(123rf)The monthly pay for babysitters from Southeast Asian countries should be placed at 1 million won ($788.95) to make it available for middle-income households, an all-male panel of experts said Wednesday during a discussion on how the government should prepare for the pilot program in the latter half of the year.Kim Hyun-cheol, a professor at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology's Economics Department and Division of Public Policy, said South Korea should take a cue from Hong Kong, where domestic helpers are entitled to receive a minimum salary set by the government, not the country's minimum wage standards.

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