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Maids at an employment agency in 2015. Some maids are pressed by their employers to work for other households or for the employers' own businesses.
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Calvin Yang
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Every Sunday, domestic helper Jody (not her real name) whips up a few of her well-loved Filipino recipes, but she is not preparing a meal for her employer's household.
Instead, the middle-aged woman is running an illegal makeshift food business on her day off.
