At Po Leung Kuk Ngan Po Ling College in Hong Kong, Smriti Kedia witnessed her mother burst into tears when her daughter’s near-perfect results in Hong Kong’s university entrance exams came in. “It was just like a big sigh of relief,” said Kedia, who received four 5** and two 5*, the top two grades of…
At Po Leung Kuk Ngan Po Ling College in Hong Kong, Smriti Kedia witnessed her mother burst into tears when her daughter’s near-perfect results in Hong Kong’s university entrance exams came in. “It was just like a big sigh of relief,” said Kedia, who received four 5** grades and two 5* grades, the top two…
Ahmad Rida Nisar often longs for the familiar surroundings of her childhood home at Wah Fu Estate in Hong Kong’s Southern district, despite moving out of her parents’ flat in 2021 to live with her husband. Compared with her current home in Lai Chi Kok, which is surrounded by private buildings, the 29-year-old Chinese-Pakistani pines…
Liu Qilan used to be a kindergarten teacher in Guiyang, capital of Guizhou province in southern China. About two years ago, she returned to her rural hometown in Rongjiang county to launch a community-focused business selling local products – from traditional silver to wax-dyed clothing. She has never looked back. Despite her lack of experience…
Ethnic minority workers in Hong Kong experienced more than two instances of subtle or unintentional insults related to their race in the workplace over the past year, a university study has found. The study, conducted by Lingnan University and Baptist University from January 2023 to June 2024, explored the issue of microaggression that ethnic minority…
The chief executive’s policy address gave us long-awaited good news that multiple-entry visas for Shenzhen residents might be resumed soon. Currently, Hongkongers can visit the mainland freely while our compatriots in Shenzhen have to apply for permission to come to Hong Kong, with the number of visits capped at once a week. Understandably, the limit…