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Essay Archive - The Hong Kong Chinese Community
The Hong Kong Chinese Community
The Hong Kong Chinese community is an affluent, educated, and
swelling population in the Greater Toronto Area. The enigma is why they
have only made marginal inroads into the political arena.
Olivia Chow, a Metro councilor representing the Downtown ward says
"this community has potential to be very powerful...it's nowhere near its
potential." Chow is the highest-profile Hong Kong expatriate to win
elected office in the GTA. Others include Tam Goosen, Soo Wong, Carrie
Cheng, and Peter Lam.
Many are convinced that the reason is because Hong Kong "is a
colonial place where they had....
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