In a bid to beef up officers' knowledge of the Non-ethnic Chinese (NEC) community and its cultures and languages, the Force Working Group on NEC is running a quiz called  "NEC Pop Quiz " in five consecutive issues of Offbeat, starting from last issue.

The five participants who have given correct answers to all questions in the five consecutive issues will be awarded a $200 book coupon. Twenty participants who have given correct answers to all questions in three consecutive issues will receive a $100 book coupon.

If there are many participants with correct answers, a draw will be used to pick the prizewinners and the results will be published in Offbeat. Answers to each issue of the quiz will be published in the following issue.

1.What is the commonly used language of the Indians?

A. Punjabi and Hindi

B. Punjabi only

C. Hindi only

D. None of the above

2. What religions do most of the South Asian people in Hong Kong practice?

A. Sikhism or Christianity

B. Catholicism or Hinduism

C. Buddhism or Christianity

D. Hinduism or Islam

3. What percentage of the Hong Kong population do the NEC make up?

A. 4.5%

B. 6.4%

C. 7.8%

D. 8.2%

Participants should send name, UI, formation, contact number and answers to fwg-nec@police.gov.hk on or before October 19. For enquiry call 2359-8276.

Answers to the first issue are:

1.A  2.A  3.A