https://www.scmp.com/rss/325375/feed Lucinda Pike is deputy executive director of Enrich, the only registered Hong Kong charity promoting the economic empowerment of migrant domestic workers. See: www.enrichhk.org en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor recently acknowledged the crucial contribution of Hong Kong’s 360,000 domestic workers to our city’s economic growth. She highlighted the problems Hong Kong would face without these workers, such as the inability for both parents to join the workforce and lack of elderly care. She’s absolutely right; one in eight households employ a migrant domestic worker – one in three households with children. With increasing difficulties recruiting skilled local... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2113383/train-hong-kongs-foreign-domestic-workers-be-financially?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2113383/train-hong-kongs-foreign-domestic-workers-be-financially?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 01 Oct 2017 04:00:34 +0000