THE ZUBIN FOUNDATION Improves the lives of Hong Kong ethnic minorities by reducing suffering and providing opportunities
The Zubin Foundation 2023 Policy Recommendations to Mr John Lee, Chief Executive of Hong Kong 4th September, 2023 Email: ceo@ceo.gov.hk 1. Introduction to The Zubin Foundation 1.1. The Zubin Foundation (IR: 91/12344) is a registered charity committed to improving the lives of Hong Kong’s ethnic minorities by providing opportunities and reducing suffering. 1.2. We conduct outreach projects by providing training, counselling, and other well-being services to our service users, including managing the Call Mira helpline for women and girls and our scholarships programme Ethnic minority children and their parents are one of our key stakeholders, in particular, ethnic minority children in emotional distress, ethnic minority children with special educational needs and their parents, parents who lack parenting skills, parents and children who need immediate safety support, etc. 1.3. The following recommendations are based on our observations on our engagement with over 10,000 individuals within the ethnic minority community.
2. Preamble 2.1. From the latest Census (2021) released, we know that: 2.1.1. Ethnic minority (EM) community, excluding Foreign Domestic Helpers, has grown 52.9% in size vs HK general population growth is only 4.8%.1 2.1.2. The median age of EM is 38.5 vs the median age of Hong Kong General population is 46.3.2 2.1.3. Regular use of the English language of the EM population is 86.0% vs HK General population is 58.7% 3 2.2. Most ethnic minorities see Hong Kong as their home. Despite facing systematic issues, they try hard to integrate into society. They also want to contribute to and serve Hong Kong. 3. Recommendations 3.1. Advisory and Statutory Bodies
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Source: CENSUS (2023), 2021 Population Census – Thematic Report: Ethnic Minorities, p.20 (Table 3.1) Source: CENSUS (2023), 2021 Population Census – Thematic Report: Ethnic Minorities, p.7 (Paragraph 2.6) 3 Source: CENSUS (2023), 2021 Population Census – Thematic Report: Ethnic Minorities, p.57 (Table 4.5) 2
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