Anger as Hong Kong court keeps ‘discriminatory’ live-in rule for migrant maids

Reuters 09/23/2020

A Hong Kong court’s decision to uphold a compulsory rule for migrant domestic workers to live with their employers drew criticism on Tuesday from labor rights advocates, who said it exposed foreign maids to conditions akin to…

Hong Kong reports world’s first case of COVID-19 reinfection

China Daily/Asia News Network 08/25/2020

BEIJING — A man living in Hong Kong has been infected by the novel coronavirus for the second time, according to a research by the University of Hong Kong. The man, 33, was first confirmed to be…

‘Night fell’: Hong Kong’s first month under China security law

Agence France Presse 08/10/2020

HONG KONG, China — Teenager Tony Chung said he was walking outside a shopping mall when police officers from Hong Kong’s new national security unit swooped, bundled him into a nearby stairwell and tried to scan his…

Hong Kong protest marks anniversary of violent police clash

Associated Press 06/12/2020

  HONG KONG — More than 100 protesters in Hong Kong marched and shouted slogans during a lunchtime protest Friday in a luxury shopping mall marking the one-year anniversary of a clash with police outside the semi-autonomous…

Filipino community in Hong Kong now COVID – free

Christia Marie Ramos - INQUIRER.net 06/04/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Filipino community in Hong Kong is now  coronavirus disease 2019 or COVID-19 – free,  the Philippines’ consulate general there reported Thursday. The Philippine Consulate General in Hong Kong said all Filipinos who contracted…

Trump to pull out funding from WHO; hits China over virus, Hong Kong

Associated Press 05/30/2020

  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced Friday he would withdraw funding from the World Health Organization (WHO), end Hong Kong’s special trade status, and suspend visas of Chinese graduate students suspected of conducting research on behalf…

DFA confirms second Filipino COVID-19 patient in Hong Kong

Gabriel Pabico Lalu 02/27/2020

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Thursday said it has confirmed reports that a second Filipino woman in Hong Kong has tested positive for the COVID-19. According to DFA, the information from the…

Ban on travel to HK, Macau lifted for Pinoy migrant workers

Dona Pazzibugan - Philippine Daily Inquirer 02/19/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Filipino migrant workers can now return to their jobs in Hong Kong and Macau after the government eased the ban on travel to and from the two Chinese administrative regions that it imposed 17…

79 OFWs in Bicol get P10,000 aid

Mar S. Arguelles 02/12/2020

LEGAZPI CITY –– At least 79 Bicolano Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) who were affected by the travel ban in China, Hong Kong, and Macau because of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), would receive P10,000 financial assistance from the…

2nd OFW in HK quarantined after employer tests positive for nCoV

Christia Marie Ramos - INQUIRER.net 02/06/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) confirmed that another overseas Filipino worker (OFW) in Hong Kong had been quarantined after her employer tested positive for the novel coronavirus (2019 nCoV). “The Philippine Consulate General…

25,000 HK maids in danger of losing jobs

Dona Z. Pazzibugan, Jerome Aning, Jovic Yee 02/05/2020

MANILA, Philipppines — More than 15,000 newly hired domestic helpers and another 10,000 vacationing overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are stranded in the country after the government imposed a ban on travel to and from China, Hong Kong…

Hong Kong reports 1st nCoV death

02/04/2020

BEIJING – Hong Kong on Tuesday reported its first death due to the 2019 novel coronavirus after-  a man who had traveled from the mainland city of Wuhan that has been the epicenter of the outbreak. The…

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