Past Events & Engagements
Count Us In: Deliberation Day for Social Inclusion and Diversity
Since 2021, the research team from the HKCSS has come up with 6 life domains and a list of objective indicators for Hong Kong inclusion and Diversity (HKiD) Index.
To seek advice from the bigger ethnic minority community as well as the general public in Hong Kong, the research team organized the engagement activity for ethnic minorities and professionals from different sectors who are concerned with ethnic minorities’ issues in a participatory discussion.
Along with a presentation on the tentative indicators by the research team, Professor Lisa Leung from the Lingnan University’s Department of Cultural Studies and representatives from the Hong Kong Social Workers Association’s Ethnic Diverse Chapter shared their insight and opinions on building a more inclusive society.
Event Details:
Date : 21st October 2022 (Friday)
Time : 10:00 – 13:00
Venue : Auditorium, 1/F, Duke of Windsor Social Service Building, 15 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong
In Numbers, Stories and Their Voices: Calling of the Ethnic Minorities in Hong Kong
A year after the Deliberation Day meeting bringing together people of different backgrounds to sound out issues and concerns for the development of socially inclusive society, various research and engagements were conducted by the research team of the HKCSS.
After all the research and engagement efforts, the captioned event is organized for stakeholders of different backgrounds to take a closer look at the situation of the ethnic minorities in Hong Kong, as they are represented in statistics, in stories of everyday life, and in voices in their encounters with the public institutions.
Four Tung Chung residents of diverse ethnic backgrounds were invited to share their stories, while the Council’s Social Impact Assessment team shared their findings and observations in the research process. Participants were cordially invited to share their thoughts and ideas of how we may work to improve the situation towards the goal of social inclusion.
Event Details:
Date : 21st October 2023 (Saturday)
Time : 0930 - 1300
Venue : Breakthrough Centre (1/F, 191-197 Woo Sung Street, Jordan, Kowloon)
PRAISE Finale - Dream Big, Make Change, We Can!
Ethnic minority groups have always been an integral part of Hong Kong society and they are regarded as the valuable stakeholders. The PRAISE project adopts a bottom-up, family-based model to encourage ethnic minorities of different ages to bring changes not limited to themselves but also to their ethnic groups and communities. They are achieving empowerment. Ethnic minorities are no longer the service receivers, they actively participate and have become a part of Hong Kong's diverse and inclusive culture.
The Hong Kong Council of Social Service has partnered with the Hong Kong S.K.H. Lady MacLehose Centre and Yuen Long Town Hall to organize a PRAISE finale at the Central Market on March 2, 2024, with the theme of "Dream Big, Make Change", hoping to highlight the efforts of ethnic minorities and make their contributions seen to the society. The event invited Mr. Peter Paul de Groote (Director of the Kadoorie Charitable Foundation), Mr. Ricky Chu Man Kin (Chairperson of the Equal Opportunities Commission) and other guests to witness the growth of outstanding youth leaders and model families in the program. Both the officiating guests and the ethnic minorities also shared a common vision to co-create a more inclusive society where everyone can develop their potentials and fulfill their dreams.
Event Details:
Date : 2 - 5 Mar 2024
Venue : Central Market
Video featuring the stories of youth leaders and model families