Question No. 3
Reply by
The Hon. Michael Thomas, CMG, QC, Attorney General
to a question from The Hon. TAM Yiu-chung
in the Legislative Council Meeting on 25 June 1986
Question:
With regard to the problem of overseas domestic helpers working in Hong Kong, will the Government inform this Council
(a) the annual number of overseas domestic helpers working in Hong Kong from 1981 to 1985, and as at 31 May 1986, the total number of such helpers working in Hong Kong;
(b) the number of cases over the past 5
years in which overseas domestic helpers breached the conditions of stay laid down by the Immigration Department by taking up other jobs or because of other reasons, and what measures are taken to ensure that such conditions are complied with; and
(c)
what progress has been made in the review of Government's policy on
overseas domestic helpers and what is the scope of the review?
Reply :
Sir,
(a)
The number of overseas domestic helpers working
in Hong Kong at the end of each of the last five
years was, to the nearest hundred, as follows :
1981
15,600
1982
21,500
1983
26,300
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