Public urged to take caution on World TB Day

 

Wan Chai Chest Clinic, one of several places where TB patients can get treated

Today, March 24, is World TB Day, and the government used the opportunity to urge the public to work together to prevent tuberculosis infection by maintaining personal and environmental hygiene at all time.

According to a government statement, there are still around 4,000 new cases of TB reported in Hong Kong every year, despite a marked decline in the figures over the past few decades.

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From July to December 2022 alone, a total of 1,666 notifications of TB cases were reported.

Of the yearly tally, about 200 TB related-deaths are reported, half of them being patients aged 80 or older.

“A cautious approach on prevention work needs to be maintained,” said the statement.

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Early identification of TB cases and prompt treatment are the key factors in preventing the spread of the disease.

Chest clinics under the Centre for Health Protection provide TB patients with free outpatient consultations and treatments, which normally lasts for six months. TB patients are reminded to strictly comply with the treatment regimen to minimize the emergence of drug-resistant TB.     

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The World Health Organization has designated March 24 of each year as World TB Day, to encourage countries all over the world to combat TB together. 

CHP does its part by disseminating TB-related information on the Internet and social media platforms, and also work with the Hong Kong Tuberculosis, Chest and Heart Diseases Association and the Hospital Authority to organize a series of health education talks.

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TB is an airborne disease which is passed on when a patient coughs or sneezes, releasing small droplets containing the tubercle bacilli in the air. Another person may get infected if he or she breathes in these small airborne droplets. However, prolonged exposure is more often associated with infection.

To guard against TB, people should maintain a healthy lifestyle by keeping a balanced diet, avoid smoking and alcohol intake, exercising, and getting enough rest.

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If symptoms develop, such as a persistent cough, blood in the sputum, weight loss, fever and night sweating, the person should seek prompt medical advice.

For more TB-related information, services and figures, visit the CHP's page on World TB Day (www.info.gov.hk/tb_chest/en/worldtbday.htm) and the website of the Tuberculosis and Chest Service (www.info.gov.hk/tb_chest), or call the telephone hotline (2572 6024). 

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Filipina who took out loan after being fired gets 3 months’ jail

By Daisy CL Mandap

 

The Filipina says she did not realize it was wrong to obtain a loan after being fired from work

A Filipina domestic helper could have gotten away with taking out a $20,000 loan from a financing company despite her being terminated, had her friend who split the money with her paid her share of the proceeds.

But because no monthly repayment was ever made for the loan with Prime Credit, Lanie B. del Mundo who was listed as borrower, was arrested as soon as she returned to Hong Kong on Feb. 1 this year.

This was according to Del Mundo’s lawyer who asked Eastern Court magistrate Lam Tsz Kwan to impose a lenient sentence on the Filipina, saying she has now lost her job, and “it’s very likely” that she will not be able to work in Hong Kong again because of her criminal record.

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Del Mundo, who is 36 and has two teenage children in the Philippines, pleaded guilty to fraud when she appeared in court, and said she “absolutely regretted” having committed the offence.

However, the defense lawyer said Del Mundo did not intend to deceive the financing company, she just didn’t know that she could not have taken out a loan if she was out of work.

According to the lawyer, a friend had asked Del Mundo to apply for a loan on her behalf as she was not yet qualified to do this herself, having been in Hong Kong for only a month.

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Del Mundo applied for a $20,000 loan – which was to have been split equally with her friend - two days after her employer had fired her on Aug. 20 last year, which meant she only had 14 days to remain in Hong Kong.

“She thought she could get a new employer soon,” said her lawyer. “She did not realize the consequences of her action.”

Del Mundo was not able to find a new employer immediately and had to go home. In the meantime, her unnamed friend who was in court today to show support, did not pay her share of the monthly repayment for the loan, leading to the discovery of the fraud.

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The defendant eventually managed to find a new employer, and had come here on Feb 1 this year to take up the job, but she was arrested on her arrival at the Hong Kong International Airport.

She was charged with fraud for having obtained a loan from PrimeCredit Limited on Aug 23, 2022 at its office in Euro Trade Centre in Central, “by falsely representing” that her employment contract was still valid.

In mitigation, her lawyer said Del Mundo had a clear record. She first came to Hong Kong in 2019 and had finished her first contract, but was terminated a year later.

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She had written a letter to the magistrate to ask for leniency, saying she now realizes she made a big mistake, and did not wish her children to follow her example.

However, as she was jobless she could not repay her outstanding loan with Prime, which amounted to already more than $21,500 with interest.

Her lawyer asked for a more lenient sentence, saying the case did not involve the use of forged document or any other fraudulent means as what happens in more serious cases.

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Magistrate Lam said the sentence should have been 4.5 months, but he was reducing it to three months because of the defendant’s guilty plea.

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2 Pinay na overstay, sangkot sa kasong droga

 

Iba-iba ang kinahinatnan ng tatlong akusado sa Eastern Court

Nagsanga ang mga landas ng dalawang Pilipinang nag overstay at isang Briton na naharap sa kasong droga sa Eastern Court matapos silang mahuli sa Wanchai noong Sept. 2-3, 2022.

Ang Briton, si Sam Burcher, 23 taong gulang at estudyante, ay pinagmulta ng $5,000. Bumalik sya sa korte gaya ng pangako  niya noong maglagak ng $50,000 kapalit ng pagpayag ng korte na ituloy muna niya ang kanyang pag-aaral sa UK.

Iginawad ni Magistrate Daniel Tang ang parusa kay Burcher noong Miyerkules (March 23) matapos siyang umamin sa sakdal na pagkakaroon (o possession) ng 2.56 na gramo ng marijuana nang arestuhin ng pulis sa harap ng Hong Kong Bldg. sa Wanchai.

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Inutos ni Tang na kaltasin ang multa sa piyansang $50,000 na mababawi ni Burcher dahil tapos na ang kaso niya.

Ang kaso naman ng dalawang Pilipinang naaresto kasama niya at inakusahang nagbebenta ng marijuana ay nagpapatuloy pa.

Pero si Teodora Quijano, 33 taong gulang at walang trabaho, ay pinayagang magpiyansa ng $5,000 matapos iurong ng taga-usig ang kasong drug trafficking  laban sa kanya. 

Ang tanging kasong hinaharap niya ngayon ay paglabag sa kondisyon ng kanyang paglagi sa Hong Kong, dahil siya ay nag-overstay.

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Nang mahuli siya sa 2^nd floor ng Hong Kong Bldg., nadiskubre na si Quijano ay tatlong buwan nang overstay. Naterminate siya bilang domestic helper noong May 15, 2022 at dapat ay nakaalis na siya pagkatapos ng 14 na araw, o noong May 29, 2022.

Itinakda ni Magistrate Tang sa May 3 ang susunod na pagdinig sa kaso niya.

Ang ikatlong akusado, si Maria Eldha Cabello, 33 taong gulang at walang trabaho, ay nahaharap sa mas mabigat na kaso dahil ang susunod na pagdinig sa kanya sa April 21 ay upang iakyat ito sa mas mataas na korte, ang District Court.

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Akusado siya sa dalawang kasong drug trafficking. Inakusahan siyang nagbebenta ng droga sa hagdanan sa 3^rd floor ng Hong Kong Bldg.  noong gabi ng Sept. 2, at sa Room 9 ng Ming Court Guest Hotel na nasa 2nd floor ng gusali makalipas ang ilang oras.

Maliban sa mga kasong droga, kinasuhan din siya ng paglabag sa kondisyon ng kanyang paglalagi sa Hong Kong, dahil nag-overstay siya ng halos isang buwan.

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Na-terminate siya noong July 29, 2022 at dapat ay nakauwi na noong Aug. 11, 2022 pero naglagi pa siya hanggang mahuli noong Sept. 2.

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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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