@HK_Katherine I don't mean to say they shouldn't come here and work - they should. But in my opinion the minimum salaries are too low. And the reason they are low is so that everyone can have an FDH essentially - even if they can't really afford one and/or provide her with the living space and amount of food she needs.
But it's a Catch-22 because there's no alternative care provision - it's very limited in HK from my understanding. And homes are too small to have grandma move in when she can't take care of herself so that necessitates they stay at their own house and hire a helper.
There's no easy solutions in the short term but in the long term this is a major issue for HK to deal with and so far they seem to just be kicking the can down the road. If the society needs elder care then it should invest in it. I don't consider widening the list of countries where FDH can come from to be an investment.