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According to the Philippine Department of Tourism, arrivals from Hong Kong to the Philippines amounted to 118,666 on 2013, a 2.78 percent rise from 2011 figures. Hong Kong is the 9th largest source of visitors visiting the Philippines. Hong Kong saw 659,829 visitors from the Philippines in 2010. [5]
The mistreatment of Filipino domestic workers in Hong Kong is commonly found through stereotypes and disciplinary regulation. According to anthropologist Nicole Constable, Hongkongers consider Filipino workers to be lazy, demanding, lacking commitment, and “only in it for the money.” [9] They are also labelled as “apathetic” about Hong Kong in addition to being poor and uneducated from ...
Raly Lofamia Tejada (February 1, 1971 – August 20, 2024) was a Filipino diplomat and lawyer who served as the Consul General of the Philippines in Hong Kong. After graduating from the University of the Philippines Diliman College of Law in 1996, Tejada began his career with the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs, with multiple postings in various countries, including Hong Kong, Canada ...
On May 18, 2021, Letep Ahmet, a director of the Japan Uyghur Association , commented during a discussion at the Hong Kong International Solidarity Campaign and Milk Tea Alliance event regarding the phrase "Today Hong Kong, Tomorrow Taiwan, the Day After Tomorrow Okinawa," stating, "A regime that has detained and tortured millions of people and ...
Before departing Hong Kong, Aguinaldo had arranged with U.S. Consul General Edwin Wildman for securing of arms, financing that with MXN$117,000 [c] from the funds on deposit in Hong Kong. [43] According to Aguinaldo, an initial shipment of 2,000 Mauser rifles and 200 000 cartridges was received in the Philippines, but a promised second shipment ...
Typhoon Koinu, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Jenny, was a strong and damaging tropical cyclone that made landfall on the southern tip of Taiwan and affected Hong Kong. Koinu, a replacement name for Tembin which means puppy or Canis Minor in Japanese, was the fourteenth named storm and ninth typhoon of the inactive 2023 Pacific typhoon season.
On August 30, 2010, a Philippine consulate official in Hong Kong appealed to Filipinos to postpone trips to Hong Kong indefinitely, citing anti-Filipino sentiments in Hong Kong. Claro Cristobal, Philippine Consul General in Hong Kong, said in a radio interview that although Filipinos in Hong Kong could be assured of safety, Filipinos traveling ...
Typhoon Saola, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Goring, was a powerful and erratic tropical cyclone that affected the Philippines, southern Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau and South China. The name Saola, is in reference to a rare animal found in Vietnam.