tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539995.post113472246764034237..comments2023-11-05T17:53:13.405+08:00Comments on Singabloodypore: Appalling conditions for Singapore's live-in maidsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539995.post-1135051801549096942005-12-20T12:10:00.000+08:002005-12-20T12:10:00.000+08:00I've viewed Condominimums in Singapore that had a ...I've viewed Condominimums in Singapore that had a special bedroom for the Maid. These rooms only have enough room to fit a Single bed length-wise. A super-single or three-quarter bed would leave no room between the door and the edge of the bed.<BR/><BR/>Maids in Singapore live in glorified closets if they're lucky. If they're unlucky they get to sleep on a mat on the kitchen floor.<BR/><BR/>The pervasive attitude is that the few hundred dollars a Maid is paid is a vast sum in their country of origin, and that they sign their contracts with eyes open. Yes, right. And a starving child will subject herself to any indignity for the merest scrap of food. <BR/><BR/>S.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com