Dream deferred in S’pore
As another Cambodian maid who travelled to Singapore under a pilot scheme between the two countries prepares to return home this week alleging labour rights abuses, recruitment agencies in Phnom Penh continue to look for more women to sign up for the overseas work. …
The allegations are the latest blot on the scheme, which was launched in 2013 in a bid to test whether Cambodian maids are suitable for Singapore’s large foreign domestic worker market.
The program – which emphasised strict training in an effort to avoid the well-publicised abuse of Cambodian maids in Malaysia – has failed to attract the desired 400 candidates, and has already seen a number of women return home. …
Phak Seangly and Alice Cuddy
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/dream-deferred-spore
