To promote social inclusion, the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) and RTHK Radio 2 held the finale of the "Equal Opportunities Diversity Project 2008" today (Sunday, 23 November 2008). The Equal Opportunities Diversity Project (平等機會多元共融行動) is a year-long radio programme running on RTHK Radio 2 from November 2007 to December 2008. The theme of this project is to promote racial harmony, inclusion of persons with a disability, gender equality and accommodation for persons with family status.

 

Broadcast once a week between November 2007 and December 2008, this social integration initiative is designed to promote inclusion and diversity through weekly interviews with celebrities on equal opportunities issues, Ethnic Minorities’ Cultural Class, Equal Opportunities Slogan Competition and radio promotion segments. This ceremony is the finale of this project.

 

Speaking at the ceremony, Mr. Raymond TANG, Chairperson of the EOC said, "In the past 12 months, over 70 guests including Legislative Councillors, representatives from NGOs, rehab groups, women’s groups and ethnic minority organizations were interviewed in our radio programme to raise public awareness and acceptance of all individuals, irrespective of their race, gender, disability or family status. I wish to thank our media partner RTHK Radio 2 for bringing the message of diversity and inclusion to Hong Kong’s radio listeners through this programme.”

 

In the radio segments “Ethnic Minorities’ Cultural Class”, representatives from ethnic minority organizations and NGOs, including the Hong Kong Family Welfare Society and Christian Action, were invited to teach the languages and cultures of ethnic groups from Indonesia, Thailand, Pakistan, Nepal, Japan, Korea, India, Sri Lanka and The Philippines.

 

The Equal Opportunities Slogan Competition attracted an overwhelming response from members of the public. Over 9600 entries were received for the competition. Mr. Raymond TANG was joined by EOC Member Mr. Saeed UDDIN as well as Co-opted Members Mr. Amirali Bakirali NASIR and Ms. Garling WONG to officiate at the ceremony and present prizes to winners of the slogan competition. Ethnic minority students gave a singing performance at today’s event, and Mr. David Chiu, Social Worker of the Integrated Service Centre for Ethnic Minorities of Christian Action introduced their job matching services for ethnic minority people.

 

The winning entries of the “Equal Opportunities Slogan Competition” are listed below:

 

Open Division

	Prizewinner	Winning Entry
Champion	Lam Wing Chun	尊重不同 和諧共融
1st Runner-up	Chor Pui Shan	跳出框框與傳統 締造平等與尊重
2nd Runner-up	Tsang Fung Mei	種族和諧傷健共融 兩性平等包容尊重

 

Youth Division

	Prizewinner	Winning Entry
Champion	Christopher Yuk	種族無隔膜 傷健樂共融 齊建平等路 社會享大同
1st Runner-up	Leung Ho Yin	關懷愛心做橋樑 傷健共融無路障
2nd Runner-up	Wong Chun Hei	多溝通多諒解互相尊重 少偏見少歧視共建大同

 

 

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23 November 2008

Equal Opportunities Commission