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Chapter 17

Religion, Research, The Arts, Sport

Religion

The Anglican Diocese of Hong Kong, which includes Macau, covers nine organized parish churches and eight mission chapels. In three of these worship is conducted in English and in the remainder in Chinese. The cathedral, dedicated to St. John the Evangelist, was built in 1847 and established as a cathedral church by Letters Patent from Queen Victoria in 1850. In addition to its work in Hong Kong University, and in secondary and primary education, the Anglican Church has taken an active part in the affairs of Chung Chi College (a Christian College of post secondary school education in arts and science and in theology) and in the development of primary education.

The English-speaking Free Churches are repre- sented by the Methodists, who have their own church on Hong Kong Island, and by other denominations grouped together, who have established Union Churches on the Island and in Kowloon. Increasing numbers of Chinese attend the services in these churches. The Union Church in Hong Kong plans to erect a new church building to replace the one destroyed during the Japanese occupation.

The Chinese-speaking Free Churches continue to develop. The Chinese Methodist Church has expanded its educational and evangelistic activities and the Hong

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