hong kong 2017 open data day hackathon results: racismwatch:hk
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THIS MACHINE DATA KILLS FASCISTS
Rhetoric on internment camps
Do we need to lock up all Nepali’s in YMT?
No actual data on refugee crime
Sometimes you need to find your own data
Sometimes you need to find your own data
Sometimes you need to find your own data
Inconsistent (“refugee”, “non-refoulement claimant”, “recognisance“, form 8”, Non-ethnic Chinese, NECI)
Some districts provide everything (nationality, types of crime…).
Lots of gaps (“We don’t have data”).
Do we need to lock up all S Asians in SSP?
https://www.facebook.com/leetszking/videos/1663087000383462/
Do we need to lock up all S Asians in SSP?
No. Crime rate is low, stable, and 2% arrests are of S Asians (50-60 people)
https://accessinfo.hk/en/request/arrestconvictionprosecution_data_2
What we did today
• Help filling data gaps (more accessinforequests)
• Looked for other data sources – press releases, Judiciary, Hong Kong Legal Information Institute database, other gov departments
• Played with census data to normalise
• Robert visualised data (R and shiny)
Making our own open data…
http://publicdatahk.com/dataset/hong-kong-2011-census-data
Interactive view of crime stats
https://rmporsch.shinyapps.io/crime_in_hong_kong/
Breakdown of refugee crime
Appendix• https://rmporsch.shinyapps.io/crime_in_hong_kong/
• Hong Kong Legal Information Institute http://www.hklii.hk/eng/
• Legal Reference System databasehttp://legalref.judiciary.gov.hk/lrs/common/ju/judgment.jsp
• LEGCO 2015 security panel briefing notes (inc. crime data) http://www.vfnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Legco-Security-Panel-7July2015-SB-brief.pdf
• PR on Elizabeth Quat question on USM (inc. crime data) http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201504/29/P201504290667.htmhttp://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201504/29/P201504290667.htm