Redeemed to Serve

Ethnically Indian, but born and raised in Hong Kong, Jeffrey Andrews is Hong Kong's first locally trained Indian social worker. He's had the opportunity to speak before the United Nations in Geneva, and his work has been featured in various newspapers and TV programmes.

His most valuable asset when relating to people in the ethnic minority (EM) community is his ethnicity. Jeffrey knows what it's like to attend school in Hong Kong yet be barred from learning Chinese, and be discriminated against because of his skin colour. He knows what it's like not to have the privileges granted to other children in Hong Kong.

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Giving Warmth in Freezing Qinghai

Temperatures are well below freezing on the Tibetan Plateau, but the children at Xin Ning Court, Qinghai, have enjoyed some warmth from Hong Kong!

To celebrate our "Season of Love" charity drive in December, we asked our Facebook friends to choose their favourite hot drink from a list that included green tea, milk tea, chocolate and Ovaltine. We promised our friends that during the Christmas holiday, we would share the drinks they'd chosen with the children in Qinghai.

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Touching Lives

For 30 years Christian Action has been serving the less fortunate in our community. We don't know how many lives have been changed, or how the quality of all those lives may have been changed by what we've said or done for all the people we've served, but it's always a delight to hear from some of those people.

Ms. Connie Yip, who recently received the Employees Retraining Board (ERB) Outstanding Award for Instructor at the 8th ERB "Manpower Development Scheme" Award Presentation Ceremony was one such person.

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Happy New Year

As I look forward to the New Year ahead for Christian Action, I'm holding tightly to the word God spoke to me, "With Him, the best is yet to come!" While we wait for the coming glory, by the power of the Holy Spirit, we will keep pressing on serving men, women and children who desperately rely on our services.

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A Very Merry Christmas

The Christmas season and year end is upon us! It's been a celebratory year for Christian Action and our family. Thirty years of service! While we're elated and grateful for this achievement and blessing, we're reminded this holiday season of the true reason for our joy: the birth of Jesus Christ.

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