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Maid gives free swimming lessons to compatriots

By the end of 2022, employers will need to provide domestic workers with at least one mandatory rest day per month. The Straits Times speaks to three helpers about how they spend their downtime.

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Until three years ago, Ms Nur Aini had never set foot in a swimming pool.
Today, the 40-year-old is a familiar face at Clementi Swimming Complex on Sunday evenings where she conducts free swimming lessons for other Indonesian foreign domestic workers.
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