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3. Invited by the Social Welfare Department, the Coun- 3. One of the Six Religions activities - the Taoist one-
cil took part in the Sub-Committee on Promotion of day trip organized by the Hong Kong Taoist Asso-
Volunteering in Community Organizations as one ciation - took place on March 11, 2001 with 36 per-
of the members. sons from the Protestant sector attending.

Rt. Rev. Thomas Soo represented the Council to give a key-
Visitation among different religions (at Ching Chung Koon)
note speech during the event of the International Year of
Volunteers, signing the Charter for supporting volunteer
services. Rev. Siu Cheuk-fun shared about the experience
of the volunteering movement in the United Christian
Hospital’s Chaplaincy. DEPARTMENTS
A. C hurch Unity a n d R elations D ep artm en t
4. In response to the invitation sent by the Airport Prayer
Room, the Council openly recruits volunteers for Rev. Ralph Lee Ting-sun is the Department
the Airport Care Team. Currently there are 11 vol- Chair and our staff Ms. Louisa Wai is responsible for
unteers who have joined the Airport Care Team. relevant works of the Department. Activities included
the following:
C. Interaction a m o n g Different Religions 1. Promotion of Church Unity
1. The General Secretary participated in and gave re- (a) Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (January 18-
sponse to the Environmental Protection Forum or- 25, 2001)
ganized by the “Faith Exploration Centre” on Octo-

ber 8, 2000. Representatives from environmental
protection agencies, the Catholic Church, the Bud-
dhist faith and Islamic faith also attended and gave
speeches.

2. A dialogue held by the Colloquium of Six Religious
Leaders took place on
January 6, 2001 with
the theme: " A Reflec-
tion and an Expecta-
tion on Education in
Hong Kong” . Elder
Yau Chung-wan repre-
Elder Yau Chung-wan (left) represented the Sented the Protestant The Communion Service
Protestant sector to give a speech during the sector to give a speech,
dialogue of different religions