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Singapore is set to start reopening its economy from Tuesday as it eases the partial lockdown measures imposed to combat the coronavirus pandemic. But for the city state’s foreign domestic workers, life will take a little longer to return to normal.
Earlier this month, Singapore’s Manpower Ministry urged domestic helpers to stay at home on their days off, unless they were running essential errands or buying meals. This was in keeping with the rules for the rest of the city state’s residents, authorities said, as they called on employers to allow domestic workers to have their rest day at home.
Singapore has an estimated 255,000 domestic helpers, many of whom come from Indonesia, the Philippines and Myanmar. Most helpers would be living with their employers in flats ranging from about 430 sq ft to 1,400 sq ft – this is the size of Singapore’s public housing apartments that are home to about 80 per cent of the 5.6 million population.
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