After the Sunday protests against mainland tourists, the chairman of the Equal Opportunities Commission, Dr York Chow Yat-ngok expressed yesterday that race hate laws may be extended to protect mainlanders specifically.
The laws would protect against discrimination of members from the same ethnic group.
Current Hong Kong Race Discrimination Ordinance would criminally prosecute those hating against a person on the grounds of their race or nationality. However, Sunday’s incident against mainlanders would not be covered under this ordinance as Hongkongers and mainlanders share the same race and nationality. So far, no one has been prosecuted under the Hong Kong Race Discrimination ordinance.
Source: SCMP
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