Hong Kong Unison
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香港融樂會 | |
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| Formation | 2001 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Fermi Wong |
| Dissolved | 28 February 2025 |
| Type | Charitable organization |
| Registration no. | 91/7763 |
| Services | Ethnic minorities in Hong Kong |
Chairman | Alice Chong (last) |
Executive Director | John Tse (last) |
| Website | https://unison.org.hk/ |
Hong Kong Unison (Chinese: 香港融樂會) was an organisation in Hong Kong that focused on serving ethnic minorities. Founded in 2001 by social worker Fermi Wong at a time of limited groups on serving ethnic minorities, the group was dedicated in assisting low-income ethnic minorities, including providing Cantonese classes, job finding and family support. Unison was also an advocacy and lobbying group against racial discrimination.
Unison was founded by Fermi Wong Wai-fun (王惠芬) in 2001, and registered as charity group in 2005. It focused on serving ethnic minorities, such as ethnic Indian, Nepali, and Pakistani, while lobbying against racial discrimination to speak up for them.[1] With the push from Unison and other organisations, the Legislative Council enacted the Race Discrimination Ordinance in 2008.[2]
Fermi Wong resigned as executive director in 2013 due to health issues. She later joined the Umbrella Movement as a volunteer, and migrated to the United Kingdom a few years later.[1] She was succeeded by Phyllis Cheung Fung-mei (張鳳美) in 2014.[3]
The group was considered to be close to pro-democracy camp.[4] Margaret Ng, a former Legislative Council member, had chaired the executive committee of Unison in 2014. During the anti-extradition bill protests in 2019, Cheung demanded apologies from the police for striking Kowloon mosque with water cannon. Unison issued a statement supporting Ng when she was arrested in April 2020 for illegal assembly.[5] Social worker Jeffrey Andrews, a former executive of Unison, was arrested in 2021 for subversion for running in the legislative primary election.[1]
John Tse Wing-ling, ex-member of Equal Opportunities Commission, became the new executive director in June 2022.[6] A former Legislative Council and District Council members, Tse quit the Democratic Party in 2017.
