Terminated FDHs should still get subsidized medical assistance in HK–lawmaker

aaaBECAUSE of their contribution to Hong Kong’s economy, foreign domestic workers should still be able to access subsidized medical services in public hospitals even if they had been terminated, a lawmaker said. Legislative Council (LegCo) member Fernando Cheung, chair LegCo Panel on Manpower, said he will propose this month for the HK government to provide medical insurance for FDHs so that they can still avail of subsidized public healthcare services even if their contract had been terminated. “Why do we propose health insurance obliga...