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| Still photo from the video showing the woman standing on narrow ledge while cleaning windows |
Another video showing what appears to be a foreign domestic helper doing dangerous window cleaning has been posted on social media, sparking widespread concern about her safety, and prompting questions as to why the incident was not immediately reported to the police.
According to the Filipina domestic worker who posted the video
on the Facebook page of the FDH-run Social Justice for Migrant Workers, the
flat concerned was on the 14th floor of a building on Babington
Path, Mid-Levels. She did not report what she saw to the police immediately,
fearing her employer would get alarmed if officers came knocking at their door.
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| PINDUTIN PARA DETALYE |
But according to the Labour Department, instances
such as this should be reported to the police immediately, just like any other
cases where someone’s life is in danger.
Dangerous window cleaning by FDHs has been banned
and included as a prohibited act in their employment contracts since January 2017,
after a series of tragic deaths, most notably that of Filipina Rinnalyn Duollog who was killed after falling from her employer's high-rise flat in Tseung Kwan O.
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Under this rule, FDHs who are required to clean the
outside part of a window can only do so if the flat is on the ground level or
adjacent to a balcony from where it is reasonably safe for the helper to work.
Otherwise, the window being cleaned must be fitted
with a locked or secured grille, and no part of the helper’s body extends
beyond the window ledge except the arms.
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The anonymous FDH who shared the video said she was
worried about her fellow helper, and just wanted to warn her about the danger in
case she was new in Hong Kong, or her employer made her do it.
She said that in her many years of working in the
same place she had never seen any helper doing dangerous window cleaning in the
flat concerned, which she said appears to have been newly renovated.
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| PINDUTIN ITO |
She subsequently shared her video with her employer,
who lost no time going over the management office of the building concerned to
inform them about the incident.
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| PADALA NA! |
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