Coronavirus: Hong Kong’s eased quarantine measures could bring down wages of foreign domestic helpers, say agencies


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Hong Kong’s eased quarantine measures for overseas travellers could bring down the wages of foreign domestic helpers, employment agencies have said. The Labour Department on Wednesday confirmed that all in bound helpers would be subject to the new quarantine measures. All overseas arrivals in Hong Kong would have to undergo three days of compulsory quarantine at a designated hotel and another four days of medical surveillance, that restricts their movements, from Friday. Cheung Kit-man, chairman of the Hong Kong Employment Agencies Association and CEO of Overseas Employment Ltd., said decreasing compulsory quarantine from seven days would increase the supply of...