Ethnic Minorities in Tung Chung

Little is Known about the Needs of the Ethnic Minority Families in Tung Chung

March 2023

Geography

There are 18 geographic districts in Hong Kong Geographic districts by ethnic minority population can be seen in the chart below The Island category includes Tung Chung and 20 more islands, but Tung Chung has the greatest number of ethnic minorities*.

Percentage Distribution of All Ethnic Minorities Excluding Foreign Domestic Helpers

Tung Chung is divided with an invisible line, defined by private and public property. Private property is mostly comprised of individuals in a middle-income cohort Conversely, those living in public property in Tung Chung are from lower income households.

ShaTin

KwaiTsing

KwunTong

TuenMun

TsuenWan

TaiPo

WongTaiSin North

The Islands district is the second largest district for ethnic minorities (10 8%)* 16.8% of Tung Chung population is made up of Ethnic Minorities (EM)* This means that one in six individuals are ethnic minorities in Tung Chung

There is little known about the needs of the lower income ethnic minority community in Tung Chung. Understanding their needs is critical to building social and racial harmony, as well as alleviating poverty According to census, one in three of Hong Kong’s ethnic minority children live in poverty.

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Building Community, Building Tung Chung is an initiative by The Zubin Foundation and 4 other NGO partners sponsored by The Swire Group Charitable Trust Our aim was to engage directly with lower income EM families in Tung Chung, to understand their needs, connect them with resources and to help build an inclusive Tung Chung

Methodology

When What Type of engagement

Number of engagements

Typical profile

April 2021 - March 2023

The Zubin Foundation staff and EM youth leaders from Tung Chung engaged with 110 families

Home visits and check-in calls, totalling 30 minutes of interaction with each family per engagement

1,320 engagements conducted in total, over 12 rounds

Mother or daughter at home for 105 of the 110 families

Language used English, Hindi, Nepali, Punjabi, Tamil and Urdu

*Hong Kong SAR Government, 2021 Census https://www census2021 gov hk/en/district profiles html