On 10 February 2010, Mr. Lam Woon-kwong, the new Chairperson of the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) attended a meeting of the Panel on Constitutional Affairs of the Legislative Council where he expressed his vision and mission as the new Chairperson of the EOC.
“The EOC should be a defender of equal opportunities and human rights, always voicing out our views on various discrimination issues,” said Mr. Lam Woon-kwong. “Under the four equal opportunities ordinances, we would do our best in carrying out our statutory duties of investigation, conciliation and legal assistance with the goal of assisting people who have experienced discrimination. We also have the important moral obligation of being a strong advocate on other discrimination issues which are not covered by the existing legislation.”
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Check out our new training workshops on equal opportunities scheduled for Spring 2010. These workshops aim to help employers, human resources practitioners and members of the public to better understand the anti-discrimination legislation, including the new Race Discrimination Ordinance.
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To foster acceptance of equal opportunities, short videos produced by the EOC have been uploaded at our YouTube Channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/HKEOC. In our video titled “Education Changes Life”, students with intellectual disabilities, parents and educators share their stories of fighting equal access to education. Just click the new video launched at our YouTube Channel.
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A new advertisement to promote racial harmony has been displayed on the body of a KMB bus. The bus has been mainly running on Route 46X, between Hin King and Mei Foo from 5 February 2010. The bus body advertisement is one of our initiatives to promote the Race Discrimination Ordinance and the message of racial harmony.
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