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In Hong Kong, the Worship Service took place December 11, 2006. Rt. Rev. Dr. Thomas Soo, Rev.
on March 3, 2007 at the YMCA of Hong Kong with Ralph Lee and Rev. Wu Ping-kit represented the
the theme “United under God’s Tent”. The Worship Council to attend the meeting at the Hong Kong Tao-
materials were prepared by the women of Paraguay ist Association on May 3, 2007.
and revised by the working group assigned by the
Committee. (b) Chinese New Year Gathering:
Metropolitan Nikitas Lulias from the Orthodox The Chinese New Year Gathering was held on
Metropolitanate of HK & South-East Asia was in- March 12, 2007 with 100 in attendance. Rt. Rev. Dr.
vited to deliver the message, and Dr. David Mak Lai- Thomas Soo gave a speech on behalf of the Council.
woon from the Methodist Church served as simulta- In addition, the New Year Message was delivered to
neous interpreter. the public through local newspapers.
Offerings were designated to the Church of
Paraguay to develop women’s ministry. (c) Role of Consultant of the Prayer Room in
In response to the International Committee of the Hong Kong International Airport:
WDP, there were training programs for the leaders of The Airport Authority is responsible for the
local church women, i.e. a Seminar with the theme Prayer Room, and the Six Religions have been in-
“How to deal with hidden domestic violence”， a vited to be involved. Fr. Osvaldo Metz, SVD, was
whole day retreat with a special talk on different tra- invited to be the coordinator on behalf of the Six Re-
ditions of Christianity, and visitation to the Catholic ligions since December 2006.
Church and Orthodox Church on May 14, 2007.
Ms. Sheree Wong Suk-ling and Ms. Anna (d) Inter-faith Dialogue:
Cheng, the vice-chairperson of the Committee were The Dialogue took place on December 2, 2006.
sent as delegates to the Quadrennial Meeting held Dr. Kung Lap-yan was invited to be the speaker on
by the International Committee of WDP in Toronto, behalf of the Protestant group.
Canada from May 30-June 7, 2007. Sheree was
elected to be one of the regional representatives, re- (e) Visitation to the Catholic Sector:
sponsible for the networking ministry in Asia. Mutual visitation with more than 100 delegates
to the Catholic Sector was made on November 18,
2006.

(f) Congratulatory Letter to the Chief Execu-
tive:
The Six Religious Leaders issued a congratula-
tions letter together with expectations to the Chief
Executive for his third appointment in May 2007.

Metropolitan Nikitas (left) delivered the message for World Day (g) The Celebration of the 10th Anniversary of
of Prayer with Dr. David Mak (right) as interpreter.
the Reunification of Hong Kong to China:
4. Relationship with other Religions:

The Celebration was held on June 16, 2007
(a) The Meetings of the “Colloquium of Six with more than 300 persons attending. Rt. Rev. Dr.
Religious Leaders” ： Thomas Soo delivered the welcoming address on be-
There were two Meetings during the year. Rt. half of the Six Religions. The Council invited a small
Rev. Dr. Thomas Soo, Rev. Eric So Shing-yit and choir group from Ward Memorial Methodist Church
Rev. Wu Ping-kit represented the Council to attend to perform the hymn ‘Amazing Grace，. Afterwards,
the Meeting at the Chinese Methodist Church on Rt. Rev. Dr. Thomas Soo delivered a message and
greetings on behalf of the Council.

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