SINGAPORE — Singapore said Monday foreign maids must be supervised when cleaning windows following a rise in the number of fatal work-related falls from high-rise flats.
The Manpower Ministry said nine foreign domestic workers (FDWs) had fallen to their deaths so far in 2012, including five who were cleaning windows in an unsafe manner and another two who were hanging out laundry when they fell. Full story
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