Indonesians in Hong Kong

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Indonesians in Hong Kong
Orang Indonesia di Hong Kong
在港印尼人
A group of Indonesian migrant workers participated in Hong Kong 1 July marches rally.
Total population
165,750 (2015)
Regions with significant populations
Causeway Bay, Kowloon, Wan Chai
Languages
Indonesian, Javanese, Sundanese, Cantonese, English, others[1]
Religion
Sunni Islam (majority), Christianity and other religions[1]
Related ethnic groups
Various ethnic groups in Indonesia
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Ethnicity in Hong Kong

Indonesians in Hong Kong, numbering 102,100,

ethnic minority group in the territory, behind Filipinos.[3] Most Indonesians coming to Hong Kong today are those who arrive under limited-term contracts for employment as foreign domestic helpers. The Hong Kong Immigration Department allows the Indonesian consulate to force Indonesian domestic helpers to use employment agencies.[4] Indonesian migrant workers in Hong Kong comprise 2.4% of all overseas Indonesian workers.[5] Among the Indonesian population is a group of Chinese Indonesians
, many of them finding refuge in Hong Kong after the civil persecution of them.

Employment

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Victoria Park
on their days off.

In 2006, it was estimated that 102,100 Indonesians worked in Hong Kong,

unions, the Indonesian Migrant Workers Union (IMWU) and Coalition of Indonesian Migrant Workers' Organisations (KOTKIHO, Koalisi Organisasi Tenaga Kerja Indonesia Hong Kong).[10]

According to organisations representing migrant workers, police intimidation of migrant workers is also a problem.

May 1998 riots in Jakarta, the Hong Kong government threatened to expel Indonesian labourers in Hong Kong in response to the Indonesian government's inaction on crimes committed against ethnic Chinese women; however, in the end, they did not act on this threat.[12]

Pre-migration experience

Pre-migration experience for inductees into the domestic labor migration system involves overcrowding, shortage of food and facilities, abuse, and exploitation because the minimum standard regulation of the training centers set by the Indonesian Labour Department are not enforced.[9] The camps in which the young women migrants are made to stay for the duration of their training also double as a system of incarceration. Following the period of training, the workers will spend up to a few years indefinitely detained until a job offer is made in order to prevent pregnancy and ensure that workers will be available when jobs are requested.[9]

The living conditions in the centers are very poor. Women are made to sleep on the floor packed tightly against each other, and only one bucket of water is afforded per person for bathing. There is little medical care for the health problems that result from these conditions, and physical and sexual abuse is a prevailing reality.[9] Even the trip from home to the migration center often involves being sexually abused by the training center recruiter.[9]

Remittances and savings

Indonesians in Hong Kong send

remittances less frequently than Indonesians in Japan and Singapore, or Filipinos in Hong Kong;[13] they were also somewhat less likely than Filipinos to use a bank to send such remittances, instead relying on friends, remittance networks[14] such as Alipay or other informal networks such as hawala.[15] Contrary to the trend in Latin America, where remittances from relatives working in the United States are often used to meet daily expenses or for other consumption,[16] in one 2005 survey, more than half of Indonesian workers in Hong Kong reported that their families used their remittances to start businesses, each creating between one and five jobs.[6]

Religion

In 2009, there were 220,000 Muslims in Hong Kong, of which Indonesians formed an estimated 120,000.[17]

Within their communities, services are provided to Indonesian Muslims and other Muslims mainly by NGOs. Most of these NGOs have courses in Arabic and the Quran so that children and newly Muslim people can learn the religion practices and language they need. There are seven Islamic schools in Hong Kong, run mainly by Islamic NGOs, for example the Chinese Muslim Cultural and Fraternal Association.[18] Some of them have membership schemes and provide services like library, retails, etc.[19] Some of the people also gather in the Mosques during religious celebrations. If they seem to mainly interact within their own local communities, it is because their social values and moral standards are different from mainstream Hong Kong culture.[20]

Notable people

  • Miss Hong Kong
    runner up.
  • Coco Lee, singer and actor (father is alleged to be Chinese Indonesian)
  • Lo Lieh, actor.
  • Ng Ka Long, badminton player.
  • Elvis
    impersonator.
  • Wong Wing Ki, badminton player.

See also

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b Radio International Singapore 25 February 2006
  2. ^ a b c Media Indonesia Online 30 November 2006
  3. ^ a b c US Dept. of State 2000: Section 5
  4. doi:10.1016/j.polgeo.2013.02.001
    .
  5. ^ Hugo 2000: 5
  6. ^ a b Villalba 2005
  7. ^ Pacific Business News 2004
  8. ^ Palmer, Wayne. 2010. Costly inducements. In Inside Indonesia 100. Archived 22 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ a b c d e Yau, Ching (2010). As Normal As Possible. Hong Kong University Press. pp. 37–50.
  10. ^ IMWU 15 May 2005
  11. ^ ATKI Primer on Illegal Salary Deductions to Indonesian Migrant Workers (IMWs) In Hong Kong Archived 23 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ HRW 1998: Introduction
  13. ^ Orozco 2005: 15
  14. ^ "5 Best Remittance Services For Indonesian Workers In Hong Kong - Topmart". store.topmart.club. 14 February 2024. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  15. ^ Orozco 2005: 24
  16. ^ Wall Street Journal 1 November 2006
  17. ^ http://www.yearbook.gov.hk/2009/en/pdf/C18.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  18. ^ 香港穆斯林辦學一覽表http://www.islam.org.hk/?action-viewnews-itemid-5046
  19. ^ Islamic Union of Hong Kong-http://www.iuhk.org/
  20. ^ 沈旭輝, 為伊斯蘭作嚮導-http://www.books4you.com.hk/

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