Singaporean recruiting firms agreed on the number following talks in Dhaka last week, director of the government's Bureau of Manpower Employment and Training (BMET) Nurul Islam told AFP.
"They want some 45,000 maids in a year. We shall train the maids and start sending them to Singapore by the end of this year," Islam said. Full story
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