Yes, I lived in Singapore before. The contract is also 2 years, with no days off, no holiday ga!
They don't really need to know English, as some families are malay families, they speak Malay, not English.
Also, there are a lot of run away maids in Singapore, because usually the employers don't let them to go out at all, just put them in their house and do housework, so I will say maids from singapore are quite stupid too!
YES. I AGREE.
MY 1st MAID WORKED FOR MIDDLE EAST 2 YEARS & SINGAPORE 2 YEARS. HER ENGLISH IS VERY GOOD & TOOK CARE MY NEWBORN GAL VERY WELL & CARING. I STILL MISS HER MUCH. I'M VERY REGRET DID NOT REPEATLY ASK HER TO STAY WHEN SHE TOLD ME SHE WANTS TO TAKE CARE HER TWIN GALS IN INDONESIA AFTER FINISHED CONTRACT. HER NAME IS IIS FATMAWATI / 33-yd old IF ANYONE IS HIRING HER NOW & THE CONTRACT WILL BE COMPLETED & WON'T EXTEND PLS TELL HER TO CONTACT ME OR PM ME. I REALLY WANT HER BACK.
MY 2nd MAID WORKED FOR SINGAPORE 2 YEARS COMPLETED CONTRACT THAT HER RESUME SAID SO.
I DOUBT IT AS SHE CAN BARELY SPEAK ENGLISH (SHE SAID SHE CAN SPEAK THE GOOD ENGLISH WHEN WE INTERVIEWED BY PHONE) & NO HEART TO TAKE CARE MY 2yr-old GAL AT ALL COS SHE EVER TRY TO TALK OR PLAY WITH MY GAL DURING 4 MONTHS WORKING FOR US (HER RESUME SAID SHE TOOK CARE NEWBORN GAL &
5-yd OLD BOY IN SINGAPORE). I TERMINATED THE CONTRACT WITH HER AFTER
4-MONTH COS SHE ALWAYS LOOKS AT THE MIRROR OR STAND IN THE DOORWAY IN THE MIDNIGHT WHEN ALL LIGHT IS SHUT OFF & WE SLEEP (SCARY) & I DO NEED THE MAID HAVE THE HEART FOR KID.
SO.....IT ALL DEPENDS ON LUCK.
BY THE WAY, THEIR SALARY IN SINGAPORE IS 250sg MEANS 1,500HKD & MY MAIDS ALWAYS HAVE 2-yr CONTRACT.
I THINK MOST OF THE INDO MAID WENT TO SINGAPORE / MALAYSIA COS THEY DON'T HAVE THE EXPERIENCE OVERSEAS BEFORE. THERE ALSO LOTS OF MALAY FAMILY THERE THAT IS CLOSE TO INDO.'S CULTURE. IF THEY EVER WORK OVERSEAS HONG KONG PEOPLE IN GENERAL WON'T PICK THEM AMONG THE SELECTIONS.
Remind to everyone,, dont belive if the maid can do in Singapore must speak as well English......this is not ture.
Actually, in Singapore most of family not allow maid stay alone with kids, in the family usually have: MUM or older ppl to look around. SO, they are not really need to speaks well english. Also, in Singapore most of ppl can speak Malay,,, that why they can speak Malay to talk with maid.
2007June-2009 June偷野印, 2 years Singapore, 2 years HK, 2 years HK, my mother's house 2 years, dirty, lazy, borrow money, steel, slow, black face, 拜神好鬼詭. got all worst maid's point. 捱2年完約唔續, Why don't fire her? 唔憤比多個月佢.
this is what I know, not sure if they have change the system.
they normally have 2 years contract. for the first year, employer give the salary to the agency directly and employer have to jst take care of the daily food and all for the helper.
I have heard cases that actually the helper doesn't get any money from the agency on the first year cos they have to pay back the agency .. very mean. That's why they prefer to come to hk.
As for living standard, Singapore governments flats (HDB) which are flats that most of singaporeans live in doesn't have helpers room. so a lot of helpers are jst sleeping in the kitchen with a bed, some who are nicer will give them a room, but that is not very often.
As for speaking english, yes a lot of singaporean speak at least a little malay - which is essentially the same as indonesian, so they don't have to speak very good english to be able to communicate with the employer.
and they dont have leaves at all. That part is very inhuman.
Most of your point is correct but one point as you said that in Sg (HDB) flat let a maid to sleep in the kitchen,,,i think this is wrong. In SG(HDB) flat is very bigger and some of flat have maid room . Meanwhile most of singaporean doesnt like ppl sleeping in kitchen because they feel that kitchen is for cooking not sleeping.
As your last point, you said that no day off.... (That part is very inhuman. ) This is very depends of the maid, as i knew and hear the case, most of maid day off they will:
* do special servcesi with man
* steal our money to pass her freinds to keep it.
Honestly if you ask me,, i think one month one day off is accetable. By the way, employee maid is for LUCK no matter the maid b4 was working which country.
GOOD LUCK TO ME AND EVERYONE FIND A GOOD MAID.!!!!!
hey~
For the HDB part, cos i lived in HDB back then, and know that all HDB doesn't have maids room designed in it. (liked I said, I don't know if the design has changed. But the brand new flat that my sister is getting next year is still without maid's room, so I don't think there is much change on that)
and most of my singaporean friends have all the rooms occupied by family. so a lot of them have the helper sleeping in the kitchen (with curtains covered).
Sorry if I made it sound bad.. But i have to say, yes, the apartments are much bigger, and the kitchen is also much bigger... and so there is more than enough room for the helper to sleep in the kitchen. I don't think that is actually bad.
As for the pt about no day off.. .I still think it is inhuman for someone to have to work all year round with no rest day. Even just 1 day a month is too little. I don't think that is acceptable.
As for the point about most of them are using the day off to service man and pass the stolen money to friends (??) I believe there are people who will do that, but you can't say most of them will do that. As for stealing, I don't think it matters if she has day off or no day off, if she is gonna steal, she will.
至於放假她們所做的事,我們無法控制,我相信係香港都有可能發生這種事. 而且她們明知到SG 工作而沒有假期,她們都接受 then OK LA.
再者現在好多到跑到去HK工作, 她們已經知道外面薪金和福利.所以無人迫她們.
至於:人權.我只可以說: 處處鄉村,處處例而已.
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gemiling
Yishan, Serangoon north, Jurong East... I know that for the very old HDB flats they have a storage room... that can be used.. but the newer one (i stayed in bedok) doesn't have it..
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gemiling
my sis is at seng kang .. but no maid room...
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ask you asking me if my helper is ok? :D I am in HK ah! and I am one of the few lucky one that has a really good helper.
I also heard from her that actually it is easier to apply for visa to singapore becos of the ASEAN countries regulation.. that's why a lot of them went to singapore. Cos it is easier to get there to start with.
But of cos, after knowing other places have better pay, they wanna leave sg to go else where...
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