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4. A delegation o f sixteen m em bers from and Prof. C hen X ida on different
the C hina R eligious A ffairs B ureau occasions, exchanging ideas on church
m ade a visit to the C ouncil, N ovem ber m atters, during the L utheran W orld
1, 1996, exchanging ideas on religious F ed eratio n ’s 9 th A ssem bly in H ong
issues w ith som e E xecutive m em bers K ong in July 1997.
o f the C ouncil.
FIVE LOAVES AND TWO FISH
5. T he E xecutive C om m ittee in its 4th
m eeting approved the form ing o f a B etw een 1996 and 1997, T he F ive L oaves
“M ainland L eadership T raining and T w o F ish C am paign o f H K C C has
F oundation” and hoped to have supported the follow ing projects:
H K $200,000 to be raised in 1997.
China:
6. A delegation w as organized to visit
B eiw an P rim ary School on M arch 28- 1. Anhui Province: Flood rehabilitation
30, 1997 to receive a site report and projects: H K $400,000
update on the school.
A. Dong Yu County:
7. T he C ouncil invited the G uangxi
rebuild 57 houses for the poorest
C hristian C ouncil to visit H ong K ong
farm ers in the X ing F u village.
from A pril 22-28, 1997. B esides their
visiting som e churches and
B. Huai Yuan County:
organizations, an O pen F orum on the
G uangxi C hurch situation w as held on rebuild three prim ary schools:
A pril 25, attended by about thirty (1) T he Z hang B a P rim ary School
people. in X iang Q iao tow nship,
(2) T he R ong M iao P rim ary
8. T he D irector o f the G uangzhou S chool in the C hu Ji village,
R eligious A ffairs B ureau and tw o other (3) T he G uan X iang P rim ary in
officers m et w ith several C ouncil the Fei H e tow nship.
m em bers on A pril 26, 1997, discussing
plans to celebrate H ong K o n g ’s return 2. Guangdong Province:
to C hina w ithin the religious
com m unities, scheduled for July 12 in A. Beiwan Primary School
G uangzhou. H K $490,000
B eiw an P rim ary S chool has
9. T he Z hejiang delegation o f the
entered its third year o f operation
R eligious A ffair B ureau m ade a visit to
now . It has an enrollm ent o f 608
the C ouncil on M ay 3, 1997,
students in 1996/97 school year.
exchanging ideas on religious issues
T his school is funded u n d er a
w ith several C ouncil E xecutive
student sponsorship program . D ue
m em bers.
to the expected increase o f the
student enrollm ent in the 97/98
10. A P hoto E xhibition on “R eturn to the
school year, four classroom have
L and o f C hina” w as jo in tly sponsored
been added to the school
by the C ouncil and the Y uen L ong C ity
com pound and a student dorm itory
H all. T he opening cerem ony w as
w ill be bu ilt in the com ing year
held on June 28, 1997 at the Y uen
funded b y the S unbeam C h ild ren ’s
L ong C ity H all, raising funds for the
Foundation.
“Y ellow P lateau” project to send
children back to school.
B. Flood relief project H K $350,000
11. T he G eneral S ecretary m et w ith Dr. 120,000 k g o f rice for th e flood
H an W enzao, P resident o f the C hina victim s in Y uan T an tow nship in
C hristian C ouncil, R ev. B au Jiayuen Q ing C heng A rea, Q ing Y uan and
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