URDANETA CITY, Pangasinan (PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Evangeline Vallejos is happily incredulous that she won her case for permanent residency in Hong Kong, for which she had been fighting for three years.
'Unbelievable,' she said on Saturday when reached by the Inquirer in China where she was vacationing with her employers. 'But I am very happy I won. Ang tagal kong hinintay ito (I have long waited for this).'
Ms Vallejos, 59, has been employed as a maid in Hong Kong since 1986. She said that while she was not sure she would win the case, she trusted the law granting permanent residency to foreigners who had lived in the Chinese territory for seven years.
She said many Filipino workers in Hong Kong were happy about the court decision handed down on Sept 30 because it paved the way for thousands of others to seek permanent residency.
