Event Tag: Seminar

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To promote a racially friendly and harassment-free workplace, the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) co-organised a seminar with Dream Impact, titled “Respect For All: Co-Creating Safe and Inclusive Shared Workplaces”, on 10 December 2025. With an intimate group of around 30 passionate participants from different sectors and interested in social innovation and community empowerment, the event provided deep engagement, meaningful networking, and rich discussions on building diversity, equality and inclusion in shared workspaces.

During the seminar, Mr LAI Wing-yiu, Training Officer from the Ethnic Minorities Unit (EMU) of the EOC, and Ms Susana SOO, Senior Equal Opportunities Officer from the Anti-Sexual Harassment Unit (ASHU) of the EOC, shared insights on fostering racial equality in co-working spaces and breaking gender stereotypes to create truly harassment-free work environment for all races and genders. Mr Raymond HO, Senior Equal Opportunities Officer from the EMU, also joined the interactive question-and-answer session, exchanging practical ideas with participants on implementing equal opportunities policies in their own organisations.

The small group setting fostered lively and open discussions, where participants actively shared real-world experiences, and raise queries concerning legal protections, and solutions to tackle sexual harassment, etc. Feedback was overwhelmingly positive—attendees described the seminar as highly informative, inspirational, and eye-opening, particularly in areas like deepening their understanding of what constitutes workplace harassment and the value of clear policies combined with regular training.

To cap off the afternoon, participants enjoyed a guided tour of Dream Impact’s shared workspace, gaining firsthand insight into the daily operations of the space and specific measures implemented to ensure a safe, respectful, and inclusive venue for all members, users and visitors.

Events like this reinforce the EOC’s commitment to collective impact in Hong Kong’s vibrant co-working ecosystem. We warmly invite other shared workspace operators to co-host seminars or workshops with us — together, we can promote and share best practices, and create equal opportunities for everyone in the society. Do not hesitate to reach out to the EOC’s ASHU or EMU for more information.

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Practical tips for promoting mutual respect between genders,racial inclusion, and universal design in the company

The Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) organised a seminar titled “Embracing Equal Opportunities to Enhance ESG” on 28 February 2024 and aimed at exploring with enterprises how they could create an equal, diverse and inclusive workplace. The seminar received great support from Manulife and the Hong Kong Small and Medium Enterprises Association (HKSMEA). Both supporting organisations have demonstrated their commitment to ESG strategies. Manulife is one of the founding signatories of the EOC’s “The Racial Diversity & Inclusion Charter for Employers” (“the Charter”). In addition to signing the Charter, the HKSMEA co-hosted the “Preventing Sexual Harassment in the Workplace” Forum with the EOC and is also one of the supporting organisations for the EOC’s “Universal Design Recognition Scheme 2024/25”.

EOC Chairperson, Mr. Ricky CHU Man-kin, highlighted that ESG, which stands for “Environmental, Social, and Governance”, has become a core strategy for long-term and sustainable development in enterprises, serving as an important operational indicator for listed companies. Other stakeholders along the supply chain, including small and medium enterprises, could enhance their competitiveness and sustainability by putting ESG in place. 

Speakers from the EOC discussed three important topics related to social and governance aspects within the ESG framework. These topics included preventing workplace sexual harassment to create a safe and respectful work environment, promoting racial inclusiveness to foster a diverse workplace culture, and adopting universal design to accommodate diverse user needs.

On preventing workplace sexual harassment, Ms. Susana SOO from the Anti-Sexual Harassment Unit of the EOC especially pointed out the risks of liabilities enterprises would face and reminded participants the reasonably practical steps that they could take. At the same time, Ms. SOO introduced to participants the EOC’s support for enterprises in implementing equal opportunities and anti-sexual harassment strategies in various ways, such as policy development guidelines, training and consultancy services provided by the Anti-Sexual Harassment Unit.

The EOC also encouraged participants to join the EO Club, where they can stay updated with the latest information relating to the anti-discrimination ordinances and participate in networking activities.

The EOC’s sincere gratitude goes to Manulife, the HKSMEA and all participating enterprises.  We believe this seminar or events-alike in the future will drive changes in the workplace, raise enterprises’ awareness of social responsibilities and corporate governance, and foster their implementation of policies that promote diversity, equality and inclusion.

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The Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC), Zonta Club of Kowloon, and Hong Kong Small and Medium Enterprises Association (HKSME) co-organised a seminar titled ‘Preventing Sexual Harassment in the Workplace’ on November 27, 2023. The seminar aimed to raise awareness of sexual harassment under the Sex Discrimination Ordinance and promote understanding of anti-sexual harassment measures among SMEs.

Conducted in a hybrid format at CIC – Zero Carbon Park and via Zoom simultaneously, the seminar drew participants from various sectors such as construction, real estate, manufacturing, hospitality, and professional services.

EOC Chairperson, Mr. Ricky Chu emphasised the importance of the forum in promoting understanding of legal protections against sexual harassment and providing a platform for SMEs to exchange views on creating safe working environments.

Dr. Ferrick Chu, Executive Director (Operations) of the EOC, delivered a comprehensive presentation on sexual harassment definitions, employer responsibilities, and the benefits for SMEs from preventing sexual harassment at workplace. Other speakers included Ms. Winnie Teoh, Chair of the Advocacy Committee of Zonta Club of Kowloon and Past International Director of Zonta International, and Ms. Wong Lok-yung, Organiser of Hong Kong Women Workers’ Association. Ms. Teoh shared international examples of sexual harassment prevention efforts in the workplace, while Ms. Wong, made suggestions on effective measures to prevent sexual harassment at work.

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The Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) today (27 May 2022) held the “Roundtable on Experiences and Challenges in Eliminating Sexual Harassment in the Higher Education Sector”. Representatives from nine universities exchanged their views and experiences in combating campus sexual harassment at the roundtable discussions.

Mr Ricky CHU Man-kin, Chairperson of the EOC said, “Anti-sexual harassment has always been one of the top work priorities of the EOC and we are very much concerned about elimination of sexual harassment on campus. I would like to take this opportunity to express commendation for the nine universities’ anti-sexual harassment work, as well as our sincerest gratitude for their active participation and support in our Break the Silence study and the follow-up report. We wish this could be a good example for all other universities and tertiary institutions to follow, in order to eliminate sexual harassment for everyone in the higher education sector in Hong Kong.”

Representatives from the nine participating universities, which participated in the Break the Silence study in 2018, were invited to the event today to discuss how to effectively eliminate campus sexual harassment and promote anti-sexual harassment education to their students. The representatives of the nine universities participating at the roundtable discussions were from City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Lingnan University, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, The Education University of Hong Kong, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and The University of Hong Kong.

For details of findings, please read the “Follow-up Report of the Break the Silence Study: Anti-Sexual Harassment Actions Taken by Universities in 2019-2021”.

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In order to enhance the awareness and understanding of the Hong Kong sports community on the prevention of sexual harassment, the Equal Opportunities Commission, together with the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong Sports Institute, and Hong Kong Baptist University, hosted an online seminar on Preventing Sexual Harassment in the Sports Sector on March 26, 2021.

The primary goal of this seminar is to raise awareness about eliminating discrimination and preventing sexual harassment in the Hong Kong sports sector. The goal is to help relevant organizations understand the latest revisions to the Sex Discrimination Ordinance through guest speakers, thereby enhancing the awareness of coaches and athletes to prevent sexual harassment.

Agenda of the seminar:

• Dr. Ferrick Chu – Executive Director (Operations), Equal Opportunities Commission
  Sexual Harassment and latest amendment of related legal provisions
  
• Dr. Trisha Leahy, JD, SBS, BBS – Chief Executive of Hong Kong Sports Institute
  Psychological impact of sexual harassment and the role of coaches in safeguarding athletes
  
• Miss YU Chui-yee, BBS, MH – Representative of Hong Kong Wheelchair Fencing Team
  Experience Sharing: How to be an active bystander? Preventing sexual harassment and bullying from an athlete’s point of view