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m ade by all executive personnel o f the Council
6. T he C ouncil fully supports the w ork o f the
and related organizations (C hristian Service,
C hristian C onference o f A sia and the W orld
C hristian Industrial C om m ittee and A udio C ouncil o f C hurches. T he M edical H ealth
V isual E vangelism C om m ittee) to distribute the
D epartm ent o f the C hristian C onference o f Asia,
total salary increase equally am ong all the staff. A sian C hristian Service and the R esearch and
In other w ords, no m atter w hat one's rank or
P urchasing U nit o f the W orld Council of
post, all staff m em bers received the sam e dollar
C hurches had office desks at the H ong K ong
am ount. T his practice w as highly praised by the
C hristian C ouncil. T his show ed the close
Executive C om m ittee m em bers o f the C ouncil
relationship betw een these organizations and the
and church leaders and w as appreciated by the Council.
staff.
7. T he 70's w as the tim e in w hich the C ouncil's
3. T here w as a reorganization in the C ouncil and
w ork proceeded rapidly. It w as truly a joy for
the auxiliary organizations in the early 70's w ith
m e to be a part o f starting and com pleting m any
the D ivision o f M ission and D ivision o f Service
tasks o f unity. T hese tasks included the College
being established. H ong K ong C hristian Service
Students C entre, C ollege Student W ork Project
w as m erged w ith the D ivision o f Service. T he
and the L utheran W orld F ederation Social
Y outh C om m ittee and the A udio V isual
Service D epartm ent m erged into the C hristian
E vangelism C om m ittee w ere put under the
C ouncil. T he M ission B oards o f the
D ivision o f M ission. T he C hristian Industrial
Scandinavian C hurches authorized the Council
C om m ittee w as m ade an auxiliary organization
to m anage Tao Fung Shan in S hatin for 3 years
related to the D ivision o f M ission.
and deliberated over the possibility of
transferring the property at T ao F ung Shan to
T his reorganization established a solid basis for
the C ouncil. C hurch W orld Service o f the
the organization and adm inistrative structure of N ational C ouncil o f C hurches, U SA and the
the Council.
L utheran W orld F ederation in G eneva
respectively assigned the properties at K ow loon
In order to reach the goal o f localization, all top
T ong and G ranville R oad to H ong K ong
executive posts o f the C ouncil w ere filled by
C hristian Service for their use w ith the property
C hinese staff m em bers. N on-C hinese staff
rights transferred to H ong K ong C hristian
m em bers stepped dow n to serving as assistants.
C ouncil. O th er events in this period included
the establishm ent o f the W om en's W ork
4. T he logo o f the Council is based on the idea o f
C om m ittee, the form ation o f the Joint
the W orld C ouncil o f C hurches logo. T he
D evelopm ent C om m ittee w ith the R om an
sam pan in the C ouncil's logo sym bolize H ong
C atholic C hurch, the begin nin g o f the
K ong. T his design and the C hinese translation
publication "M essage" and the founding o f the
of the G reek "O ikoum ene" w ere created by a
Five Loaves and Tw o Fish" C am paign.
social w orker o f H ong K ong C hristian Service.
T his original version is still being used.
M y conclusion after ten years o f serving the
Council is this: "Be o f the sam e m ind and love
5. T he site o f the new airport, C hek L ap K ok, w as
and having this m ind in Jesus C hrist and w ith
form erly a cam ping and farm ing site for H ong
the pow er o f Jesus C hrist all things can be
K ong C hristian Service. T he area originally
done." M ay m em bers o f the H ong K ong
covered h alf o f the island and w as transferred to
C hristian C ouncil diligently continue to let
the A m erican B aptist M ission in the early 70's.
C hrist be in them and let them be in C hrist,
I used to travel to the island by sam pan
connecting every part o f the Body to prom ote the
frequently from C astle Peak V illage in the N ew
unity o f the C hurch.
T erritories to exam ine the w ork. T he only pier
on the island w as built by a group of college (Rev. William Tung was General Secretary of the
students during a sum m er w ork cam p. Hong Kong Christian Council from 1974-1977)
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