The Equal Opportunities Commission is facing fresh accusations that it is discriminating against people who cannot read either Chinese or English.
The commission's code of practice on how to eliminate discrimination and harassment among racial groups was criticised when the first draft, in October, was published only in Chinese and English.
The commission then translated it into four other languages and extended consultation for a month.
But when the updated version was presented to the Legislative Council, it was again only in Chinese and English. The revision drew renewed criticism yesterday from legislators and an ethnic minority support group.
'The EOC has the responsibility to explain the revised code,' legal-sector lawmaker Margaret Ng Ngoi-yee said at a meeting of a subcommittee studying the code.
'Is using Chinese and English already the best way? I think the EOC should take the lead in using languages that ethnic minorities understand as well.'