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HONG KONG (AFP) — Filipino domestic helpers took to the streets of Hong Kong yesterday in protest at a labor law proposed by the Philippine government that has angered millions of its citizens working abroad. 


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One protester dressed up as the devil, holding a sickle that said "WTO." Others posed as indigenous people, donning black masks, straw-like dresses and holding shields with the letters "WTO" crossed out.


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Acting Labor Secretary Manuel Imson said the Hong Kong government finally gave in to the clamor to raise the minimum monthly salary of foreign domestic helpers there — effecting over 123,000 Filipino maids.


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Presidential Spokesman Ignacio Bunye said over Radio Mindanao Network (RMN) the action would be taken if Hong Kong rejects the request of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).


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Hong Kong’s maids, numbering nearly 240,000 with a majority of  them Filipinos, are in a rage over the government’s plan to slash their monthly wages by as much as HK$400 starting April.


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Pinoys, other foreign workers in HK to seek higher pay

By Mayen Jaymalin | October 7, 2014 - 12:00am

Filipinos and other foreign domestic workers are preparing to demand a raise now that the situation in Hong Kong is slowly...

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No Pinoys injured in Hong Kong protests – DFA

By Pia Lee-Brago | September 30, 2014 - 12:00am

No Filipinos were involved in pro-democracy rallies in Hong Kong or were injured in the dispersal operations by police, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said yesterday.

Headlines

P-Noy lauds HK ruling on maids' residency

By Delon Porcalla | October 4, 2011 - 12:00am

President Aquino lauded yesterday a Hong Kong court decision allowing residency status for Filipino domestic helpers and other foreign workers, which the Hong Kong government is opposing.

Headlines

Pinoy domestic helpers hold protest in HK

February 5, 2007 - 12:00am

HONG KONG (AFP) — Filipino domestic helpers took to the streets of Hong Kong yesterday in protest at a labor law proposed by the Philippine government that has angered millions of its citizens working abroad....

Headlines

Filipino domestic helpers in HK rally against WTO

November 28, 2005 - 12:00am

HONG KONG (AP) — Hundreds of domestic helpers from the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand and Nepal working in Hong Kong protested yesterday against the World Trade Organization, denouncing it as favoring big...

Headlines

Pinoy maids in HK to get salary increase

May 20, 2005 - 12:00am

Filipino and other foreign domestic helpers in Hong Kong are finally getting their much-awaited salary increase, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said yesterday. Acting Labor Secretary Manuel Imson...

Headlines

RP may elevate HK maids’ wage levy issue to ILO

By Delon Porcalla | March 3, 2003 - 12:00am

The Philippines threatened yesterday to seek mediation from the International Labor Organization (ILO) to stop Hong Kong from implementing a decision cutting the minimum salaries of Filipino and other foreign domestic...

Headlines

Manila to appeal cut in HK maids’ wages

By Marichu A. Villanueva | February 28, 2003 - 12:00am

Malacañang ordered yesterday the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to make another appeal to officials of Hong Kong’s Special Administrative Region (SAR)...

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