A 39-year-old maid was killed on Wednesday after falling while cleaning a window in a luxury apartment in Tseung Kwan O in the New Territories.
A 22-year-old woman called police after her maid fell while cleaning a window at an apartment in The Wing II complex on Tong Chun Street in Tseung Kwan O, the Apple Daily reported.
The report did not disclose the maid’s nationality. Police arrived and found the woman, who was sent to Tseung Kwan O Hospital where she was later pronounced dead. No suicide note was found in the apartment.
Police found nothing suspicious after an initial investigation pending an autopsy to confirm the actual cause of death. There have been many cases of maids falling to their death while window-cleaning in Hong Kong.
In 2017, the Labor Department introduced new rules aimed at protecting domestic workers from such accidents in high-rise buildings by adding two new clauses to employment contracts.
One clause stipulates that only windows with locked grilles can be cleaned by maids. The other stated that no part of the helper’s body should be outside the window except for the arms.
Read: Photos showing maid cleaning windows on 20th floor go viral
hala dito work place ko dati! kawawa naman????
Remy Gallego kahit my grills pa Ate nakakatakot pa din kc sa sobrang taas at aksidente di ntin masabi mas maganda total banned talaga dapat ok lng sa loob linisan never ilabas kahit kamay lng kc mg 2 years n po aq dto untill now gnyn ginagawa ko pg d mlinisan bintana ng maayos nagagalit employer ko but i hve no choice still i work it kc ayaw ko materminate at gusto ko matapos kontrata Ko ng maayos
Kahit na kamay lng ilabas i total banned talaga dapat kc aksidente di natin masabi kht gaano k pa kaingat yn din kinatatakutan ko but i have no choice kc employer sobrang strikto gusto pati likod ng bintana kumikinang mkita nyng maalikabok at marumi nagagalit nakasimangot minsan nangangatog nga paa ko always pray lng ginagawa ko na ingatan aq lagi everyday po nililinis ko mga bintana harap at likod yan pg mataas gumagamit p aq ng ladder malinisan lng gat matapos k lng contract ko.
Malamang Indonesian ito kc mga indo lang nmn ang mautusan nila from the day ma ipinagbawal na yan at nasa contract na natin na bawal na nga tayong mga pinay nd na naglilinis ng window
Elizabeth Sarmiento …kaya nga,,,,makapag ingles lng,kht malayo e
Pinay po ung nahulog.. Call ako ng isang fren ko kgbi to tell the badnews kc magktabi building nla…
Ne Ri Sha ang sakit isipin na kng sa kanya lng uma asa ang pamilya nya tapos nagwakas lng sa ganun????
Fren ko po nagbalita sa kin kgbi.. Pinay daw po ung nahulog.. Magktabi po building nla…
Hindi naman na banggit sa news
naypultit kaytu metlang nga padak jay sulsuli ti pilipinas, aginlalaing kay manen, agin-iinglish kau, agpapada tay tumetlang mamirmiraot ditoy hongkong
Rene Destajo ikaw nga rin puro basa lang ng comment hindi mo rin I intindi comment nya , hahahahaha
Ang ibig sabihin ay hindi nakalagay sa contract ang paglilinis ng bintana unless may grill at kamay lang ang puwedeng ilabas. Hindi in general …
Ang bilis mag comment hindi nag basa
oh my God!! REST IN PEACE TO HER…. very sad ????????????????????????
Naku kawawa naman baka parang amo q na babae ing amo nia na parang sakit sa dibdib nia if d nalinisan kung ano ing nasa schedule kahit imuulan pa yan lilinisan pa rin…hirap pag very high standard ang amo bawal kamali
Never ngang menention ang nationality inunahan mona sila.
Porke advance kang mag isip ganun….
Rene Destajo wala din po naman syang binanggit na pinoy eh..in general po pagkasabi..OUR means lahat ng DH
Some employers are inconsiderate…suppose to be it’s not the the helpers job to clean the outside part of the window.. it must be the management of the building to do that part.. even if the window have grills it’s not that safe still coz the grills itself is not sturdy enough to think that it was just drilled with screw… lucky that employer now don’t allow me to clean the windows outside… they said they don’t mind if its too dirty outside coz they don’t like my life to put at risk…
Hahahahhaaa dami ko tawa, napaulit tuloy ako nagbasa sa article. He hehehehe kalokah