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YOUR TELNO 1269 : MP'S LETTERS : FOREIGN DOMESTIC HELPERS LN HONG KONG
YOUR DRAFT REPLY HAS ADEQUATELY COVERED THE POSITION OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AND WE HAVE NO SUBSTANTIAL COMMENTS TO MAKE. YOU MAY, HOWEVER, WISH TO CONSIDER WHETHER THE FOLLOWING SHOULD BE ADDED BEFORE THE FINAL PARAGRAPH OF YOUR DRAFT REPLY TO SHOW THAT THE SITUATION IS NOT ONE-SIDED
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**YOU MAY ALSO BE INTERESTED TO KNOW THAT THE HONG KONG DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION HAS STATED THAT HE WILL CONTINUE TO EXISTING POLICY NOT TO ALLOW EMPLOYERS TO HIRE FOREIGN DOMESTIC HELPERS IF THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT THEY HAVE ABUSED THE TERMS OF A PREVIOUS CONTRACT.''
2. BY WAY OF BACKGROUND THE UNITED FILIPINOS IN HONG KONG (UNIFIL HK) AND THEIR SUPPORTERS HAVE BEEN CAMPAIGNING HERE TO PUT PRESSURE ON HKG TO SCRAP THE REVISED CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT FOR FDHS. THEY AND OTHER GROUPS HAVE SENT PETITIONS TO THE GOVERNOR, OMELCO AND THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY. UNFORTUNATELY, ON THE OTHER SMDE THE HK LABOUR FORCE WHOSE INTERESTS THE REVISED CONDITIONS ARE DESIGNED TO PROTECT, REMAINS VIRTUALLY SILENT.
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3. THE CLAIM THAT 3,000 FDH WILL BE DEPORTED WAS FIRST REPORTED IN THE ENGLISH PRESS AND, AS YOU HAVE POINTED OUT IN YOUR DRAFT REPLY,: IS NOT ACTUALLY HAPPENING. ONLY FDHS ARRIVING ON AND AFTER 21 APRIL AND THOSE ALREADY HERE WHOSE CONDITION OF STAY EXPIRES AFTER THAT DATE ARE HAVING THE NEW CONDITION OF STAY STAMPED IN THE IR PASSPORTS. THIS IN EFFECT MEANS THAT THOSE WITH BROKEN CONTRACTS WHO HAVE VALID CONDITIONS OF STAY ISSUED BEFORE THAT DATE CAN STAY UNTIL THE SIX-MONTH PERIOD EXPIRES AND WILL NOT (NOT) BE REMOVED BEFORE THEN. THEY CANNOT, OF COURSE, WORK IF THEY HAVE BROKEN THE WR CONTRACT AND ARE NOT COVERED BY A NEW ONE.
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