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donesia.  Other Hong Kong participants included Rt.   goras  Orthodox  Institute  at Graduate Theological
          Rev.  Dr. Thomas  Soo, Rev.  Eric  So Shing-Yit, Rev.   Union in Berkeley, California.
          Dr.  Lo Lung-kwong,  Rev.  Dr.  Tso  Man-king,  Rev.   Executive  Secretary  Mr.  Philip  Lam retired
          Hans  Lutz,  Dr.  Theresa Carino,  Mr.  Chan  Ka-Wai   from HKCC  after over  37  years  of faithful  service.
          and Miss Cynthia Hui.                             He oversaw the expansion  of the “Five  Loaves  and
               A nine-member HKCC  delegation,  headed by   Two Fish” charity program and  was  responsible for
           Rt.  Rev.  Dr.  Thomas  Soo,  visited  the  Ecumenical   the Council’s development work in the poor regions
           Patriarchate of the Orthodox Church in Istanbul and   of Asia  and mainland China.  HKCC  expresses  its
           Greece from April  10-17, 2007. The delegation was   heartfelt thanks  for his  significant contribution  to
           accompanied by His Eminence Metropolitan Nikitas   the ecumenical network for emergency relief and re­
           Lulius  of the  Metropolitanate  of Hong  Kong  and   sources sharing.
           Southeast Asia.
                                                             Committees
                                                             A.  Sharing and Church Witness
                                                                 Committee


                                                                 The Committee is chaired by Rev. Dr. Li Ping-
                                                             kwong. Executive staff Mr. Philip Lam is responsible
                                                             for the relevant works of the Committee.


                                                                  “Five  Loaves  & Two  Fish”  is  the resources
                                                             sharing program of the Council. It has a history of 33
            HKCC delegation pay a visit to the Ecumenical Patriarchate of   years.  For the year of 2006/2007, total donations to
                  the Orthodox Church in Istanbul and Greece
                                                             various projects was approximately HK$ 33 million,

                A delegation  of young  HK church  leaders  vis-
           ited Beijing from May  15-17, 2007  at the invitation
           of the Liaison Office of the Central Peopled Govern-
           ment in the HKSAR.
                The  General  Secretary  attended the  3rd Amity
           Roundtable meeting held in Nanjing, China on May
           14-15,  2007  and participated  in  the foundation-lay-
           ing ceremony of the Amity Administration Building.
           HKCC has pledged HK $50,000 for the building and
                                                                A group of Hong Kong sponsors visit rural schools in
           made  available  US  $100,000  in  support of Amity              Guizhou Province.
           Foundation’s National Registration Fund.


           HKCC Family
                The  Rt.  Rev.  Paul  Kwong  was  elected  second   Kick off ceremony of “Trek
                                                             for Child” Walkathon
           Archbishop and Primate of Hong Kong Sheng Kung
           Hui on February 3, 2007.
                HKCC  bid  a fond farewell  to  His  Eminence
           Metropolitan  Nikitas  Lulius  of the  Metropolitanate
           of Hong  Kong  and  South  East Asia.  He  has  taken
           a new  position  as  Director of the  Patriarch Athena-
                                                                   Sponsors and graduates of “Project Torch” in 2006



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