Readers discuss the rights of migrant domestic workers, the deaths of two men cleaning a sewer, and the cost of additional floors in the Legislative Council complex.
Coronavirus: Hong Kong domestic worker group lodges complaint with equality commission over new testing, vaccination mandate
But Ricky Chu, the watchdog’s head, notes issues of differential treatment are exempted by law when it comes to public health concerns
The Monday filing, which comes as the city is expecting two imported Covid-19 cases, follows suggestions of discrimination from the Philippines’ foreign affairs secretary and local consulate
Hong Kong coronavirus: flight ban could send pay skyward for locally hired foreign domestic workers, agency bosses say
Of 16 Covid-19 cases imported from the Philippines in the past seven days, all carried the new N501Y mutation, which can now trigger a shutdown of all flights from a country
The new regulations came into effect as Hong Kong as Hong Kong was expecting to log five new coronavirus cases