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Written by: Lao Minyi
2021-06-14 20:01
Last update date: 2021-06-14 20:05
The Labour Department announced that it has visited places where foreign domestic helpers often gather to check whether they have complied with the mandatory testing announcement issued on May 12.
As of 3pm today (14th), a total of 2,268 foreign domestic helpers have been spot-checked by the staff of the Labour Department. Most of them have complied with the mandatory inspection notice. The 20 foreign domestic helpers who have not complied with the notice have also issued mandatory inspection orders within the specified period. Accept the test.
In addition, the testing or vaccination records of 46 foreign domestic helpers need to be further verified.
▼On the last day of the second mandatory inspection for 5.30 foreign domestic helpers▼
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The Labour Department stated that any relevant person who fails to comply with the mandatory testing announcement is a crime and is liable to a fixed fine of $5,000 and will receive a mandatory testing order requiring the person to be tested within the specified period.
Failure to comply with the mandatory testing order constitutes a crime and is punishable by a fourth-level fine (25,000 yuan) and six months in prison.
All foreign domestic helpers in Hong Kong received mandatory testing twice earlier.
(Information Picture / Photo by Liao Yanxiong)
For two days, government departments conducted joint operations in places where foreign domestic helpers often gather, including Tamar Park in Admiralty, Victoria Park in Causeway Bay, Central and Lai Chi Kok Park.
The Labour Department arranged for publicity vehicles to park in the above-mentioned districts and broadcast in Chinese, English and the main languages of the foreign domestic helper (including Filipino, Indonesian and Thai), urging them to comply with the regulations on wearing masks and prohibiting more than four people in public places Regulations of group gathering.
Faced with the threat of variant virus strains, the government once again urges all foreign domestic helpers to be vaccinated as soon as possible to protect the health of themselves, their employers, families and others.
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