Singapore agencies turn to displaying foreign maids in shop windows


  • Nation
  • Sunday, 24 Aug 2003

SINGAPORE: The latest gimmick in Singapore's maid trade is displaying domestic helpers in agency shop windows, prompting a women's activist group to describe the practise as “appalling.” 

In the face of stiff competition, some agencies have their maids sitting in front of windows, often dressed in identical uniforms. 

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