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Foreign domestic helpers
In response to press enquiries on the recommendations by the Commissioner for Administrative Complaints in his report on
on investigation concerning accommodation for foreign domestic helpers, a spokesman for the Immigration Department said today (Monday) the department can readily accept four out of the 10 recommendations in the report.
"The remaining recommendations require further study because they involve additional manpower or a policy change," the spokesman said.
"The recommendation of issuing a special type of identity card for foreign domestic helpers is already in hand. It is one of our measures to tackle the illegal employment problem. We will soon be issuing identity cards with a 'W' prefix to foreign domestic helpers," the spokesman pointed out.
"In dealing with the foreign domestic helpers, we must strike a balance between the interests of foreign domestic helpers and those of the employers."
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Efforts to minimise impact of water main bursts
The Water Supplies Department has well established guidelines and instructions for staff to follow in case of water main bursts to reduce the impact on suspension of water supply to consumers.
"We have been trying our best with the available financial and staff resources to tackle the problem of main bursts in order to minimise inconvenience to the public," a spokesman for the department said today (Monday).
The remarks was made in response to an announcement made by the Commissioner for Administrative Complaints (COMAC) today that COMAC would be conducting a study on the prevention and reduction of main bursts.