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HK domestic helper residence battle: What’s next?

By Elmer W. Cagape Mon, Oct 03, 2011 12:20PM UTC View Comments

The wait is over, and we heard what a Hong Kong judge had to say regarding a seemingly complicated law: maids are entitled to become permanent residents just like other foreign nationals who satisfy the seven-year residency requirement. High Court judge Johnson Lam’s decision favoring a Filipino domestic helper’s appeal for right to permanent residence...

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Hong Kong’s war against domestic helpers

By Asia Sentinel Mon, Oct 03, 2011 10:12AM UTC View Comments

Supporters of Evangeline Banao Vallejos, a Filipino domestic helper who won a landmark court case Friday, outside Hong Kong High Court. Pic: AP.

Despite a court ruling against it, the government appears intent on making sure no brown-skinned Asians get right of abode, reports Asia Sentinel’s Philip Bowring The Hong Kong government seems set on ensuring that its ethnocentric instincts trump the rule of law. Following a court decision that gave right of abode (permanent residence) to a...

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Hong Kong: Filipina maid wins historic residency case

By Tonyo Cruz Fri, Sep 30, 2011 1:15PM UTC View Comments

Gladys Li, lawyer of Evangeline Banao Vallejos, a Filipino domestic helper applying for permanent residency, walks out from Hong Kong High Court after attending a hearing arguments in the case last month. Pic: AP.

Filipina Evangeline Vallejos, who has worked as a domestic worker in Hong Kong since 1986, has won her historic, precedent-setting case to seek permanent residency. “This is a big victory over injustice and discrimination perpetrated by Hong Kong against foreign domestic workers,” said Eman Villanueva, leader of the United Filipinos in Hong Kong (UNIFIL), which...

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