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In Hong Kong, the Worship service took place on was held at Tin Shui Wai officiated by leaders of the
March 14, 2009 at Kowloon Methodist Church with the Six Religions to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of
theme “In Christ, There Are Many Members Yet One this Colloquium on December 14, 2008. New leaflets Church
Body". The worship materials were prepared by the introducing Hong Kong religions were printed for
women of Papua New Guinea and revised by the working distribution to visitors and citizens. Unity
group assigned by the Committee. The Committee
invited the Dean of Tsung Tsin Mission of Hong Kong,
(b) Chinese New Year Gathering and
Rev. Dr. Lo Cho-ching to deliver the message during the
Service. The Chinese New Year Gathering was held on the
February 29, 2009 at the Confucian Academy.
The Committee donated the offering to the Church Relations
of Papua New Guinea to develop women's work.
(c) Administration and Ministry of the
Prayer Room at the Airport Committee
The Airport Authority has established two Prayer
Rooms in the Airport and invited the Colloquium of Six
Religious Leaders to be responsible for the management.
Rev. Dr. Chan Kim-kwong has liaised with the Airport
Authority on behalf of the Colloquium, organized
voluntary chaplains to manage the Prayer Room, and
coordinated the voluntary chaplains to participate in the
W o rld D a y o f P ra y e r w o rs h ip s e rv ic e le a d e rs Air Disaster Exercises on September 17, 2009. During
the year under review, there was a monthly average of
4. Relationship with other Religions 4-6 volunteers on duty at the airport, rendering service to
over 3,500 travelers.
(a) The Meetings of the “Colloquium of
Six Religious Leaders”
(d) Inter-faith Dialogue
The 2nd meeting of the bi-annual meeting of
2008 was held on November 20, 2008 at the Confucian Dr. Anthony Tong represented the Protestant sector
Academy. The Rt. Rev. Dr. Thomas Soo represented the for this Dialogue on December 6, 2008 held at St. Jude
Council, and Ms. Winnie Kung and Mr. Wan Hoi-wing Catholic Parish.
served at the Secretariat. The 1st bi-annual meeting
in 2009 was held at the Chinese Muslim Cultural &
Fraternal Association on May 7, 2009. The Rt. Rev. Dr.
Thomas Soo, Rev. Wu Ping-kit and Rev. Po Kam-cheong
represented the Council, and Rev. Dr. Chan Kim-kwong
served at the Secretariat. A Tree Planting Ceremony
In te r-fa ith d ia lo g u e
(e) Visitation to Islamic Mosques
Mutual visitation with more than 100 delegates to
T re e p la n tin g c e re m o n y c o m m e m o ra te d th e 3 0 th A n n iv e rs a ry o f the Islamic Mosques was made on November 22, 2008.
th e C o llo q u iu m .
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