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TO DENY MANY MEMBERS "HOWEVER, THE EFFECT WOULD BE PUBLIC ACCESS TO THESE AREAS, MOST OF WHICH ARE REMOTE AND NOT ACCESSIBLE BY ANY OTHER MEANS.
"SUCH A MEASURE WOULD NOT SEEM TO BE JUSTIFIED IN VIEW OPERATING VERY FEW ACCIDENTS INVOLVING SWIMMERS FROM VESSELS WATERS OF HONG KONG, MRS CHAN SAID.
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OF
THE EASILY
OF THE IN THE
0
TWO-WEEK RULE FOR FOREIGN DOMESTIC HELPER MAINTAINED
OF AN
HAVE
REASONS FOR A FOREIGN SECRETARY FOR
AND IN ALL CASES WHERE SUFFICIENT
SELF-EVIDENT
STAY BEEN ADVANCED IN SUPPORT
EXTENSION OF DOMESTIC HELPER, PERMISSION IS ALWAYS
THE GIVEN,
IN THE LEGISLATIVE EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, THE HON K.Y. YEUNG, SAID COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THE
IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON PEGGY LAM, MR YEUNG SAID GOVERNMENT CONSIDERED THAT THE "TWO-WEEK RULE" HAD TO BE MAINTAINED.
HE EXPLAINED THAT THE RULE WAS NEVER INTENDED FOR OF ENABLING DOMESTIC HELPERS TO FIND ALTERNATIVE EMPLOYERS.
THE PURPOSE
"IT WAS INTRODUCED IN 1987 AGAINST JOB-HOPPING.
AS A
"IF
NECESSARY FORM OF CONTROL
HELPER DOMESTIC A
HAS A VALID REASON TO SEEK AN
GO ΤΟ THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT ALTERNATIVE EMPLOYER, SHE SHOULD
FOR TO ASCERTAIN WHETHER COUNSELLING, AND TO THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT
AND GRANTED AN SHE MAY BE PERMITTED TO FIND AN ALTERNATIVE EMPLOYER EXTENSION OF STAY, MR YEUNG SAID.
"
HE POINTED OUT THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD "TWO-WEEK RULE".
REVIEWED RECENTLY
THE
HAVE
ARGUED THAT ABOUT
"WE ARE AWARE THAT FOREIGN DOMESTIC HELPERS THE EXISTENCE OF THIS RULE INHIBITS THEM FROM MAKING COMPLAINTS BAD TREATMENT BY THEIR EMPLOYERS, AND THAT TWO WEEKS IS TOO SHORT A PERIOD OF TIME FOR THE PURPOSE OF FINDING EMPLOYER.
IN ANY CASE AN ALTERNATIVE
REACHED MODIFYING THE
"WE HAVE EXAMINED THESE CRITICISMS CAREFULLY, AND HAVE THE CONCLUSION THAT THERE ARE INSUFFICIENT GROUNDS FOR TWO-WEEK RULE, HE SAID.
to
EXPLAINING THE RULE, MR YEUNG SAID THE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS ENFORCEMENT.
IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT
DOMESTIC HELPER
AN
A SPECIFIC EMPLOYER UNDER
HE NOTED THAT AT THE PRESENT TIME, A FOREIGN WAS ALLOWED TO WORK IN HONG KONG FOR APPROVED CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT.
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