Tuesday June 9, 2009
The Star OnlineCompiled by ROYCE CHEAH, SYLVIA LOOI and A. RAMAN
BE PREPARED to dig deeper into your pockets for an Indonesian maid.
Sin Chew Daily quoted Indonesia's Ambassador to Malaysia Dai Bachtiar as saying that the minimum pay would be set at RM600 a month with the move to be implemented in September.
Dai Bachtiar had, in an exclusive interview, said this was still lower than what Indonesian maids in other countries were paid.
Indonesian maids in Saudi Arabia draw a monthly salary of RM900, while their counterparts in Hong Kong earn RM1,300 a month and get a day off each week.
Currently there are 10,000 Indonesian maids in Hong Kong, and some 30,000 in Malaysia.
On another matter, Dai Bachtiar said the Indonesian High Commission receives some 1,000 complaints annually on salaries owed to Indonesian workers.
There were also complaints related to abuse, sexual assault and forced overtime.
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