Scott Stiles (left) and David Bishop (right), co-founders of the Fair Employment Agency, with domestic helpers. Photos: Nora Tam; Sam Tsang; Thomas Yau Scott Stiles (left) and David Bishop (right), co-founders of the Fair Employment Agency, with domestic helpers. Photos: Nora Tam; Sam Tsang; Thomas Yau
Scott Stiles (left) and David Bishop (right), co-founders of the Fair Employment Agency, with domestic helpers. Photos: Nora Tam; Sam Tsang; Thomas Yau
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Help for the helpers: New Hong Kong employment agency aims to stamp out 'modern-day slavery'

Failed by the system, many domestic helpers are forced into debt bondage - or modern-day slavery - by unscrupulous recruiters. Now, an ethical employment agency is seeking to protect them from exploitation, writes Angharad Hampshire

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Angharad Hampshire

Updated: 2:18pm, 30 Jun, 2016

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Scott Stiles (left) and David Bishop (right), co-founders of the Fair Employment Agency, with domestic helpers. Photos: Nora Tam; Sam Tsang; Thomas Yau Scott Stiles (left) and David Bishop (right), co-founders of the Fair Employment Agency, with domestic helpers. Photos: Nora Tam; Sam Tsang; Thomas Yau
Scott Stiles (left) and David Bishop (right), co-founders of the Fair Employment Agency, with domestic helpers. Photos: Nora Tam; Sam Tsang; Thomas Yau
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