https://www.scmp.com/rss/502061/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com “Hey coach, we got all the way to Middle Island and back,” beams the young woman, emerging from the sea, covered head to heel in a black polyester “hijood”, tunic and bodysuit. The hot sun is bruising its way across the eastern sky above Repulse Bay Beach, where almost two dozen more Indonesians – and some Filipinos, too – are also learning how to swim. The woman switches from English to Bahasa Indonesia to joke with her friend, giggles and heads for shade under a lifeguard tower. Nowadays,... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3025809/burkini-clad-swimmers-hong-kong-domestic-helpers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3025809/burkini-clad-swimmers-hong-kong-domestic-helpers?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 08 Sep 2019 07:00:11 +0000