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Why Hong Kong’s youth must be key part of city’s mental health support

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Ethnic minorities in Hong Kong

Can Hong Kong ethnic minority groups climb up the social ladder?

Illustration: Brian Wang

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Are Hong Kong’s ethnic minority groups finally breaking free from poverty?

Lamia Sreya Rahman, co-founder of Vidi Labs, has become a role model for young people from Hong Kong’s ethnic minority communities, Photo: Connor Mycroft

Vansh Arora, Diversity Hub’s project executive, has said one of the workshops’ main goals is confidence building. Photo: Connor Mycroft

Gaps remain and more needs to be done, but there are encouraging signs of change and role models of success.


No Cantonese, no career? Can Hong Kong do more to help ethnic minority groups?

Illustration: Henry Wong

Shalini Mahtani is the CEO and founder of the Zubin Foundation. Photo: Xiaomei Chen

Ahmed Ahsan has been working for care teams since they started a year ago. Photo: Connor Mycroft

The Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau has said the government and the Equal Opportunities Commission continue to work towards eliminating racial discrimination. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Discrimination, a lack of Cantonese and integration into society are issues not yet resolved, say NGOs and experts.


In this series, the Post looks at the deep-rooted issues facing Hong Kong’s ethnic minority groups and how some have broken free from the systemic poverty.
 


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