'She should be with her family': Employer gives maid plane ticket, $800 to return to Myanmar and search for missing mum
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After receiving news that her mother had gone missing in the devastating Myanmar quake last Friday (March 28), a maid in Singapore asked to return home. Her employers readily agreed and bought a plane ticket for her. They also gave the domestic helper an'She should be with her family': Employer gives maid plane ticket, $800 to return to Myanmar and search for missing mum
After receiving news that her mother had gone missing in the devastating Myanmar quake last Friday (March 28), a maid in Singapore asked to return home. Her employers readily agreed and bought a plane ticket for her. They also gave the domestic helper an $800 red packet to support herself in Myanmar. Employer Chen Huiqin (transliteration) told Shin Min Daily News that her helper had cried after learning that her 62-year-old mother had gone missing after the 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck the country. «We felt that she should be with her family in tough times like this,» said the 52-year-old obstetrician and gynaecologist. Aside from the $335 flight ticket to Myanmar, Chen also prepared $800 in cash for her helper. She explained: «She's only worked for six months and hasn't paid off her debt to the employment agency. She has no money, so I hope this sum can give her some support.» The maid agency, Best Home Employment, told the Chinese evening daily that they had verified the matter with their partners in Myanmar and learned that the helper's mother was likely to have perished in the quake.