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1. Chairperson’s Message

The COVID-19 pandemic has sparked a deluge of concern about discrimination in a variety of scenarios. From online to offline, the word “discrimination” has been tossed about so often that misinformation and misunderstanding abound.

To explain how the anti-discrimination ordinances may or may not apply to situations arising from the contagion, the EOC has created this new webpage bringing together the press statements and op-ed articles the Commission has published in relation to the outbreak, as well as links to relevant media interviews and NGO services.

“Though mountains and oceans apart, we share the wind and moon under the same sky (山川異域風月同天).” This was the saying printed on the boxes of masks donated by a Japanese institution to China earlier. Indeed, let us not be divided by our differences, but united by our humanity, for it is only through empathy and reason can we win this shared fight against COVID-19 together.

Ricky CHU Man-kin
Chairperson, Equal Opportunities Commission

2. Press Releases and Statements

EOC responds to media enquiries about online comments 2020/02/28
Media statement on online comments regarding COVID-19 2020/02/25
EOC responds to media enquiries about a restaurant’s social media post 2020/02/16
EOC urges reason and empathy in dealing with people and facilities related to the novel coronavirus 2020/02/11

3. Media Interviews and Programmes

Shenzhen TV	Interview with Mr Ricky CHU Man-kin, Chairperson of Hong Kong’s Equal Opportunities Commission (in Cantonese and Mandarin)	2020/03/22
RTHK Radio 3	Hong Kong Today	2020/03/20
RTHK Radio 1	千禧年代 (HK2000) (Cantonese only)	2020/03/19
RTHK Radio 2	Equal Opportunities Diversity Project Providing emotional support for citizens amid COVID-19 (Cantonese only)	2020/03/05
RTHK Radio 2	Equal Opportunities Diversity Project Helping people with visual impairment and other marginalised communities fight COVID-19 (Cantonese only)	2020/02/27
RTHK Radio 1	Letter to Hong Kong (Cantonese only)	2020/02/01