Those wanting to apply for work visas or renew their current ones would need to show they had been vaccinated, officials said Friday. xIf the plan goes ahead it would be the first time Hong Kong has directly tied working rights for foreigners to vaccines. “This is clearly an act of discrimination and stigmatisation against migrant domestic workers,” Dolores Balladares Pelaez, chair of United Filipinos in Hong Kong, told reporters. x“Of course they can choose not to work in Hong Kong as they are not Hong Kong residents,” Law said. Wealthy Hong Kong has secured ample vaccine doses but there is hesitancy to take them.

Source: The Guardian May 01, 2021 09:11 UTC