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D. Relationship with other Religions v. Chinese New Year Gathering
i. The Meetings of the “Colloquium of Six The Chinese New Year Gathering was held on February
25, 2010 at the Islamic Kasim Tuet Memorial College.
Religious Leaders”
The Second bi-annual meeting of 2009 was held vi. Visitation of the State Administration for
on Novem ber 26, 2009 at the YM CA City View Hotel. Religious Affairs
Bishop Thomas Soo, Bishop Nicholas Tai and Rev. Po The Colloquium of Six Religious Leaders invited
Kam -cheong represented the Council; Rev. Dr. Chan the Delegation of the State Administration for Religious
Kim-kwong served at the Secretariat. The First bi-annual Affairs to visit the Six Religions in Hong Kong from March
meeting in 2010 was held on May 6, 2010 at the Taoist 26-28, 2010.
Association of Hong Kong Office. Bishop Nicholas Tai,
vii. Inter-faith Visit
Rev. Lysta Leung and Rev. Po Kam-cheong represented
This year the Colloquium of Six Religious Leaders'
the Council; Rev. Dr. Chan Kim -kwong served at the
delegations visited the Taoist Temples and joined the
Secretariat.
Taoist F estival on M arch 29, 2010. 30 P ro testants
representatives participated in this event.
viii. Administration of the Prayer Room at the
Hong Kong International Airport
The Airport Authority has established two Prayer
Rooms in the Airport and invited the Colloquium of Six
Religious Leaders to manage them. Rev. Dr. Chan Kim-
kwong liaised with the Airport Authority on behalf of the
C olloquium , organized voluntary chaplains to be on
duty in the Prayer Room, and coordinated the voluntary
ch ap la ins to p a rticip a te in the A nnual A ir D isa ste r
Meeting of the Colloquium of Six Religious Leaders Exercises. From September 2009 to August 2010, every
month there are average 4 to 6 V oluntary C haplains
ii. 30th Anniversary Celebration of the attending the Prayer Room at the Airport to offer spiritual
Colloquium of Six Religious Leaders support to passengers and staff. Over 2,500 persons
Four Representatives from the Secretariat went to were contacted during this period of time
Sichuan from November 20-24, 2009 to inaugurate the ix. The Religious Sector National Day
school project for the Sichuan Earthquake reconstruction Reception
in co m m e m o ra tion o f the 30th A n n ive rsa ry o f the
The R eception fo r the 60th A nniversary of the
Colloquium. Founding of the People’s Republic of China was held
iii. Inter-faith Dialogue on Septem ber 22, 2010. The Council coordinated the
Protestant participation of this annual event.
Dr. Kwok Hung-biu represented the P rotestant
sector for this Dialogue on December 5, 2009 at St. Jude x. World Religion Day
Catholic Parish. Rev. Dr. Chan Kim-kwong participated on behalf of
iv. Tea Reception at the Liaison Office of the the Council at the Annual World Religion Day organized
Central People’s Government in HKSAR by the Ba'hai Faith Community on January 17, 2010.
The Liaison Office invited the Colloquium of Six
Religious Leaders for a tea reception on February 22, 2010.
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