Cultural sensitivity is the knowledge, awareness, and acceptance of other cultures and others’ cultural identities. Increasingly, training is being incorporated into workplaces and students’ curricula at all levels to enable us to successfully navigate a different culture with which we are interacting, especially in an international city like Hong Kong. 

Funded by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region’s Anti-epidemic Fund, The Hong Kong Council of Social Service (The Council) has initiated a “Professional Traineeship Programme for the Ethnic Minorites” to nurture a pool of young EM professionals in the social service and business sector. There will be 24 trainees deployed to 6-24 NGOs and 16 trainees to 8-16 business companies. Trainees’ salaries and MPF costs will be reimbursed by the Government between September 2022 and August 2023. 

Cultural Sensitivity Training is key to the orientation of work setting employing Ethnic Minorities. Hence, there is a training called “The past and present of Ethnic Minorities in Hong Kong” to enhance the NGOs/company’s cultural competence in working with Ethnic Minorities colleagues. Details please find below: 

“The past and present of Ethnic Minorities in Hong Kong” – Cultural Sensitivity Training

Date: June 23, 2022 (Thursday)
Time: 10:00-12:00 
Venue: Zoom 

Language: English & Cantonese 

Target: 

– NGOs/business companies interested to employ Ethnic Minorities 

– Ethnic Minorities interested to work in social service & business sector 

Speakers*: 
Services for Ethnic Minorities Unit
Hong Kong SKH Lady MacLehose Centre 

Support Service Centre for Ethnic Minorities 
Yuen Long Town Hall 

(* The speaker’s name list will be expanded by June 23)

If you are interested in the events, please do register here by June 23, 2022. For inquiry, please contact Ms. Eva Lam at 2876 2421 or email [email protected]. We are looking forward to your participation. Thank you! 

 Attachment:

1. Memorandum

2. Event Rundown

3. Traineeship Program Fact Sheet

4. Traineeship Program Application Form (for Trainees)[Word]

5. Traineeship Program Application Form (for NGOs)[Word]