Due to the severe employment situation in the Philippines in recent decades, about 40% Filipinos have lived below the poverty line for a long time, so going abroad as a nanny has become the dream of many Filipino women. In the Philippines, many families consider it a great honor for women to work overseas. Many undergraduate graduates and even master students have joined the ranks of nannies.
Filipino maids can occupy half of the domestic market in Hong Kong, which is also closely related to their unique innate conditions. Relevant personnel of Hong Kong Domestic Service Company said that most Filipino maids in Hong Kong have high school or college education, and many of them worked as nurses and teachers before coming to Hong Kong, which is very suitable for taking care of babies and caring for the elderly, the weak and the sick. In addition, due to the implementation of bilingual education in the Philippines, the English level of Filipino maids can be imagined.
Tiffany, a Filipino maid interviewed by reporters, said that sometimes when the host and his wife go out at night, she will help the young host learn English after finishing the housework. Because she has been studying English in China since primary school, it is more than enough for her to help the children in primary school.