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Committee (English), and the Council provides
recording facilities through the Communications f. Special Broadcasts -55 minute specials
Centre. The coordinator is responsible for (usually studio produced) that are done to
obtaining speakers, scheduling rotas, overseeing mark important Christian festivals as well as
arrangements and producing most of the special days observed by the Christian
programs listed below. Although the broadcasts community (such as Christmas Eve, Christmas
are done in English, surveys show that the great Day, Holy Saturday, Easter, Ascension Day,
majority of listeners are Chinese who speak Unity Sunday, Bible Sunday, Health Sunday,
Education Sunday and Remembrance
English as a second language.
Sunday) conducted by people drawn from
local churches on a rota basis and normally
1. Christian Radio Broadcasts
a. Morning Prayers - a 13.5 minute program of aired on RTHK (4) on the designated days at
prayers, scripture, reflection and hymns 11:00 a.m.
conducted by a rota of clergy and laypersons
from various churches and aired over RTHK 2. Television Programs
a. Christmas Telecast -a one hour special telecast
(4) Mondays through Fridays at 9:45 a.m.
of a Christmas service taped live at a local
b. Reflections - a new 3 minute broadcast English speaking church sanctuary on a rota
featuring a “spiritual nightcap” offered by a basis and transmitted on Christmas Day. The
core of local clergy and laypersons from a 1994 telecast was taped at Union Church,
number of congregations and aired over Hong Kong.
RTHK (4) Mondays through Fridays at 11:56
b. Easter Telecast - a one hour special telecast of
p.m.
an Easter service taped live at a local English
c. Thought for the Week -an early morning five speaking church sanctuary on a rota basis and
minute commentary on life from a Christian transmitted on Easter Day. The 1995 telecast
perspective presented mainly by laypersons was taped at St. Mary's Chapel.
drawn from local churches and aired over
RTHK (3) on Sunday mornings at 7:30 a.m. 3. Annual Book Offer
In November 1993 and December 1994, a book
d. Sunday Service - a one hour weekly worship was offered over the air to all who would write
service broadcast live from local English in to request one. Some 100 letters were received
speaking church sanctuaries on a rota basis in 1993, and over 120 were received in 1994.
and aired over RTHK (4) on Sunday mornings Follow-up was conducted for any that indicated
a special need in their letters. People of many
at 11:00 a.m.
nationalities wrote in, with a majority being
e. Sunday Magazine - a 15 minute weekly Chinese who speak English as a second language.
religious news program in a magazine format
utilizing materials from ecumenical news
publications and live interviews hosted by
Rev. Rob Gillion and Ms. Sue Mullins and
aired over RTHK (4) on Sunday evenings at
10:45 p.m.

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