Number of Runaway Maids in Singapore Rises to 4,000

The Jakarta Globe, 11 Feb 2011Singapore. At least 4,000 foreign maids, most of them Indonesians, ran away from their employers' homes here last year, according to their embassies and shelters for foreign workers.Most complained they were homesick or stressed out by tough work conditions. Most had also been here for under six months and had yet to earn a single month's pay as they were still