Luo Zhiguang, director of the Hong Kong Labor and Welfare Administration, announced that the crown disease epidemic and related measures have greatly reduced the supply of new foreign domestic helpers. The number of foreign helpers has fallen from 400,000 to about 370,000.
Luo Zhiguang wrote on the blog today that the Philippine epidemic began to deteriorate again at the end of February and early March this year. Manila, together with the four provinces adjacent to four provinces, began the city for the second time on March 29.Because many of the commissioners from Hong Kong come from outside Manila, the number of Philippine commissioned workers from the average daily number per day from March to an average of 39 people from April 1st to 19th.
As Hong Kong prohibits all flights from the Philippines from going to Hong Kong for 14 days from Tuesday (20th), Luo Zhiguang estimates that 546 Filipino maids will be affected by the number after Manila seal the city.
Luo Zhiguang also wrote that the Labor and Welfare Bureau has reiterated three measures to reduce the problems caused by the employer, including the validity period of the work visa obtained from the newly hired foreign domestic helpers has changed from the previous three months toSix months; if foreign domestic helpers have failed to go to Hong Kong in time, and the employer has hired foreign domestic helpers, the validity period for extending the current foreign helper's contract is up to three months.
