Image-conscious China chides its 'unruly' tourists

Foreign Domestic Helpers

Free the Discovery Bay six – or charge employers too

27 Sep 2013

The posh coffee machines of Discovery Bay are filtering overtime as the employers of live-out domestic helpers anxiously finger their worry beads.

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First official Bangladeshi maids arrive in Hong Kong

12 May 2013

The arrival of the 11 women, who will begin working tomorrow after a two-day orientation, marks the beginning of the official importation of maids from the country, which it is hoped will ease a...

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Hong Kong kids need to learn self-care skills

7 May 2013

It's Friday afternoon and the hall at Renaissance College in Ma On Shan is packed with about 250 domestic helpers.

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Immigration stand on Filipino mother misconceived, appeal judges say

3 May 2013

The Court of Appeal has quashed a 2010 immigration decision rejecting a foreigner's plea to remain in the city to look after her young child, who is a permanent resident.

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Scrap live-in rule for maids, say advocacy groups

1 May 2013

The government should scrap the mandatory live-in rule and cap working hours for foreign domestic workers, according to advocacy groups.

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Gender equality in Hong Kong comes at the expense of foreign domestic workers

12 Apr 2013

Early last month, a group of foreign domestic helpers protested against the requirement that they live with their employers. PathFinders, an organisation that works with distressed migrant workers...

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Opinion

Alex Lo

Rankings belie the real purpose of universities: to educate

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Howard Winn

Way to go

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Help the helper

I would not have believed when I first moved here that a person would live with and work for me six days a week. But we live in a strange place where a full-time domestic helper costs less than a...

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A Bad Week for … , March 31, 2013

The men and (mostly) women who underpin Hong Kong's households lost their longstanding battle for the same residency rights as other foreign workers.

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Hong Kong's population policy must keep up with today's realities

It is difficult to have a sensible discussion about immigration policy anywhere in the world, yet recent events in Hong Kong confirm that the SAR can still punch above its weight when it comes to...

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Letters to the Editor, March 29, 2013

How sad that police chief superintendent Eddie Wong Kwok-wai, of the police public relations branch, should think it a fruitful use of police time to chase otherwise law-abiding citizens who ride...

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Skewed take on domestic helpers

In Alex Lo 's column ("Court's ruling enforces semi-apartheid", March 26) he is hopelessly confused. His premise is that no society may treat any segment of its population less favourably than the...

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What's being said on facebook.com/southchinamorningpost

On the ruling by Hong Kong's top court against domestic helpers' right to permanent residency, and a possible screening system for election of the chief executive in 2017.

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