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Written by: Li Fuyuan
2020-02-17 02:16
Last updated: 2020-02-17 02:16The restaurant “Glorious Ice Room” with Lennon Wall announced earlier that it only welcomes Hong Kong people, and only orders in Cantonese and English are accepted. Later, it welcomes “Taiwanese friends”. The store said on Facebook on Saturday (15th) , Received a call from the Equal Opportunity, "Then we can only entertain certain people / not entertain certain people, then tell me." EOC issued a statement late last night (16th), referring to an earlier complaint, stating that the notice posted by the restaurant was suspected of discriminating against certain customers. The EOC staff then handled the complaint in accordance with established procedures and called to advise them that they would The notice was removed and "the EOC staff did not warn or mention the need to sue the restaurant during the conversation."
However, Equal Opportunity pointed out that certain language-related requirements or conditions may disadvantage people of a certain ethnic group because they fail to meet the relevant requirements, leading to indirect discrimination against the ethnic group and possible violation of the law.
Equal Opportunity Refutes Restaurant Challenges: No Justification
The statement stated that EOC had received a complaint earlier that the restaurant posted notices that allegedly discriminated against certain customers. EOC employees then handled the complaint in accordance with established procedures and decided to contact the restaurant by telephone to advise them to The notice was removed, "The call from the Equal Opportunities staff member described in the post was conducted in full accordance with the established procedures for Equal Opportunity to handle complaints. The Equal Opportunity Staff member did not warn or mention the need to sue the restaurant during the dialogue. Therefore, the relevant The allegations of the conversation and the questioning of the handling of the equal opportunity can be said to be groundless. "
The statement states that according to the current 4 anti-discrimination laws, the EOC can investigate related complaints, inquire about the incident, explain the relevant legal provisions, and make recommendations to relevant persons and / or organizations involved in the incident to achieve improvement Relevant circumstances, and even the purpose of eliminating discriminatory acts, so the action taken in this incident is absolutely in line with the powers conferred by law, "and the staff member is faithfully performing the legal function of equal opportunity."
The EOC has no prosecution power and has been criticized from time to time as a "toothless tiger." (Photo by Hong Jiahui)
Conditions include "language" requirements or indirectly discriminate against certain ethnic groups
The statement emphasizes that it is an offence under the Race Discrimination Ordinance to discriminate, harass and stigmatize a person based on their "race". The Ordinance provides that "race" refers to the race, color, descent, nationality or race of an individual. Although "language" is not a race defined under the Ordinance, certain requirements or conditions related to language may make certain races People in the group are disadvantaged because they fail to meet the relevant requirements, leading to indirect discrimination against the ethnic group.
The Equal Opportunity explained that kindergartens require that all children applying for admission must be interviewed in Cantonese. However, as most ethnic minority children do not necessarily understand Cantonese before receiving formal education, the requirements may disadvantage ethnic minority children and indirectly result in racial discrimination. "Similarly, if a goods or service provider requires all customers to speak a certain language in order to obtain goods or services, it may disadvantage ethnic groups that fail to meet the requirements and may violate the law."
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The statement concluded that the EOC understands that the public is very worried about the new coronavirus and has different opinions on the epidemic control measures, but is convinced that discriminatory speech and behavior will definitely not help control the epidemic, and reiterates its call on all sectors of society to be rational at critical times Compass with empathy, fight the epidemic together, and overcome difficulties together.
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