More than 290,000 foreign domestic helpers -- mainly Indonesians , Filipinas and Thais - live and work in the special administrative region of Hong Kong , according to Hong Kong 's Department of Immigration . Hong Kong faces a shortage of domestic workers , a vital part of its economy . It has said it aims to curb its low - skilled foreign work pool by 2017 . Hong Kong plans to import more domestic helpers from Bangladesh . There are currently more than 300 foreign domestic helpers in Hong Kong .
Hong Kong faces a shortage of domestic workers , a vital part of its economy . It has said it aims to curb its low - skilled foreign work pool by 2017 . Hong Kong plans to import more domestic helpers from Bangladesh . There are currently more than 300 foreign domestic helpers in Hong Kong .