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Written by: Ouyang Dehao
2020-08-07 17:34
Last update date: 2020-08-07 17:35The new crown pneumonia epidemic in Hong Kong has not eased. This Tuesday (4th) a new confirmed case of an Indian domestic helper was confirmed. The patient became ill more than two weeks after leaving his old employer. The confirmed Indian domestic helper stayed in 3 dormitories and shared with at least 45 people.
The Secretary for Labour and Welfare, Law Chi-kwong, said at a press conference today (7th) that, together with the FEHD and the police, they will go to the gathering places of foreign domestic helpers tomorrow and the following days to provide audio recordings in the local language of foreign domestic helpers to strengthen publicity; On February 2, the police imposed a fixed fine of 2,000 yuan on 12 foreign domestic helpers.
Luo Zhiguang said that he will work with the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department and the police to provide recordings in Indonesian, Filipino, and Thai at the gathering places of foreign domestic helpers tomorrow and the following days to strengthen publicity, and call on foreign domestic helpers to comply with the restrictions on gatherings and wearing masks. He pointed out that since June, publicity work has been carried out through the consulate and employers.
He continued that as of August 2, the police had imposed a fixed fine of 2,000 yuan on 12 foreign domestic helpers who violated the order of public place groups and imposed a fixed fine of 2,000 yuan on foreign domestic helpers who did not listen. The police promised to step up inspections of the gathering places of foreign domestic helpers.
The Immigration Department promises to process FDH contract applications as soon as possible
As for the dormitory of foreign domestic helpers, Luo Zhiguang said that the primary task is to reduce the risk of infection, and to provide foreign domestic helpers with testing, distribute masks, and provide equipment to employment agencies and forward them to foreign domestic helpers.
He also pointed out that there has been a significant increase in the number of foreign domestic helpers who have extended their contracts and changed employers recently, which has increased the work of the Immigration Department. The Immigration Department has promised to process FDH contract applications as soon as possible, hoping to reduce the time spent by FDHs and the overcrowding of dormitories.
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