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They can get very

delighted when people in Hong

Kong are actually interested in

their sport and culture

Kabaddi is not just a game for adults
Photo courtesy of Kabaddi United Hong Kong

says Ho Yan-yee, a about cultural diversity through the members can also be given job oppor-
Kabaddi coach. game. Since its inauguration, the tunities related to Kabaddi,” says Lo.
She believes group has collaborated with 42 organ- However, Lo believes career sup-
Kabaddi re- isations and arranged more than 150 port is not the ultimate solution for
quires both Kabaddi workshops with a turnout of EM to integrate into the society. “You
speed and over 2,000 participants. may still get labelled with low-paid or
strength. “Com- It has also organised Kabaddi fun simple jobs,” Lo explains. As the EM
paring with bas- days and beginners’ classes in the are not able to find their values, they
Ho Yan-yee
ketball or foot- community with the help of its in- have low satisfaction in life.
ball which have fixed strategies, it is a tercultural ambassadors. After play- Currently, there are seven to eight
blend of all sports,” she says. ing Kabaddi, participants of differ- EM intercultural ambassadors work-
ent nationalities and ethnicities are ing in Kabaddi United Hong Kong.
Bonding the society encouraged to join a sharing session, “They can get very delighted when
Kabaddi United Hong Kong, in which they introduce their beliefs, people in Hong Kong are actually in-
founded in 2014, aims to promote so- culture, and languages. terested in their sport and culture,” he
cial inclusion by introducing Kabad- Promoting culture through sports says. Lo added that there is a change
di. Lo Yuk-kwong, one of the co- is not common in Hong Kong. “The in their identities. “They can gain sat-
founders, says the sport is an active major purpose is to integrate Chinese isfaction when they share their cul-
and concrete way to empower ethnic with other ethnic groups. Also, EM ture with Hong Kong people,” he says.
minorities (EM) in Hong Kong.
Lo explains why
Kabaddi has been
used to help solve
the social inclu-
sion problem.
“There are peo-
ple who want to
help EM, unfortu-
Lo Yuk-kwong nately they only
advocate policy
changes, which turns out to be empty
talks since it could not help explain
why we should not discriminate
them,” he says.
Kabaddi United Hong Kong aims
to foster social integration and en-
courage the public to learn more