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                    [Summary] => 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 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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FOREIGN AFFAIRS SECRETARY BLAS OPLE AND LABOR SECRETARY PATRICIA STO

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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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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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