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Page 21 Page 12 HONGKONGNEWS.COM.HK Page 2 The No.1 Foreign Newspaper Vol.XVI No.357 October 15, 2016 Migrant groups plan to go to court if FDHs are not covered by proposed standardized working PCG: Give food hours rules. allowance to FDHs Page 12 Discover the picturesque vistas of Ha Long Bay in Vietnam that have long captivated visitors. Page 21 DUTERTE GOING TO CHINA. Philippine President Duterte is set to visit China from October 18 to 21 for a state visit. Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay Jr. said the South China Sea dispute will not be discussed with Chinese leaders. (Malacanang photo) Filipino-Australian By Cheryl Arcibal and Philip Tubeza mestic helpers (FDHs) in their salaries, a working group (TWG) meeting on Sep- per month and their food allowance from model Catriona Elisa PCG official said. tember 27. $995 to $1,037 per month. THE Philippine Consulate General (PCG) Vice Consul Alex Vallespin said the The HK government on September 30 “We also raised na isama na ang food Gray wins the Miss has asked the Hong Kong government to PCG raised the matter with Labour De- increased the minimum allowable wage World-PH crown. Turn to page 13 include the food allowance of Filipino do- partment officials during the technical (MAW) of FDHs from $4,210 to $4,310 PUBLISHED BY HK PUBLICATIONS LTD. TEL: 2851 1766 2 NEWS October 15, 2016 HONGKONGNEWS.COM.HK Class suit eyed for FDH working hours By Cheryl M. Arcibal workplace, the longest hours out of the 71 hours. global cities included in the poll. “For many domestic workers [here], you FILIPINO domestic workers are planning Many foreign domestic workers have toil for many hours per day, some for 16 to to take legal action should the Hong Kong been complaining that they work between 18 hours. You are what we call on 24-hour government exclude them from any reg- 12 and 18 hours a day to serve their em- call. Is that fair? No, and so what we are ulation that would standardize working ployers. seeking is that there should be a balance hours in the territory. Villanueva said if a law will be enacted for all workers - to have one [standard] for On the sidelines of the 18th anniversary to standardize working hours in the city, local workers and domestic workers,” Lee celebration of the Filipino Migrant Work- then they could seek a judicial review. told Filipino migrants during the FMWU ers’ Union (FMWU) on October 9, Eman “If it’s a law, [then kailangan linawin] anniversary program. Villanueva told Hong Kong News that kung ang exclusion [ng foreign domestic He added that the HKCTU has been they were not ruling out filing a class suit workers] ba ay unconstitutional. Kung supporting the FMWU’s bid for decent or seeking a judicial review if the Hong mae-exclude kami, iyon ang isang aaralin wages and decent working hours. Kong government does not include for- at ikokunsulta sa legal experts,” Villanue- “Some people [would] always attack eign domestic workers in standardizing Villanueva va said. me by saying ‘Oh, Lee is supporting the working hours in the city. “Pwede kasing violation iyon ng Basic domestic workers against the employers’. “Ito nakikita namin dito na medyo ma- workers...Kung sakaling i-exclude nila here would erode the city’s competitive- Law or international conventions kung But I only say one word and that is fair- bigat at mahabang laban pa ito. Siyempre ang migrant domestic workers, hindi nam- ness. saan ang Hong Kong ay signatory. Ang ness,” he said. hindi lang ang kalaban dito ang employ- in inaalis ang posibilidad na mag-take din This fear, he said, is unfounded as oth- isang halimbawang nakikita namin diyan “Everyone should have a decent wage ers, ang number one na kalaban dito ay ng legal action kung sakaling darating sa er cities that set shorter working hours ay ang ILO (International Labour Organ- for one day of hard work..We support you ang Hong Kong government,” Villanueva ganoong punto,” he said. for their employees and workers have re- ization) Convention no. 97 na nagsasabi in your fight for decent pay and now we said. Villanueva said the Hong Kong govern- mained competitive. na parehas dapat ang treatment sa lokal at are talking about working hours regula- “Ang nase-sense namin ay ayaw talaga ment had been saying that standardizing Hong Kong has wrapped up its three- migranteng manggagawa,” he added. tion and we hope that all workers in Hong nilang isama ang mga migrant domestic working hours for employees and workers month public consultation on standard Lee Cheuk Yan, General Secretary of Kong should have working hours regu- working hours in August. the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade lation including domestic workers...you According to the UBS’ annual “Prices Unions, expressed his support for the bid should have some time free for yourself. and Earnings” study, workers in Hong of Filipino domestic workers to be in- That is only fair,” Lee added. Kong spent 50.11 hours a week at the cluded in the standardization of working Labatt looking at HKCEC for CSC exams By Philip C. Tubeza nedy Town because the number of over- number of examinees was still growing. seas Filipino workers who want to take the “We have examinees from Macau who THE Philippine Overseas Labor Office exam has reached 3,000. are coming over because the exam was (POLO) is eyeing the Hong Kong Con- “Scramble na kami sa venue dahil mga also announced there,” Dela Torre said. vention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) 3,000 na (ang examinees). We are looking He said the Civil Service Commission as the venue of civil service exams in No- at the HKCEC. We may have to bite the (CSC) would provide the online registra- vember, Labor Attaché Jalilo dela Torre bullet,” Dela Torre said. tion link on its website (www.csc.gov.ph) said. Holding the exams at the HKCEC would when the registration period starts on Oc- Dela Torre said they needed a venue cost $100,000 but Dela Torre said they are tober 31. bigger than the Bayanihan Centre in Ken- also looking at other venues because the “Maglalabas ng resolution yung com- mission mismo. May communication na sila na itutuloy ang exam sa Nov. 27,” Dela Torre said. Dela Torre also said that he asked the CSC to cut the exam fee from US$45 to a more affordable amount. “Nagrequest din ako kung pwedeng ba- baan kasi may nagrereklamo,” he said. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III has also asked the CSC to provide all the help needed by OFWs in HK who want to take the exam. “Bilang bahagi ng kampanya ng Kaga- waran ng Paggawa at Empleo (DOLE) na hikayatin ang ating mga OFW na muling bumalik at manatili na sa ating bansa, kami ay nakipag-ugnayan sa Komisyon ng Serbisyo Sibil (CSC), sa kanilang tagapangulo na si Alicia Dela Rosa-Bala, para sa pagsasagawa ng professional at sub-professional civil service exam para sa mga OFWs,” Bello said. “Maaaring magawaran ng profession- al o sub-professional eligibility ang su- mailalim sa career service exam na ka- nilang kakailanganin upang maitalaga sa naaayong posisyon sa gobyerno,” he said. “Bukas ang pagsusulit sa lahat ng Fil- pinong indibidwal o iyong may hawak na dual citizenship, anuman ang kanyang tinapos, may edad na hindi bababa sa 18 taon sa araw ng pagsusumite ng ap- likasyon, at hindi pa kumukuha ng kapare- hong pagsusulit sa loob ng tatlong buwan bago ang petsa ng pagsusulit,” he added. HONGKONGNEWS.COM.HK October 15, 2016 NEWS 3 ‘Exchange rate could reach P50 to US$1’ By Maia Lopez This was a seven-year low since Septem- ation, Diokno said it has “nothing to do sourcing companies opting to put their in- “We do have information on cases of ber 2009 at the height of the global finan- with the President’s statements.” vestments on hold. local European companies (in) manu- THE President’s tough talk could hurt the cial crisis. Meanwhile American Chamber of “The anti-American comments are be- facturing who put expansion on hold. peso, which could fall to more than P50 to “In the event that these fears translate Commerce of the Philippines senior ad- ginning to harm some new opportunities We also sense hesitation from European a US dollar, Fitch Ratings’ BMI Research into something more tangible leading to visor John Forbes said investors from the for the Philippines, as we know several firms to consider the Philippines as invest- said in its latest report. prolonged political uncertainty, we believe US and Europe are now having second trade missions and BPO investment plans ment destination at this point,” European BMI said the peso’s weakness in Sep- that a further slide of the peso beyond 50 thoughts on the Philippines, with several have been cancelled. This is regrettable,” Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines tember was due to the “deteriorating in- to US dollar could be likely,” BMI said. manufacturing and business process out- Forbes said. president Guenter Taus added. vestor sentiment” after Duterte criticized Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno, the US for speaking out against his bloody for his part, downplayed concerns on the war on drugs. weakening peso. The peso’s weakest level this year was “The depreciation of peso, as far as I’m recorded on Sept. 30 at 48.50 to a dollar. concerned, is no cause for concern...We’ve seen the peso going to P55 in the past. The depreciation of the peso is a result of the strengthening of the dollar, more than the weakening of the peso,” he said.
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