Sik Kok Kwong

Sik Kok Kwong

Sik Kok Kwong GBS (釋覺光; pinyin: Shì Juéguāng; Cantonese Yale romanisation: Sīk Gók Gwōng) (born ca. 1919) is the current president of the Hong Kong Buddhist Association. He is also the Honorary Vice-President of the World Buddhist Sangha Council.

In a 2004 interview with the South China Morning Post, Kok Kwong urged Hong Kong's Buddhists to be content with the government and not to attend protests. [cite web|url=http://news.usti.net/home/news/cn/?/world.asia.hong_kong/2/wed/bp/Uhongkong-buddhists.Rxf8_EyH.html |title=Hong Kong Buddhists Told To Avoid Politics (UPI)|accessmonthday=August 12 |accessyear=2006|language=English]

Kok Kwong was one of eight venerables who proposed the World Buddhist Forum in China in 2004, a suggestion that won support from Buddhist circles in countries like Japan and the Republic of Korea.

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