Yesterday's coolies, today's maids : a critical comparative study

• Main Authors: Goh, Ling Ju, Wan, Yin Ling, Zhou, Lirong
• Other Authors: Ong, Dennis Chin Siew
• Format: Final Year Project
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Business::General::Social aspects
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/10179
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper compares the situations of immigrant labourers in Singapore between two eras and establishes whether it is indeed true that today’s foreign domestic workers are the coolies of the past.