Our community areas and surroundings may be naturally familiar to us, but for the people from ethnic minorities, these places may have different images and stories. If you want to explore Hong Kong from another angle, don’t miss out on the guided tours provided by ‘InnoPower@JC:Hi! Strangers’ , which is organized by The Salvation Army and ethnic minority youths aged 16 to 24, and sponsored by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust.

Born and raised in Hong Kong, 17 Pakistani, Nepalese, Indian and African youths have designed several unique communities guided tours based on their special culture and life backgrounds. So far over 700 Chinese Hong Kong citizens have joined the guided tours given by these youngsters in Tuen Mun, Yau Tsim Mong, To Kwa Wan and Wanchai districts and had an in-depth cultural experience of the minority communities.

Each guided tour has a different theme and route. Tour themes cover a wide range including Ramadan (the month of fasting), personal growing-up stories, and individual school experience. The young tour guides will also arrange various experiential activities for the tours, e.g. playing cricket, tasting traditional dishes and visiting the neighbourhood they live in, allowing more interaction for participants to take a closer look at their cultures and habits and see the lesser-known side of Hong Kong.

Sharing from the young tour guides

For Mohammad Kashif, Abdul Majid Razaq and Ahmad Tauqir, three of the young tour guides, every guided tour is unique and valuable. They have guided over 10 tours, which they have put so much heart to plan, to show the participants more about the ethnic minorities. At the same time, they found themselves able to hear the mainstream’s view towards their communities. Since discrimination is very often caused by misunderstanding or a lack of understanding, they hope, through the guided tours, to eliminate the society’s misunderstanding and ignorance towards the ethnic minorities, allowing the public to acknowledge that ethnic minorities are also Hongkongers and are a part of the Hong Kong community.

Guided Tours Info

Tel/ Whatsapp：57667178

Email：histrangers.sa@gmail.com

Facebook：「賽馬會社工創新力量：Hi Strangers」

Language of the tour：Cantonese; English tours are also available

Fee：Free of charge (Feel free to tip the tour guides)