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OUR VISIT TO CHUNG KING MANSION, TSIM SHA TSUI
On two days – Thursday 6th and Friday the 7th of September members of the migrants group visited Chungking Mansions in order to gain some understanding about illegal immigrants in Hong Kong. Chungking Mansions is an old building complex in Tsim Sha Tsui which is a blend of cheap hotels, residential living as well as a number of shops and small restaurants. It is well known in Hong Kong as a focal point for illegal immigrants mainly from Africa and other parts of Asia. It is also known to be a centre for illegal drug dealing.

Whilst there, members of the group took photos of the complex and also attempted to interview a number of people whom they thought might be illegal immigrants or who lived in the complex themselves. The aim was to get some sort of understanding as to what conditions were like for such people. Two people agreed to be interviewed but were unable to be tracked down whilst others were asked but had no knowledge of the living conditions in the building.

Due to the possible dangerous nature of the area and its occupants we as a group decided not to explore too far into the building. The trip did however give us some understanding as to what Chungking Mansions is like and from looking at the people there we were able to deduce that most were either African or Indian descent.





















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__**Interview with Mrs Bell**__ We Interviewed Mrs Bell, who was said to be used to be teaching migrants English in Hong Kong. So we decided to have an interview with her. She currently works in our school so it was not hard to book an appointment with her in one of the lunch times. The entire interview took ten minutes and we received valuable information from her. Here are the answers we got from each questions.

1. Where they are situated? A. I think most of them lives in Sham Shhui Po, i;m not sure...

2. There living conditions?

A. Many live in small flats, each flat consist of many people. Its pretty cramped inside.

3. Troubles they encountered?

A. They cannot speak English or Chinese, found themselves hard to fit in society.

4. Citizenship requirements?

A. You have to live for seven years right? In Hong Kong.

5. Are there are laws associated with them?

A. I dunno... I dunno any laws about them.

6. Are there a famous case on related issues?

A. Don''t know

7. Where do most of the migrants come from?

A. Most of them come from Pakistan,India and some from South East Asia.

8. What do they do when they find illigel migrants?

A. Sent to jail.

9. Are they involved with criminal activities?

A. Not most of them, but there's still some. 10. Common misconceptions with migrants?

A. They think differently from us, because each of them have their own story to come here, experience they encounter are not as simple as we think.

11. What programs does Hong Kong run if any for Hong Kong migrants? A.

12. What are their English abilities as migrants?

A. As I said, they have poor English.

13. What charity do you work with?

A.

14. What do you do for the charity?

A. Teach them English.
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