Surprise reported
after a survey showing one in ten foreign maids or domestic helpers here sleep
in a shared room; and furthermore, a " "surprising" number"
shared with a male.
"It's terribly unacceptable for a maid to share a room with a male, unless
he is physically handicapped," a maid agent was quoted.
Ah. Well. Hmm...
Turned out the chap was thinking of closest supervision of an invalid or disabled—perhaps the helper on a stretcher by the bed in order to catch the employer in the event he rolled from the mattress above.
A MOM — Ministry of Manpower — rep. warned such a state of affairs was unacceptable, protection of modesty was important and contravention of regulations could lead to a $10,000 fine or a year's jail or both.
Straits Times, Saturday 18 June 2016
Ah. Well. Hmm...
Turned out the chap was thinking of closest supervision of an invalid or disabled—perhaps the helper on a stretcher by the bed in order to catch the employer in the event he rolled from the mattress above.
A MOM — Ministry of Manpower — rep. warned such a state of affairs was unacceptable, protection of modesty was important and contravention of regulations could lead to a $10,000 fine or a year's jail or both.
Straits Times, Saturday 18 June 2016
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