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Exhibition to introduce the work of the Council. General Secretary beginning from September I. 1999. We
have confidence that under his leadership, the mission of
20. The Farewell and Welcome Dinner for old and new the Council will move forward to a new era. filled with
General Secretaries was held on August 21. 1999 at God's vision and strength.
the Ocean Palace Restaurant, Tsimshatsui.
During the past year, we have recruited 2 new staff. Mr.
21. Acknowledgments are given to Mr. NG Shui-lai, Eddie NG began his service from September 1998 for the
Director of Hong Kong Christian Service, the staff of project "Stories of the Poor", funded by the
the General Office, and Mrs. Jane LEE of the Chinese CWM/Nethersole Fund. This is a one-year project,
Publications Unit for their assistance in the work of completed in August 1999. We want to thank him for his
the Council. dedication and contribution. Rev. Dr. CHAN Kim-kwong
began his service as Executive Secretary for Education and
22. Acknowledgments are given to following persons who Training, working for the project "People in God's Family",
have been volunteer translators for the meetings of also funded by CWM/Nethersole Trust. He is our contract
the Council over the past year: staff. Dr. Chan has a deep well of knowledge. He has
worked in Mainland China, and knows the Church
(1) 98/99 AGM - Mrs. CHEUNG-ANG Siew-mei and situation there very well. It is hoped that through this
Rev. Ralph LEE (simultaneous translation) project, the partnership between the Churches in Hong
Kong and China will be strengthened.
(2) Joint Ecumenical Communion Service and
Breakfast Fellowship for the Clergy - Rev. YONG Finally, the financial situation of the Council has been
Siew-fong (simultaneous translation), Mr. KWOK improved tremendously, due to the endless efforts of the

Nai-sik (Liturgy translation) Finance Committee members. We are ready to enter into a
new century under the leadership of our almighty God.
(3) World Day of Prayer - Mrs. May HO (simultaneous
translation), Mr. KWOK Nai-sik (Liturgy With deep appreciation and gratitude to all Executive
members, representatives, staff and all my brothers and
translation)
sisters in Christ.
(4) Articles from “Message" - Rev. YONG Siew-fong

Epilogue
The whole world is changing constantly. It is just amazing
to see new things happen every day. It is not easy at all to
keep up with the pace of our time, not to mention that
the church needs to lead the world, to be prophet of our
era. Facing the coming of a new century, the Church today
needs to have higher sensitivity to feel the pulse of the
people in our particular era, their needs, their situations
and their problems. This enables the Church to respond to
God’s calling, to take up the new mission and to be
prophet as well as servant of our time in the new century.

In the past year, the Council worked very hard searching
for a new successor to be the General Secretary. As a
matter of fact, God has already arranged in our midst
someone who has been working closely with our Council
as partner. Rev. Eric SO. not only a member of our
Executive Committee and Chairperson of the "Message"
Editorial Committee, is also a senior minister of HKCCCC
and publisher of CCLC. We are very happy that Rev. SO is
willing to accept the position. We thank God for His
arrangement and guidance. Rev. SO will start his service as

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