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Tough for workers to just go
Melissa Sim
Sun, Jan 25, 2009
The Straits Times
>FOR foreign workers who have to go home after spending just a few months in Singapore, their problems do not end here.

In Parliament last week, the Acting Minister for Manpower said employers should terminate the contracts of their foreign workers and send them home if there is no work.

But for these workers, going home means having to face hefty debts. Many have paid agents huge fees, up to $10,000, for their passage to Singapore.

 

 
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