Hoity-Toity
Dad drove us to the members only HK Jockey Club for dinner, they have a marche/movenpick sort of food court. The place is intentionally exclusive, high on top of Happy Valley on a steep road, you can't get there without a car. The parking lot is full of shiny Porches, Mercs, BMWs, Volvos, Land Rovers, and other status symbols.
I didn't see a hummer though.
The food court is pretty family friendly, kids running around everywhere. You can tell how hoity the place is by the high domestic helper to family ratio. There were a few families with more than 1 helper, and there was a family that had 2 helpers for the 3 family members!
I am sort of torn about this domestic helper issue, Hong Kong imports tens of thousands of them from the Philipines. Most of them are treated badly and living in terrable living conditions, but I guess it is worth it economically, or else these Filipinos would not come.
HK people in general are a exploitative bunch, so these foreign women are no exception: They are alone without family support, can't speak Cantonese, and look different. So there are horror stories that surface once in a while, but I'm pretty sure it's just the tip of the iceberg.
HK is a crowded place, so family of 4 packing into a 1000 sqr-ft flat is considered to be quite well off. But where can you fit a domestic worker with under 1000sqrft? They end up literally sleeping in closets and storage rooms.
The exploitative attitute of the HK people will not change any time soon, so I think they should just stop importing people into such compromising situations.
But according to some stats, there are 140,000 Filipino workers in HK, stopping this practice will have tremendous economic impact to HK and Philipines.
I didn't see a hummer though.
The food court is pretty family friendly, kids running around everywhere. You can tell how hoity the place is by the high domestic helper to family ratio. There were a few families with more than 1 helper, and there was a family that had 2 helpers for the 3 family members!
I am sort of torn about this domestic helper issue, Hong Kong imports tens of thousands of them from the Philipines. Most of them are treated badly and living in terrable living conditions, but I guess it is worth it economically, or else these Filipinos would not come.
HK people in general are a exploitative bunch, so these foreign women are no exception: They are alone without family support, can't speak Cantonese, and look different. So there are horror stories that surface once in a while, but I'm pretty sure it's just the tip of the iceberg.
HK is a crowded place, so family of 4 packing into a 1000 sqr-ft flat is considered to be quite well off. But where can you fit a domestic worker with under 1000sqrft? They end up literally sleeping in closets and storage rooms.
The exploitative attitute of the HK people will not change any time soon, so I think they should just stop importing people into such compromising situations.
But according to some stats, there are 140,000 Filipino workers in HK, stopping this practice will have tremendous economic impact to HK and Philipines.
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