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Organizers from the Asian Migrant Coordinating Body, a coalition of domestic helpers from different countries, said more than 5,000 maids are to take part in what is expected to be the biggest rally against the levy.


The new measure imposes HK$9,600 levy on every standard two-year contract for foreign maids, resulting in a HK$400 monthly deduction from the current minimum wage of HK$3,270.


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Twenty domestic helpers recruited from the Philippines will work for  families of expatriates including those from Hong Kong and Taiwan. They will begin around Chinese lunar new year on Feb. 1, the pro-Beijing Ta Kung Pao newspaper reported. 


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                    [Summary] => Migrant workers’ groups welcomed yesterday the decision of the Hong Kong government not to push through with its planned salary cut for foreign domestic helpers.


Migrante International said the decision was "a victory for the thousands of migrant workers and their supporters who sustained an active campaign for a zero percent wage cut."


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Foreign maids in HK march today vs tax plan

By Katherine Adraneda | February 23, 2003 - 12:00am

Filipino domestic workers in Hong Kong will join today maids from other Asian countries in a march to protest a HK$400-levy on their salaries expected to be announced on March 5. Organizers from the Asian Migrant...

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First batch of Pinoy maids to start work in Shenzhen next month

January 14, 2003 - 12:00am

HONG KONG (AFP) — A first batch of domestic maids from the Philippines will soon be heading to work in the Chinese city of Shenzhen just across the border from Hong Kong, it was reported yesterday. Twenty...

Headlines

Workers welcome freeze on HK pay cut

By Sandy Araneta | February 2, 2002 - 12:00am

Migrant workers’ groups welcomed yesterday the decision of the Hong Kong government not to push through with its planned salary cut for foreign domestic helpers. Migrante International said the decision was...

Headlines