Rebel with a Cause

Jeffrey Andrews is a social worker fighting for ethnic minority rights in Hong Kong. He details how a brush with crime as a teenager led to a boundary-breaking career

By Tara Sobti.

From being placed at the back of the queue for public hospital visits to food delivery customers requesting “no Indian or Pakistani riders” to being unable to secure a burial ground for family members, the South Asian community in Hong Kong faces a plethora of challenges. Having had first-hand experience of discrimination himself throughout his life, Jeffrey Andrews is committed to fighting for a more equal and understanding society. In the decade between 2011 and 2021, there was a 56 per cent increase in South Asian residents, which includes people from India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, according to government census data. The city is often referred to as a cultural melting pot thanks to its eclectic mix of people from all over the world, but even for those born…

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Tatler Hong Kong (Digital) - 1 Issue, August 2022

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