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YOUR TELMO 12 (NOT TO FCC): FILIPINA MAIDS.
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THE REUTERS PEPORT THAT PRESIDENT AQUINO HAD DECIDED TO SEND A FACT FINDING MISSION TO INVESTIGATE THE CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT OF PHILIPPINE DOMESTIC HELPERS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND HONG KONG IS ESSENTIALLY TRUE BUT MAY HAVE JUMPED THE GUN.
2. THE REPORT CAME OUT OF A PRESS DRIEFING ON 27 MAY DURING WHICH FOREIGN AFFAIRS UNDERSECRETARY INGLES DISCLOSED THAT THE PRESIDENT HAD AGREED IN PRINCIPLE TO THE SUGGESTION FROM VICE PRESIDENT LAUREL THAT SHE CHOULD APPOINT A CONGRESSIONAL TEAM TO LOOK INTO THE PROBLEMS OF FILIPINA MAIDS ABROAD. BUT THE DETAILS HAVE
YET TO BE WORKED OUT AND IT MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE FOR THE TEAM TO REPORT OR EVEN START ITS TRAVELS PY THE PROPOSED DEADLINE OF
27 JULY (IE THE CONVENING OF THE NEW CONGRESS).
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3. VICE PRESIDENT LAUREL TOLD THE AMBASSADOR DURING HIS COURTESY
CALL ON 29 MAY THAT THE PRESIDENT HAD AGREED TO SET UP THREE COMMITTEES FIRST, AN INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE IN MANILA TO INCLUDE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (DEA), DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR AND PHILIPPINE OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT AGENCY SEMI COLON SECOND, A PHILIPPINE-EASED COMMITTEE OF WOMEN'S ORGANISATIONS TO CONSIDER THE PROBLEMS FACED BY FEMALES WORKING ABROAD SEMI COLON AND THIRD, THE PROPOSED FACT-FINDING COMMITTEE TO CONSIST OF MRS RAMOS-SHAMANT (ELECTED TO THE SENATE AND LIKELY TO HEAD THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE), TWO OTHER MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, A JOURNALIST AND A DFA REPRESENTATIVE. BUT THE COMPOSITION OF THIS TEAM HAS YET TO BE APPPOVED BY THE PRESIDENT AND NO TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS HAVE YET BEEN MADE. ALL THOSE INVOLVED HAVE ASSURED US THAT THERE ARE FEW EMPLOYMENT PROBLEMS IN HONG KONG. THE REAL DIFFICULTIES LIE IN THE MIDDLE EAST, SINGAPORE AND JAPAN.
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SEPARATELY, YOU SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THE LABOUR SECRETAPY, FRANKLIN DRILON, IS DUE TO PASS THROUGH HONG KONG ON 19-20 JUNE ON HIS RETURN FROM THE ILO ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN GENEVA.
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