Philippines/Hong Kong: No cancellation of job orders for Filipina maids to HK.

Section: General News - A group of accredited Hong Kong recruiters in the Philippines assured that Hong Kong employers have not trimmed down their job orders for Filipino workers as an aftermath of the Monday hostage-taking incident at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila.

Alfredo Palmiery, president of the Society of Hongkong Accredited Recruiters of the Philippines (SHARP), an association of P0EA-licensed agencies sending Filipina domestic helpers to Hong Kong, in a statement, said their counterpart Hong Kong recruitment agencies have not canceled current job orders and contracts despite the reported anger felt by some Hong Kong residents over the incident.

The almost …