4. Dame Judith's letter reflects recent publicity in the UK and
Hong Kong following the Hong Kong Government's announcement on
16 April of revised conditions of employment for Foreign Domestic
Helpers (FDH) in Hong Kong. FDHS, mainly from the Philippines, are
admitted to Hong Kong temporarily to provide domestic service, both
for expatriates and for local Chinese middle and upper class
There are now nearly 30,000 FDHS in Hong Kong.
families.
5.
The recent amendments cover conditions of stay, change of
employment, renewal of contract, wage levels, part-time work and
insurance policies. The amendments seek to ensure that there is no
abuse of the system while also protecting the employment rights of
local Hong Kong workers.
6. A group called the United Filipinos in Hong Kong (UNIFIL-HK)
and its supporters have been campaigning in Hong Kong to press the
Hong Kong Government to scrap the revised conditions for employment,
which, they claim, will render FDHS more vulnerable to maltreatment by employers. In response, the Hong Kong Government have stressed that they are trying to be fair to both employers and FDHS, as well
as to the surplus of local people who are prepared to work as
part-time domestic helpers.
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