The Church is a reconciler between China and Hong Kong and Macao, he said PA A couple in an Hong Kong shopping mall on Sunday. Coronavirus restrictions have been increased in response to a further spike A couple in an Hong Kong shopping mall on Sunday. Coronavirus restrictions have been increased in response to a further spike THE Archbishop-elect of Hong Kong, the Rt Revd Andrew Chan, has pledged that the Church under his leadership will work towards establishing a “harmonious and coalescing relationship” between China — “the motherland” — and Hong Kong and Macao. Hong Kong was currently “experiencing fragmentation, hostility, mistrust, and hatred among different factions” in both the Church and the wider community, he said, and he offered the Church as a “bridge and reconciliator in our home town”.