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The former Raffles Girls School (RGS) at 20 Anderson Road is now being used as an alternative gathering site for foreign domestic workers (FDWs).
Amphitheatre @ 20 Anderson Road opened on Feb 21 and will remain open for FDWs to use every Sunday till the end of June. It provides a space with services and activities for FDWs amid safe management measures.
The Centre for Domestic Employees (CDE) worked with government agencies, such as the Ministry of Manpower, on the initiative.
Minister of State for Manpower Gan Siow Huang took a tour of the site yesterday and said though the initiative was still in its pilot phase, more sites were being looked at to take it further.
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Old Raffles Girls School compound serving as Sunday gathering site for maids
Foreign domestic workers gather at the former Raffles Girls’ School at 20 Anderson Road on March 7, 2021.ST PHOTOS: MARK CHEONG
Filipino domestic workers dance at the former Raffles Girls’ School at 20 Anderson Road on March 7, 2021.ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG
Indonesian domestic workers perform at the canteen of the former Raffles Girls’ School at 20 Anderson Road on March 7, 2021.ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG
Filipino domestic workers play the guitar at the former Raffles Girls’ School at 20 Anderson Road on March 7, 2021.ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG
Foreign domestic workers browse through shoes at a booth set up by the Salvation Army in the canteen of the former Raffles Girls’ School at 20 Anderson Road on March 7, 2021.ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG
February 25, 2021
Gaiyathiri Murugayan (left) admitted to starving, torturing and ultimately killing Piang Ngaih Don.
The Straits Times file
SINGAPORE - The abuse and torture suffered by Myanmar domestic helper Piang Ngaih Don is appalling and should never have happened, said Manpower Minister Josephine Teo.
She also urged the community to help look out for and report signs of abuse of foreign workers.
Ms Piang was 24 when she died on July 26, 2016. She weighed just 24kg then, having lost 38 per cent of her body weight since she started working here on May 28, 2015.
In a Facebook post on Wednesday night (Feb 24), the minister extended her condolences to Ms Piang s family and said the Government takes the protection of foreign domestic workers (FDWs) seriously.
A police officer’s wife in Singapore has admitted to starving and beating to death a 24-year-old immigrant domestic worker from Myanmar, prompting the island nation’s government to announce measures to check the wellbeing of all new foreign staff employed at homes. On Tuesday, the camera footage of the accused, Gaiyathiri Murugayan, 40, pouring cold water on the domestic worker, Piang Ngaih Don, and shaking her like a rag doll was played out in.