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Isolated cases? There's more than one a week

Thursday, 26 July 2007
The following is an account of letters written to the press over an article published in the Straits Times by John McBeth.
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Ghosts, a special preview charity screening

Friday, 13 July 2007

movie_ghost.jpg On August 6th, there is a special preview screening of Nick Broomfield's GHOSTS. The film is a dramatisation of what led to the drowning of 23 Chinese migrant workers in Morecambe Bay, northern England, in February 2004. Proceeds from the ticket sales will be divided between Transient  Workers Count Too, Migrant Voices and a fund for the Morecambe Bay tragedy victims' families. The screening will be  followed by a discussion on the issues raised by the film, and is co-organised with the British Council and Golden Village.

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There are times when we need to be busybodies

Monday, 25 June 2007

Braema Mathi, past president of TWC2 and currently Chair for Policy & Research, shares her experience as a volunteer for the helpline.
 

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Local civic group wants cap on maid transfer fee

Friday, 25 May 2007
It's calling for laws to limit the fee, which can be up to $1,200, maids pay for changing bosses. 
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