‘My maid doesn’t want to listen to me…’ — Employer says her helper even shouts back, ‘I already know! I have five years experience!’

‘My maid doesn’t want to listen to me…’ — Employer says her helper even shouts back, ‘I already know! I have five years experience!’

SINGAPORE: In the world of domestic helper drama in Singapore, one employer’s Facebook cry for advice has sparked a passionate debate — and it’s not about chores or cooking. It’s about attitude. A frustrated first-time employer shared in the Direct Hire Transfer Singapore Maid/Domestic Helper Facebook group that her Filipino helper, who was hired to […]

English Schools Foundation in Hong Kong to open 3 new kindergartens in 2026

English Schools Foundation in Hong Kong to open 3 new kindergartens in 2026

The English Schools Foundation (ESF) in Hong Kong will open three new kindergartens offering a total of 400 first-year places in 2026 while closing two existing ones, the city’s largest international school group has revealed. ESF told the Post on Wednesday that it would launch three new kindergartens in Sai Sha, Kornhill in Quarry Bay, and West Kowloon, next to an MTR station. Two existing ESF kindergartens – one in Tung Chung and Abacus International Kinder­garten in Sai Kung – are set to...

Cambodia deploys South Korean’s ‘peaceful’ video to ease kidnapping fears

Cambodia deploys South Korean’s ‘peaceful’ video to ease kidnapping fears

Amid growing concern over a series of kidnapping and confinement cases involving South Koreans in Cambodia, the country’s interior ministry has released a social media video featuring a South Korean woman praising Cambodia as a “peaceful and warm country”. The post on Tuesday, which included a message stating that a South Korean resident “wished to share her 13 years of life in Cambodia with Koreans and the world”, is seen as an attempt to ease rising fears among foreign residents following...