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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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