CG says Consulate has aired concerns about alleged job hopping to HK govt

By Daisy CL Mandap

Migrants oppose legislating so-called 'job-hopping' by FDWs

Consul General Raly Tejada says the Consulate has relayed to the Hong Kong government its “deep concern” about allegations of job hopping among foreign domestic workers.

“Please note that the Consulate General has made strong representations with the Hong Kong government on the matter and will continue to do so through official channels,” said ConGen Tejada in an email to The SUN.

Most recently, he said the issue was brought up by his team during their regular Technical Working Group dialogue with officials from the Hong Kong Labour Department and the Department of Immigration.

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 “I have also expressed my deep concern over the policy’s negative impact on Filipino domestic workers with no less than Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun,” ConGen added.

“He (Sun) replied that Hong Kong will always respect the rights of our workers and that he will make sure that they remain protected. He added that Hong Kong does not take the issue lightly with every case treated individually and decided based on relevant and applicable law.”

CG Tejada (left) says he has raised the issue with Labour Secretary Chris Sun (PCG File Photo)

The country’s top diplomat said he wished to assure the Filipino community in Hong Kong of the Consulate’s “unwavering support and assistance” with regard to the job-hopping allegation, and called on everyone to continue working together to resist any move that would adversely affect them.

He made his remarks after the United Filipinos in Hong Kong issued a statement on Wednesday, questioning the Consulate’s “silence” on the issue.

Unifil said that as representative of the Filipino people in Hong Kong the Consulate should be the first to speak up and uphold the rights of Filipino migrant workers.

At the very least, said the group, ConGen Tejada should take the lead in explaining the issue to the community and then take up the cudgels for the Filipino workers whose rights are under attack.

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Unifil and other migrant organizations aligned with the Asian Migrants Coordinating Body staged a protest outside the Labour Department office in Sheung Wan on Monday, ahead of the tabling before the Legislative Council of a proposal to include “job hopping” in the list of prohibited acts of FDWs in the Code of Practice for Employment Agencies.

Unifil slammed Labour’s proposal as malicious and racist, as it targets only migrant domestic workers and not employers.

The group said the public consultation is being held on the wrong presumption that FDWs often are the ones who initiate the early termination of contracts, when in fact, employers are the ones more likely to do this.

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The employers’ “whim and capricious” termination of contracts leave the newly arrived workers jobless and indebted, said the group.

What the government, particularly the Immigration Department, should do is to apply the law fairly by requiring employers to cite the reason for termination, and also count the number of times they have terminated their domestic helpers, added Unifil.

Unifil’s chair, Dolores Balladares, said: “We want to tell the HK Department of Labour and the Immigration Department that if we are treated justly and humanely, our working conditions is good and our rights as migrant workers inside our employer’s household is uphold and protected…no migrant domestic workers will be forced to terminate a contract...”

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Employment agencies have also criticized the proposal, saying it violates the FDWs’ right to choose who to work for, as provided for in the Basic Law.

But employers who have been pushing Immigration to continue cracking the whip on FDWs who do not finish their two-year contracts say the proposal is fair as it prevents helpers from switching employers, and causing huge financial losses to the one who paid for them to come here.

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Pilipina nakaiwas-kulong sa inaming pagnanakaw

 

Ang tindahan na pinangyarihan ng nakawan

Isang Pilipina ang nakaligtas sa pagkakakulong ngayon sa Eastern Court nang isailalim siya sa bind-over order bilang parusa sa inamin niyang pagnanakaw ng mga pagkain at panlaba sa isang tindahan sa  Quarry Bay.

Hindi agad nakasagot si M.F. Peig, 41 taong gulang at isang domestic helper, nang tanungin siya ni Magistrate Daniel Tang kung payag ba siyang sumailalim sa bind-over at hindi siya makukulong kung mangangakong hindi magnanakaw muli.

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Nang tumango si Peig at nagsabing payag siya, ibinigay ni Magistrate Tang ang mga kondisyon -- na magbabayad sya ng $1,000 kung magkakasala ulit sa loob ng isang taon, maliban sa kaukulang parusa sa bagong kasalanan.

Kinasuhan si Peig ng pagnanakaw matapos siyang mahuli sa pagtangay nang hindi nagbabayad ng mga produktong mula sa Aeon Supermarket sa Kornhill Plaza sa Quarry Bay noong Oct. 4, 2022.

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Ayon sa pulis ito ang kanyang mga ninakaw: isang pakete ng steamed cheese cake, dalawang pakete ng milky steamed cake, isang bote ng soy milk, apat na pirasong chocolate candy at dalawang laundry capsule.

Ayon sa Theft Ordinance, ang pagnanakaw ay may parusa na hanggang 10 taong pagkabilanggo.

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Matatandaan na noong Dec. 5, sa West Kowloon Magistracy, napatawan ng anim na araw na pagkakulong si Genelyn Cusay dahil nag-shoplift sa isang tindahan ng Wellcome Supermarket sa Lantau noong Nov. 22.

Pero dahil nabisto rin na overstay na siya nang higit sa anim na taon, na paglabag sa section 41 ng Immigration Ordinance, pinarusahan din siya ng dalawang buwan sa kulungan,  na kasasabay niyang pinagdusahan.

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Sa araw ding iyon, pinagmulta naman ng $1,000 si Apryl Ruth Peningeo matapos umamin sa West Kowloon Court na nag-shoplift sa Wellcome Supermarket sa Mei Foo Sun Chuen sa Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon, noong Nov. 25. Ang ninakaw niya: tatlong pakete ng gulay, isang pakete ng tinapay, at isang pakete ng salmon na nagkakahalaga ng kabuuang $138.

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20k people reminded to update Octopus accounts to receive vouchers

 

Some 20,000 Octopus card users are in danger of missing out on their first $3k vouchers

The government has warned some 20,000 qualified Hong Kong residents to update their accounts on or before Wednesday, March 29, so they can receive the first installment of their consumptions vouchers through Octopus.

The 2023 first-installment vouchers for pandemic relief will be disbursed on April 16 to the stored value accounts of successful registrants using last year’s records.

Permanent residents aged 18 and above or new arrivals from the Mainland are due to receive $3,000 initially out of a total of $5,000 while foreign students and other residents who came in under various entry visa categories (except contract workers) will get an initial $1,500 out of $2,500 in total.

According to a press release issued by the government today, about 20,000 people who used Octopus to receive vouchers last year have returned the Octopus cards they used without updating their accounts for receiving vouchers.

Unless they update their accounts by the March 29 deadline they will not be able to get their initial voucher disbursements.

Those who need to update their accounts may do so online, by post or in person at any of the eight temporary centres listed below:

Hong Kong Island:

1. 34/F, Revenue Tower, 5 Gloucester Road, Wan Chai (MTR Wan Chai Station Exit A5 / MTR Exhibition Centre Station Exit B3)

2. Unit 1301, AT Tower, 180 Electric Road, North Point (MTR Fortress Hill Station Exit A)

Kowloon

3. Units 1834 – 1838, 18/F, Pioneer Centre, 750 Nathan Road, Mong Kok (MTR Prince Edward Station Exit B2)

4. Unit 1105, 11/F, Kwun Tong View, 410 Kwun Tong Road, Kwun Tong (MTR Kwun Tong Station Exit A2)

New Territories

5. 9/F, Chinachem Tsuen Wan Plaza, 455 Castle Peak Road, Tsuen Wan (Near MTR Tsuen Wan West Station)

6. Room 110, 1/F, Butterfly Bay Community Centre, 1 Wu Chui Road, Tuen Mun (LRT Melody Garden Stop)

7. Unit 2310, 23/F, Metropole Square, 2 On Yiu Street, Shek Mun, Sha Tin (MTR Shek Mun Station Exit C)

8. Conference Room, Tai Yuen Community Hall, Tai Yuen Estate, Tai Po (MTR Tai Po Market Station, take shuttle bus K12 to the terminus)

(The temporary service centres will provide service from 9 am to 6 pm (Monday to Saturday) from March 11 to 29, 2023 and close on Sundays and public holidays. People may call the Scheme hotline 18 5000 to make appointments.)

Elderly people who swapped their Octopus for a JoyYou card and have not updated their accounts may call the Octopus hotline, 2969 5588 for help.

Those who have updated their records after surrendering their old Octopus cards or have retained their cards and kept it active may continue to use their original cards to receive the vouchers.

For more information, please check the 2023 Consumption Voucher Scheme here: (www.consumptionvoucher.gov.hk) or call hotline 18 5000.

 

 

 

 

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Bumili siya ng 1 tube mula sa Victory Supermarket sa World Wide House sa halagang HK$98 lamang.  Pagkauwi at pagkatapos maligo ay ginamit niya ang imported lotion ng ayon sa instruction sheet na nasa loob ng kahon. Sa loob lamang ng ilang linggo, pumuti ang kanyang buong mukha at katawan. Nang timbangin ang sarili nabawasan siya ng 4 kgs. Nabawasan din ng 2 inches na taba sa baywang at balakang. Nabawasan din ng 1½ inch sa braso at mga hita na nakapagbigay rin ng korte sa kanyang pangangatawan. Mas naging confident siya ngayon sa kanyang hitsura.
Ang pangangalaga sa katawan at balat ay magkasama. May kasabihan na “When you feel good about your appearance, you’ll be astonished and how good you will feel about yourself.”  Magkasama ang dalawang bagay na ito at kung makakakuha ka ng tamang produkto na mangangalaga sa iyong katawan at balat, mas magiging kumpleto at malusog ang iyong pangangatawan.  Ang pinakaimportante sa lahat ay huwag papalit-palit ng produktong gamit, ipagpatuloy kung ano ang nakasanayan o hiyang ng kutis.

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Si Mary Ann Mendoza 27 yrs. old, nagtatrabaho sa Kowloon ay ibinahagi ang masayang karanasan dahil sa paggamit ng upgraded version Dream Love 1000 seksuwal na pabango, gawa sa England na may 3D hologram model image silver seal.  Noon ay tila boring ang relasyon nilang magnobyo. Simula nang maikuwento sa kaibigan ang nasabing suliranin ay pinayuhan siya na gumamit ng nasabing pabango. Naisip na wala naming mawawala if subukan niya ang payo nito. Pagsapit ng Linggo ay bumili siya nito mula sa Aurora Mart sa halagang HK88 lamang .  Pagkabayad ng binili na pabangong Dream Love 1000 ay binuksan niya ang kahon at nagwisik nito ayon sa instruction sheet.

Nagimula na siyang lumakad patungo sa Tamar Park kung saan sila palaging natambay na magnobyo. Habang naglalakad ay napuna niyang may isang lalaki na tila Instik ang hitsura na naglalakad din kasabay niya. Nagulat siya nang ito ay magsalita ng Tagalog dahil pansin niyang Instik ang hitsura nito. Nasabi nito na mabango ang halimuyak ng gamit niyang perfume. Nagpasalamat siya at nagtanong pa ito kung saan siya patungo. Sinabi niya na kakatagpuin ang nobyo, tila nadismaya ang hitsura nito kaya madali itong nagpaalam.

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2 linggong kulong sa nagnakaw ng Champagne at Coke

 

Ang eskinita kung saan nahuli ang tatlong kinasuhan

Isang Pilipina ang ikinulong nang dalawang linggo matapos siyang umamin kanina (March 21) na nagnakaw, kasama ang dalawa pa, ng dalawang bote ng Coca Cola at isang bote ng Champagne sa Tsim Sha Tsui.

Maliban dito, pinagbayad din si Bernadette Camarillo, 32 taong gulang, ng $180 bilang parte nya sa halaga ng ninakaw, na dapat ilagak sa korte sa loob ng pitong araw.

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Kinasuhan si Camarillo kasama ang lalaking si Walid Boulatef, 44 taong gulang na Tunisian, at ang babaeng si Enkhisetsegmaral, 35 taong gulang, pero ang dalawa ay hindi humarap sa Kowloon City Magistracy at hindi sinabi kung ano na ang lagay ng kanilang kaso.

Ang tatlo ay pawang walang trabaho at nagtataglay ng recognizance form bilang aplikante para mabigyan ng non-refoulement o pagbabawal na pauwiin sila nang sapilitan sa pinanggalingan nilang bansa.

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Nahuli ang tatlo noong March 3 sa eskinita na nasa likod ng 7 Pine Tree Road sa Tsim Sha Tsui na dala ang tatlong bote ng inumin. Lumabas sa imbestigasyon na galing ang mga inumin sa katabing Thai Restaurant.

Itinakda ni Acting Principal Magistrate Peony Wong ang parusa kay Camarillo sa tatlong linggong kulong, pero binawasan niya ito ng 1/3 dahil sa kanyang agarang pag-amin.

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Humingi ng kaluwagan sa pagpaparusa ang abogado ni Camarillo, na dumating sa Hong Kong noong 2018 at iniwan ang dalawang anak sa Pilipinas, dahil maliit lang ang halaga ng ninakaw na payag niyang bayaran ang 1/3 na parte niya.

Sinabi rin ng abogado na hindi lang siya ang may-gawa ng krimen at nasangkot lang siya.

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At dahil dalawang linggo na siyang nakapiit, hiningi rin ng abogado ang agarang pagpapalaya kay Camarillo.

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Filipino who threatened to burn down Consulate convicted on 3 charges

By Daisy CL Mandap

 

Bondoc was taken into custody ahead of his sentencing on April 3

Security was tight inside court no 4 at Eastern Magistracy on Monday as a Filipino resident who threatened to burn down the Consulate, assaulted one of its staff and intimidated a security personnel, was immediately put behind bars after being found guilty on three charges.

Ronald B. Bondoc, 42, a restaurant worker, will be sentenced on April 3, after background reports are submitted to court on orders of Magistrate Leona Chan Pui-man.

The magistrate held that the prosecution was able to prove beyond reasonable doubt all three cases of criminal intimidation, common assault and loitering causing concern that were brought against Bondoc.

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She also found that the three Consulate staff who were presented as prosecution witnesses were honest and credible.

In contrast, Bondoc who defended himself after rejecting the services of a counsel from the Duty Lawyer scheme, was found to have given excuses that were hard to believe.

In the first case of criminal intimidation, Bondoc called the Consulate hotline on January 22 last year, during which he repeatedly threatened to burn down the Consulate offices and hurt its staff, particularly “Arnel.”

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The call was recorded by the staff on duty Lhyndzie M. Orozco, who testified in court how Bondoc’s threat had so alarmed her that she reported it to her superior the very next day. 

In turn, the officer personally went to the police to file a complaint and hand over a copy of the audio recording of Bondoc’s call. This came after Bondoc visited the Consulate and assaulted one of the staff there  

In his defense, Bondoc said he made the call only because he was distressed and suicidal as the Consulate did not allow him to change his status to “single” in his passport even if he had already separated from his wife.

He also said it was not his intention to intimidate Orozco as he was only after Arnel. In fact, he said he repeatedly apologized to Orozco for getting her involved. He also questioned why it took the Consulate three days to complain to police.

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In rejecting his defence, Magistrate Chan said, “I do not believe that he had called merely to seek help from the Consulate,” noting that Bondoc repeatedly threatened  to burn down the Consulate offices and harm its staff, particularly “Arnel” during the phone call.

Among the threats he made were:

“If you want me to go there, Miss,  I will set the office on fire.”

“You will be a witness to what I am saying now.”

“Leave that place, the day will come when it will be burned down.”

“The Consulate will be burned one of these days”

“Will you be one of them if you don’t say this to Arnel?”

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Magistrate Chan said Bondoc’s words were calculated  to cause concern to anyone who might have heard them. She also said it was immaterial that the Consulate filed a complaint with the police three days after the incident.

In the second charge of common assault which happened two days after the phone call, the magistrate said she believed the victim, Edmound Cortes, when he told the court that Bondoc had held him by the neck when he stopped him entering a restricted area in the Consulate.

At that time, Bondoc held a golf club in one hand and his baby on the other. Video recordings of the incident showed him entering the public area and passing on his baby to a Filipina in the crowd, before attempting to move towards the assistance to nationals section.

Cortes said he pushed Bondoc away after he tried to strangle him as the defendant was still holding the golf club. Other male staff came to his rescue, and one of them was seen on video to have kicked Bondoc on the back.

The magistrate said the video recording of the incident confirmed Cortes’ story. She also said the kick on Bondoc’s back was made after that assault, so his claim that he was actually the victim in the incident could not be true.

Further, she noted that by passing on his baby to another person before making a move, Bondoc showed an intent “to do some action.”

For the third charge of loitering causing concern, the magistrate said a video recording of the incident on March 28, 2022 showed clearly that Bondoc had hung around the Consulate’s lift lobby for 15 minutes doing nothing except to go in circles.

Before this, he approached the CCTV and showed a metal angle bar he was carrying, which he then proceeded to put down on the table of the security officer just before the entrance to the Consulate, but made no move to enter.

Two Consulate staff were also seen to approach Bondoc but he did not engage  them in a conversation. After about two minutes, ambulancemen arrived, followed by police officers, and they took Bondoc away.

The magistrate said all these events belied Bondoc’s claim that he had gone there to ask for a copy of the CCTV of the Feb 24 incident. If this was true, he would have asked the security guard or the staff who approached him if he could enter.

Instead, he merely walked around with no discernible purpose, leading the magistrate to conclude that Bondoc’s real intention at that time was to cause concern to the guard and the other people in the area.

Ahead of the sentencing, the prosecution told the magistrate that the defendant had a clear record.

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