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members in the understanding and practice of their faith, as well as in Christian giving and service. For example, the Church of Christ in China, which continues to build new Churches, schools and other centres, set aside the year 1961 as a year of personal evangelism, commemorating the centenary of the death of the first Protestant martyr in China. The expansion of the Chinese churches into the Resettlement areas, into the new satellite-towns, and into the New Territories as far as the island of Tap Mun-has continued.
The two co-operative bodies amongst the Protestant Churches are developing their work. They are the Chinese Churches' Union, whose membership is on a congregational basis, and the Hong Kong Christian Council, which includes denominations, mission bodies, and other Christian organizations amongst its membership. The latter maintains contact with the wider Church through its affiliation with the International Missionary Council, and towards the end of the year representatives were sent to the World Council of Churches' Meeting at New Delhi. Chung Chi College, the result of inter-Church endeavour, celebrated its tenth anniversary in October 1961, when special services and celebrations were held on the College campus at Ma Liu Shui in the New Territories. Other forms of co-operation may be seen in the Council on Christian Literature, the Audio-Visual Evangelism Committee, and the Student Christian Centre.
The practice of mutual consultation amongst the Protestant Churches shows itself nowhere more clearly than in their work in welfare and rehabilitation: funds are raised overseas on an inter- denominational basis such as Inter-Church Aids, and there are several pilot projects in co-operation. The Christian Welfare and Relief Council, with a membership of twenty four leading Churches and Christian agencies working in the Colony, sponsored world- wide appeals for funds through the World Council of Churches, and about $2,750,000 was received and disbursed during 1961. The Council itself developed three rehabilitation projects on the Churches' behalf, one for resettlement of Swatow-speaking refugee farmers on small-holdings on the island of Chek Lap Kok, to the north of Lantau Island. Another, which is carried out with the co-operation of the Prisons Department, provides for the rehabilita- tion of cured drug addicts by settling them with their families