Hong Kong: Evangeline Banao Vallejos

Hong Kong Dept: But the top court drew a line under the matter by rejecting the two-year legal challenge first brought by Filipina maid Evangeline Banao Vallejos, a 61-year-old mother of five who has lived in Hong Kong since 1986, according to Globe and Mail. He was joined by other members of his group outside court chanting No to discrimination and We are not slaves and Officials in semi-autonomous Hong Kong had suggested enlisting the advice of the Chinese central government on the immigration question, sparking warnings that they were jeopardizing the territory cherished judicial independence. With the court ruling today, it gave its judicial seal to unfair treatment and the social exclusion of foreign domestic workers in Hong Kong, said Eman Villanueva, spokesman for labour rights group Asian Migrants Coordinating Body. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.