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                                <title><![CDATA[ Nearly a third of domestic workers in Malaysia in forced labour conditions, says UN agency ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jun 2023 07:41:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ A survey based on interviews with domestic workers in Southeast Asia says 29% of those in Malaysia face such conditions, compared to 7% and 4% in its neighbours Singapore and Thailand, respectively. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ The difference between domestic workers and servants ]]></title>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Linda Lumayag ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Thu, 18 May 2023 03:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ It is high time we stopped calling domestic workers 'maid', 'servant' or 'helper'. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Cost of hiring Indonesian domestic workers to be reviewed, says minister ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2023 00:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Human Resources Minister V Sivakumar says he hopes the cost can be brought down to under RM9,000 compared to the RM12,000 decided on at the last meeting in November 2022. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Malaysia, Indonesia ink agreement on domestic helpers ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2022 06:51:21 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The memorandum of understanding also paves the way for the re-entry of Indonesian workers in other sectors allowed by Malaysia. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Calls for transparency, ‘reasonable’ recruitment fee for domestic workers ahead of Malaysia-Indonesia deal ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2022 02:41:33 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Concerns are raised over the stated fee per worker of RM10,000 to RM15,000 including levies and quarantine costs. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Hong Kong scraps mandatory vaccines for foreign domestic workers ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2021 06:54:18 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ But authorities have ordered all foreign helpers to undergo another round of mandatory testing, triggering renewed criticism from the Philippines. ]]></description>
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