The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) alerted the public from fraudulent website and phishing email on Thursday. HKMA reminded the public that banks will not send an embedded hyperlinks thru text and email that will direct them to the banks’ website to carry out transactions and will trick customers into revealing sensitive personal inform...
The representative from Asian Migrants’ Coordinating Body (AMCB) submitted a position paper to the Commissioner of Labour on Thursday, to demand an increase on the monthly salary of Foreign Domestic Workers (FDWs) in Hong Kong. The AMCB is asking for an increase of HK$1,340 or 30% from the current salary of HK$4,630, based on their computatio...
Health authorities confirmed one imported Covid-19 case in Hong Kong on Wednesday, involving a Filipina Domestic Worker. The 55-year-old Filipina worker tested positive for covid-19 while under quarantine in Hong Kong. She was found with the L452R mutant strain of the coronavirus, a Health Department staffer said. The woman arrived in Ho...
The Government administered a total of 8,423,300 doses of Covid-19 vaccines to the public, in a statement on Tuesday. A total 4,418,000 people have received their first dose where 1,602,600 people received Sinovac jab and about 2,815,400 people got BioNtech vaccine. Around 4,005,300 are getting their second dose of which 1,460,600 people re...
Hundreds of Filipino expatriates swamped the Philippine Consulate in Hong Kong less than two weeks before the deadline to register as voters for the 2022 national elections. First-time voters or those who failed to vote for two consecutive national elections are required to register to be able to vote for a president, vice president, 12 senators...
A 34-year-old Filipina domestic worker found a bundle of money worth HK$4,000 at Kowloon Station last Sept.16, 2021. Herminihilda B. Molina said she found the money in between the benches where she sat on, while waiting for the clinic to open, to receive her flu vaccine. Molina immediately informed the lady MTR staff of the occurred incid...
Health 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, an...
The Centre for Health Protection confirmed three new Covid-19 cases on Friday—all imported—taking Hong Kong’s coronavirus caseload to 12,153.
All three were found with the L452R mutant strain, a Health Department staffer said. This strain is commonly linked with the Delta variant of the coronavirus.
A Filipina domestic worker is among the 20 winners of credit cards containing a stored value of HK$100,000 in a recently-concluded draw aimed to boost Covid-19 vaccination among Hong Kong residents, the lottery's organisers said Wednesday. In a press release, property developer Sino Group said the winners—13 males and seven females aged betw...
From Friday, Sept. 17, inbound foreign domestic workers (FDWs) vaccinated against Covid-19 outside Hong Kong may book rooms for quarantine again at the Penny’s Bay Quarantine Centre.
A statement from the Labour Department website said all available rooms at the facility have been reserved until Oct. 19. But reserv...
