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FOREIGN DOMESTIC HELPERS PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION
1.
DR JOHN MAREK, MP HAS TABLED THE FOLLOWING QUESTION FOR
WRITTEN ANSWER ON 27 APRIL:
QUOTE TO ASK THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND
COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, WHAT RECENT CHANGES THERE HAVE BEEN
TO THE RIGHTS OF IMMIGRANT WORKERS IN HONG KONG, AND IF
HE WILL MAKE A STATEMENT. UNQUOTE.
WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR ANY COMMENTS YOU MAY HAVE DESKBY
24U93UZ ON OUR PROPOSED REPLY:
BEGINS
THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED ON 16 APRIL REVISED
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT FOR FOREIGN DOMESTIC HELPERS IN HONG
KONG, COVERING THEIR CONDITIONS OF STAY AND WAGE LEVELS, AND NEW
ARRANGEMENTS FOR CHANGES OF EMPLOYMENT, RENEWAL OF CONTRACT
PART-TIME WORK AND INSURANCE. THESE CHANGES WERE THE RESULT OF A
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT REVIEW OF THE EMPLOYMENT OF FOREIGN DOMESTIC
HELPERS IN HONG KONG.
ENDS
HOWE
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