MOST complaints received by equal opportunities watchdogs from people suffering mental illness relate to discrimination in employment.
Since the establishment of the Equal Opportunities Commission in 1996, 56 of the 91 complaints lodged by mentally ill people were about unfair treatment at work.
The remaining 22 cases related to the provision of goods, services and facilities, an area where the number of complaints is rising.
'There is an unfortunate misconception among some employers and a sector of the public that people with a mental illness are a threat to the community and should be avoided once they are identified,' commission chairwoman Anna Wu Hung-yuk said.
'This kind of prejudice is grossly unfair to some 92,000 people with a mental illness in Hong Kong.'
