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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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