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Roman Catholicism. Buddhism, Islam, Taoism and prayer room for meditation and prayer since no
Confucianism. religious symbols of any particular faith are displayed in
the prayer room.
Ms. Louisa WAI, Assistant Executive Secretary, takes
responsibility in handling relevant issues on behalf of The prayer room is managed by the Airport Authority
HKCC. with some volunteer help:

This year is the 20th anniversary of the establishment of Coordinator: Rev. Lloyd WILLIAMS
"The Colloquium for Six Religious Leaders". The Council (term completed in June, 1999)
participated in the following events: Secretary: Ms. Louisa WAI
Chaplaincy: Chaplains will be sent from Protestant
I .The meetings of “The Colloquium for Six Christian. Catholic. Buddhist. Islamic,
Taoist and Confucian religions in times of
Religious Leaders” ：
emergency if needed. Rev. William TENG
Two meetings took place, on November 26. 1998 at the represented Protestants as one of the
Hong Kong Buddhist Cultural Centre and on May 6. Chaplains. Rev. Dr. TSO Man-king
1999 at the Ward Memorial Church respectively. Rev. LI succeeded him as Protestant
Ping-kwong. Rev. Ralph LEE, Ms. KO Siu-wah and Elder representative after Rev. Teng’s departure.
Simon SIT represented the Council to attend the Besides, Rev. Ewing W. CARROLL, and
meetings. Rev. Andrew CHAN and Rev. LAM Chun-
wai from Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui also
2. Chinese New Year Gathering: take part in the volunteer Chaplaincy
ministry.
The Chinese New Year Gathering was hosted by the
Roman Catholic Church and took place at the Catholic In addition, starting from 1999, the prayer room has
Diocesan Centre of Hong Kong on March I I. 1999. been administered by the Airport Authority and the
More than 100 people attended the gathering. The Ist title of. the Coordinator was changed to Senior Airport
Vice-President Rt. Rev. Thomas Soo gave a speech on Chaplain and Prayer Room Manager. Fr. Paul Ginnivan,
behalf of the Council. The Lunar New Year Message was OMI, assumed the duty on July I. 1999.
presented under the theme of caring for the elders and
concern for environmental protection. In addition, it 5. Joint Declaration
also encouraged people in Hong Kong to help each
other in the midst of the economic crisis. The Declaration addressed the issue of the destruction
of the Chinese Embassy building during the NATO
3. Events of the 20th Anniversary bombing of Yugoslavia. It protested the inhumane
action and asked the international leaders to respect
The Inter-faith Dialogue took place on March 14. 1998. people’s lives.

The 20th Anniversary commemorative publication was Special Sundays
issued in November 1998.
The Council initiated and promotes Special Sundays by
A 20th Anniversary Banquet took place on November providing relevant materials to all churches in Hong Kong.
26. 1998. Special Sundays for 1999 are as follows:

4. Prayer Room in the New Airport I . Promotion of Ecumenical Witness in Unity
and Prayer
After almost two years of work, the Council
successfully initiated the establishment of a prayer Christian Unity Sunday (January 24)
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room in the Hong Kong International Airport. (Week of Prayer or Christian Unity - January 18-25 during
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which churches are asked to have special offering or unity)
The prayer room, located at the departure level of the 112th World Day of Prayer (Friday, March 5)
passenger terminal, is open 24 hours a day. People from 60th World Communion Sunday (October 3)
different religious backgrounds can make use of the

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