Africans in Hong Kong

Africans in Hong Kong constitute a small number of total residents in Hong Kong.

Africans in Hong Kong
Total population
3,144 (2016[1])[2]
Regions with significant populations
Tsim Sha Tsui
Languages
English, French, Igbo, Yoruba and other languages of Africa
Religion
Christianity, Islam
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Population

There were 3,144 Africans living in Hong Kong in 2016 according to the Africa Center Hong Kong, 2,012 male and 1,132 females.[1][2] This includes migrants from Southern Africa, who number around 200 residents and consist mainly of Africans of European origin.[3]

About half of the Africans in Hong Kong live in Yuen Long,[2] with another concentration in Chungking Mansions in Kowloon's Tsim Sha Tsui district. Some notable Africans in Hong Kong includes Innocent Mutanga, an investment banker with Goldman Sachs who came to Hong Kong with only 200HKD and worked his way up from being homeless to becoming one of the elites in Hong Kong and also runs the Africa Center Hong Kong[4][5] Historically many Africans in Hong Kong were traders, dealing in mobile phones and electronic devices for export markets at shops in Chungking Mansions, but this is quickly changing as the Africans choose Guangzhou's Xiaobei for this business.[6][7]

Drug trafficking

As part of a series of anti-drug arrests in 2015, over 40 Gambians were arrested in Hong Kong on charges of drug trafficking and working without a permit in May.[8] By July, the Hong Kong Police Force declared success in its anti-drug campaign. Mark Ford-McNicol, the Assistant District Commander for the Central vice squad said: "The blatant drug trafficking in Lan Kwai Fong has been eradicated.... We’ve more or less cleared Lan Kwai Fong of the African guys that were doing it."[9]

See also

References
  1. http://www.africacenterhk.com
  2. "Is Hong Kong racist?". South China Morning Post. 21 July 2018.
  3. Bodomo, Adams. Africans in China. Cambria Press. p. 37. ISBN 1621968189. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  4. https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/3090534/hes-leading-conversation-about-changing-asian-views-black-people-refugee
  5. https://www.hk01.com/隱形香港/456181/少數族裔-首位非洲難民讀中大-申請簽證靠查法例k-o-移民官
  6. https://www.amazon.com/World-Guangzhou-Africans-Foreigners-Marketplace/dp/022650610X
  7. "A one-stop shop in Hong Kong for African traders with China", BBC News, 11 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  8. "40 Gambians Detained in Hong Kong Over Drug Trafficking, Work Permit". The Voice. 23 May 2015. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  9. "Hong Kong Vice Squad Claims Drug Dealing 'Eradicated' From LKF". Coconuts Hong Kong. 13 July 2015.
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