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surroundings, cramped living May 24, 1998 who will sit on the
conditions, difficulties in finding jobs, SAR Legislative Council. After
problems for the children in two sessions of consultation
adjusting to a different school meetings and canvass
system. All these create pressures responses from the churches,
on the families which can lead to the Executive Committee of
tensions or even to violence. Hong HKCC voted in favor of having a
Kong's social services are available Christian vote for the generation
to the new arrivals. What the of these seven persons. This is
churches can offer is friendship and in line with the Council's
spiritual guidance. conviction that the voting
process should be under the
The Department has put priority on principles of democracy,
this particular issue, the strategy openness, and fairness. The
focusing mainly on seeking Christian SAR Vote was
cooperation with existing service administered by the Christian
agencies to have a full utilization of SAR Vote Working Committee
the resources. Many which was organized by the
congregations have attempted to Council. In addition, the
approach new immigrants, often by Council provided manpower as
way of offering study classes to well as financial support.
children and using the opportunity to
create links with the parents. At the same time, a Position
Statement on "How the Council
The Department has joined forces Assesses the Institution of the
with the Mission to New Arrivals and Election Committee" was issued
the Industrial Evangelistic Fellowship to present the position of the
in order to mobilize the Council.
congregations. In Tsuen Wan and
Shamshuipo, clusters of In order to help promote the
congregations have been Christian SAR Vote, the
established whose staff meet for Department initiated an open
exchange of experiences and joint forum on March 6 at Ward
action. On May 31, 1998 a prayer Memorial Methodist Church to
walk was held in Shamshuipo and provide an opportunity to have
families of new immigrants were dialogue between the
visited. candidates and the voters.
2. Elections to the Legislative Council On March 15, 1998, the voting
and the Mock Election day, 8,967 Christian individuals
had cast their ballots in 153
(1) HKCC was appointed by the HK polling stations all over Hong
Government to nominate seven Kong. Among the 153 polling
persons from the Protestant stations, 146 were in the local
sector in Hong Kong to be congregations while 7 were
members of the 800 Member public voting stations. The
SAR Election Committee. The seven election members a re Mr.
Committee were responsible for TIK Chi-yuen, Rev. LI Ping-
the election of 10 legislators on kwong, Rev. LUK Fai, Ms. Alice
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