A Day at the Park
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Victoria Park, dangdut music and lesbianism are closely associated with the lives of Indonesian housemaids working in Hong Kong.
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THE temperature stood at 11 degrees Celsius in Hong Kong one weekend last January. I was walking down Victoria Park in the Causeway Bay against the freezing cold. The park was crowded with Indonesian housemaids in small groups, each engrossed in its own activity.
Piye kabare, Mbak, aku kangen nih, (How you doing? I miss you,) one girl greeted Etik Juwita who was accompanying me on a visit to the park that Sunday morning. Etik returned the greeting
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