The rule, that foreign domestic helpers must live with their employers, came into being in April 2003 after the government found they were jostling with local domestic helpers for part-time work. Photo: Dickson Lee The rule, that foreign domestic helpers must live with their employers, came into being in April 2003 after the government found they were jostling with local domestic helpers for part-time work. Photo: Dickson Lee
The rule, that foreign domestic helpers must live with their employers, came into being in April 2003 after the government found they were jostling with local domestic helpers for part-time work. Photo: Dickson Lee
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Why foreign domestic helpers in Hong Kong must live in their employers’ home

Rule was instituted in 2003 to prevent foreign domestic workers jostling with local workers for part-time jobs

Topic |   Foreign domestic workers in Hong Kong
Jasmine Siu
Jasmine Siu

Updated: 10:55pm, 14 Feb, 2018

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The rule, that foreign domestic helpers must live with their employers, came into being in April 2003 after the government found they were jostling with local domestic helpers for part-time work. Photo: Dickson Lee The rule, that foreign domestic helpers must live with their employers, came into being in April 2003 after the government found they were jostling with local domestic helpers for part-time work. Photo: Dickson Lee
The rule, that foreign domestic helpers must live with their employers, came into being in April 2003 after the government found they were jostling with local domestic helpers for part-time work. Photo: Dickson Lee
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