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香港政府

GIS 新聞處

DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN

SUNDAY, MARCH 21, 1976.

DOMESTIC HELPERS FROM OVERSEAS

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HONG KONG RESIDENTS WHO WANT TO RECRUIT DOMESTIC HELPERS FROM OVERSEAS ARE URGED TO MAKE USE OF THE EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT PREPARED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT.

COPIES OF THE FORM ARE OBTAINABLE FREE OF CHARGE FROM THE ENQUIRIES SECTION OF THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT ON THE 15TH FLOOR OF INTERNATIONAL BUILDING IN THE CENTRAL DISTRICT ON HONG KONG ISLAND.

SENIOR LABOUR OFFICER (EMPLOYMENT), MR. YEUNG CHI-KIN, SAID TODAY, THAT THE STANDARD EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT FORM WAS INTRODUCED THREE MONTHS AGO TO PREVENT ATTEMPTS BY UNSCRUPULOUS ELEMENTS TO BRING PEOPLE INTO HONG KONG UNDER FALSE PRETENCES AND TO PROVIDE BONA-FIDE EMPLOYERS WITH A STREAMLINED PROCEDURE FOR OBTAINING DOMESTIC HELPERS FROM OVERSEAS.

UNDER THE PROCEDURE:-

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FIVE COPIES OF THE EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT MUST BE COMPLETED AND SIGNED BY THE POTENTIAL EMPLOYER AND THE PERSON RECRUITED.

ALL COPIES MUST BE PRESENTED FOR ATTESTATION BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR AT THE OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT SERVICE OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, NEW RODNEY BLOCK, 99 QUEENSWAY.

THE EMPLOYER TAKES THE FOUR REMAINING COPIES FOR NOTARISATION IN HONG KONG BY THE CONSULAR REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE OF THE PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE.

* TWO COPIES OF THE CONTRACT SHOULD BE SENT BY

THE EMPLOYER TO THE EMPLOYEE WHO MUST THEN APPROACH THE BRITISH CONSUL IN HER COUNTRY FOR VISA ENDORSEMENT.

* THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT WILL CONTACT THE EMPLOYER AS SOON AS THE EMPLOYEE'S VISA APPLICATION AND A COPY OF THE CONTRACT ARE RECEIVED FROM THE BRITISH CONSUL CONCERNED.

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