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There are on average around 140,000 '''[[Filipino people|Filipinos]] in [[Hong Kong]]''', of whomthe the mostvast findmajority work as [[Foreign domestic helpers in Hong Kong|foreign domestic helpers]]. Filipino maids are known by the locals as ''[[amah]]s'', or more often ''feiyungs'' and the slang ''[[bun mui]]s'' or ''bun buns''. A Hong Kong work visa requires some amount of higher education; and in some cases Filipino women with university degrees and perfect command of English are willing to work as maids and nannies for the higher salary and better living conditions they will receive in Hong Kong than they could make at home.
 
On Sundays and on public holidays, thousands of ''feiyungs'' gather in [[Central, Hong Kong|Central]], [[Victoria Park, Hong Kong|Victoria Park]] and around [[Hong Kong Cultural Centre]] to socialise.
 
==Domestic Helpers==
==Professionals and residents==
It is estimated that over 95% of Filipinos in Hong Kong are domestic workers while some have chosen to work in bars as 'waitresses' who double as sex workers.
Although Filipino domestic workers vastly outnumber other Filipinos in other professions, there are a notable number of Filipino professionals in Hong Kong. Many are architects and civil engineers, working on some of the most prominent buildings and construction projects in Hong Kong. Some are information technology professionals, and many are in professional services (accounting, law, finance). A significant proportion of those employed as domestic workers in Hong Kong have other professions in the Philippines, there are those with university degrees who work Hong Kong for more opportunities.
 
Filipinos are also nearly ubiquitous as singers and musicians in bars and hotels. The first Filipinos to have worked professionally in Hong Kong were these groups who went to Hong Kong during the post-World War II years and following the fall of the Mainland to the Communists in [[1949]]. Many Filipinos also work in service industries in the [[Central, Hong Kong|Central business district]] and [[Wanchai]], and also in [[Hong Kong Disneyland]] as entertainers or other cast members.
 
There areis a minority alsoof somefemale Filipinos who have married expatriates, mostly a decade or two older than themselves from Western countries, and have settled down in Hong Kong. The future for them is uncertain since these couples are illiterate in Chinese and as non-Chinese they cannot be granted Chinese nationality.
 
There is a website (www.ofwhk.com) created by a group of Filipino residents that contains helpline, free services and business directory lists of Filipino shops (eg: employment services, cargo services, Phil products, employment agencies, etc..) for Filipino community in Hong Kong.
 
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