Less equal

摘要

The highest court in Hong Kong has ruled that foreign domestic workers are not eligible to apply for permanent residency in the Chinese territory. The ruling ends a two-year legal battle led by Evangeline Banao Vallejos, a Filipino maid who has worked in Hong Kong for 17 years. It also has implications for around 300,000 others, mainly from the Philippines and Indonesia, who make up roughly 8% of the city's workforce.