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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.
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.
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.
HSBC EXTENDS TRAVEL BAN TO HONG KONG TO MARCH 2: STAFF MEMO
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.
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.
TAIWANESE STARTUP CARRIER STARLUX AIRLINES, WHICH ANNOUNCED ON FEB. 12 IT WILL POSTPONE THE LAUNCH OF ITS TAOYUAN-CEBU ROUTE ON APRIL 6 UNTIL JULY 1, SAID IT WILL MAINTAIN THAT DECISION EVEN THOUGH THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT LIFTED THE BAN THAT WAS EXTENDED TO TAIWAN ON FEB. 10 FROM CHINA, HONG KONG AND MACAU, DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS EPIDEMIC.
TESS AQUINO, A PERMANENT RESIDENT WHO HAS LIVED IN HONG KONG FOR 23 YEARS, SAID: "I HAVE ATTEMPTED ALL POSSIBLE WAYS TO RETURN BACK TO HONG KONG. I WAS TOLD BY MY COMPANY TO TRY TRAVELLING TO HONG KONG VIA VIETNAM."

 

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