Tens of thousands of foreign domestic helpers are coming to Hong Kong, Hong Kong is worried: it will pose serious challenges to the epidemic prevention work
[Global Times reporter Yang Weimin] The Philippines and Indonesia will resume entry and exit as the country’s new coronary pneumonia epidemic is basically under control. In the next 3 months, about 10,000 foreign domestic helpers will come to Hong Kong.
According to Hong Kong's Toutiao Daily reported on the 14th, the Hong Kong Employment Association quoted information from the Immigration Department that it is expected that about 8,000 to 10,000 foreign domestic helpers will arrive in batches in the next three months. The guild conducted a survey through about 100 intermediary companies last week and interviewed about 3,000 employers. The results showed that 95% of the interviewed employers resisted living with segregated persons, and 85% said there were no separate rooms and bathrooms for foreign domestic helpers in their homes. Used during the period; more than 90% of the employers expressed their willingness to pay a quarantine fee of about 1500 to 2000 Hong Kong dollars, but now the cost of renting a hotel for quarantine is as high as 3000 to 5000 Hong Kong dollars, and employers have said that it is difficult to afford. Guild Chairman Chen Dongfeng said that employers cannot provide suitable quarantine and quarantine space, so they hope the government can give support and concentrate on arranging foreign domestic helpers to quarantine centers away from urban areas for quarantine.
Hong Kong public opinion held on the 14th that the arrival of tens of thousands of foreign domestic helpers in Hong Kong poses a serious challenge to Hong Kong's epidemic prevention work. It is necessary to prevent foreign domestic helpers from becoming infected and causing outbreaks in the community.