Helpers' Quarantine Hotel Already Fully Booked

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2021-08-30 HKT 09:27

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  • Foreign domestic helpers from the Philippines and Indonesia can now come to Hong Kong to work from Monday but have to quarantine in a designated hotel. Image: Shutterstock

    Foreign domestic helpers from the Philippines and Indonesia can now come to Hong Kong to work from Monday but have to quarantine in a designated hotel. Image: Shutterstock

The Silka Tsuen Wan hotel is so far the only hotel designated for foreign domestic helpers to complete their 21 days' quarantine.

It said it was fully-booked until November 1, with just over 280 rooms available for the helpers.

Under current regulations, hotels can only have an occupancy rate of around 70 percent.

There's been a shortage of helpers here after the government banned flights from the Philippines and Indonesia from April and May respectively.

In a deal struck last week, helpers can begin arriving from Monday.

But it looks to be complicated by a two-week flight ban imposed on Philippine Airlines yesterday, after three Covid cases were found on a flight.

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