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I know what you mean, AG – I pass at least five carcasses on my way to work every day. It’s a bit disturbing that they are not removed from the roadside as swiftly as they should be. I sometimes struggle with the phrase “too many deer”. Sometimes, I can’t help but wonder whether it’s too many deer or not enough of their habitat.

True. But, if you don’t gut it right away, it becomes a bit gamey. Or so I’ve been told.

^ Better not tell her how much time I spend playing video games – and reading your posts 🙂

HongKongLady said
I’m in my bed at this moment my boss ask me to take a rest because I’m not feeling well too much pain physical and emotional

Hope you are feeling better soon.

meanmistermustard said

HongKongLady said
I’m in my bed at this moment my boss ask me to take a rest because I’m not feeling well too much pain physical and emotional

Surely your boss gives you a few paid days off due to your brothers death and funeral @HongKongLady. If not i’d tell him to ram his job until he needs surgery to get it removed.

I know, different countries and culture but there comes a point where human decency kicks in. 

Hope everything went as well as it could for the funeral and you get well soon.

As discussed at various times in this thread; unfortunately there is very little human decency involved where Overseas Workers are concerned.

And no, there is no paid leave for anything other than personal medical emergencies – and even they are limited in scope.

[EDIT] HKL sent me a copy of her work contract a while back as I couldn’t believe how badly she is treated sometimes – it was even worse than I feared in terms of lack of any real protections for the many overseas workers in Hong Kong.

meanmistermustard said
Is it easy to get a job if you’re an oversees worker in HK? Is it possible to just quit and in a few days go work for someone else? Not suggesting it, just asking. You forget how good we have it here in the UK and elsewhere when it comes to rights.

Afraid not. You are tied to a particular employer with your Hong Kong visa. If they let you go or you quit you generally have to return to your country of origin and find another employer via an agency – who will have you paying an enormous fee for the placement. The fee usually takes years to pay back (and you may still be paying the original agency back for your initial placement).

I was thinking about worker protection after your original comments – and yes, this is another area where those of us in the “West” can sometimes take things for granted. A lot of people find it fashionable to run down trade unions – without the industrial conflicts some of us were involved in we wouldn’t have many of the worker’s rights we enjoy now. Most of the workers around the world have no such protections and suffer appreciably as a result.

They are, not to put too fine a point on it, treated like dirt.

meanmistermustard said
So do workers have any rights in HK or can you be treated like crap and not be able to do anything as you’re threatened with having to leave the country? And sorry but thats just stupid. 

 
[SNIP].

That’s pretty much how it works.

There are a few minimal “protections” in the contract – but nothing even as basic as how many hours a day you can be made to work; so 16 hours a day is pretty much the norm, 6 days a week. Most of the workers there are of course supporting families back “home” – they see them so rarely that marriages break up regularly and kids get alienated – but at least they are fed and educated.

Even in this sorry state they are better off than most workers in the rest of the Third World.