2 , 1 0 0 ▁Indones ians ▁worked ▁in ▁Hong ▁Kong , ▁of ▁whom ▁between ▁ 8 0 ▁and ▁ 9 0 % ▁are ▁estimated ▁to ▁be ▁women . ▁This ▁represents ▁a ▁growth ▁of ▁almost ▁ 2 5 0 % ▁from ▁the ▁ 4 1 , 0 0 0 ▁recorded ▁six ▁years ▁earlier , ▁while ▁during ▁the ▁same ▁period , ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁domestic ▁help ers ▁from ▁the ▁Philippines ▁decl ined . ▁Some ▁newspaper ▁reports ▁attributed ▁this ▁to ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁Filip inas ▁were ▁" hard er ▁to ▁manage ", ▁and ▁addition ally ▁to ▁the ▁better ▁training ▁of ▁Indones ian ▁domestic ▁help ers . ▁Emp loyment ▁ag encies ▁in ▁Indones ia ▁sending ▁workers ▁to ▁Hong ▁Kong ▁typically ▁provide ▁at ▁least ▁three ▁to ▁six ▁months ▁of ▁training ▁in ▁household ▁work , ▁including ▁a ▁basic ▁course ▁in ▁C anton ese , ▁whereas ▁similar ▁ag encies ▁in ▁the ▁Philippines ▁provide ▁only ▁four teen ▁days ▁of ▁training . ▁The ▁Emp loyment ▁ag encies ▁in ▁Indones ia ▁also ▁work ▁together ▁with ▁ag encies ▁in ▁Hong ▁Kong ▁to ▁extract ▁higher ▁fe es ▁from ▁Indones ians ▁after ▁they ▁start ▁working ▁in ▁Hong ▁Kong . ▁Part ▁of ▁this ▁extra ▁fee ▁is ▁the ▁money ▁that ▁ag encies ▁pay ▁to ▁women ▁in ▁Indones ia ▁to ▁start ▁the ▁migration ▁process . ▁The ▁fe es ▁ow ed ▁by ▁the ▁workers ▁for ▁training ▁and ▁housing ▁are ▁non - neg oti able ▁and ▁usually ▁figure ▁as ▁four ▁to ▁seven ▁months ▁of ▁sal ary ▁dedu ction ▁( H K $ 2 1 , 0 0 0 ▁or ▁US