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1. Chairperson’s Message
2. Press Releases and Statements
3. Interviews and Media Programmes
4. Commentaries and Opinion Articles
5. Anti-discrimination Laws
6. Useful information for Foreign Domestic Workers and Their Employers
7. Community Resources

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 the "vaccine bubble" scheme 2021/04/14
• EOC responds to media enquiries about a notice posted by a restaurant 2020/08/31
• 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. Interviews and Media Programmes

4. Commentaries and Opinion Articles

• A time for empathy, not finger pointing 2021/01/22
• D&I initiatives can be part of the cure for COVID-hit businesses 2020/11/11
• Let reason drive COVID policy debates, not discrimination 2020/09/09
• Hong Kong’s COVID-19 response shows room for greater cultural sensitivity 2020/05/27
• 問與答：疫情下外傭的工作和假期安排（Chinese only）2020/05/13
• Virus or not, the law remains the law  2020/04/01
• 山川異域 風月同天──在疫症下擁抱種族多元（Chinese only）2020/03/18
• 汗水與淚水（Chinese only）2020/03/04
• 摒棄歧視 同心抗疫（Chinese only）2020/02/25
• 寫在瘟疫蔓延時（Chinese only）2020/02/19 
• Togetherness, instead of labelling, will help us fight the virus 2020/02/18
• 抗疫三寶：關愛、共融、不歧視（Chinese only）2020/02/14
• 由一個口罩說起（Chinese only）2020/02/05

5. Anti-discrimination Laws

• Sex Discrimination Ordinance
• Disability Discrimination Ordinance
• Family Status Discrimination Ordinance
• Race Discrimination Ordinance

7. Community Resources

Government:

Centre for Health Protection

• Mental Health Infostation 

Shall We Talk - public education initiative launched by the Advisory Committee on Mental Health

NGOs:

Agency for Volunteer Service

Heep Hong Society

HELP for Domestic Workers

Hong Kong Blind Union

Hong Kong Christian Service

Hong Kong Federation of Asian Domestic Workers Unions

Hong Kong Red Cross

Hong Kong Unison

• Videos - Prevention and Control Measures (dubbed in English, Urdu and Nepali)

Mission for Migrant Workers

Post Crisis Counseling Network

The Hong Kong Council of Social Service

The Hong Kong Society for the Blind

The Hong Kong Society for the Deaf

• Videos (with sign language interpretation):
  • 注意新型冠狀病毒 (Chinese only)
  • 新型冠狀病毒防疫提示 (Chinese only)
  • 新型冠狀病毒防疫提示 2 (Chinese only)
  • 手語直擊 - 聽障人士就新型冠狀病毒求診須知 (Chinese only)