"Long battle ahead" for Hong Kong maids

http://business.blogs.cnn.com/2011/10/26/long-battle-ahead%e2%80%9d-for-hong-kong-maids/?hpt=hp_c2

"In previous arguments, Hong Kong officials have cited this socio-economic doomsday scenario: Current Hong Kong taxpayers would be hit with more than $3 billion in social welfare spending for up to half a million new immigrants, spouses and children.


But two analyses in just the past few weeks now counter that.


Hong Kong’s Mission for Migrant Workers released a study aimed at debunking the argument that the extended family of maids would be a burden to Hong Kong society. Of the 162 foreign domestic workers who responded, only 54% of them were actually eligible to apply for PR. Nearly 59% had no dependents under the age of 18.


Furthermore, Paul Yip, a professor of Social Administration at the University of Hong Kong – who also holds a PhD in biostatistics – analyzed the government’s evidence and concluded the findings were “crude, biased, highly-questionable, unrealistic, if not entirely misleading.”"


Word... The whole "half a million people will flood into HK" argument is complete BS...