Unity Statement of OFWs in Hong Kong against the integration of P550 terminal fee to ticket cost 28 Sept. 2014 We, Filipino migrants in Hong Kong, strongly oppose and demand to stop the implementation of the integration of the P550 terminal fee payment to ticket cost for OFWs that will take effect on October 1, 2014. We further for the abolition of the useless Overseas Employment Certificate or OEC, Republic Act 10022 also known as the Amended Migrant Workers Act of 2010 provides that OFWs are exempted from paying the terminal fee. Airport authorities and the government must recognize this right of migrant workers instead of subjecting us to more inconvenience and fees. It is absurd for us to pay the terminal fee and then just have it refunded. It will only add more pressure and stress for OFWs and for sure, many will be unable to get the refund and thus the payment will only go again to the government’s coffers. If the government wants to ease the difficulties of non-OFW passengers, it should not be at the cost of more the thousands of OFWs that leave the country everyday. More importantly, this will make indispensible the OEC that OFW organizations around the world have been campaigning for abolition. The OEC should not be needed anymore just to prove that we are OFWs because our passport, contract and other documents we have are more than sufficient for this purpose.. We challenge DOLE Sec. Rosalinda Baldoz to make true her previous declaration that OEC will be scrapped. This new rule of integrating the P550 terminal fee to tickets does not point to such direction. We are tired of being the milking cows of the government. In the face of the grave corruption in the country, we know that the money collected from us are actually not even going to efforts that will help our people but are only going to the pockets of greedy and corrupt politicians. We say enough. Scrap the Agreement to Integrate P550 terminal fee in air ticket! Abolish the Overseas Employment Certificate! No to Government Exactions!
Posted on: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 07:14:09 +0000
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