Mar 9, 2011 - Straits Times
Placement fees would be capped at $1,000, easing recruitment
By
Teh Joo Lin & Melissa Kok
INDONESIAN maids could find it easier to get passage here and start
work without giving up nine months or more of their pay to their agents,
under new rules being proposed by Indonesia.
A key change is to cap the placement fees maids pay to
Indonesian agents at $1,000. This placement fee will be paid by the maid
herself by taking a loan from an approved bank in Indonesia.