Maid's Day Off

Within Hong Kong is a huge hidden army of domestic help. These women, primarily from the Philippines, clean houses, cook meals, and help with the logistics of child-raising. Sunday is their day off and they make use of that free time to gather together with their country-women in and around the Central downtown area.



Lois with Maids on Star Ferry
The approach to the star ferry, the park in Central, some of the streets, and the floor of the atrium of the Hang Seng Bank Corp building become filled with hundreds (at least) of these women. They partake of some Sunday morning religion, do a little group singing, sit around and chat, and do various crafts like beaded flowers. The din of all these women in some of the enclosed spaces (and even in the open) is impressive.