From the Secretary of State ☛
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office
London SW1A 2AH
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Judith
12 May 1987
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Thank you for your letter of 1 May concerning
the situation of immigrant domestic workers in
Hong Kong.
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The admission of immigrant workers into Hong Kong
is of course primarily a matter for the Hong Kong Government
to determine under Hong Kong's own immigration and labour
legislation.
A review of the employment of foreign domestic helpers
in Hong Kong was conducted by the Hong Kong Government
between March and December last year. As a result, on 16 April the Hong Kong Government announced revised conditions of employment for foreign domestic helpers, covering conditons
of stay, wage levels and new arrangements for changes of
employment and renewal of contract. In revising these
conditions of employment, the Hong Kong Government are seeking
to be fair both to employers and to foreign domestic
helpers, as well as to local people who are prepared to work
as part-time domestic helpers.
It is not the case (as you will by now have seen) that
"about 3,000 immigrant domestic workers will be deported from
Hong Kong effective from 5 May 1987". At present, foreign
The Rt Hon Dame Judith Hart MP
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