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3. Items discussed by the Committee over the Lily Lau attended as representative of the
past year were: Marriage and Family in Council.
Today’s Hong Kong; the Equal Opportunity
Commission; the Sex Discrimination C. The Committee promoted the annual t£Youth
Ordinance; and the U.N. 4th World Sunday” held on November 5, 1995.
Conference on Women in Beijing, China.

T h e “Message” Editorial Committee
Youth Committee

HKCC’s Chinese publication, “Message”， saw a
strengthening of content since January 1996 and a
The major events of the past year were:
new design since July 1996. The Committee is
A. Visit of the Guangdong United Choir: At the planning a celebration of the 20th Anniversary of
invitation of the Youth Committee, the “Message” in November 1996. The purposes of the
Guangdong United Choir visited Hong Kong publication are to promote the Church’s message
from October 25 - November 1, 1995. Activities toward the new era through the printed word
included an Oratorio singing night; visits to “message” and to respond to issues in the Church
theological seminaries and the YMCA; a joint and society.
choir; and testimonies/sharing with local
churches, seminaries, schools and social service The themes during the past year were:
centers.
1995
B. Attendance at International Conferences September Youth and Sub-culture
October Church Ministry in a New Era
1. A Theology Workshop sponsored by the Towards the 21st Century
Youth Committee of the Christian Conference November/December
of Asia (CCA) was held on November 21-29, Christian Pastoral Care for Top-
1995 in Taiwan. The theme was “Reading Level Professionals
the Bible Through Asian Eyes”. Ms. Cheung
Oi-see of Tsung Tsin Mission and Mr. Kwok 1996
Chun-pon of the Church of Christ in China January/February
represented HKCC at the workshop. Church Unity in Today’Church
s

M arch Women - Ignored or Respected?
2. Mr. Leung Yuen-yiu represented the April Reflections on the Resurrection and
Committee at the Bible Study Workshop of Modem Humanity
CCA on March 5 - 13, 1996. The meeting May Reflections on the Concept of the
took place in Nanjing, the first time such a Family Today
conference had been held in China.
June Responding to the International Year
of the Eradication of Poverty
3. The Asian Committee of the World Youth
Project of the World Council of Churches was
held in the Philippines from April 9-12, July/August
1996. Ms. Lily Lau represented HKCC. The Concern of the Ministries of the
Church in China
4. The Asian Youth Secretaries Meeting
sponsored by CCA Youth Committee was
held on July 18-20, 1996 in Hong Kong. Ms.

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