21 January 1991
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Foreign & Commonwealth
Office
Ms Chairmaine Farrell
The Hong Kong Council of Women
GPO Box 819
HONG KONG
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London SW1 2AH
Dear Ms Farrell,
I have been asked to thank you for your letter of 19 November to Lord Caithness, enclosing a copy of your Council's petition to OMELCO about the terms of
employment contracts for foreign domestic helpers in Hong
Kong, and to reply on his behalf. I note your particular
concern about the "two week rule".
I understand that the Hong Kong Government are examining
your petition and will let you have a detailed reply in
due course. In the meantime, you may find it helpful to
have some commments on points you make on pages 7-8 of your petition taking your seven points seriatim:
(1) The Hong Kong Government have recently reviewed the terms of the standard employment contract for domestic
helpers recruited from overseas and, amongst other
improvements, intends to delete clause 12(d) (ii) (which
required the previous employer to notify the Director of
Immigration that he had no objection to the helper being
employed by the new employer).
DIVAAU
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