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Lawmaker Eunice Yung’s brief apology to Hong Kong’s domestic workers ‘just not good enough’ says migrant leader

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Protesters marched for an hour in blazing sun chanting ‘we are not slaves’ before Yung says sorry for calling them an inconvenience and a health hazard in a meeting. The New People’s Party legislator said sorry after offending many of the city’s workers last week during a Legislative Council meeting where she called their presence in public spaces an inconvenience, and an “environmental hygiene” problem. Cheung Mo Ching reports.



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