Overseas
Domestic Helpers Centres
In September 1994, the Government proceeded
with a scheme to establish centres for overseas domestic
helpers (ODHs) to gather and carry out activities on
their rest days. Currently, there are about 220,000
ODHs employed in the territory. The objective of the
scheme
is to meet their practical needs and to relieve the
impact of their gathering at the more popular locations
such
as Central.
The Home Affairs Department identifies suitable sites
for setting up centres for ODHs and oversees the implementation
of the entire scheme. As for the finance, management
and promotion of these centres, they are undertaken
by the Hong Kong Bayanihan Trust. The Trust is a non-profit
making organization formed by a group of Filipino businessmen
working in Hong Kong.
Sunday-only centres
| |
Estimated Capacity |
1.Clementi Secondary School,
North Point
|
250 |
2.Ho Tung Technical School for Girls,
Causeway Bay
|
250 |
3.Jockey Club Government Secondary
Technical School, Kowloon Tong
|
150 |
4.Po Leung Kuk Yu Lee Mo Fan
Memorial School, North Point
|
100 |
5.Kowloon Technical School,
Sham Shui Po
|
300 |
6. King George V School,
Kowloon City |
370 |
Full-time centre (open
daily) :
| |
Estimated Capacity |
1.The Kennedy Town Centre
(formerly Chung Sing Benevolent Society School) |
2500 |
Various kinds of activities such as seminars, beauty
contests and cultural programmes are organized by the
Trust and other ODH associations at the centres. The
Kennedy Town Centre also provides facilities including
an auditorium, classrooms, library, music room, cinema,
canteen, beauty salon, remittance counter, photocopying
machines and telephones for both local and long-distance
calls. They are well-accepted by the general public
and are popular with the ODHs. Should you have any inquiries on the Overseas
Domestic Helpers Centres, please contact the Hong Kong Bayanihan Trust
Kennedy Town Centre at 2817 8928.
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