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Ministry reminder: Don't put your maid in danger

April 4, 2012 - 1:52am

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Benson Ang

TNP FILE PICTURE: ZAIHAN MOHD YUSOF

The Ministry of Manpower is reminding employers to ensure that their maids are not placed in a position where their safety is jeopardised, for example, when cleaning windows of a flat or hanging out laundry.

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From a life of simplicity to one of complexity

March 25, 2012 - 11:39pm

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Amanda Phua
Daryl Yam
Lee Di Wei

TNP PHOTOS: Jonathan Choo

When she first saw the white, metallic box, Miss Iis Marfuah was perplexed. It hummed rhythmically and was cold on the inside.

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Compensate maids who die on the job

March 23, 2012 - 1:52am

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Valerie Koh
Geraldine Mark

PHOTO: Courtesy of Ong Wee Liang

Last Saturday, an Indonesian maid fell 13 storeys and died while trying to put the laundry out to dry in a flat in Pasir Ris.

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Hard at work

March 12, 2012 - 2:20am

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Fabian Koh

TNP PHOTO: Kelvin Chng

She aspires to be a chef and to run her own restaurant one day but she is no culinary school student.

Miss Teresita Sinacoba Responso, 51, is one of the many maids working in Singapore who take enrichment courses.

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Her two-hour daily rendezvous

March 10, 2012 - 8:57pm

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Joyce Lim

ST FILE PHOTO

Tara, 23, came here to work as a maid two years ago.

The Filipina does not get a day off, as her employers do not want her to mix with “bad company” when she goes out on her own.

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Weekly rest day for maids mandatory from next year

March 6, 2012 - 1:51am

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Benson Ang

PHOTO: Ng Jun Sen

For the many foreign maids who work here, a day off is just not usual.

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'Come down harder on errant bosses'

March 6, 2012 - 1:44am

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Lediati Tan

PHOTO: The New Paper

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Pampered and just plain lazy?

February 8, 2012 - 12:34am

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Lim Yufan
Rennie Whang

THEY clean your room and make your bed in your home. So if you have moved to stay in a university hostel, it’s okay to get your maid to do the same for you, right?

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Maid slashes employers and falls 15 storeys

November 16, 2011 - 11:31pm

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Pearly Tan

THEY found their maid half-squatting outside the kitchen window of their high-end condominium apartment, her left hand holding on to the window frame, her right hand holding several knives.

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Maid jailed for abusing 80-year-old woman

September 15, 2011 - 10:55pm

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Zul Othman

An Indonesian maid was sentenced to three months and two weeks in jail for assaulting her employer's 80-year-old mother, and stealing money from the family.

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