ala . ▁Con tr ary ▁to ▁the ▁tr end ▁in ▁Latin ▁America , ▁where ▁rem itt ances ▁from ▁relatives ▁working ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁are ▁often ▁used ▁to ▁meet ▁daily ▁exp enses ▁or ▁for ▁other ▁consumption , ▁in ▁one ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁survey , ▁more ▁than ▁half ▁of ▁Indones ian ▁workers ▁in ▁Hong ▁Kong ▁reported ▁that ▁their ▁families ▁used ▁their ▁rem itt ances ▁to ▁start ▁business es , ▁each ▁creating ▁between ▁one ▁and ▁five ▁jobs . ▁ ▁Religion ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁there ▁were ▁ 2 2 0 , 0 0 0 ▁Muslim s ▁in ▁Hong ▁Kong , ▁of ▁which ▁Indones ians ▁formed ▁an ▁estimated ▁ 1 2 0 , 0 0 0 . ▁ ▁Within ▁their ▁communities , ▁services ▁are ▁provided ▁to ▁Indones ian ▁Muslim s ▁and ▁other ▁Muslim s ▁mainly ▁by ▁N GO s . ▁Most ▁of ▁these ▁N GO s ▁have ▁courses ▁in ▁Arab ic ▁and ▁the ▁Q ur an ▁so ▁that ▁children ▁and ▁newly ▁Muslim ▁people ▁can ▁learn ▁the ▁religion ▁practices ▁and ▁language ▁they ▁need . ▁There ▁are ▁seven ▁Islam ic ▁schools ▁in ▁Hong ▁Kong , ▁run ▁mainly ▁by ▁Islam ic ▁N GO s , ▁for ▁example ▁the ▁Chinese ▁Muslim ▁Cultural ▁and ▁F rat ernal ▁Association . ▁Some ▁of ▁them ▁have ▁membership ▁schemes ▁and ▁provide ▁services ▁like ▁library , ▁ret ails , ▁etc . ▁Some ▁of ▁the ▁people ▁also ▁gather ▁in ▁the ▁Mos ques ▁during ▁religious ▁celebr ations . ▁If ▁they ▁seem ▁to ▁mainly ▁interact ▁within ▁their ▁own ▁local ▁communities , ▁it ▁is ▁because