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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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