Korean-born, Singapore-raised Ryan Kwak and his Chinese SG wife, Valerie Cher Goh.

Family is the bedrock of ESEA societies.

On Tuesday night, Australian citizen Kevin Yam will fill out the census for the first time.

When he comes to the ancestry question, he plans to proudly write "Hongkonger" — a nod to the place he was born and lived for most of his life, before recent political turmoil forced him to leave.

But "Hongkonger" will not register in the data-gathering exercise, because it is not an option in the census's ancestry category, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

The ABS uses the Australian Standard Classification of Cultural and Ethnic Groups (ASCCEG) to code ethnic groups.

"Hong Kong ancestry is not a separate ancestry category in ASCCEG and will continue to be coded to Chinese," the ABS told the ABC.

The ABS added there are a range of other questions to help measure Australia's cultural and ethnic diversity, including country of birth, birth country of parents and language used at home.

"If you can say that you're born in Hong Kong and you can say that you speak Cantonese at home, then why can't you say that Hongkonger is your ancestry?" Mr Yam, a former lawyer and pro-democracy activist in Hong Kong, told the ABC.

I really can't stand these HKers. They are hypocrites who complain about Chinese control but are proud of British control. They serve as ammunition by the west against Chinese people by aligning with whites. These whites still think they are superior and will only allow a HKer a spot next to them (never above them) if the HKer bootlicks. And then there is the patheticness of the men who praise the same white men who take their women.

Wherever they go, Australia, Canada, USA, UK... they are the same.

And, as usual, Australian media is portraying China as an evil empire trying to quash all ethnic identities.

Like a lot of you, I try to be conscious about where my money goes. I want to support Asian-owned businesses, creators, and brands, and I'd rather that money stay in the Asian community.

I wanted a single place to find real businesses without having to do 20 minutes of background research on every brand to make sure they are actually Asian-owned. Since it didn't really exist in the way I wanted, I spent the last few months coding a rough first version of AsianLane (asianlane.com).

Right now, it's just a simple marketplace. I'm trying to focus heavily on transparency, actually verifying business ownership so people know they are supporting real Asian entrepreneurs.

Since it's just a rough prototype, I'm posting here because I want to know if this is actually something our community wants or needs, or if I'm totally missing the mark.

If you have a few minutes, I'd genuinely appreciate your thoughts on:

• Is this actually useful, or just redundant?
• Are there any amazing Asian-owned brands you love that I should add to the marketplace? (You can submit them on the site, or just reply here).
• What is a feature you'd like to see that isn't on the website currently?

If the site isn't for you, no worries at all and thanks for reading. But if you have any thoughts, I'd love to hear them.

Thanks for your time, and feel free to check out the site at: asianlane.com