See helpers are getting a 2.4% pay rise. Slowly the differential in pay between helper in Hong Kong and working in Philippines is being reduced. It is still a lot higher than the average pay in the Philippines but narrowing. The days of graduates working as helpers may have ended.
The helper pay is now about the same as an entry level state school teacher. Government workers have just been awarded over 5% per year for each of the next three years. (Inflation at 1.7% but forecast to average 2-3%.) The helper salary is typical of a call centre job.
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/...et-24-cent-pay