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Summary on the situation of foreign domestic helpers in Hong Kong
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... Summary on the situation of foreign domestic helpers in Hong Kong The subject of foreign domestic helpers is certainly one of the most controversial of the topics addressed in Hong Kong dialogues. According to the statistic of Hong Kong Immigration Department in 2004, there are 120,000 Filipinos and 87,842 Indonesians served as domestic helpers and Hong Kong is the top destination in Asia for newly deployed Filipino domestic workers accounting for 40-44% of the new hire from 1998-2001. Foreign domestic helpers could be defined as adults who voluntarily migrate from one country to another to find work in the domestic service sector. They are usually being identified as ethnic groups in low paying niches specifically reserved for their employers and their low economic status together with different physical appearance have urged the society to treat them as second-class residents. There are two main theoretical explanations of migrant workers that is the neo-classical
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