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More foreigners call helplines

One helpline received 462 calls last year, up from 353 in 2007. -ST

Sun, Mar 15, 2009
The Straits Times

By Mavis Toh

MORE foreigners are calling help groups' hotlines.

At foreign worker advocacy group Transient Workers Count Too, its helpline received 462 calls last year, up from 353 in 2007 - from female domestic helpers and male foreign workers.

Each week, about three foreigners - out of about 860 callers weekly - dial the helpline of the Samaritans of Singapore (SOS).

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