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2015/04/14 - Time to regulate foreign domestic helper agencies 2015/04/08 - Rights of foreign domestic helpers matter to HK future 2015/04/08 - POEA cancels licenses of recruiters of domestic worker abused in Bahrain 2015/04/08 - Filipino family appeals to Indonesia to save convicted maid 2015/04/07 - Pinay domestic helper aims to plant PHL flag on Mt. Everest neighbor 2015/04/07 - Domestic helpers in Taiwan earning money on the side 2015/04/07 - Maid jailed for trying to steal jewellery 2015/04/01 - HK facing shortage of domestic helpers as Myanmar stops supply 2015/03/31 - A Filipina domestic helper in HK sleeps in this room 2015/03/31 - A Filipina domestic helper in HK sleeps in this room 2015/03/30 - A Hong Kong domestic worker's 170cm x 69cm 'room' 2015/03/30 - Indonesia woos Hong Kong investors with infrastructure development plan 2015/03/28 - You may soon have to ink a deal with your maid 2015/03/27 - Maid charged with allegedly
stealing cash 2015/03/26 - Maid room in MTR/CK Hutchison project too small for single bed 2015/03/25 - Baby Halder: Journey from domestic helper to best selling autho 2015/03/24 - Hong Kong maid missing after hinting at plans to 'join IS in Syria' 2015/03/23 - Photographic Dreamscapes Captured by a Filipina Maid 2015/03/20 - ISIS militants said to be wooing maids in Hong Kong 2015/03/18 - Campaigners protest over death of Indonesian maid in Hong Kong 2015/03/17 - Maid hit by concrete slab dies in coma 2015/03/12 - Helper hit by falling concrete 2015/03/11 - Ms B' - A domestic helper’s experience of illegal agency fees in Hong Kong 2015/03/11 - The Fair Employment Agency: an end to illegal debt-bondage for domestic helpers? 2015/03/09 - The Abused Maids of Asia 2015/03/08 - Hong Kong's domestic workers 'treated worse than the dogs' 2015/03/08 - 24% of 700 foreign maids surveyed suffer from poor mental health 2015/03/02 - Live-in rules for helpers likely to be on agenda with countries 2015/03/02 - POEA: Maids must have FB accounts 2015/02/27 - Abused maid's employer gets 6 years in jail 2015/02/27 - Abusive employer of Indonesian helper Erwiana jailed for six years 2015/02/14 - Indonesia will stop sending its women to work as maids overseas, says Jokowi 2015/02/12 - Non-profit agency places first 49 domestic helpers in Hong Kong 2015/02/11 - Guilty 2014/09/30 - Foreign domestic helpers to have pay rise 2014/09/14 - Domestic helper’s son loses PR bid 2014/01/20 - ex-boss-tortured-domestic-worker-arrested-trying-board-thailand 2013/12/03 - Indonesian maid becomes first H7N9 patient in HK 2009/09/02 - Foreign helpers' food allowance to rise 2006/05/30 - Increment of HK$80.00 for MAW of FDH in HK 2006/02/06 - Trio jailed for maid contract swindle 2006/01/20 - 30 Illegal Workers Arrested 2005/12/21 - Firefighter charge of Fraud Documents 2005/12/12 - Indonesian Maid to join Protest 2005/12/07 - Maids warned to stay away from protests 2005/12/04 - Complaints Ratio from Indonesian Maids is 3:1 2005/11/29 - 87 Arrested in Immigration Raid 2005/10/12 - Tulay Graduation for Foreign Domestic Helpers 2005/09/30 - Maid's Rights Expo 2005/09/23 - 35 convicted of helpers employment offences 2005/08/11 - Regular Medical Check Ups for Helpers 2005/07/21 - Smart ID for People Born in 1970 - 1971 2005/07/15 - Immigration Website launched FAQ on DH 2005/07/14 - Filipino Maids may affect Parents-Child Relations 2005/07/06 - Racial Discrimination Survey Report 2005/07/02 - FDH to joined July 1st Protest Demonstration 2005/06/21 - 1943-1946 Smart ID Schedule 2005/06/14 - Cease Nepal Visa Application Reasons unacceptable 2005/06/12 - Domestic Helper Insurance 2005/06/10 - 4.2% Indonesian Maid underpaid 2005/06/09 - Foreign Maids to join 7.1 Protest Rally 2005/06/03 - HK rejects Visa Applications from Nepal Nationals 2005/05/20 - Immigration Clarify on TV Programme Contents 2005/05/20 - Advance Salary Advance by Philippine Consulate 2005/05/18 - Domestic Helper Salary Increase 2005/05/09 - Investigation demanded for Falling of Indo Maid 2005/04/28 - 20 Arrested in an Illegal Workers Crackdown 2005/03/31 - Complaint on Discrimination of Nepalese Helpers 2005/02/24 - New Manpower offices to set up in 6 countries 2005/02/06 - 1,000 Helpers Protest on Imposed Levy 2004/10/03 - Filipina Maids protest on Consulate Handling Charges 2004/09/06 - Decreasing Number of Filipino DH in HK
Time to regulate foreign domestic helper agencies
Last month, an Indonesian maid was killed by a concrete block which fell on the balcony of her employment agency’s hostel where she was sleeping while waiting her working visa at the hostel. The tragedy not only exposed the problem of the lack of insurance protection for foreign domestic helpers before the start of their contracts, but also revealed the serious loopholes in the existing law that is supposed to regulate employment agencies through which local families recruit them.
