boarding house in TST, Jordan, Tai Kok Tsui area

I live on Kowloon station and look for a boarding house around this area so that my helper can stay temporary while my family members will visit Hong Kong. If you know any information, please let me know. I really have to look for it till next month.

What you are proposing is illegal. Your helper must live in your residence.

The proposal for a helper to live out is illegal, they could be heavily fined if they do this.


Q14: What are the restrictions on deployment of a foreign domestic helper (FDH)?



A14: An FDH is admitted into Hong Kong for full-time, live-in employment with a specific employer to perform domestic duties at the employer's residence specified in the Standard Employment Contract (the Contract) (ID407). It is provided in Clause 4(a) of the Contract that an FDH should only perform domestic duties for the employer specified in the Contract. The employer should not require or allow the FDH to carry out any non-domestic work. It is also stated in Clause 4(b) that the FDH should not take up any other employment, including part-time domestic duties, with any other person. The employer should not require or allow the FDH to carry out any work for any other person. Clause 4(c) of the Contract stipulates that Clauses 4(a) and (b) will form part of the conditions of stay to be imposed on the FDH by the Immigration Department upon the FDH' s admission to work in Hong Kong. A breach of Clauses 4(a) and (b) will render the helper and/or any aider and abettor liable to criminal prosecution.

From the FDH Guidebook issued by the Labour Dept. http://www.labour.gov.hk/eng/public/wcp/FDHguide.pdf


Q1.7 Can I live away from my employer’s home?

A No. You should work and reside in your employer’s residence in accordance

with Clause 3 of the standard employment contract. Your employer is required

to provide you with free accommodation as per the standard specified in the

“Schedule of Accommodation and Domestic Duties” of the employment contract.

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(For those live-out arrangements which have been approved by the Director of

Immigration before 1 April 2003, the helper is allowed to reside in places other

than the employer’s residence provided that the employer continues to employ

foreign domestic helper without a break of more than 6 months.)