Letters to the Press
What’s Fair For One….
Tuesday, 12 February 2008
The following letter was sent to the ST Forum page on 29th November. There have been a series of letters and articles recently touching on this issue. None talked about a domestic workers’ right to have similar information to that now provided to potential employers. The letter was published online but not in the paper.
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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Little India Makeover
Thursday, 11 January 2007
Reading about plans for a makeover of Little India ('Little India Makeover in the Pipeline', Melissa Sim, 7 January 2007), it is hard to avoid feeling some reservations.
This is a district with a distinct personality, and it is this personality that makes it an appealing and enjoyable area to visit. It would be a tremendous pity if a makeover intended to give the area more appeal to both locals and tourists ended up by diminishing the very characteristics that currently draw them there.
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This is a district with a distinct personality, and it is this personality that makes it an appealing and enjoyable area to visit. It would be a tremendous pity if a makeover intended to give the area more appeal to both locals and tourists ended up by diminishing the very characteristics that currently draw them there.
Another important community to consider is the many foreign workers who gravitate towards Little India during their time off.
Weekly day off for domestic workers needs backing of law
Saturday, 29 July 2006
TWC2 president, Braema Mathi, sent a letter to ‘The Straits Times’ in response to a good editorial on the standard contract for domestic workers agreed between the two main employment agency accreditation bodies. This is the letter as it appeared in the 29th July 2006 edition:
Weekly day off for maids: Make it law
I thank you for sharing your views with your readers in the editorial "A step forward but more to do” (ST, July 25). Much of what you said about the new standard contract drafted by CaseTrust and the Association of Employment Agencies coincides with the reservations of Transient Workers Count Too (TWC2).
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Weekly day off for maids: Make it law
I thank you for sharing your views with your readers in the editorial "A step forward but more to do” (ST, July 25). Much of what you said about the new standard contract drafted by CaseTrust and the Association of Employment Agencies coincides with the reservations of Transient Workers Count Too (TWC2).
While it is indeed an improvement on what went before, issues such as privacy for the domestic worker in the employer's home, and guarantees of enough time to rest and sleep are not adequately tackled.