Equal Opportunities Commission (Hong Kong)

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Equal Opportunities Commission
平等機會委員會
AbbreviationEOC
Formation20 May 1996;29 years ago (1996-05-20) [1]
TypeStatutory body
Legal statusActive
Headquarters16/F, 41 Heung Yip Road, Wong Chuk Hang
Location
ServicesInvestigation
Advocacy
Advisory
Fields Human rights
Chairperson
Linda Lam Mei-sau
Queenie Chan Lai-kwan

Vincent Cheng Wing-shun
Rosanna Choi Yi-tak
Lily Chow
Theresa Cunanan
James Matthew Fong
Simon Lam Ken-chung
Sigmund Leung Sai-man
Vishal Melwani
Henry Shie Wai-hung
Anna Thompson
Shirley To Shuk-yi
Linda Tsang Chi-man
Rizwan Ullah
Gary Wong Chi-him

Kitty Wu Kit-ying

Contents

ExpensesHK$125,967,377 [2] (2018)
Website Official website
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Equal Opportunities Commission
Traditional Chinese 平等機會委員會
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
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