Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal has rejected a bid to give domestic workers from the Philippines and Indonesia the right to seek permanent residency in the territory.
The decision Monday ends a two-year case brought forward by Evangeline Banao Vallejos, a domestic worker and mother of five who has lived in Hong Kong since 1986. Hong Kong law permits most expatriates who have lived and worked there continuously for seven years to apply for permanent resident status, but the government maintains that provision does not apply to domestic workers who come to Hong Kong under specific contracts.
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