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MIMI RIOS HAS TO PAY 5,000 PHILIPPINE PESOS (HK$768) FOR HER SON’S COLLEGE EXAM FEE THIS WEEK – A SMALL FORTUNE SHE CAN ONLY AFFORD THANKS TO HER JOB AS A HONG KONG DOMESTIC WORKER. BUT SHE IS ONE OF MANY MIGRANT WORKERS FACING AN UNCERTAIN FINANCIAL FUTURE AFTER MANILA IMPOSED A BAN ON TRAVELLERS FROM THE CITY OVER THE DEADLY CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK, LEAVING THEM STRANDED AND ANXIOUS.
ACCORDING TO REPORTS IN TFT, FILIPINO WORKERS CAN NOW TRAVEL TO HONG KONG AND MACAU BUT THEY NEED TO SIGN A DECLARATION STATING THEY KNOW ABOUT THE RISKS INVOLVED, THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (DFA) SAID WEDNESDAY. "THE TRAVEL BAN EXEMPTION FOR OFWS WORKING IN HONG KONG AND MACAU IS ONE OF THE DECISIONS ADOPTED AT THE 6TH INTER-AGENCY TASK FORCE ON EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES," DFA SAID.
HSBC SAID EXCEPTIONS TO THE HONG KONG TRAVEL BAN WOULD REQUIRE APPROVAL FROM A SENIOR MANAGER.
A GOVERNMENT TASK FORCE DECIDED TO EXEMPT THOSE WORKING IN HONG KONG AND MACAU FROM THE TRAVEL BAN “SUBJECT TO CERTAIN FORMALITIES,” FOREIGN AFFAIRS UNDERSECRETARY BRIGIDO DULAY SAID ON HIS TWITTER ACCOUNT ON TUESDAY. THE GOVERNMENT ALSO LIFTED ON FEB. 14 A DAYS-OLD TRAVEL BAN ON TAIWAN.
UNEMPLOYMENT FOR HONG KONG PEOPLE HAS INCREASED. MIGRANTS FACE GREATER UNCERTAINTY IN THEIR EMPLOYMENT AND WORKING CONDITIONS. WITH OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS) IN PARTICULAR, PRESIDENT DUTERTE』S IMPOSITION OF BLANKET TRAVEL BAN MADE MATTERS WORSE AS HUNDREDS OF HONG KONG-BASED OFWS ARE IN PERIL OF LOSING THEIR JOBS.
THAT MORNING, ON FEB. 2, PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE OF THE PHILIPPINES HAD ANNOUNCED A TEMPORARY TRAVEL BAN THAT BARRED FLIGHTS ARRIVING FROM MAINLAND CHINA, HONG KONG AND MACAU. AT THE AIRPORT, OFFICIALS TOLD MS. DORINGO THAT THE BAN ALSO APPLIED TO FILIPINO TRAVELERS GOING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.
LICENSED RECRUITMENT AGENCIES DEPLOYING HOUSEHOLD SERVICE WORKERS TO CHINA』S SPECIAL AUTONOMOUS REGION OF HONG KONG WELCOMED THE GOVERNMENT』S DECISION TO LIFT THE TRAVEL BAN FOR NEW HIRES AND RETURNING WORKERS AS ANNOUNCED BY HEALTH SECRETARY DR. FRANCISCO DUQUE.
BUSINESS TRAVELLER ASIA-PACIFIC PREVIOUSLY REPORTED THAT CATHAY PACIFIC WOULD TAKE OVER AIR NEW ZEALAND』S HONG KONG-AUCKLAND RETURN SERVICE FOR MOST OF THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2020.
HSBA.L) HAS EXTENDED ITS BAN ON STAFF TRAVELLING TO HONG KONG UNTIL MARCH 2, ACCORDING TO AN INTERNAL MEMO SEEN BY REUTERS, AS THE DEATH TOLL FROM THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK CONTINUES TO CLIMB.
MOREOVER, REGARDLESS OF THESE RULES, A LOT OF BANKERS ARE THEMSELVES RELUCTANT TO LEAVE HONG KONG FOR CHINA BECAUSE OF THE CORONAVIRUS INFECTION RISK, SAYS BENJAMIN QUINLAN, A FORMER UBS BANKER WHO NOW RUNS A FINANCE CONSULTANCY IN HONG KONG. THE FACT THAT HONG KONG BANKS ARE ASKING STAFF RETURNING FROM CHINA TO QUARANTINE THEMSELVES FOR 14 DAYS IS ANOTHER BIG DETERRENT, ADDS STANLEY SOH, A HONG KONG-BASED DIRECTOR OF ASIAN FINANCIAL SERVICES SOLUTIONS.
HSBC, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT BANKS IN HONG KONG, SAID IT PLANNED TO CUT 35,000 JOBS AND $4.5 BILLION IN COSTS AS IT FACES HEADWINDS THAT INCLUDE THE OUTBREAK AND MONTHS OF POLITICAL STRIFE IN HONG KONG. THE BANK, BASED IN LONDON, HAS COME TO DEPEND INCREASINGLY ON CHINA FOR GROWTH.
METRO MANILA (CNN PHILIPPINES, FEBRUARY 17) — DAYS AFTER THE LIFTING OF THE TAIWAN TRAVEL BAN DUE TO THE NEW CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) OUTBREAK, FILIPINO WORKERS HAVE ALSO APPEALED FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO LIFT THE TEMPORARY TRAVEL BAN ON HONG KONG AND MACAU.

 

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