Organiser:
Sponsored by:
Ethnic Minorities in Tung Chung Little is Known about the Needs of the Ethnic Minority Families in Tung Chung March 2023
Matthew Yu and Shalini Mahtani, The Zubin Foundation Edited by Caroline Longley
GEOGRAPHY There are 18 geographic districts in Hong Kong. Geographic districts by ethnic minority population can be seen in the chart below. The Island category includes Tung Chung and 20 more islands, but Tung Chung has the greatest number of ethnic minorities*. Percentage Distribution of All Ethnic Minorities Excluding Foreign Domestic Helpers 12.2%
Yau Tsim Mong
10.8%
Islands
7.4%
Yuen Long Sai Kung
7.1%
Wan Chai
7.0% 6.3%
Eastern
5.7%
Kowloon City
There is little known about the needs of the lower income ethnic minority community in Tung Chung. Understanding their needs is critical to building social and racial harmony, as well as alleviating poverty. According to census, one in three of Hong Kong’s ethnic minority children live in poverty. #
METHODOLOGY
5.7%
Southern
Tung Chung is divided with an invisible line, defined by private and public property. Private property is mostly comprised of individuals in a middle-income cohort. Conversely, those living in public property in Tung Chung are from lower income households.
Building Community, Building Tung Chung is an initiative by The Zubin Foundation and 4 other NGO partners sponsored by The Swire Group Charitable Trust. Our aim was to engage directly with lower income EM families in Tung Chung, to understand their needs, connect them with resources and to help build an inclusive Tung Chung.
10.0%
Central and Western
Rosie Lanham
Sham Shui Po
4.2%
Sha Tin
4.0%
When
April 2021 - March 2023
Kwai Tsing
3.9%
What
Kwun Tong
3.8%
The Zubin Foundation staff and EM youth leaders from Tung Chung engaged with 110 families
Type of engagement
Home visits and check-in calls, totalling 30 minutes of interaction with each family per engagement
Number of engagements
1,320 engagements conducted in total, over 12 rounds
Typical profile
Mother or daughter at home for 105 of the 110 families
Language used
English, Hindi, Nepali, Punjabi, Tamil and Urdu
3.8%
Tuen Mun Tsuen Wan
2.5%
Tai Po
2.2%
Wong Tai Sin
2.1% 1.3%
North 0%
16.8 %
EMs in Tung Chung
Percentage of EMs Living in Tung Chung
5%
10%
15%
The Islands district is the second largest district for ethnic minorities (10.8%)* 16.8% of Tung Chung population is made up of Ethnic Minorities (EM)*. This means that one in six individuals are ethnic minorities in Tung Chung.
*Hong Kong SAR Government, 2021 Census. https://www.census2021.gov.hk/en/district_profiles.html #
Hong Kong SAR Government, 2016 By-census, Hong Kong Poverty Situation Report on Ethnic Minorities 2016. https://www.statistics.gov.hk/pub/B9XX0004E2016XXXXE0100.pdf ©2023 The Zubin Mahtani Gidumal Foundation Limited. All Rights Reserved.