| 4.24 Maids are a great help to families
which have young children or elderly parents to look
after. To raise the average quality of maids working
in Singapore, MOM has instituted higher entry requirements
and raised the minimum age for maids. But better maids
will cost more. To offset the higher wages, the Government
will lower the monthly foreign maid levy for all employers
by $50 with effect from 1 April 2005. This will save
employers $600 per year and will cost the Government
$90 million. MOM will announce the details later. The
concessions in the foreign maid levy to support marriage
and parenthood which I announced at last year's National
Day Rally will continue to apply on top of the reduced
maid levy.
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