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MEMORANDUM FOR EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
on 24 February 1987
RECEIVED Y REGISTRY
23 FEB 1987
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
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PA
RETOREIGN DOMESTIC HELPERS IN HONG KONG
Action Taken
INTRODUCTION
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On 16 December, after considering memorandum XCC(86)191, the Council advised and the Governor ordered that a further submission should be prepared for the Council containing
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(a) proposals for enforcing the conditions of employment and assessing the consequent implications on the numbers of Foreign Domestic Helpers;
(b)
a proposal based on that at paragraph 17(d) of the memorandum for placing a ceiling on the number of Foreign Domestic Helpers; and
(c) an examination of the implications for Hong
Kong's relations with the Philippines.
The purpose of this memorandum is to seek Members' advice on (a), that is, proposals for enforcing the conditions of employment of foreign domestic helpers (FDHs) in Hong Kong. Members' advice is being sought separately on (b) and (c); that is, whether there should be a limit on the number of FDHs allowed in Hong Kong at one time.. In the same memorandum Members' advice is also being sought on whether the wage range for FDHS should be brought up to a level equal to the current wage range for full time local domestic helpers.
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
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admission of contains the
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A brief description of the procedures for the FDHs is at Annex A. A sample contract which conditions of employment is at Annex B. The problems So far identified
described in the following paragraphs.
are
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