137/Panorama of Events/Report from Hong Kong

[Hong Kong] From July 17 to 22, 2002, the annual Hong Kong Book Fair was held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center. The sponsoring agency, the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, estimated that the six-day exhibition attracted more than 430,000 visitors, a number that was unprecedented in the Fair's history. As in previous years, local fellow practitioners seized the precious opportunity to participate in the Fair and share the Truth, and many earnest initiates joined the working team at the venue.


Huge crowds of visitors attend the Hong Kong Book Fair

This year, the Hong Kong Center set up its booth in the Taipei Publishers Section of the Fair instead of in the religious section, in order to introduce a huge variety of Master's newly released publications and establish interaction with greater numbers of people. According to the sponsors, the most popular publications at this year's Fair were "self-elevation" books, demonstrating that, despite our extremely materialistic society, people are becoming increasingly concerned about spirituality.

Master's booth, permeated by Her teachings and love, attracted an endless stream of visitors, who watched videos, browsed through the publications, requested sample booklets and bookmarks and visited Master's Internet website. Many also subscribed to the on-line version of the News magazine. One child saw light radiating from Master's painting entitled "Debate," while a visitor from another spiritual group revealed that, when watching Master's videos, he saw Her image giving forth a merciful radiance. The exhibition of Master's publications at the Fair not only satisfied the yearning of many Truth aspirants, but also brought spiritual elevation to all our visitors.