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Women’s Day march called off amid security concerns

Posted on 04 March 2023 No comments

 

HK Police posted photos Saturday of anti-terror squads deployed across the city 

The Hong Kong Women Workers’ Association has cancelled a march it scheduled for Sunday to mark International Women’s Day, amid reports "violent" groups were planning to join. 

Police promptly withdrew the verbal permit it gave for the march, which would have been the first mass assembly to be held in the city since the pandemic broke out three years ago.

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The HKWWA announced the cancellation of the march  on its  Facebook page on Saturday night, but gave no reason. 

It was originally scheduled to be held from Wanchai to the Central Government Offices in Tamar.

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At a subsequent press conference, Cheng Wai-kin, acting senior superintendent of the police, said the organizers decided to call off the protest “after balancing the interests of all parties.”

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As a result, he said the “letter of no objection” issued by the police on Thursday was voided, so people who will gather at the indicated location for the march could be deemed to have joined an unauthorized assembly.

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Cheng said the force found out that a lot of people, “including some violent groups,” had intended to join the march. However, he gave no names of the supposed violent groups that were planning to attend.

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HKWWA executive director Wu Mei-lin announced the protest march at a news conference held at KUC Space on Thursday, to draw attention to the problems faced by women and migrants.

It was meant to be part of a series of activities held ahead of Intl Women’s Day on Wednesday, which also include the One Billion Rising dance to denounce violence against women.

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The OBR event will be held on Chater Road, along with the Care to Caregivers program of the Mission for Migrant Workers, which offers a number of free services to women migrants.

 

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Pilipina na kumupit ng mani at kendi, nakaiwas sa kulong

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Nangyari ang nakawan sa tindahan na ito ng Wellcome sa Shau Kei Wan (Google photo)

Maswerte pa rin ang isang Pilipinang domestic helper na umamin na tumangay ng mga tinda sa isang supermarket dahil pumayag ang isang mahistrado na iatras ang kaso sa kanya kapalit ng pangako na hindi na siya muling gagawa ng kasalanan sa loob ng isang taon.

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Inamin ni Rowena A.C., 35 taong gulang at nakatira sa Sai Wan Ho, na kinuha niya ang mga tinda na ang kabuuang halaga ay $201.70, mula sa tindahan ng Wellcome sa Tai On Shopping Centre sa Shau Kei Wan noong Nov 4 ng nakaraang taon.

Kabilang dito ang isang pakete ng iba-ibang klase ng nuts, isang pakete ng mani, isang pakete ng tsokolate na may mani, apat na piraso ng tsokolateng gummy at isang bote ng shower gel.

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Inamin niya agad ang isang kaso ng pagnanakaw nang humarap siya kay Mahistrado Minnie Wat sa Eastern court noong Mar. 2.

Bilang parusa ay inutusan siya ni Wat na magbayad ng $300 bilang gastos sa pagdinig ng kaso niya, at mangako (bind over) na hindi muling magkakasala sa loob ng isang taon, kundi ay magmumulta siya ng halagang $1,000.

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Ang kasong pagnanakaw ay maaring parusahan ng hanggang 10 taong pagkakabilanggo, nguni’t madalas na hindi ikinukulong ang mga tumatangay ng mga tinda na hindi kalakihan ang halaga.

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Pilipina, kulong 1 taon dahil sa pagnanakaw ng alahas sa amo

Posted on 03 March 2023 No comments

 

Inamin ng Pilipina ang mga paratang sa araw na itinakda para sa kanyang paglilitis

Nahatulang makulong ng 12 buwan ang isang Pilipina na biglang umamin sa paratang na ninakawan niya ang dating amo ng tatlong piraso ng mamahaling alahas, kahit na noong una ay ipinagpipilitan niyang binigay sa kanya ang mga ito.

Nakatakda sanang litisin si Marilou Roquero Dequilla, 56, sa Eastern Magistracy nitong Biyernes, Mar. 3, nang bigla siyang magdesisyon na aminin ang mga pagkakasala.

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Base sa paratang, nangyari ang mga nakawan sa magkakahiwalay na insidente noong bandang Mayo 13, Hunyo 23 at Hulyo 30, 2022 sa loob ng bahay ng among si Esther Ma sa Tower 2 ng South Bay Palace sa South Bay Close, Repulse Bay.

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Ang unang tinangay ni Dequilla ay isang kuwintas na may mga brilyante at itim na bato, ang pangalawa ay isa pang kuwintas na ginto na may palawit na brilyante, at ang pangatlo ay isang pendant o palawit na ginto na may mga brilyante.

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Hindi binanggit sa sakdal kung magkano ang kabuuang halaga ng mga alahas na ninakaw ng Pilipina.

Bago ang takdang paglilitis ay sinabi ng tagausig na may mga testigo sila na magpapatunay sa pagnanakaw, kabilang ang anak na babae ng amo. Mayroon din silang dalawang video kung saan inamin ni Dequilla sa mga imbestigador na siya ang kumuha ng mga alahas.

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Pero sa kanyang mga naunang pagharap sa korte, pilit na itinanggi ng Pilipina sa pamamagitan ng kanyang abugado ang mga paratang. Ayon sa kanya, may patunay din siya na ang mga alahas ay bigay sa kanya ng dating amo.

Nagpahiwatig din ang kanyang abugado na parang hindi tama ang pagkakasalin ng mga sagot na binigay ni Dequilla sa mga pulis na humuli at nag-imbestiga sa kanya.

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Matapos niyang umamin sa tatlong kaso ng pagnanakaw ay sinentensyahan ni Magistrate Ivy Chui ng tig-walong buwan na kulong si Dequilla sa dalawang unang paratang, pero pinag-isa (concurrent) ang ipinataw na parusa.

Sa pangatlong insidente ay pinatawan siya ng apat na buwang kulong, na idinagdag (consecutive) sa naunang walong buwan, kaya umabot sa 12 buwan ang kabuuang sentensya niya.

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Ngunit dahil hindi na pinalabas sa kulungan si Dequilla matapos siyang maaresto noong Oktubre ng nakaraang taon ay may ilang buwan na lang ang kailangan niyang pagsilbihan.

Mariing tinutulan noon ng tagausig ang pagtatangka niyang makalaya pansamantala sa bisa ng piyansa, dahil daw sa bigat ng ebidensya laban sa kanya.

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Libreng air ticket papuntang HK ipamimigay sa Pilipinas

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Libo-libong libreng air ticket ang naghihintay sa mga gustong bumisita sa Hong Kong mula sa Manila at Cebu, sa World of Winners promo kung saan mamimigay ang Hong Kong International Airport ng kalahating milyong ticket.

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Ang pamimigay ng ticket ay parte ng Hello Hong Kong promotion na inilunsad ng gobyerno noong Pebrero upang makaakit ng 1.5 million turista mula sa buong mundo sa loob ng susunod ng anim na buwan.

Magsisimula ang pagtanggap ng sasali mula sa Pilipinas ngayon (March 3) at tatagal hanggang March 9.

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Ang mananalo ng libreng ticket ay kailangang magbayad ng buwis at iba pang singil.

May 20,400 round trip air ticket na mapapanalunan mula sa dalawang airline na may serbisyo sa Pilipinas. Pwedeng sumali sa website nila:

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Cathay Pacific: https://flights.cathaypacific.com/en_PH/offers/world-of-winners.html

Hong Kong Airlines: https://www.hongkongairlines.com/en_HK/readysetgo/main

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Ikatlo ang  Pilipinas sa mga bansang nagsimulang tumanggap ng sasali.

Sa Singapore, pinagkaguluhan ang promo kahapon. Nagbukas ang promo bandang tanghali upang mamigay ng 12,500 ticket, at naubos ang mga ito sa loob lang ng isang oras, ayon sa mga report.

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Nauna rito, namigay din ng 17,400 ticket sa Thailland noong March 1.

Ang mga susunod na raffle sa Southeast Asia, ang unang rehiyon na puntirya nito, ay gagawin sa:

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Indonesia - March 15 - 21 (11,510 ticket)

Malaysia - March 16 - 22 (7,000 ticket)

Vietnam - March 17 - 23 (8,800 ticket)

Cambodia - March 18 - 24 (2,390 ticket).

 

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Protests, dance and migrant service to mark Intl Women’s Day in HK

Posted on 02 March 2023 No comments

By Daisy CL Mandap

 

Speakers at the press briefing call for action to better protect women and migrants

Sunday, Mar 5 will be a very busy day in Hong Kong as various groups take to the streets to mark International Women’s Day.

The events will kick off with the 10th anniversary celebration of One Billion Rising, a movement that aims to end violence against women and promote gender equality.

OBR groups comprised largely of women migrant workers will take to Chater Road in Central to stage the symbolic dance held annually around the world to push the movement’s causes.

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Coinciding with the OBR celebration is the “Care to Caregivers” offering of the Mission of Migrant Workers, which is holding the service festival for migrants for the first time since the pandemic swept across Hong Kong three years ago.

Several booths will be set up on Chater Road to provide free services to migrant workers, from massage therapy to a help desk for work-related concerns. 

Indonesian migrant workers are also planning an online press conference with Erwiana and Kartika, their two compatriots who both managed to get their former employers jailed for abusing them, and also won substantial compensation for their suffering. 

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Alongside these activities, about 100 people led by the Hong Kong Women Workers Association will march from Wanchai to the Central Government Offices in Admiralty starting at 11am to call for the protection of women and workers’ rights.

At a press conference held this afternoon at KUC Space in Jordan, the group’s executive director, Wu Mei-lin, said they have obtained a “verbal” permission from the police to go ahead with the march, the first such activity to be held in three years.

Wu, along with migrant leaders Shiela Bonifacio and Sringatin, and social worker  Johannie Tong, called for women all over the world to unite and protect themselves against violence and oppression.

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Bonifacio, who chairs Gabriela Hong Kong, listed what she called the discriminatory and repressive policies against the mostly women migrant workers, like the 14-day rule for those whose contracts are prematurely terminated, and the lack of statutory regulations on their work hours.

She also said the mandatory live-in rule for domestic workers which has been in effect since 2003 has caused greater suffering for migrants, as they are forced to sleep in unsuitable places like the kitchen and even toilets, because of a lack of space in their employers' flats. 

Sringatin, a spokesperson for the Asian Migrants Coordinating Body, hit out at the measly salary increases given to FDWs, and their being excluded from the financial assistance given to residents during the pandemic.

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She also denounced what she said were false allegations of job-hopping among FDWs, who she said are forced to quit their jobs only in extreme cases like abuse.

Besides, she said preventing FDWs from switching employers is discriminatory, as other foreign workers in Hong Kong are not subjected to the same restriction.

Tong, who is the Mission’s community relations officer, spoke of the results of the study they conducted among 1,000 FDWs in late 2021, which showed the extreme effects of the coronavirus contagion on migrants. 

She said that even before the fifth and most serious wave of the pandemic hit the city, 70% of migrant workers had reported suffering from heightened stress and anxiety, with 25% of them succumbing to depression. 

At the same time, about 85% found themselves spending more of their salary, both for their upkeep in Hong Kong and for sending money back home. 

Wu said the discrimination and exclusion experienced by migrants is a reflection of the worsening social problems in Hong Kong, brought about largely by the widening gap between the rich and the poor.

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Woman fined $20k for operating unlicensed employment agency

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The defendant was also ordered to refund the $6800 service fee charged to the employer

A woman found operating an unlicensed employment agency was today fined $20,000 in Kwun Tong magistracy and ordered to refund the service fee it collected from an employer.

The Labour Department said in a statement that it decided to prosecute the woman whose name and agency was not disclosed, after receiving a complaint from an employer in November 2018.

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The employer who agreed to act as prosecution witness was able to get back the $6,800 that he paid to the defendant,  but it was not clear what he had complained to the LD about.

The Department warned that anyone found operating an employment agency without a licence will be prosecuted.

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Under the Employment Ordinance and the Employment Agency Regulations, all business establishments offering to obtain employment for another person or supplying staff to an employer must obtain a licence from the Labour Department, whatever types of jobs are involved.

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Except for the licence holder or his/her associates, no one shall operate, manage or assist in the management of an employment agency.

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Any enquiries related to EAs or complaints about malpractices may be brought to the attention of the Labour Department by calling 2115 3667, or visiting its office at Unit 906, 9/F, One Mong Kok Road Commercial Centre, 1 Mong Kok Road, Kowloon.

 

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Sarado na ang Penny's Bay

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Nilagyan ng malaking kandado ang pasukan sa Penny's Bay bilang simbolo ng pagsasara nito

Nagsagawa ng pasinaya ang ilang ahensya ng gobyerno bilang hudyat ng pagsasara ng Penny’s Bay Community Isolation Facility nitong Miyerkules, Mar. 1.

Pinangunahan ito ng Undersecretary for Security na si Michael Cheuk at dinaluhan ng mga opisyal ng Civil Aid Service at iba pang sangay ng pamahalaan na nagbigay ng serbisyo sa Penny’s Bay.

Sa kanyang talumpati, sinabi ni Cheuk na maraming pagsubok ang hinarap ng Hong Kong sa loob ng nagdaang tatlong taon dahil sa pagkalat ng Covid-19. Pero sa pagtutulungan ng mga taga Hong Kong at mainland ay naitatag ang ilang lugar para gamitin bilang quarantine o isolation centre ng mga naimpeksyon.

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Ayon sa kanya, mahigit 270,000 katao ang napagsilbihan sa Penny’s Bay, at ito ay dahil sa mahusay na pamamahala ng CAS, sa tulong ng mga retiradong opisyal ng sandatahang lakas, at iba pang tauhan ng iba-ibang sangay ng gobyerno at mga pribadong grupo.

Binuksan ang Penny’s Bay noong July 16, 2020 para magsilbing tuluyan ng mga close contact ng mga nagpositibo sa coronavirus. Kabilang dito ang mahigit 1,000 residente ng Tung Chung na inilikas matapos makitaan ng bagong klase ng virus ang ilan sa mga nakatira sa parehong lugar.

Noon namang September 2021 ay inireserba ang dalawang bahagi ng Penny’s Bay para gamitin sa pag quarantine sa may 4,000 na bagong dating na mga foreign domestic helper.

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Bukod dito, ginamit din ang Penny’s Bay para matuloy ang pagkuha ng Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination ng ilang mga estudyante na may sakit.

Pati ang mga may sakit na gustong bumoto sa mga mahahalagang eleksyon katulad noong para sa Legislative Council noong 2021, at pagpili ng Chief Executive noong nakaraang taon, ay dito pinatuloy.

Nang lumala ang pagkalat ng coronavirus simula ng Pebrero ng nakaraang taon ay ginamit ang Penny’s Bay para tuluyan ng mga nagpositibo pero hindi delikado ang kalagayan, lalo na ang mga bata o may edad na hindi na kayang tanggapin sa mga ospital.

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Nagtulungan ang iba-ibang grupo katulad ng Health Bureau, Auxiliary Medical Service, Department of Health, Hospital Authority, Hong Kong Police Force, Fire Services Department, Social Welfare Department at iba pa para tulungan ang CAS na masiguro ang tuloy-tuloy na pagseserbisyo ng Penny’s Bay sa mga maysakit.

Sabi pa ni Leung, sa loob ng 31 buwan na bukas ang Penny’s Bay ay pinalaki ito, kaya ang orihinal na 1,500 na kuwarto dito ay naging 10,000, at sumakop sa lupang may sukat na1,000 square meters.

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Sa pagtatapos ng seremonya ay isinara ng mga tauhan ng CAS sa huling pagkakataon ang gate ng Penny’s Bay at nilagyan ito ng malaking kandado ni Cheuk bilang tanda ng pagtatapos ng kanilang serbisyo at ang pagbabalik ng normal na takbo ng buhay sa Hong Kong.

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