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WCC Scholarships Relations with Other Religions

Due to the financial difficulty and the accumulation The HKCC, along with the Roman Catholic
of scholarship applications of the WCC Scholarship Church, is a member of “The Colloquium for Six
Committee during the past year, the Council did not Religious Leaders”. As usual, the Council has been
recommend any applicant from Hong Kong to apply cultivating friendly relationships and better
for WCC scholarships. understanding with other religions, namely,
Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism and Islam.

Special Sundays The HKCC was involved in the following activities:

A . R e g u la r F o ru m s
The Council initiated and promotes Special Sundays
by providing relevant materials to all churches in
Hong Kong. Two regular forums were held, the first on
November 23, 1995 at the Hong Kong Buddhist
Special Sundays for 1996 are as follows: Association Cultural Centre, and the second on
May 16, 1996, at the Chinese YMCA of Hong
A. Promotion of Ecumenical Witness in Kong as the Protestants hosted this year. The
meeting focused on the invitation to the
Unity and Prayer
delegation of “The Religious Affairs， Bureau
Under the State Council” of the People’s
1. Christian Unity Sunday - January 21
(Week of Prayer for Christian Unity - January Republic of China.
18-25) B . C h in e s e N e w Y e a r G a th e rin g
2. World Day of Prayer - March 1 (Friday)

3. World Communion Sunday - October 6
The Chinese New Year Gathering took place on
March 7, 1996 at the YMCA of Hong Kong as
B. Promotion of Special Concerns in
the Protestants took their turn in hosting the
Particular Areas
event. Mr. Simon Sit, the Council Chairperson,
delivered the New Year’s greetings on behalf of
1. Social Concerns Sunday - February 18
the Council. More than 120 persons from six
2. Christian Family Sunday - May 12
religions attended the gathering in a warm and
3. Asia Sunday - May 26 harmonious spirit.
4. Communications Sunday - June 16
5. Hong Kong Sunday - July 7 C. Six Religions Dialogue - Open Forum
6. Education Sunday - September 15
Dr. Chan Shun-hing was the speaker and
C. Others representative of the Protestant Church at the Six
Religions Dialogue on December 9, 1995 at City
1 • Women’s Sunday - March 3 University, Hong Kong.
2. Labor Sunday - April 28
3. Sea Sunday - July 14 D. Printing Informational Pamphlets
4. Elderly Sunday - any Sunday in July
5. Health Sunday - October 27 Two informational pamphlets introducing Six
6. Youth Sunday - November 5 Religions in Hong Kong have been printed and
7. Bible Sunday - December 8 are available to tourists and visitors when they
arrive in Hong Kong. The pamphlets are written

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