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Minister of Labor and Welfare of Hong Kong Chris Sun on Thursday (10/8/2023) met with Acting Consul General of the Republic of Indonesia in Hong Kong Slamet Noegroho to reaffirm Hong Kong's stance on the issue of placement fees to employ Indonesian domestic workers (PRT) . On that occasion Minister Sun emphasized that in order to maintain friendly, mutually beneficial and close cooperation between the two countries, there must be no changes made by the Indonesian side to the arrangements for the placement of Indonesian domestic workers in Hong Kong which will result in an additional burden on Hong Kong employers or damage employment opportunities for Indonesian domestic workers. He added that despite the changes... READ MORE

Currently Hong Kong is in an uproar regarding the rising cost of hiring domestic workers (PRT) from Indonesia. An uproar broke out among employers who objected and also among Indonesian migrant workers (PMI) who were worried about the negative response of their employers at home after paying more to employ them. RTHK reported that members of the Association of Indonesian Workers Placement Companies (Aspataki) came to Hong Kong to socialize the additional fees that would be charged to employers if they took domestic workers from Indonesia. “A recruiters union from Indonesia on Wednesday (2/8/2023) said the cost of hiring Indonesian domestic workers to work in Hong Kong would rise by around ... READ MORE