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3. The Movement of the World  Day              (2) Chinese New Year Gathering
                  of Prayer                                       The Chinese  New Year Gathering was  held
                                                              on  February 28,  2008.  Rt.  Rev.  Dr. Thomas Soo
                   The  World  Day  of  Prayer  (Hong  Kong)
                                                              gave a speech on behalf of the Council.
               Committee  is  responsible  for the  promotion  of
               the ecumenical prayer movement in Hong Kong.
                                                              (3) Role of Consultant of the Prayer Room
               Ms.  Sheree  Wong  Suk-ling  is  the  Chairperson
                                                                 in the Hong Kong International Airport
               for June  1,  2007  -  May  31,  2008  term;  and  Ms
               Anna Cheng is Chairperson from June  1, 2008 -     The Airport Authority  is  responsible  for the
               May 31, 2009.                                  Prayer  Room,  and  the  Six  Religions  have  been

                                                              invited  to  be  involved.  Fr.  Osvaldo  Metz,  SVD,
                   In  Hong  Kong,  the  Worship  Service  took   was  invited  to  be  the  coordinator on  behalf of
               place  on  March  1,  2008  at  St.  John  Cathedral   the Six Religions since December 2006.
               with  the  theme  “God's  Wisdom  Provides
                                                              (4) Inter-faith Dialogue
               New  Understanding".  The  Worship  materials
               were  prepared  by  the  women  of  Guyana  and    The  Dialogue  took  place  on  December  1,
               revised  by  the  working  group  assigned  by  the   2007.  Rev  Dr.  Tso  Man-king  was  invited  to  be
               Committee.  The  Committee  invited  The  Most   the speaker on behalf of the Protestant group.
               Rev.  Paul  Kwong to deliver the  message during
               the Service.
                                                              Communication and
                   The  Committee  donated  the  offering  to  the
               Church of Guyana to develop women's work.      Message Committee

                                                                  Rev.  Dr.  Chan Hin-cheung is the Committee
                                                              Chair.  Ms.  Louisa Wai Kwok-pik is the Executive
               4.  Relationship with other Religions
                                                              staff (until March 31,2008).
                (1) The Meetings of the “Colloquium of Six
                                                              (1) Chinese Publication
                   Religious Leaders”
                                                                  The  Committee  is  planning  to  renew  the
                    Two meetings were held during the year.  Rt.
                                                               publication of "Message".
                Rev.  Dr. Thomas Soo,  Rev.  Ralph  Lee and  Rev.
                Wu  Ping-kit  represented  the  Council  to  attend
                                                               (2) Chinese Broadcasting
                the  meeting  at the  Buddhist  Culture  Centre  on
                                                                   Mr.  Ng  Sze-yuen  is  the  Chairperson  of the
                December 13, 2007.  They also represented the
                                                               Committee.  Ms.  Miann  Chan  is  responsible  for
                Council  to  attend  the  meeting  at the  Bishop  Lei
                                                               the 2 weekly Chinese  radio  Religious  Programs
                International House on July 10, 2007.
                                                               broadcast on RTHK.




























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