TNAG-2085-FCO40-2970-Allegations-of-ill-treatment-towards-workers-from-the-Philip-1990 — Page 17

・of during the summer. While I was in Macau

I'm

and we

a business man based in

based in Hong Hong

arranged to meet

we arr

again

at his home,

which we did. On this occasion his Philipino

girlfriend

was present. This led to him telling

me about the Philipinos in Hong Kong,

he

gave me some

information.

and

shocking and disturbing

There are some 20,000 Philipinos in Hong kong who work as maids, cooks, nannies etc. thus

the vast majority

of them are

any

are women and girls. Many highly educated and professionally trained but they are not allowed to do other work. The authorities only allow them into Hong kong when they have signed contract for some kind of domestic service. When their contract finishes they have to return to the Philippines before they can

tabe

up

a new

a

contract and so return;