited H ong K ong at the invitation
churches in Z hejiang Province. o f C hrist C hurch (A nglican). H K C C hosted a
18. A nother delegation o f the B ritish Council of reception for them on A pril 15 at the L utheran
C hurches cam e through H ong K ong on M ay 7 B uilding.
after they had com pleted their visit in C hina 6. W eek o f Prayer for C hristian U nity w as
and on the w ay back to U nited K ingdom . T he observed January 16-23, 1991. A Joint
delegation w as led by Rev. Jam es Rogers, one C om m union Service and B reakfast Fellow ship
o f the V ice-Presidents o f the B ritish Council for the C lergy w as held January 17 at St.
of C hurches. Jo h n ’ C athedral. 250 persons representing
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19. T he A m erican B aptist M ission w ithdrew its 21 different denom inations and organizations
m em bership from H K CC. attended. A lso, the C hurch U nity C om m ittee
20. D r. C arl N ielson o f the W orld L utheran sponsored a forum on A pril 15 w ith
F ederation visited the C ouncil to discuss participants from 6 denom inations and 7
m atters concerning the transfer of the property organizations attending. T he m ain purpose
at 33 G ranville Road. w as to follow up the recom m endations o f the
21. In the end of the M ay, Rev. T hom as L ung "C onsultation on the M ission o f the C hurch in
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after serving the C ouncil for 30 years, retired H ong K ong in the 9 0 ’” .
and returned to the U nited States. 7. T he W orld D ay o f Prayer (H ong K ong)
22. T he G eneral Secretary and Rev. C heung M ei- C om m ittee w as form ally designated a sub­
chun represented the C ouncil at the 7th CCA com m ittee o f the U nity C om m ittee in O ctober
A nnual G eneral M eeting from June 5-13 in 1990. T he W orld D ay o f P rayer W orship
M a n ila , Philippines. Service w as held M arch 1 at C hina
C ongregational C hurch. Rev. N g C hun-chi
1990-1991 w as the speaker and 350 people attended. An
offering w as collected for the H ong K ong
1. Rev. D r. T so M an-king becam e G eneral C hristian A id to Refugees.
Secretary on A ugust 1, 1990. 8. T he Social C oncerns C om m ittee sponsored a
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2. H ong K ong C hristian A id to R efugees w as y e a r-lo n g ‘W e L o v e H o n g K ong" C am paign.
adm itted to the m em bership of H K C C at the A broadly representative and active C am paign
36th AGM . C om m ittee w as headed by Rev. Lo Lung-
3. D r. T so M an-king attended the A m ity kw ong (C hairperson), M r. Lai K am -cheung
C onsultation in N anjing in N ovem ber 1990. (V ice-C hairperson), Rev. Hoi Siu-hing
He also attended the A sia Pacific Forum in (Secretary) and D r. T so M an-king (Treasurer).
H ilo, H aw aii from D ecem ber, 7-13. T he M ajor activities included essay, draw ing,
Forum w as jointly sponsored by CCA , Pacific photo and slogan com petitions; m ock election;
C onference o f C hurches and the E cum enical academ ic forum ; lW e Love H ong K ong"
C ouncil o f C hurches. Sunday; C hurch M usic Festival and T im e
4. Five participants from H ong K ong attended C apsule B urial C erem ony.

the 7th A ssem bly of the W orld Council of 9. “A m erica Sosa F orum ”w as held on 28
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C hurches in C anberra, A ustralia in February. featuring M s. Sosa, a m inority w om en’ leader
T he delegates w ere Rt. Rev. Peter K w ong, w ho shared her experiences w orking for the
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Rev. Y ung K ok-kw ong, Rev. Li Ping-kw ong, w om en’ m ovem ent, hum an rights and
D r. K w ok Pui-lan and G eneral Secretary, Dr. dem ocracy in El Salvador and the U nited

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