20 February 2021
Hong Kong’s low-income ethnic minority families in Tung Chung given food, relief amid Covid-19 pandemic (South China Monring Post)
When Asma and her husband moved from Pakistan to Hong Kong 14 years ago, she could not have been happier. He had found work in the airport’s cargo area, giving her time to get used to life in the bustling metropolis.
After a year, they had a son – now aged 13 – and later a daughter, who is now 11. “I had a very happy life. My husband was very loving and caring,” said Asma, whose name has been changed to protect her identity.
But then disaster struck. In 2013, while standing at a bus stop in Hong Kong, Asma’s husband suffered a fatal heart attack and the family’s circumstances abruptly changed. All of a sudden, she became a single mother and sole breadwinner for her two children, which pushed her into depression.
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