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Foreign domestic workers protest Hong Kong tax plans.
(From BBC Monitoring International Reports)
More than 1,000 foreign domestic helpers have marched from Causeway Bay to the Central government offices [i.e. the government offices in the Central district] to protest against proposals to make them pay tax. They say the proposed monthly levy of 500 to 750 dollars is unjust, exploitative and discriminatory.
Their spokesperson, Connie Bragas-Regalato, told Clara Lai …
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