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8. M r. S im on Sit, the C hairperson, M iss w ere also invited.
K o S iu-w ah, and the G eneral Secretary
m et w ith representatives from the 11. St. Jo h n ’s C athedral (A nglican)
C ouncil for W orld M ission (C W M ), Dr. celebrated its 150th A nniversary
P rem an N iles, R ev. R obert W aters and T hanksgiving Service on M arch 11,
M r. S tephen L loyd (L aw yer), January 1997. Several hundred people
27, 1997, discussing the issue o f attended the service, including
C W M /N ethersole T rust Fund. G overnor C hristopher P atten and C h ief
R epresentatives from N ethersole S ecretary M rs. A nson C han. T he
H ospital and the H K C ouncil o f the C hinese R henish C hurch, H ong K ong
C hurch o f C hrist in C hina (H K C C C C ) Synod and the T sung T sin M ission,
also participated. It w as resolved that H ong K ong celebrated their 150th
a C W M /N ethersole T rust Fund w ill be anniversary on M arch 16 and M arch 22,
established w ith each o f the 1997 respectively. C ongratulations!
organizations sending 3 representatives,
12. B ishop K. H . Ting, P resident o f the
nam ely, N ethersole H ospital,
“T w o C ouncils” o f the C hina C hristian
H K C C C C and the C ouncil; together
C hurch, has officially retired. H is
w ith one senior m issionary from C W M ,
R etirem ent T hanksgiving S ervice w as
a 10-m em ber m anagem ent com m ittee
held on M arch 15, 1997 in S hanghai.
w ill then be form ed. In addition, the
Several H ong K ong church leaders also
C W M delegation visited the C ouncil
attended the service.
on January 21, 1997 accom panied by
R ev. L ee C hing-chee. 13. T he C ouncil m ade arrangem ents for
local church leaders to m eet w ith M r.
9. T he D edication C erem ony o f
N ew t G ingrich, Speaker o f the U .S.
N ethersole H ospital in T ai Po w as held
H ouse o f R epresentatives, and the U .S.
on January 28, 1997. M em bers o f the
C ongressional D elegation during their
C ouncil w ere invited as honorable
visit to H ong K ong on M arch 27, 1997.
guests and R ev. Li Ping-kw ong
A m ong the H ong K ong C hurch leaders
delivered the serm on during the service.
w ere the M ost R ev. Joseph Z en, S.D .B .
T he C h ief E xecutive o f the H ospital
o f the C atholic C hurch, A rchbishop
A uthority w as also invited to present
N ikitas o f the O rthodox C hurch, and
souvenirs.
representatives o f the m ajor P rotestant
denom inations. T he one-hour
10. A S enator from the U nited States w as
discussion focused on issues o f
invited to visit H ong K ong and C hina
religious freedom in H ong K ong and
b y “A B etter T om orrow F oundation”
m ainland C hina.
in January 1997. T he m ajor purpose
o f his trip w as to understand the 14. A fter 3 years o f jo in t cooperation
religious situation o f H ong K ong and betw een the C ouncil and the L utheran
C hina and the response o f the churches T heological S em inary in the D octor o f
o f H ong K ong in this historic era. M inistry program , R ev. W oo M ing-tim
R ev. D r. Lo L ung-kw ong represented w as the first graduate to receive the
the C ouncil to attend the luncheon D .M in. degree on June 1, 1997. A t
m eeting. R epresentatives from the present, these are 16 D .M in.
C atholic C hurch and the B uddhists participants. T he D .M in. program

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