The Lot of a Filipina domestic helper in Hong Kong

[baboyako]

I didn't see the program, but it's true that the domestic servants sit & have picnics in the central district. I doubt they're thrown out until monday morning - the streets clear up by the evening.

Just remember that its not just the domestic staff that work 6 days a week, 12 hours a day (in HK that is). When I worked there its all the office staff too - they are all nuts.

I think the taxi drivers have a much worse lot. A london taxi driver probably earns 40-50k a year, in HK there are millions of them! all queuing up for a fare of around 1/10th a london fare (i.e. so maybe earning 4-5k).

HK is NOT the place to go looking to make money. Stay in the fil & export mangos & pineapples!

[kristleh]

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I didn&#39;t see the program, but it&#39;s true that the domestic servants sit & have picnics in the central district. I doubt they&#39;re thrown out until monday morning - the streets clear up by the evening.


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I&#39;m sorry to be oversensitive here but these Filipinas are domestic HELPERS not servants although some of them are treated as such by their employers. peace [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img]