aaaThe Labour Department opened the application for Subsidy Scheme for Employment Agencies on Mar. 17 to April 29.
The Scheme will grant a HK$50,000 subsidy for each main license of employment agencies that provide foreign domestic worker placement services.
Eligible employment agency must hold a valid licence issued by the department as of Jan. 31.
If the validity period of the employment agency's current licence is less than two months as at the date a subsidy application is submitted, the employment agency must have applied for licence...
aaaKathleen Paton from Aklan, Phillippines wins Miss Eco International 2022, held in Egypt on Thursday.
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The Aklanon beauty queen competed with 40 other candidates from around the globe. She won the Best Eco Video, which made her the first finalist entering the Top 21.
https://youtu.be/cVl7WeUua7w
Paton then advanced to the Top 10, where she was asked about Water Pollution. ...
aaaThe Bureau of Immigration in the Philippines said Hong Kong and Macau Nationals can now enter the country without a visa for 14 days.
Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente said in a statement, the relaxed policy was provided in the latest resolution passed by the Inter-Agency Task Force for Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID).
In 2019, more than 5,000 Hong Kong nationals and more than 3,000 Macau nationals arrived in the Philippines.
In a travel advisory posted on Wednesday, Fully vaccinated arriving Foreign Nationa...
aaaHong Kong Government on Saturday assured Foreign Domestic Workers affected by the fifth wave of the pandemic that they are working with the relevant Consulate General in Hong Kong to provide statutory and compassionate protection.
This is in response to the concerns about FDWs who experienced termination and homelessness in the middle of the coronavirus.
"FDWs working in Hong Kong are a core part of our community and we believe the great majority of their employers are responsible and reasonable. The HKSAR Government will protect the legi...
aaaHelp poured to Foreign Domestic Workers in Hong Kong as they encounter fines and struggles as the city battles with the fifth wave of the coronavirus.
Last Sunday, 17 Foreign Domestic workers were reprimanded with a HK$ 5,000 fine each, which is greater than the average amount of FDWs monthly salary, in violation of the two-people limit in public, an amended social distancing ordinance to curb the spread of the virus.
An online fundraising campaign was launched last Feb. 17, to help the Foreign Domestic Workers with the fines.
“With ...
aaaThe Hong Kong Government placed 15 areas across the territory for compulsory testing on Saturday, given the number of cases testing positive and preliminary positive.
Included in the Compulsory testing notice are the following (With details on the Mobile specimen collection station and operating hours):
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aaaA happy and lively Cyril Galvez talked over the phone with Hong Kong News on Saturday as she shared the news of her arrival in the Philippines at 6:00 p.m. yesterday.
“Okay na din. Masaya at sumigla kasi andito na sa Manila.” said Galvez, a 35-year old, Filipino Domestic Worker in Hong Kong who is battling with Stage 4 Cervical Cancer.
She was first diagnosed with the disease at an early stage last March 2021. She had a series of chemotherapy and radiotherapy, after six months of magnetic resonance imaging or MRI, she was declared can...
aaaThe Hong Kong government announced on Jan. 27 that starting Feb. 5, the compulsory quarantine period for inbound foreign domestic workers from overseas places will now be 14 days in a designated quarantine facility and seven days self-monitoring period in the employer's residence or a hotel and guesthouse.
Labour Department said that those FDWs completing the 14-day compulsory quarantine at a DQF should undergo self-monitoring at the residence of their employers and will be subject to compulsory testing.
“We understand that some employe...
aaaThe Hong Kong Government approved a HK$3.886 million grant for World Vision Hong Kong to help typhoon victims in the Philippines on Jan. 26.
Around 25,370 victims will benefit from the grant to provide food packs, hygiene, and household kits.
The Committee hoped that the grant would facilitate the provision of timely relief to the victims and help them restore their normal living.
The government also noted that there will be no overlapping of resources as the relief agencies target different localities.
Earlier this month, the Hong ...
aaaHealth authorities confirmed five imported Covid-19 cases in Hong Kong on Saturday of which one is a Filipina domestic worker.The Filipina worker tested positive for Covid-19 while under quarantine in Hong Kong. The four other imported cases today came from the US, Qatar, and India.She was found with the L452R mutant strain of the coronavirus, a Health Department staffer said.The woma...
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