Hong Kong’s ‘lost generation’?
Activists call for city-state officials to bridge the education gap for minority students.
Have Hong Kong’s minority children become a ‘lost generation’? Human rights groups say separate schooling, linguistic divides and societal discrimination are holding ethnic minority students back. As adults, they face limited job opportunities, housing discrimination and unequal pay. After years of separate classrooms, how can Hong Kong bridge the gap?
In this episode of The Stream, we speak with:
Jeffrey Andrews
Case worker, Christian Action
christian-action.org.hk
Carlos Soto @carlosesoto
Teacher and researcher in Hong Kong
hongkongteacher.tumblr.com
Kiran Dip Kaur
9th grade student in Hong Kong
Celeste Yuen
Associate Professor, The Hong Kong Institute of Education
ied.edu.hk
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