{"id":47408,"date":"2015-04-22T02:06:17","date_gmt":"2015-04-21T18:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=47408"},"modified":"2025-03-05T14:59:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T19:59:58","slug":"phl-concerned-over-hk-lawmakers-rude-remarks-vs-filipina-household-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/04\/22\/phl-concerned-over-hk-lawmakers-rude-remarks-vs-filipina-household-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"PHL concerned over HK lawmaker\u2019s rude remarks vs. Filipina household workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_47456\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47456\" style=\"width: 604px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Regina-Ip-Hong-Kong.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-47456 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Regina-Ip-Hong-Kong-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"Regina Ip (reginaip.org)\" width=\"604\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Regina-Ip-Hong-Kong-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Regina-Ip-Hong-Kong-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Regina-Ip-Hong-Kong-900x597.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-47456\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Regina Ip (reginaip.org)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA &#8212; The Philippine consulate has expressed concern over the offensive remarks issued by a senior Hong Kong lawmaker on Filipina household workers, whom she cast as \u201cmarriage wreckers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Regina Ip, reportedly being groomed as Hong Kong\u2019s next chief executive, accused Filipino helpers of seducing their male employers, causing marriages in the former British colony to fall apart.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on April 20, the consulate lamented Ip\u2019s \u201cunfortunate choice of words, but believes \u201cthat this is not reflective of the general sentiments of the Hong Kong community at large.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy diflucan online <a href=\"https:\/\/thecifhw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/diflucan.html\">https:\/\/thecifhw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/diflucan.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hong Kong is home to more than 173,000 Filipinos working as domestic helpers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have left their loved ones back home to earn a decent living taking care of Hong Kong families. This in turn has engendered positive impact on both the quality of life of the families concerned as well as the economy of Hong Kong as a whole,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy levitra super force online <a href=\"https:\/\/thecifhw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/levitra-super-force.html\">https:\/\/thecifhw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/levitra-super-force.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDiscrimination should have no place in any society, most especially Hong Kong, which prides itself as Asia\u2019s World City,\u201d the consulate added.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy doxycycline online <a href=\"https:\/\/thecifhw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/doxycycline.html\">https:\/\/thecifhw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/doxycycline.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8212; The Philippine consulate has expressed concern over the offensive remarks issued by a senior Hong Kong lawmaker on &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":47456,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,95,483],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news-ph","category-politics","mauthors-michaela-del-callar","mauthors-philippines-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47408"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":287236,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47408\/revisions\/287236"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}