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Hong Kong’s top court ruled yesterday against two Filipino domestic helpers seeking permanent residency – the final decision in a case that affects tens of thousands of other foreign maids in the southern Chinese financial hub.

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The bid of Filipino helpers for permanent residency rights has reached the Court of Final Appeal (CFA), the city’s highest court.

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A Filipina tourist was sentenced here yesterday to 17 years imprisonment for bringing in close to three kilos of illegal drugs in May last year.

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The Hong Kong authority announced here on Wednesday that right-of-abode applications for foreign domestic helpers will continue to be withheld after a High Court judgment said the government needs not apply for the suspension of an earlier ruling that it was unconstitutional to deny these helpers permanent residency.

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Hong Kong's Secretary for Security Ambrose Lee Friday said the government has decided to appeal against the ruling on the landmark judicial review on right of abode lodged by a foreign domestic helper.

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At least four Filipino domestic workers who have been working here for more than 20 years have waged a legal battle for the Hong Kong government to grant them permanent residency.

[DatePublished] => 2011-08-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1212384 [AuthorName] => Carina Roncesvalles [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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The bid of Filipino helpers for permanent residency rights has reached the Court of Final Appeal (CFA), the city’s highest court.

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A Filipina tourist was sentenced here yesterday to 17 years imprisonment for bringing in close to three kilos of illegal drugs in May last year.

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The Hong Kong authority announced here on Wednesday that right-of-abode applications for foreign domestic helpers will continue to be withheld after a High Court judgment said the government needs not apply for the suspension of an earlier ruling that it was unconstitutional to deny these helpers permanent residency.

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Hong Kong's Secretary for Security Ambrose Lee Friday said the government has decided to appeal against the ruling on the landmark judicial review on right of abode lodged by a foreign domestic helper.

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At least four Filipino domestic workers who have been working here for more than 20 years have waged a legal battle for the Hong Kong government to grant them permanent residency.

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