The first time I met Elysa was a rainy, gloomy Sunday in Hong Kong. She introduced me to the union that she is leading: a dozen of them sitting on a few patches of plastic tablecloth on the crowded floor along with many other groups of Indonesian migrant domestic workers, on the second floor of […]
Author Archives: Annabelle Zhang
Annabelle arrived in Hong Kong on a hot Saturday in the summer of 2015, after 15 hours in the air. The next day, on her way to explore her new workplace, she was shocked by the scene on the elevated pathway in Central. After digging into what's behind the scene, she decided to write about the stories of the migrant domestic workers as a way to raise awareness about the underpinning issues and call for action in the community.