Furious deaf people slammed the Equal Opportunities Commission yesterday after it failed to provide a sign-language translator – to hear complaints about a lack of sign-language translators on television.

Representatives of the 9,000 deaf Hongkongers who rely on sign language arranged a week ago to spend an hour discussing their concerns with commission representatives. They want it to investigate whether the failure of news broadcasters to provide sign translation breaches the Discrimination Ordinance.

But the lack of a translator – blamed by the EOC on a “miscommunication” – meant the meeting had to be stalled for hours until a translator could be found. More.

See: South China Morning Post

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