Fired cancer patient exposes plight of HongKong's foreign maids. HK
"I want to finish my contract... because I have five children, only me, I am single mother," Ms Allas said, her voice breaking as tears ran down her face.More than 340,000 domestic helpers work in the city - mostly poor women from the Philippines and Indonesia - often performing menial tasks for low wages while living in poor conditions.But rights campaigners say domestic helpers are routinely exploited, with laws providing them little protection.
Ms Allas spent just over a year working for a family of Pakistani origin who ordered her to perform tasks even on her one day off each week. She landed a job with an American, Jessica Cutrera, who has since taken Ms Allas in, helping her to fight her case and starting an online fundraising campaign to pay her medical bills which has so far raised some US$43,000.
She has also filed a complaint with the Equal Opportunities Commission which declined to comment on the case but said it is unlawful to dismiss an employee on the grounds of their disability.
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