March 6, 201214 yr Singapore is one of the world’s huge success stories – a prosperous island nation with one of the most advanced economies. But it still employs slave labour! If you are a Singaporean, you work five days a week. If you are one of the foreign maids working there, you work seven days a week with no time off. Finally, after a campaign lasting more than ten years, from the start of next year, foreign maids – who mostly come from the Philippines, Indonesia, India and Sri Lanka – will be entitled to a weekly rest day. But that will only apply to new hires. Existing maids on existing contracts will still have to work a seven-day week. So much for double standards on the island paradise! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17267746
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