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- ↑ "Certificate in Christian Apologetics (9 weeks part time course)". Archived from the original on 4 December 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
- ↑ "ICA Academy and HKCCA jointly offer the Apologetic course" . Retrieved 4 December 2017.
- ↑ "Hong Kong Apologetics Night" . Retrieved 4 December 2017.
- ↑ Academic Staff Page| http://rel.hkbu.edu.hk/info_kmkwan.html Archived 2020-07-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "The Committee" . Retrieved 4 December 2017.
- ↑ "Reasonable Faith: Links on Waybackmachine". Archived from the original on 9 September 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
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