Filipino maids working in Hong Kong are being sacked by employers angry over the deadly hostage crisis in the Philippines, a news report said Wednesday.
Eight Hong Kong tourists died in a chaotic shoot-out Monday as police in Manila tried to end a 10-hour siege by an armed former police inspector who took tourists hostage on a bus in protest at his sacking.
Unions representing Filipino maids told South China Morning Post they had received ‘several’ reports of maids being sacked by employers angry at the deaths.
Other employers have posted messages on internet bulletin boards saying they intend to sack their maids in retaliation for the deaths and urging other employers to do the same.
A spokeswoman for one of the maids’ unions said, ‘We are also angry with our government … I hope the Hong Kong government can explain to local people that it is not the fault of Filipino maids.’
Dolores Balladares-Pelaez, chairwoman of the 6,000-member United Filipinos in Hong Kong union, told the newspaper she feared the situation would get worse in the days ahead.
Hong Kong is home to more than 120,000 live-in domestic helpers from the Philippines, who earn a government-set minimum wage equivalent to around $460 a month.
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October –
Monthly Observances:
Industry and Commerce Safety Month
National Statistics Month
Local Government Month
Consumer Welfare Month
Cooperative Month
National Quality and Productivity Improvement Month
National Health and Wellness Tourism Month
National Indigenous Peoples Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 1: Elderly Filipino Week
Week 2: National Health Education Week
Local Government Week
National Mental Health Week
October 17-23:
National Week for Overcoming Extreme Poverty
October 18 – 24:
United Nations Week
Last Week:
Nurses’ Week
Consumers’ Protection Week
Week of the 4th Sunday:
Barrio Farmers’ Week
Daily Observances:
First Monday (Oct 4): Universal Children’s Day i
n the Philippines
Oct 5: National Teachers’ Day
Oct 10: Local Government Day
Third Thursday (Oct 14): Conflict Resolution Day
Oct 21: Tenants’ Emancipation day
Oct 24: United Nations Day
Oct 29: National Indigenous People’s Thanksgiving Day
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