Hong Kong’s equality watchdog ‘slacking’ in anti-discrimination promotion and education, NGO says

[HKFP] - 11/11/2024

Hong Kong’s equality watchdog has not done enough to educate the public on anti-discrimination in recent years, an NGO has said after a Paralympic athlete was turned away by a restaurant because of her wheelchair. It was “totally unacceptable” that boccia player Ho Yuen-kei, who bagged two gold (…)



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