"Hong Kong social enterprise claims 'unfair treatment' in investigation launched by Philippine labour secretary", 6 September 2019 

The Philippine government is investigating its officials in Hong Kong over the consulate's introduction of a new database designed to better protect the city's thousands of Filipino domestic workers – a move the company developing the platform suggests is aimed at discrediting it.

Social enterprise Polaris Tools, which has been working on the system, said it had not been contacted about the government's concerns.

...The database records contracts, placement and welfare protection for Filipino workers in Hong Kong.

...[A] fact-finding team to look into allegations of impropriety in selecting the new service provider....

..A group of Hong Kong employment agencies sent an anonymous letter to the labour secretary...criticising the bidding process and raising privacy concerns regarding the system. They also accused Polaris of a conflict of interest....

"All of those accusations are incorrect. For every single accusation, I have documentation to prove it wrong. There is a stain campaign against my name and my company," said Jaime Deverall, CEO of Polaris Tools. "This investigation is a sham. They are not really trying to find out any facts. They predetermined the result and they are trying to legitimise that result, which I think will try to discredit our company."

"There's a combination of corrupt officials within the Department of Labour and Employment and employment agencies who have been profiteering off Filipino workers for decades, who overcharge and withhold passports. I can't understate how central these actors are to the persisting situation in Hong Kong. It's the agencies and their political buddies who protect them," Deverall said.

...But dozens of agencies seem to support the Polaris Tools database, which is expected to be fully operational by the end of the year....