from a March 31 report by Eunice Au of Asia One (Singapore)
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA–FILIPINO maids are now in demand in Malaysia despite the higher wage employers have to pay for their services.
Asia One reported that Filipinas were sought because they were highly trained in doing household chores and in conversing in English.
KUALA LUMPUR,MALAYSIA—THERE is a swagger in Roy as he bends his left hand to hold a circular tray filled with used plates and wine glasses.
As he sees a Iranian woman customer who is almost full eating breakfast, the Iloilo province native says with an English twang, “I will take care of your plate Madam.”
PASIG CITY, Philippines — Professor studying labor migration in Asia said countries in the region will scuttle to protect their economies but avoid edging out foreign workers as a global financial collapse seeps into real sectors.
One of them is Dr. Yap Mui Teng of the Lee Kwan Yew School of Public Policy under the National University of Singapore.
MANILA — THERE are more than half a million Filipinos in Japan, Hong Kong, and Malaysia and the Big Brother of remittances in the Philippines is watching their money.
Atty. Vicente Aquino, executive director of the Anti-Money Laundering Council, said these are three Asian countries that they are currently monitoring for possible and potential illegal money flows, especially through the world’s first remittance through cellular phone technology.
Pinoy money from Singapore, HK, Japan
MANILA – ESTIMATES by a recent Asian Development Bank study of Filipino workers’ remittances from Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong are higher than the actual money that passed through banks in the Philippines.
The ADB study Southeast Asian Workers’ Remittances showed that Filipinos in Japan, Hong Kong, and Singapore remitted higher than data reported by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP).