Filipinos constitute the largest ethnic minority in Hong Kong, numbering approximately 130,000, many of whom work as foreign domestic helpers. The Eastern District has the highest concentration of Filipino residents in Hong Kong, with 3.24% of the district's population being of Filipino descent.
Filipino domestic workers in the Statue Square
Filipino domestic workers gathering around the Hong Kong Cultural Centre in Tsim Sha Tsui.
Foreign domestic helpers in Hong Kong
Foreign domestic helpers in Hong Kong are domestic workers employed by Hongkongers, typically families. Comprising five percent of Hong Kong's population, about 98.5% of them are women. In 2019, there were 400,000 foreign domestic helpers in the territory. Required by law to live in their employer's residence, they perform household tasks such as cooking, serving, cleaning, dishwashing and child care.
Advertising for agency specialising in foreign domestic helpers in North Point, Hong Kong
Helpers meeting on Sunday at Statue Square in Central
Sample of the first page of a standard employment contract for a foreign domestic helper
Foreign domestic workers queuing at counters at the Immigration Department in Wan Chai in late August 2008
