Interviews

For one day, the city’s engine room steps outside. They are Hong Kong’s “helpers” - nearly 400,000 foreign domestic workers, mostly women from countries such as the Philippines and Indonesia. Six days a week, they are almost invisible, caring for children, scrubbing floors, walking dogs, and nurturing families that are not their own. On Sundays and public holidays, they claim a sliver of public space, and for a few hours, become visible.

Shouted at in a dark room, face like a tomato, pedalling furiously to music that feels like it’s vibrating through your soul