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Gaozheba Primary School           COMMUNICATIONS
                   Project               20,000
                                                     1.  News & Views
                The Council  is one of the supporting
                partners   of   ACT   (Action   By      "News  &  Views"  continued  publication
                Churches  Together).  In  addition  to   as  the  quarterly  English  international
                the  direct  support  to  emergency     newsletter  of  the  Council.   The
                projects  of  ACT,  the  Council  also   newsletter  is  also  published  on  the
                helps  to  arrange  shipment  of  relief   Council's  homepage.  Rev.  Judy  Chan
                materials on  behalf of ACT partners.   is the Editor.
                Last  year,  shipment  of  379  MT  of
                food  items,  28,000  blankets  and  3   2.  Radio & Television Ministries
                sets  of  diesel  generators  to  North
                Korea were arranged by HKCC.  In        The  Council  continues  to  support
                addition,  500  winter  coats  and  180   religious  broadcasting  in  Hong  Kong.
                jackets  donated  by  merchants  from   The  Executive  Secretary  for  Religious
                Hong  Kong  were  sent  to  North       Broadcasting,  Rev.  Rob  Gillion,  serves
                Korea in April 1998.                    as  the  Coordinator  for  the  Religious
                                                        Broadcasting  and  Television  Advisory
                                                        Committee   (English/Christian).   This
         THE "MESSAGE" EDITORIAL                        year's   Committee   chairperson   is
           COMMITTEE       •                            Captain  Wendy  Swan  of  the  Salvation
                                                        Army.  The  Committee’s  programs  for
         The  themes  during  the  year  of  1997/98    the past year are as follows:
         were:
                                                        A.  Christian Radio Broadcasts
         1997

         September    A Review on Church-Run               ■ Morning Prayers:
                      Social Service in SAR                  A thirteen -  and -  a -  half - minute
         October      The Writing Ministry in SAR            program  aired  from  Monday  to
         November     A Concern on Today's                   Friday at 9:45 a.m. on RTHK-4.
                      Theological Education
                      Development                          ■ Reflections:

                                                             A    three-minute   late   night
                                                             meditation  aired  from  Monday  to
         December/    To Respond to the Church
         January 98   Unity Declaration                      Friday  around  midnight  on  RTHK
                                                             -4.
         February     A Glimpse of the Orthodox
                      Metropolitanate of Hong
                                                           •  Thought for the Week:
                      Kong & South East Asia
                                                             An   early-morning   five-minute
         March        A New Era on Church Unity
                                                             commentary  aired  on  Sunday
         April        Christian SAR Vote - The
                                                             mornings at 7:30 a.m. on RTHK-3.
                      Election of the Legislative
                      Council
                                                           •  Sunday Service:
         May          Grassroots Christian Mission
                                                             A   one-hour   weekly   worship
         June         Church and the Mass Media
                                                             service aired on Sunday mornings
         July / August  Handover Anniversary - A
                                                             11:00 a.m. on RTHK-4.
                      Retrospect on Church Youth
                     Work

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