Hong Kong people

What are Hong Kong people? It's complicated... The identity of "Hong Kong people" originated from the emergence of the Hong Kong Identity Card in 1976.

There are foreigners/Chinese who have lived in Hong Kong for many years; there are Chinese who have lived in Hong Kong for several generations; there are non-Chinese (minorities such as South Asians, Africans, etc.) who have lived in Hong Kong for several generations; there are returnees ; There are new Hong Kongers who have immigrated to Hong Kong from the mainland in the past ten or twenty years; there are Taiwanese who work and live in Hong Kong and can speak fluent Cantonese, etc.

There are people from different places in different parts of China. Hong Kong and Shanghai are both big cities in the south, bringing together people from different parts of China; but it is very strange that there are many local restaurants and restaurants that are very common from different regions in Shanghai, while Hong Kong does not have or Few, such as halal Lanzhou Ramen and Fujian Shaxian Snacks, etc. On the contrary, Sichuan and Hunan dishes and Taiwanese dishes have become popular. why?

In fact, multiculturalism is the strongest soft power of cultural software. For example, London, one of the cultural capitals, is a multiracial and multicultural city. The Sham Shui Po district in Kowloon, Hong Kong has "transformed" into a multicultural community in the past ten years. There are also several social welfare organizations in the district that provide support services for ethnic minorities. Due to the weaker Chinese language ability of ethnic minorities, they face more difficulties in daily life, further studies, work and use of social services.

Situation of Ethnic Minorities in Sham Shui Po District

• Ethnic minorities make up 8% of Hong Kong's population

• Walk through the streets of Sham Shui Po and you will find many shops and restaurants run by ethnic minorities. In addition to doing business in this area, they still live in this area.

• How much communication between ethnic minorities and the majority Chinese in the area? Do they know each other's living culture?

• When Chinese neighbors meet, say hello, in addition to "Hello" and "Morning", they will also say "Have you eaten yet". It turns out that regardless of the Chinese, there are other ethnic minorities such as India, Pakistan and Vietnam, and even Indonesians, Filipinos and Malaysians will use this phrase to greet people.

• In Sham Shui Po, in addition to tea restaurants, restaurants, restaurants and porridge and noodle shops run by Chinese, there are also many restaurants and snack shops opened by ethnic minorities.