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Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC)i

EOC stands for the Equal Opportunities Commission. It is a Hong Kong statutory body responsible for implementing ordinances meant to eliminate discrimination based on disability, family status, race and gender.

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  • Readers discuss the need to make goods, services and facilities accessible to all, regardless of age, ability or status in life, and suggestions that the city ditch its US dollar peg

EOC chief Ricky Chu tells Post’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Summit 2024 that DEI initiatives have to become ‘essential value propositions’ for successful firms.

Call for free rubbish bags for disabled and chronically sick after survey shows waste charging scheme will penalise them because of heavy use of disposable medical items.

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Readers discuss the call for targeted and culturally sensitive public programmes, timely attention on the problem of “psychiatrisation”, the lucky audience at Yo-Yo Ma’s concert, and ways to speed up the construction of MTR platform screen doors.

While some lawmakers and critics say event will undermine traditional Chinese family values, organisers call it milestone in long fight for recognition.

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Equal Opportunities Commission releases first practical guide for catering industry to help restaurants serve diners who are disabled or have other mobility issues.

Ricky Chu, who chairs Equal Opportunities Commission, says proposals made to fix loopholes that stop sexual harassment lawsuits being over orientation camp activities.

Readers discuss the international reaction to the hanging in Singapore of a man convicted of a drug offence, nations’ failure to prioritise peace, and the Hong Kong equality watchdog’s sensitivity to potential discrimination.

Christine Chu, 24, says Chinese University’s law school told her to use toilets for people with disabilities when she asked about using women’s facilities.

Readers suggest what new PR police assistant commissioner can do, ask to be allowed home quarantine where there is ample space, and ponder the school ban on long hair for boys in our diverse society

Readers discuss how school rules requiring boys to have short hair reinforces outdated gender norms, the need to ensure policies do not contravene the Sex Discrimination Ordinance, and the courage needed to take a stand as a student.