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Foreign domestic helpers questioned compulsory vaccination as an equal opportunity for discrimination: independent risk assessment for each group

2021-05-04T08:33:58.707Z


A foreign domestic helper in Tung Chung was diagnosed with a variant virus. The government required all domestic domestic helpers to undergo mandatory testing, and the plan for newly hired or renewed foreign domestic helpers to be vaccinated against the new crown was criticized by the foreign domestic helper organization. Overseas labor


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Written by: Kong Fanxu

2021-05-04 11:40

Last update date: 2021-05-04 11:40

A foreign domestic helper in Tung Chung was diagnosed with a variant virus. The government required all domestic domestic helpers to undergo mandatory testing, and the plan for newly hired or renewed foreign domestic helpers to be vaccinated against the new crown was criticized by the foreign domestic helper organization. The overseas workers were given injections, suspected of violating discrimination.

EOC Chairman Zhu Minjian said today (4th) that the anti-epidemic measures to protect public health are reasonable and necessary and are exempted by the Disability Discrimination Ordinance. Regarding the proposed measures that do not cover all overseas workers, Zhu Minjian believes that individual groups There is an independent risk assessment, and it does not necessarily matter.

EOC Chairman Zhu Minjian said today (4th) that the anti-epidemic measures to protect public health are reasonable and necessary and are exempted from the Disability Discrimination Ordinance.

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Zhu Minjian pointed out in Hong Kong and Taiwan's "Millenniums" that any epidemic prevention measures to protect public health must be reasonable and necessary. Although they will cause differential treatment, they fall within the exemption scope of the Disability Discrimination Ordinance.

Encourage employers to understand why foreign domestic helpers are reluctant to get injections

Zhu believes that the vaccination measures for foreign domestic helpers need to be adequately matched. For example, it is not appropriate to get a doctor’s certificate for injections, or to use tests instead. Misunderstanding, "Many people in the world think that injections are a good measure, but there is a reason why there is no injection?"

▼5.2 A large number of foreign domestic helpers line up for mandatory inspection at Victoria Park▼

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Means that the risk assessment of each group does not necessarily matter

For foreign domestic helpers who question the discrimination involved in injections, all overseas workers should be required to get injections.

Zhu pointed out that relevant colleagues have followed up the complaint and emphasized that everyone has different opinions on the risk assessment. The government has not announced other foreign labor risk assessments. If the public has concerns, they can raise them to the government. But logically speaking, the risks of each group are The evaluation is independent, and there is no necessary relationship.

▼5.3 Evacuation of residents of Meiyuan Building in Tsim Sha Tsui for quarantine▼

Rong Ma Shaner: Injections should be encouraged

The chairman of Hong Kong Domestic Helpers Employers Association Yung Ma Shan-yeh pointed out on the same program that the government plans to request injections because it wants to protect foreign domestic helpers. It does not consider it to be racial discrimination. She pointed out that a foreign domestic helper’s diagnosis affects not only one family, but all residents of the building Therefore, foreign domestic helpers should be encouraged to give injections.

However, Ma Shaner hopes that the government clarifies whether the accident after vaccination is a work-related injury, how to calculate the long-term service fee if the contract is not renewed, and to clarify who bears the medical expenses.

▼On April 30th, the 11th resident of Tung Chung Caribbean Coast must be evacuated for quarantine▼

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