"This place makes Afghanistan look developed," says one of thousands of foreign helpers.
It has repeatedly criticised both the electoral council and its foreign helpers.
Last, attention needs to be paid to the high percentage of hired foreign helpers.
They then write a reflective essay considering the role of "helper countries" in foreign affairs and applying lessons learned from Brcko to current nation-building efforts.
Foreign domestic helpers in Hong Kong are foreign domestic workers and housemaids employed by Hongkongers, typically families.
Current Hong Kong immigration law prevents them from qualifying even if they spend decades in the territory; foreign domestic helpers earn a minimum wage of $480 per month plus room and board while working extremely long hours, six days a week.
Half of the territory's ethnic minorities in 2011 were foreign domestic helpers, according to the latest available census data.
In 2010, there were 284,901 foreign domestic helpers in territory, of which 48% were from the Philippines, 49.4% from Indonesia, and 1.3% from Thailand.
However, the definition of "ordinary residency" excludes, amongst other groups, those who had resided in the territory as foreign domestic helpers, thus effectively denying them the rights of permanent residents, including the right to vote, even if they had resided in Hong Kong for many years.
In 2005, official figures showed there were 223,394 foreign domestic helpers in the territory; 53.11% were from the Philippines, 43.15% from Indonesia, and 2.05% from Thailand.
