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2, 2006. The theme was "Pray for the People, Speak
(e) Asylum Seekers
There are about 1,300 asylum seekers in Hong
Kong awaiting the outcom e of their refugee status
applications. The United Nations High Commission
for Refugees form erly supported only 94 of them.
Among those assisted by UNHCR were those consid-
ered most vulnerable, including single mothers and
children, separated minors and people suffering from
medical and psychiatric conditions. However, UNHCR
decided to stop support for these vulnerable people due
to financial shortage. Refugee Concern Group, a coa-
lition made up of HKCC and other NGOs, church
groups and those concerned with refugee issues, held
a press conference on March 18, 2006. They urged the
HKSAR to shoulder the responsibility and to imple-
ment the recommendations of the United Nation Com-
mittee on Social, Economic and Cultural Rights that it
should uphold the fundamental human rights of asy-
lum seekers in Hong Kong by the introduction ot do-
mestic legislation and the extension of the Refugee
Convention to the HKSAR.
4. Submission to the Government
The Committee wrote to the government and ex-
pressed its views and position in response to "Land-
scape on Health Care Services in Hong Kong" by the
H e alth and M e d ic al D e v elo p m en t A d v iso ry
Committee.
The C om m ittee also w rote to the Financial
Secretary, Mr. Henry Tang, to make a number of pro-
posals for the Hong Kong SAR 2006/07 budget.
5. Special Sundays
During the past year the Com m ittee promoted
material for three special Sundays.
W orld AIDS Sunday was held on D ecem ber
1, 2005 under the them e “Stop AIDS: Keep the
.
Prom ise”The Christian Conference of Asia and St.
s
John’Cathedral HIV Education Centre prepared the
materials.
E nvironm ent Sunday was observed on June
5, 2006 under the them e “B uilding a C lim ate of
.
Justice”The material was prepared by “Christians for
Eco-Concerns G roup” .
H ong K ong Sunday w as celebrated on July
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for God" and the sermon outline and prayer were pre-
pared by Rev. Ralph Lee Ting-sun.
6. Participation in Regional Meetings
Mr. Wan Hoi-wing, staff of HKCC, attended the
Christian Conference of Asia Youth Secretary Meeting,
which was held in Bangkok from April 21-26, 2006.
C. Mission and M inisterial
Formation Committee
The Committee is chaired by Rev Lysta Leung
Sau-shan. Executive staff Rev. Dr. Chan Kim-kwong
is responsible for the relevant works of the committee.
1. HKCC and the Holy Spirit Seminary College
of Theology and Philosophy have a joint project to
digitalize and categorize the contents of the Christian
(including Judaic) sources from about 2,000 volumes
of the New Chinese Gazetteers. Rev. Dr. Chan Kim-
kwong participated in this Project on behalf of the
Council. The digitalization and categorization parts
have already been completed. It is planned that by the
end of 2006 this Project will make the contents avail-
able via both the Internet and CD format.
2. Rev. Dr. Chan Kim-kwong attended the Reli-
gious Forum: "The Role and Function of Christianity
in C on tem p orary C hinese S o c iety ”at R em in
University, Beijing from October 17-19, 2005. He pre-
sented a paper entitled: ''Emergence of China and Im-
plications to World Christianity.5,
3. Rev. Dr Chan Kim-kwong attended the M is-
sion Conference: "From Everywhere to Everyone: The
New Global M ission”，of the Presbyterian Church,
USA, at Atlanta, Georgia, from October 20-22, 2005.
He was one of the Keynote Speakers.
4. Rev. Lue Lee-buh and Rev. Dr. Chan Kim-
kwong gave lessons at the Hainan Provincial Pastoral
Training Center from December 11-13, 2005.
5. Yunnan Christian Council staffs and Rev. Dr.
Chan Kim-kwong visited Quqing Church, Yunnan from
March 6-9, 2006 to arrange designated donation from
a donor in Hong Kong for the construction of the
Quqing pastoral Training Center.