Resources: Policy Documents

Hong Kong

Support for Disadvantaged: Ethnic Minorities (2014 Policy Address) (New)

2014 Policy Address Policy Highlights: Support for Ethnic Minorities
Educational Support	* Language support & Chinese as a second language “For early childhood education, the Education Bureau (EDB) will enhance school-based support services for kindergartens admitting ethnic minority children. … From the 2014/15 school year, the Government will implement a Chinese Language Curriculum Second Language Learning Framework with supporting learning and teaching materials as well as assessment tools for ethnic minority students in primary and secondary schools.” (76)
	* Funding to schools admitting EM students "Annual funding of approximately $200 million will be provided from the 2014/15 school year to enhance school support, such as an intensive teaching mode to improve the Chinese foundation of ethnic minority students at junior primary levels to facilitate their migration to the mainstream Chinese language classes." (76)
	* School-based support to schools admitting EM students "The EDB will offer school-based professional support and in-service professional development programmes to enhance the professional capability of schools and teachers in teaching Chinese as a second language." (76)
	* Introducing alternative Chinese subjects for ethnic minorities at senior secondary levels "From the 2014/15 school year, the EDB will, in stages, provide an Applied Learning (Chinese Language) subject for ethnic minority students at senior secondary levels…. The EDB is also developing Vocational Chinese Language courses for ethnic minority school leavers to enhance their employability." (77)
Employment Support	* Equal access to job opportunities in the Government "The Civil Service Bureau will continue to follow up with various departments on the review of and adjustments to the language proficiency requirements on the basis that the adjusted requirements will not affect the functioning of the grades concerned, to ensure that ethnic minorities will continue to have equal access to job opportunities in the Government." (78)
Community Support	* Expanding outreach service for ethnic minorities "The Home Affairs Department will strengthen community support for ethnic minorities. A new service centre will be established in Kwai Tsing. More ethnic minority residents will be recruited to expand the outreach service." (79)
Community Support	* Encouraging ethnic minority residents to join the Junior Policy Call "Police Force encourages ethnic minority residents to join the Junior Police Call (JPC) and integrate into the community. Its target is to increase non-ethnic Chinese JPC membership from the existing 1 900 to 2 500 in five years." (79)

Legco Meetings
2 February 2012	Motion: Reviewing the education policy for ethnic minority students
16 November 2011	LCQ10: Educational support for ethnic minority students	Reply
2 November 2011	LCQ14: Support measures for non-Chinese speaking students	Reply

Education Services for Non-Chinese Speaking (NCS) Students

Education for Non-Chinese Speaking Children (Education Bureau)

Summary of Support Services for Non-Chinese Speaking (NCS) Students (Education Bureau)

Supplementary Guide to the Chinese Language Curriculum for Non-Chinese Speaking Students (Education Bureau)

Race Discrimination Ordinance

Government Papers/Reports:

Hong Kong 2011 Population Census - Summary Results(New)
Working Group on Education for Ethnic Minorities (Mar 2011). Report on the Working Group on Education for Ethnic Minorities. Hong Kong: Equal Opportunities Commission

Hau, K. T. (Aug 2010). Provision of Consultancy Service for a Study on Good Practicesin Primary and Secondary Schools to Support Non-Chinese Speaking Students
Kindergarten Inspection Section Quality Assurance Division (Mar 2010). Report of Quality Review In Pre-Primary Institution: Muslim Community Kindergarten
Census and Statistics Department (Jun 2009). Thematic household survey report no. 39: Racial acceptance
Hau, K. T. (Nov 2008). Administration's Executive Summary of the Report on the Study on Tracking the Adaptation and Development of Non-Chinese Speaking Children in Mainstream Schools
Letter dated 7 July 2008 from the Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs on support measures for ethnic minorities and new arrivals [CB(2)2552/07-08(01)] (issued on 8 July 2008)
Administration's paper on admission of local non-Chinese speaking students to institutions funded by University Grants Committee and further flexibility on application of Chinese language requirement [CB(2)377/07-08(01)] (21 November2007)
Administration's paper on follow-up action on outstanding issues concerning education for ethnic minorities [CB(2)1200/07-08(01)] (26 and 12 March 2008)
Administration's paper on progress of support measures for non-Chinese speaking students including ethnic minorities issued for the meeting of the Panel on Education on 29 February 2008 [CB(2)1180/07-08(05)] (26 and 12 March 2008)
Administration's paper on responses to questions raised on education matters [CB(2)1576/07-08(01)] (16 April 2008)
Administration's paper on services for new arrivals from the Mainland [CB(2)1773/07-08(02)] (6 May 2008)
Whether the imposition of the requirement of obtaining Chinese Language in the Hong Kong Advanced Level for university admission on all local students constitutesdiscrimination for non-Chinese speaking (NCS) students - Administration's response to the outstanding general issues on education raised by members of the Bills Committee [CB(2)2308/07-08(01)] (14 June 2008)
Paper entitled "Propriety of support measures for ethnic minorities" provided by the Administration [CB(2)1152/06-07(03)] (23 March 2007 and 28 February 2007)
Paper provided by the Home Affairs Bureau on "Support measures for non-Chinese speaking students" [CB(2)884/06-07(02)] (16 January 2007)

United Nations CERD Reports

Concluding observations of the Committee on theElimination of Racial Discrimination on the Tenth to Thirteen Reports of thePRC under the ICERD (28 August 2009). (Paragraphs 7, 27 to 31 are specifically on the HKSAR)
Tenth to Thirteen Reports of the PRC under the ICERD – Part Two: HKSAR (25 June 2008)
Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on the First Report of the HKSAR under the ICERD (9 August 2001)

NGO's Announcements/Papers/Reports

Hong Kong Unison (March 2012) Racial acceptance survey report (New)
Hong Kong Unison (Jul 2011) Response to the Equal Opportunities Commission on the work of education for ethnic minorities report and recommendations
Hong Kong Unison Limited (Dec 2008) Our Views to the Report on the Study on Tracking the Adaptation and Development of Non-Chinese Speaking Children [CB(2)579/08-09(08)]





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