She is Eni, president of the International Migrants Alliance. Having worked in Hong Kong as a domestic helper for more than a decade, she learned the value of struggling for her rights and working with others to win them.
She is joined by several Indonesian, Thai and Filipino domestic workers today to hand out lai see (red pocket) to legislators who will be meeting today to discuss the statutory minimum wage bill. As of today, they are not considering to include foreign domestic workers in the minimum wage as it is, to briefly put it, a lot of hassle.
Ironic to have domestic workers handing out red pockets to certain people who should be handing these to them instead. This Chinese New Year.
Hong Kong. Such irony.
14/02/2010 at 09:02 Permalink
wala pang nagbibigay ng lai see sa akin. hmp.