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we're in a similar situation so decided to hire a transfer maid; found one from Myanmar, she has cared for an infant of her ex-employer. we don't mind hiring her about 2 months earlier, that: * we could know what she can/cannot do, and train her accordingly (e.g. cooking Chinese dishes) * she...

we spoke to a CL from perak who claimed to have 30+ years experience, she asked for $2.5k + her bus fares to/fro + start & end work ang pow is this normal practice? reasonable? btw, do you usually pay the FWL on temporary work permit for CL? ($120 and $265 for employers who are Singapore...

allow me to share my wife's experience (we share this account)... she flew to US for business trip when she was like 7 weeks into pregnancy; can't cancel trip cos it's an important one and was scheduled long time back. according to her, the 25+hrs journey (to Minnesotta via HK and Chicago) was a...

I called NUH's Women's Clinic and was told we can't do a "walk-in" and book the Harmony test, the test has to be ordered by one of their gynaes/specialists (consultation fee for first visit range between $90+ to $130+). i.e. we need to pay for consultation, request/pay for the Harmony test, then...

Hi MTB2015, May I know where you did the harmony test? $1300 sounds like a better deal compared to the $1500 our gynae quoted us. I'm quite puzzled on why there's such a great difference in price as NUH quoted me only $900 (including GST) for the Harmony test. Even with the first consultation...