Maid Talk Premature: Ministry
The Ministry of Labour has played down reports it is close to sending domestic workers to Singapore, a country that has only recently granted foreign maids a weekly day off.
The two countries’ governments had been in talks with Singapore’s Association of Employment Agencies about placing the Kingdom on a list of countries from which it can source maids, The Straits Times reported at the weekend. …
But Om Mean, secretary of state at the Ministry of Labour, said yesterday Cambodia would not be sending domestic workers to Singapore – for now. …
Mean said Cambodia’s focus was Qatar, following the Senate’s recent decision to allow workers to travel to the oil-rich Arab state. …
