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Thais in Hong Kong form a sizable minority; there are an estimated 13,000 Thai people in Hong Kong, largely women.^[1] Most are migrant workers employed as foreign domestic helpers; other common professions for Thais in Hong Kong include cleaners, waiters/waitresses, hairdressers, and bank officers.^[2] The minimum wage for domestic helpers in Hong Kong is HKD3,270 as of 2005, adjusted downwards from HKD3,670; an additional levy on the salary is supposed to be paid by the employer, but the Thai Ministry of Labour reported in 2005 that employers often forced the employee to pay this levy instead.^[3] A minority of Thais in Hong Kong are businesspeople or investors; a large proportion of Thailand's outward investment in newly industrialised economies goes to Hong Kong. Direct investment by Thais in Hong Kong peaked in 1996 and then fell due to the 1997 East Asian financial crisis.^[4]

Contents 1 References 1.1 Notes 1.2 Sources 1.3 Further reading 2 External links

1. ^ Hewison 2003: 1
2. ^ MOL 2005-05-10
3. ^ MOL 2005-04-25
4. ^ NTCC 2005: 32

• Hewison, Kevin (2003). "A Preliminary Analysis of Thai Workers in Hong Kong: Survey Results". Southeast Asia Research Centre Working Papers Series 44. 
• Ministry of Labour (Thailand) (2005-05-10). Labor Minister presided over May Day in Hong Kong. Press release. Retrieved on 2007-01-11.
• Ministry of Labour (Thailand) (2005-04-25). Employers in Hong Kong Bears Levy Tax. Press release. Retrieved on 2007-01-11.
• (April 2005). "Export Opportunities: Thailand in the Global Economy" (PDF). Nederlands-Thai Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved on 2007-01-11.

• (2001) Consultation on Thai and Migrant Domestic Workers. MAP Foundation/CARAM-Asia. 
• Ng, Sek-hong; Lee, Grace O.M. (2000). "Thai Migrant Workers in Hong Kong". Supang Chantavanich, Andreas Germershausen and Allan Beesey, eds. Thai Migrant Workers in East and Southeast Asia 1996-1997, Bangkok: Asian Research Centre for Migration, Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University. 

• Thai Consulate in Hong Kong
• Working in Hong Kong: The experience of Thai migrant workers

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