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Meagre pay, family pressure force maids to borrow money

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Calvin Yang

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With their long hours of work for a meagre salary, it is little wonder that some maids have resorted to borrowing from moneylenders.
They face steep recruitment fees, the high cost of living here and the pressure of having to send money home.
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