Outsourced responsibilities

Hong Kong’s heavy reliance on foreign domestic workers


Hong Kong has one of the highest densities of domestic workers in the world. In 2016, there were over 300,000 Foreign Domestic Workers in Hong Kong.

However, Hong Kong has been accused of condoning modern-day slavery and treating helpers as second-class citizens for years. They are never considered as part of the Chinese-dominated society. Not only being discriminated and defamed, they are also often overworked, underpaid and abused systematically.

This visualisation will bring you through their story.

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