Singapore fears maid exodus to Hong Kong, Taiwan

Reuters
28 Apr 2008

The sheets will go unwashed and the floors unscrubbed -- unless Singapore convinces its 170,000 foreign maids to stay on.

Maid agencies in the city state fear an exodus, as offers of twice the pay and a compulsory day off lure its maids overseas, the local Straits Times newspaper said on Monday.

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