PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TO MEDIA
July 2, 2008

Media Contact: Albert Lee, aykl@live.com

Rev. Chi Kei Wong Wrongly Targeted

There have been recent reports in the print and online media that have made wrongful and dishonest statements about Rev. Chi Kei Wong, surrounding the estate of Mrs. Margaret Liu, who died in 2005.

Mrs. Liu was a member of Chinese Gospel Church of Toronto (CGC) where Rev. Wong has been on full-time staff since 2001. Mrs. Liu’s surviving family members have been contesting their mother’s will, in which she bequeathed her home to a charitable organization that has no association with CGC. Despite these legally verifiable facts, as part of the Liu family’s campaign to overturn the will, they along with their supporters, have made numerous false and injurious statements about both Rev. Wong and CGC that have been documented in the media, as well as in distributed leaflets, signs, and banners used in an organized protest outside CGC on June 29, 2008.

On behalf of the members, volunteers, staff, and leaders of CGC, its Board of Directors specifically and categorically refutes all of the false statements made by the Liu family and its supporters and in particular upholds Rev. Wong as a pastoral leader of integrity and faith who has served his congregants including Mrs. Liu selflessly without any blemish. He has suffered silently throughout the current ordeal and continues to have the full respect, support, and confidence of CGC and its broader community.



被錯誤地針對的黃智奇牧師

涉及在2005年去世的劉汶淑之遺產﹐最近在報章上或網上﹐記載了有關黃智奇牧師錯誤和不誠實的聲明。

劉女士曾是華人福音堂的會友﹔自從2001年﹑黃牧師亦在本堂全時間任職。劉女士的家人正在對她的遺囑提出質疑﹐因其內她將居屋遺贈一個慈善機構﹐這機構與本堂是沒有關連的。雖然有這些可証明的事實﹐劉氏家人在從事推翻這遺囑的活動中﹐與他們的支持者﹐屢次多方的對黃牧師和本堂發出偽造及傷害的聲言﹐無論在報章上﹑網上﹑或在2008年6月29日於本堂門前所派發的傳單﹑排板和橫額都有明載。

謹代表華人福音堂的會友﹑義工﹑職員﹑領袖和董事會﹐我們一致和極力反對劉氏家人與他們的支持者發出偽造的聲言﹔同時﹑我們堅持黃牧師是一位誠信忠厚的牧者﹐他犧牲地﹑無指責地服事他的會眾﹐包括劉女士。在整個嚴峻考驗中﹐他默然忍痛﹐繼續得到本堂及社區全面的尊重﹑支持和信任。