_____________________Wednesday, January 31, 2007__________________
Finally managed to get onto our blog. anyway, lets pray for Hong Kong...
Hong Kong- Inter-College Christian Fellowship (ICCF)
www.fes.org.hk Country ProfileRegion : Northeas Asia
Population : 7 053 000
No. of people groups : 10
No. of unreached people groups : 4 (40% of all groups)
Primary national language : Mandarin
Major religions : Buddhism 28.9%
Christianity -10.0%
(Evangelical – 5.1%)
Hinduism – 0.3%
Islam – 1.5%
Ethnic religions- 38.0%
Non-religious – 18.2% Other – 2.9%
Some news about Hong Kong:Two dead birds found in Hong Kong last week carried the fatal H5N1 strain of bird flu, taking to seven the number of birds found with the virus this year, authorities said on Monday. (http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/255360/1/.html)
About ICCFThe Special Administrative Region is 1.5 times of Singapore in size, inhabiting 7 million people (compared to 4.5m in Singapore). Hong Kong has 9 major universities, including the latest Shue Yan University （香港树仁大学）. Like Singapore, there are Christian fellowship meetings in individual campuses.
Inter-College Christian Fellowship (ICCF) affiliated with FES (HK) is formed by representatives from different campus fellowships, providing a platform for corporate witness among other activities, such as annual Bible camp, mission camp, etc.
Prayer Requests
1) Pray for the follow-up work in January after the Bible camp as we study the book of Exodus, there will be 3 talks about how the themes in Exodus can relate to present day issues.
2) There are also different social response groups formed by students about issues on “Star Ferry” and “suicide of University of Science and Technology students”. Pray that these groups can deepen their Christian faith to respond to the reality. (Star Ferry Pier issue: For over 100 years, the Star Ferry Pier has served commuters and visitors between Kowloon and Hong Kong Island - the CBD of HK. The government has recently dismentled the Star Ferry Pier in favor of yet more reclamation of Victoria Habour, a world renowned natural port. Not only does it cause environmental degradation by reclaiming the harbour and building more highways, the dismantling of the Pier also destroyed one of the most significant landmarks of HK, (image Merlion being pulled down), a cultural icon of HK. It caused a public outcry, thousands of citizens signed petitions, yet the government went ahead with the plan.
These response groups would raise awareness among the student community, and challenge Christian students to think of creative ways they could get involved in making positive changes.)
3) Between 15th June and 19th June, there will be FES mission camp in response to our 50th anniversary. 100 college students are expected and our theme is “City/Urban Mission ". Do pray for the preparation work. And for the adjustments that have to be made for our annual missions camp, Summer with a mission (SWAM).