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and by the non-denominational congregations of Emmanuel Church and the Alliance Church in Kowloon. The Baptists also have an English-language Chapel in Kowloon. The London Missionary Society, whose chief representative arrived in Hong Kong within a year of the Colony's cession to Great Britain, plays a prominent part in education and medicine, and runs the Nethersole Hospital, one of the Colony's foremost medical institutions.
A statistical survey of the Chinese-speaking Churches of the urban areas, published in 1956, showed that there were 59 Churches of 150 members and over in Hong Kong and Kowloon. No fewer than 13 of these (11 non-Anglican) had a membership of more than 1,000, and some of them a not inconsiderable history of work in the Colony. There is such rapid growth in the size of congregations, together with continued Church-building projects, that these figures must be regarded as already out-of-date. Progress also continues in the rural areas. In educational and medical work the Protestant Churches are striving to make a really effective contribution.
The co-operation which is evinced in the Chinese Churches' Union and the Hong Kong Christian Council continues. This latter group has just been accepted as a constituent member of the International, Christian Council, at its Ghana Assembly; its wide representation includes both Chinese and English-speaking Churches, the Salvation Army and the Adventists. This co-operative spirit shows itself in Chung Chi College, in the Council on Christian Literature for Overseas Chinese, in the Study Centre on Chinese Reli- gions, in the Standing Committee on Christian Citizenship, and in many other ways. It is particularly evident in relation to the refugee relief problem.
Outside observers sometimes comment on the very diverse projects that are being undertaken by the Protestant Churches in the field of refugee relief and rehabilitation, but, in fact, there is continuous consultation (through the