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Repair, Restore, and Reconcile
Group photo of Master of Divinity student Tsang Jing-chong, Group 3 (To Kwa Wan). After the "Tujia" tour guide led a group of 20 of us to complete the guided tour in the old area of To Kwa Wan, he gave us an extra itinerary, which was to visit an old dilapidated building. 's rooftop. This rooftop is on the roof of a tenement building in the district. Since this place has been abandoned for a long time and the building is about to be rebuilt, the residents on the left and right sides simply regard this place as a garbage collection point and throw away all their old furniture and electrical appliances here to save the effort of taking them to the garbage station on the street. One day, some residents couldn't bear it anymore and decided to clean up the place. But there was a lot of rubbish, so they contacted the "Repair Hong Kong" volunteers who had been volunteering to help them repair electrical appliances to clean it up together. It is said that the volunteers spent at least seven full days of their spare time carrying the garbage in a human chain to clean up the large and small garbage. Now this place is very neat, painted with beautiful pictures, and has become a place for watching the sunset and for children to play. ...
Sowing the Seeds of Change under Urban Renewal
Group photo of the first group (Yau Ma Tei) of Bachelor of Theology student Zeng Huanlin. The community our first group visited was Yau Ma Tei. The tour guide took the students into the streets and alleys of Yau Ma Tei, allowing us to get to know this old community that is facing reconstruction. ...
Walking with Others
The sixth group and the seventh group (Sham Shui Po) of Li Jiahui, Bachelor of Theology students, took a group photo. On January 16, the spiritual training day, our seventh group went to Sham Shui Po. Christian Concern for the Homeless took us on a guided tour of the community. Everyone doesn’t know much about Sham Shui Po, and I hope to learn more about it through this trip. ...