Cricket snub: Do we treat maids like how some clubs do?

Why not look at how we treat the domestic helpers in our lives, even as some private clubs are criticised for barring them from entering their premises

A check of the Singapore Cricket Club's by-laws revealed a clause which states that "no domestic help providers or chauffeurs may be brought into the Club premises or use any of the facilities provided in the Club". ST PHOTO: GAVIN FOO
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It sounds like a place where you can party like it's 1819. If colonial masters were to sail through time here to toast the bicentennial of Singapore's founding, why, welcome to the club, old chaps.

The Singapore Cricket Club (SCC), to be precise.

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