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Free Trade and the Filipino Maid

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Mar 16, 2007
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It takes a world of anger to push a Filipino domestic helper

onto the streets of Hong Kong in protest. Her

weekend lasts a single day, and she’s on-call or working for every waking

moment of the rest. In recent years an eroded minimum wage has joined maids from

various countries living here to feel discontent, but last month something

changed. A march from C…

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