People from the Philippines in Hong Kong
English: There are on average around 140,000 Filipinos in Hong Kong, of whom most are domestic helpers (30,000 of them being members of the Filipino Migrant Workers Union). Filipino maids are known by the locals as amahs, or more often feiyungs and the slangs bun muis or bun buns. A Hong Kong work visa requires some amount of higher education; and in some cases Filipino women with college degrees and perfect command of English are willing to work as maids and nannies for the higher salary they will receive in Hong Kong than they could make at home.
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Statue Square is an ideal rendezvous for Filipino maids in Hong Kong on Sundays -
Filipinos moving out of the St Joseph Church after a service in Central, Hong Kong -
Filipinos selling and purchasing pirated VCDs in Worldwide Plaza, Central -
Filipino maids gathering around the Hong Kong Cultural Centre in Tsim Sha Tsui. -
Legions of Fillipino maids gather underneath the Bank of China tower.
