HONG KONG: Twerking, selfie-taking, picnicking and performing impromptu dance routines -- Hong Kong’s 180,000-strong community of Filipino workers fill the city’s public spaces on Sundays, their day off, to relax and party.

But for the past few weeks the colorful gatherings have turned political, as the Philippines heads towards an election in which its migrant workers could swing a tight race.

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