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Seminar on Career Guidance for NCS Students

21 – 5 – 2011

Hong Kong Christian Service (HKCS), since its inception in 1952, has been continuously providing pertinent social services in professional and high quality, with concern and understanding, cordiality and trustworthiness in serving the needy, especially the deprived groups, to advocate justice and bring hopes. We aim to build a society that is humane and just.

香港基督教服務處（服務處）成立於1952年，一直以專業高質、關心體諒和誠懇可靠的精神，提供適切的社會服務，扶弱解困，並關注被忽略的弱勢社群，倡導公義，締造希望，謀求建立一個仁愛、公義的社會。

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Karrie Chan, Chung Ho

Principal Coordinator

Ethnic Minority Services (EMS)

陳頌皓陳頌皓陳頌皓陳頌皓

總協調主任總協調主任總協調主任總協調主任

少數族裔服務少數族裔服務少數族裔服務少數族裔服務

Vincent Chang, Ming Fai Senior Social WorkerSouth Asian Happy Teens Club (SAHTC)鄭銘輝鄭銘輝鄭銘輝鄭銘輝

南南南南TEEN會會會會高級社會作員高級社會作員高級社會作員高級社會作員

Kyle Si, Sze Ming Programme OfficerCentre for Harmony and Enhancement of Ethnic Minori ty Residents (CHEER)史思明

事工幹事

融匯–少數族裔人士支援服務中心

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Centre for Harmony and Enhancement of Ethnic Minority

Residents

融匯融匯融匯融匯––––少數族裔人少數族裔人少數族裔人少數族裔人士支援服務中心士支援服務中心士支援服務中心士支援服務中心

The HK Jockey Club Community

Project Grant: Integrated Service Centre for Local

South Asians

香港賽馬會社區資香港賽馬會社區資香港賽馬會社區資香港賽馬會社區資

助計劃助計劃助計劃助計劃————南天網絡南天網絡南天網絡南天網絡

South Asian Happy Teens Club

南南南南TeenTeenTeenTeen會會會會

Multicultural Education@Schools

多元文化校園多元文化校園多元文化校園多元文化校園

訓練計畫訓練計畫訓練計畫訓練計畫

CHEER ISSA SAHTC MES

All Ethnic Minorities

South Asians South Asian children & youth

Local students & teachers

HK-Wide Kowloon West New Territories West

HK-Wide

G/F 5 Tsui Ping Rd,

Kwun Tong

3106-3104

hkcscheer.net

604-605, 6/F Celebrity Comm.

Centre, Shamshuipo

3188-2525

7C, 7/F, Tai Hung Fai Comm. Bldg.,

2-8 Tai Cheung St., Yuen Long

2786-2227

G/F 5 Tsui Ping Rd,

Kwun Tong

5174-1229

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Who are the ethnic minorities?

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People in Hong Kong (2006 Bi-census)

Ethnicity 1996 2001 2006

India20955

16481 17782

Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka 12161 12181

Nepal NA 12379 15845

Philippines 120730 143662 115349

Thai 15993 14791 16151

Indonesia 22057 54629 110576

Other NC 174242 90106 91199

TOTAL 353977 344209379083

(5% of total population)

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Main Reasons of staying in HK

Indian and Pakistani:Worked in HK since the 19th

Century (e.g. police. Self-ownedbusiness, etc.)

Nepalese:Military force (Gurkha);

Filipino and Indonesian: Domestic Workers;

Thai: Overseas Chinese;

• Marriage (Arranged Marriage)

• Family Union• Safety• Born in HK

(South Asians: around 32%)

(NCS: around 11%)

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Born in Hong Kong： (2006 by-census)Nepalese43.6%

Indian23.1%

Thai4.1%

Filipino2.3%

Indonesia0.4%

Pakistani37.6%

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Language Proficiency (2006 Bi-census)As Usual Language

English(%)

85.6

15.1

36

7.3

4.6

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Cantonese (%)

7.6

75.6

7.2

6.2

81.1

9.4PakistaniThai

NepaleseIndian

IndonesianFilipino

Ethnicity

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• Ethnic Minority cultures are diversified.• No “EM” cultures! No “SA” cultures!• Individuals’ identity to cultures varied.• Avoid cultural mapping.• Culture influence one’s values and behaviors. It

governs people’s lifestyle.• Religions as one of the important elements in

cultures.

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Religions of South East Asians:

• Filipinos: Catholics

• Indonesians: Islam

• Thai: Buddhism

• Pakistani: Islam

• Indians: Hinduism and Sikhism

• Nepalese: Hinduism and Buddhism

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Islam • A person who believe in Islam is call Muslim• All Muslim have to comply the 5 Pillars

1.Declaration of Faith (Shahadah )2. Prayer (Salah)3. Charity (Zakat) 4. Fasting (Sawm)5. Pilgrimage (Haji)

• Others:1. Halal VS Haram 2. Strict boundary between men & women

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•A person who believe in Sikhism is call Sikh•All Sikhs have to comply the 5Ks

Sikhism

The 5 Ks of Sikhism (For Baptized Sikhs)

Kesh（（（（不修剪的頭髮不修剪的頭髮不修剪的頭髮不修剪的頭髮））））

Kanga（（（（梳梳梳梳））））

Kirpin（（（（劍劍劍劍））））

Kara（（（（手觸手觸手觸手觸））））

Kachera（（（（鬆身內褲鬆身內褲鬆身內褲鬆身內褲））））

• Others:- Everyone is equal. - Men and women are treated equally.

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Hinduism• A person who believe in Hinduism is call

Hindu

• Believe in many gods.

• Believe in fate. (Karma)

• Cow as sacred animal.