Church’s Work In Hong Kong Described

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30277, 1 November 1963, Page 15

Church’s Work In Hong Kong Described

To meet some of the basic needs of Hong Kong, and to give aid which would bring lasting help to the people of Hong Kong, was the aim of the work of the Church of Christ in China, the secretary of the Hong Kong Council of the church (Dr. P. Wong) told the Presbyterian General Assembly last night. Hong Kong appeared so often in the news people did

not know how small it was. Only 62 of its 390 square miles were habitable, and three and a half million called Hong Kong home, he said.

Half of the present population were refugees, and the birthrate was increasing the population by 100,000 a year. It was estimated that the population would be 7,000,000 by 1976, Dr. Wong said. Hong Kong gave the Church an unusual opportunity for missionary out-reach, said Dr. Wong. The Church’s work in churches, education antisocial welfare had grown greatly. There were now more Christian teachers in Hong Kong than could be employed by the council. Financial help of the Government in giving a 50 per cent capital subsidy and other help, had assisted the expansion of the work. While in some newly-inde-pendent countries . in Southeast Asia and Africa, education had become secular, this had not happened in Hong Kong, said Dr. Wong.