GEUC 4011 VJ01 Liu Yim Fong Wong Yi Ling Wong Kin Kei Hung Man Chun

Within a national or racial group of people Chinese Intra-ethnic Marriage between or among people with different cultural background Hong Kong and Mainland China Intercultural marriage

traditional marriage between male and female, marriage between Hong Kong and mainlander Marriage were born in HK and have grown up in HK until 18 years old Hong Konger were born in Mainland China and have grown up in Mainland until 18 years old Mainlander

Research Questions

Intercultural marriage What are the hurdles?How to maintain their relationship? How to solve the difference in their culture?

Relevance

Hong Kong as a global city Population of non- Hong Kong people increases Marriage between Hong Kong and mainland people increases Trend of globalization People with different cultural background will be easier to join together Marriage between Hong Kong and mainland people increases

Methodology Interview Questionnaire

Interview structured interviews for couples with different financial background Couples Structured interviews for organizations that provide support for those couples Organizations

Questionnaire Target Schoolmates in university Significance find out how people feel about intercultural-marriage find out how much people know about intercultural-marriage, eg difficulties faced after marriage

Tentative Conclusion

People usually think that their culture is better, and they may want their partner follows them(sense of superiority) People who are well educated and have family members with similar situation can maintain a longer relationship Intercultural marriage usually lasts shorter than marriage between the same culture Tentative Conclusion

Implication

More intercultural marriage may cause more family disputes especially for people who come from the lower class of the society WHO ? Government? Social welfare department ? Voluntary society? HOW? Workshop / professional advice on marriage WHY ? To maintain the stability of the society

Sep: conducting interviews with couples and distributing questionaires to fellow university students Oct: analyzing interview and questionaires’ result Nov-Dec: finalizing our project,work on presentation and written report Planned working schedule