- Indonesians in Hong Kong
Ethnic group
group=Indonesians in Hong Kong
poptime=102,100 (2006)
popplace=Various
langs=Indonesian, Javanese, othersRadio International Singapore 2006-02-25]
rels=Islam
related=Variousethnic groups in Indonesia Indonesians in Hong Kong, numbering 102,100, [Media Indonesia Online 2006-11-30] form the second-largest
ethnic minority group in the territory, behind Filipinos. [US Dept. of State 2000: Section 5] Immigration fromIndonesia toHong Kong began as early as the 1960s, whenIndonesian Chinese seeking to escape discrimination and anti-Chinese pogroms relocated toHong Kong andTaiwan ;Fact|date=February 2007 most Indonesians coming to Hong Kong today arepribumi who arrive under limited-term contracts for employment as foreign domestic helpers. Indonesian migrant workers in Hong Kong comprise 2.4% of all overseas Indonesian workers. [Hugo 2000: 5]Employment
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2006 , it was estimated that 102,100 Indonesians worked in Hong Kong, [Media Indonesia Online 2006-11-30] of whom between 80 and 90% are estimated to be women; [Villalba 2005] this represents a growth of almost 250% from the 41,000 recorded six years earlier, [US Dept. of State 2000: Section 5] while during the same period, the number of domestic helpers from the Philippines declined. Some newspaper reports attributed this to the fact that Filipinas were "harder to manage", and additionally to the better training of Indonesian domestic helpers. Employment agencies in Indonesia sending workers to Hong Kong typically provide at least three to six months of training in household work, including a basic course in Cantonese, whereas similar agencies in the Philippines provide only fourteen days of training. [Pacific Business News 2004] Indonesian domestic helpers in Hong Kong are represented by two unions, the Indonesian Migrant Workers Union (IMWU) and Coalition of Indonesian Migrant Workers' Organisations (KOTKIHO, "Koalisi Organisasi Tenaga Kerja Indonesia Hong Kong"). [IMWU 2005-05-15]According to organizations representing migrant workers, police intimidation of migrant workers is also a problem. [US Dept. of State 2000: Section 5] Underpayment of wages and employer abuse is also a problem; Indonesian workers are widely paid as little as HK$1800 to HK$2000 per month. [Media Indonesia Online 2006-11-30] [ [http://www.gaatw.net/publications/ATKI_primer_english.pdf|ATKI Primer on Illegal Salary Deductions to Indonesian Migrant Workers (IMWs) In Hong Kong] ] During the May 1998 riots in Jakarta, the Hong Kong government threatened to expel Indonesian labourers in Hong Kong in response to the Indonesian government's inaction on crimes committed against ethnic Chinese women; however, in the end, they did not act on this threat. [HRW 1998: [http://www.hrw.org/reports98/indonesia3/intro.htm Introduction] ]
Remittances and savings
Indonesians in Hong Kong send
remittances less frequently thanIndonesians in Japan and Singapore, orFilipinos in Hong Kong ; [Orozco 2005: 15] they were also somewhat less likely than Filipinos to use a bank to send such remittances, instead relying on friends or other informal networks such ashawala . [Orozco 2005: 24] Contrary to the trend in Latin America, where remittances from relatives working in the United States are often used to meet daily expenses or for other consumption, [Wall Street Journal 2006-11-01] in one 2005 survey, more than half of Indonesian workers in Hong Kong reported that their families used their remittances to start businesses, each creating between one and five jobs. [Villalba 2005]ee also
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* cite news|title=Ribuan BMI di Hong Kong Protes Standar Gaji (Thousands of Indonesian migrant workers in Hong Kong protest pay standard)|date=2006-11-30|publisher=Media Indonesia Online|url=http://www.media-indonesia.com/berita.asp?id=117917|accessdate=2006-12-26Notes
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* [http://www.indohk.com/ Indonesians in Hong Kong]
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