August 2019

HONG KONG (UCAN): Salesian Father Paul Fong Ting-chung (100 years old) passed away on the evening of August 16 at St. Paul’s Hospital, Causeway Bay, the 204th birthday of Don Bosco. 
 
John Cardinal Tong Hon, the apostolic administrator of Hong Kong, presided over the concelebrated funeral Mass held at St. Antony’s Church, Pokfulam, on August 24. Father Fong, who was 100-years-old, was then laid to rest at St. Michael’s Catholic Cemetery in Happy...

HONG KONG (SE): Church bells across Hong Kong will ring out at 1:00pm on Sunday, September 1 to call on the faithful to pray for the city and especially for its young people. Lee Sen, the media person who launched the campaign, said she chose the date as it is the last Sunday of the summer holidays. 
 
The Churches of different denominations have agreed to ring the bells of their churches in unison to remind people of their duty to care for their fellow human beings....

DHAKA (UCAN): A second attempt to repatriate hundreds of Rohingya Muslim refugees from camps in Bangladesh failed after they refused to return unconditionally to Myanmar. Bangladesh and Myanmar had agreed to repatriate 3,540 Rohingya from three camps in Cox’s Bazar district starting on August 22.
 
The refugees were picked from a list of 22,000 that was handed to a Myanmase delegation in July. A similar repatriation attempt on 15 November 2018 failed following protests...

SCHOOL RESUMES THIS  September and education workers face a big challenge in accompanying students, helping them soothe emotions affected by this summer’s social unrest and redevelop their passion for learning. They also have to respond to how social events impact the campus. As for the schools, they need wisdom to help students to distinguish right from wrong so they can strike a balance in every aspect. 
 
What will the youngsters be feeling heading back to...