Just how much of a melting pot is Hong Kong, Asia’s World City?
Compared to a decade ago, the amount of non-Chinese ethnic people living in the city has increased by 70.8 per cent
Claiming to be “Asia’s World City”, Hong Kong is a culturally diverse society with people of different ethnic backgrounds. A thematic report released by the Census and Statistics Department last week mapped out the latest condition of ethnic minorities in the city. Compared to a decade ago, the amount of non-Chinese ethnic people living in the city has increased by 70.8 per cent. The government explained the surge was mainly because of increases in the number of Filipinos, Indonesians, South Asians and whites.
How many from ethnic minorities live in Hong Kong and where are they from?
According to the department's latest report, which was based on a population by-census done in 2016, a total of 584,383 people from different ethnic minorities were living in Hong Kong, constituting 8 per cent of the city’s population.
Excluding foreign domestic helpers, the amount of ethnic minorities in Hong Kong also increased by about 70 per cent from 2006 to 2016.
About 80 per cent of all ethnic minorities in the city were from Asia. Most of the non-Chinese residents originated from the Philippines and Indonesia, accounting for 31.5 per cent and 26.2 per cent of the total ethnic minorities population. South Asians, including Indians and Pakistanis, constituted 14.5 per cent of the ethnic minorities population. Around 10 per cent of the non-Chinese population were whites.
